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First, the pages were originally just about football, and I think had \\\"Collegiate Football\\\" in their title to reflect that until a month ago. I think that should be restored in the realignment reshuffle to reflect the content of these pages; we can have a separate page(s) for the NCAA conferences that covers other sports, but football really operates in its own realm.

At the same time, idk if C-USA or the MAC need their own pages. Maybe we have an \\\"FBS Football Conferences\\\" page that links to individual pages for the \\\"Power\\\" conferences and contains the descriptions for the remaining five? I don\\\'t think they\\\'re going to throw out the FBS name soon... unless, as you point out, major college football leaves the NCAA behind. Hard to predict.
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On this page, it says that: \\\"Tiger Versus Dragon started off as an allegorical representation of Yin and Yang.\\\" And the thing that immediately comes to mind for me is that symbologically, these two both represent Yang. Tiger is the animal representing 寅; it represents the 3rd 2-hour period of the day (roughly 0300~0500), the first lunar month, 60 degrees clockwise of the north (30N of E), the Wuxing of Tree, spring, and Yang. Dragon is the animal representing 辰; it represents the 5th 2-hour period of the day (roughly 0700~0900), the third lunar month, 120 degrees clockwise of the north (30S of E), the Wuxing of Earth, spring, and Yang.

The two are commonly juxtaposed because they represent irreconcilable concepts: the Tiger is seen as the \\\"King of the Earth\\\" (it even has a 王 shaped mark on its head!) while the Dragon is seen as the \\\"King of the Skies\\\". Neither can allow each other\\\'s existence, as they\\\'re the sole entity who should be allowed to rule. But I have never heard of it, at least in Korea where I was born and raised, being posed as a Yin and Yang conflict. Can anybody source a Korean, Chinese, or some other Oriental source for this rivalry being allegorical for Yin and Yang?

I do understand the Yin and Yang associations that the Tiger Versus Dragon page, and it does make some sense. The conflict itself of quick, energetic, hard power of the Tiger can be seen as a \\\'Yang\\\' approach vs the wise, deliberate, soft power of the Dragon can be seen as a \\\'Yin\\\' approach.
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On this page, it says that: \\\"Tiger Versus Dragon started off as an allegorical representation of Yin and Yang.\\\" And the thing that immediately comes to mind for me is that symbologically, these two both represent Yang. Tiger is the animal representing 寅; it represents the 3rd 2-hour period of the day (roughly 0300~0500), the first lunar month, 60 degrees clockwise of the north (30N of E), the Wuxing of Tree, spring, and Yang. Dragon is the animal representing 辰; it represents the 5th 2-hour period of the day (roughly 0700~0900), the third lunar month, 120 degrees clockwise of the north (30S of E), the Wuxing of Earth, spring, and Yang.

The two are commonly juxtaposed because they represent irreconcilable concepts: the Tiger is seen as the \\\"King of the Earth\\\" (it even has a 王 shaped mark on its head!) while the Dragon is seen as the \\\"King of the Skies\\\". Neither can allow each other\\\'s existence, as they\\\'re the sole entity who should be allowed to rule. But I have never heard of it, at least in Korea where I was born and raised, being posed as a Yin and Yang conflict. Can anybody source a Korean, Chinese, or some other Oriental source for this rival being allegorical for Yin and Yang?

I do understand the Yin and Yang associations that the Tiger Versus Dragon page, and it does make some sense. The conflict itself of quick, energetic, hard power of the Tiger can be seen as a \\\'Yang\\\' approach vs the wise, deliberate, soft power of the Dragon can be seen as a \\\'Yin\\\' approach.
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On this page, it says that: \\\"Tiger Versus Dragon started off as an allegorical representation of Yin and Yang.\\\" And the thing that immediately comes to mind for me is that symbologically, these two both represent Yang. Tiger is the animal representing 寅; it represents the 3rd 2-hour period of the day (roughly 0300~0500), the first lunar month, 60 degrees clockwise of the north (30N of E), the Wuxing of Tree, spring, and Yang. Dragon is the animal representing 辰; it represents the 5th 2-hour period of the day (roughly 0700~0900), the third lunar month, 120 degrees clockwise of the north (30S of E), the Wuxing of Earth, spring, and Yang.
The two are commonly juxtaposed because they represent irreconcilable concepts: the Tiger is seen as the \\\"King of the Earth\\\" (it even has a 王 shaped mark on its head!) while the Dragon is seen as the \\\"King of the Skies\\\". Neither can allow each other\\\'s existence, as they\\\'re the sole entity who should be allowed to rule. But I have never heard of it, at least in Korea where I was born and raised, being posed as a Yin and Yang conflict. Can anybody source a Korean, Chinese, or some other Oriental source for this rival being allegorical for Yin and Yang?

I do understand the Yin and Yang associations that the Tiger Versus Dragon page, and it does make some sense. The conflict itself of quick, energetic, hard power of the Tiger can be seen as a \\\'Yang\\\' approach vs the wise, deliberate, soft power of the Dragon can be seen as a \\\'Yin\\\' approach.
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