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Contrarian Thoughts of a Devil’s Advocate
By admin at 20 August, 2010, 11:28 am
I’ve been whooping it up in favor of quick expansion and have agreed with pretty much all the thoughts of Jay Walker.
Now I’m going to lay out the case for why Jay and I may well be wrong.
If the WAC survives it will be because they add two or three FCS programs. With the loss [...]
And Maybe This Time Reality Sets In
By admin at 19 August, 2010, 1:37 pm
Over the past few years our neighbors in the WAC have had high aspirations and I commend that. They’ve had some high achievement and I recognize that. What they have lacked is a realistic grasp on where they are in the college football jungle.
The WAC holds the world pipe dream record. There is a difference [...]
It Ain’t Easy Being A Bastard Step-Child
By admin at 20 July, 2010, 8:00 pm
Every Sun Belt fan has had that thought.
Most of us keep our frustration under wraps but you see it come out from time to time.
Want to see an excitement frenzy? Let ASU or UALR fans learn that one of their coaches or their AD will be on one of the local sports radio shows. It’s [...]
BCS 2014
By admin at 6 July, 2010, 2:07 pm
It’s not the solution that most fans want.
It’s not the solution most sports columnists want.
It is a solution that is realistic.
Right now the BCS is built around four games, with an additional rotating game that pits 1-2.
History is huge in the format. The Rose gets preference for Big 10 vs. Pac-10, Sugar gets preference for [...]
Patches! We need patches!
By admin at 29 June, 2010, 5:01 pm
As the realignment storm clouds gathered I went from site to site to see if I could glean any meaningful information. While it was in short supply, I did discover that there are a lot of fans that want to change leagues and most used logic that was far off-base.
Get a BCS berth.
Improve their program.
Those [...]
Did Everyone Get It Wrong?
By admin at 21 June, 2010, 2:29 pm
When the Big XII came back from the brink of extinction, there were many sighs of relief. It had been feared that the mass exodus to the Pac-10, and SEC would have set off a chain of events that would have ended with the Big XII gone as an elite conference, the Big East likely [...]
Read More >>Big 10 vs. Big XII vs. Sun Belt, revenue sharing
By admin at 16 June, 2010, 5:08 am
The stir over the news that the Big XII has managed to stay together by seeking a new TV deal, continuing the unbalanced sharing of revenue and giving the departure fees to be paid by Nebraska and Colorado to Texas, Oklahoma, and Texas A&M is amusing but is instructive as well.
As most know the Big [...]
Who goes where (a WAG)
By admin at 14 June, 2010, 5:23 am
OK I promised to take a stab at guessing how this plays out.
The people covering these schools seem pretty baffled so this prediction probably goes poorly but here is my best guess with caveats.
Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State are going to make a stab at saving the league. I think Texas A&M got [...]
The Point of Realignment
By admin at 13 June, 2010, 6:28 am
THE BASICS
The realignment frenzy is at full throttle. The first step is to understand what is really in play. Hopefully this is handy primer that will help you and those friends you share it with get a grasp on what is really happening.
First toss off the stupid ideas of people who sit staring at maps [...]
Don’t Play Jenga With Jim Delany
By admin at 10 June, 2010, 1:10 pm
You know the game Jenga. You stack wooden blocks into a tower and then remove them one at a time. The person who removes a piece that causes the tower to fall loses.
Jim Delany, the commissioner of the Big 10 looks like a master of the game. When the Big 10 added Penn State, it [...]
