Conference realignment has gripped college athletics in a way many sports fans didn’t think was possible, but UCLA coach Chip Kelly might have the best proposal yet for how to proceed.
Kelly, a longtime college football coach with plenty of experience leading athletes, was asked about the future of college football earlier this week and gave a thoughtful answer about the future of the sport.
“I think we need to have a conference commissioner and I think football should be separate from the other sports,” Kelly said ahead of the LA Bowl. “Just the fact that our school is leaving to go to the Big Ten in football … our softball team should be playing Arizona in softball. Our basketball team should be playing Arizona in basketball.
