The college football landscape is changing before our very eyes. Back in June, USC and UCLA made waves when they elected to leave the Pac-12 for the Big-Ten. It's the latest move in a recent trend of conference realignment, which makes the future of college football uncertain.

So, who better to ask on the subject than one of the greatest coaches ever? During an appearance on the Always College Football podcast, Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban spoke about what the megaconferences mean for the sport. Here is his honest response, per ESPN.

“But I think we're going to deal with it in a greater capacity than ever before because I think megaconferences are probably here to stay,” Saban said. “Market share, there's a lot of that involved in why we're doing what we're doing.”

Saban believes that the Crimson Tide and the rest of the college football world are “going to deal with it in a greater capacity than ever before”, with ‘it' being conference alignment.

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The seven-time national championship winning Crimson Tide head coach also added that he doesn't like the way college football conference alignments have “stripped the tradition associated with playing in the same conference over a prolonged period of time.”

Not only does Saban have concern over the so-called ‘megaconferences', but he's also concerned about the name, image and likeness (NIL) deals that have taken the sport by storm.

Saban and the Crimson Tide will always be competitive. However, with NIL deals and megaconferences everywhere in college football, competitive balance will likely be harder to find than ever.