of course they are. it all started 2700BC when university of Memphis raced Gath state university, the frat brothers would always make sacrifices to Baal and Horace before each chariot race. it got much worse when Gath omitted the "state" and started referring to themselves as GU thinking it would make them more politically correct but much more snobbish. after football was introduced in 1800 BC we saw the first conference play. the philistines dominated the 1st 4 seasons but in 1400 BC they were crushed by Hebron (the U) of the Sea of Galilee conference. it should be noted that Hebron were the first to incorporate a spread / zone read offense, much to fast for those slow giants. big but dumb.