Death of Tradition

So the college football landscape is getting turned on its head again. Mass chaos among the conference alignments (the Big 12 in particular). Very sad to see all of the traditional rivalries that we have grown up with going away. My entire life, I've known the Texas-OU game would be about the 2nd week of October, Texas-A&M would be played at Thanksgiving, and there would be other entertaining matchups to look forward to with our other in-state rivals. If everything goes down as it is expected to now, what rivalries will we have to look forward to? Want Texas-OU? Sorry, you get OU-Arizona. Want Texas A&M-Texas Tech? Sorry, you get A&M-Vanderbilt. You get the picture. This may mean more money for some schools, but it is certainly the death of tradition.

Okay, what now? Texas-Texas A&M Divorce

Let's face it, Aggies and Longhorns love to hate each other. I have some really good friends that are Aggies so hate may be a bit of a strong word, but it fits in many instances. So every year for the last 100 years or so, this rivalry, this yearlong back and forth has been able to be resolved on the football field and one side of the rivalry has "bragging rights" for the next year. So now A&M is bolting for the SEC and all the traditions, the yearly rivalry, and everything that goes with it will be gone. It is possible that they could schedule games in the future, but I will bet it doesn't happen for a while (it will take a while for wounds/egos to heal). So where does all this "energy" get channeled now? Do Texas and A&M just forget about each other? I doubt it. It is all very unfortunate. I am a traditionalist and I really hate to see the rivalry go away. Although I understand it is big business, so I can direct my "angst" at those in charge (at both schools) and not direct it at my Aggie friends who had no control over it.
So, if we are not to be rivals anymore, do we just try to get along? Settle our differences in a different way? Arm wrestling?
It's strange times in college football right now. I am sad to see big business overlook any sense of tradition and simply look out for number one. But that is the world we live in.