BCS Bowl Flex System: The Semi-Seeded Plus-One Proposal

There has been a ton of great feedback on the BCS Final Four post with generally positive reviews.  Unfortunately, even that proposal might be too much of a change for the powers that be to enact overnight.  So, I wanted to throw out a more traditionalist plus-one proposal that might be a bridge to getting [...]

The BCS Final Four: A New Plus-One System

Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany has garnered a reputation over the years as one of the main obstacles to a college football playoff system and he certainly cemented that this past week with his comments at a panel at the IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum.  From Brett McMurphy at AOL FanHouse: “The notion,” Delany said, “that [...]

Leading the Legend of Ron Burgundy-Zelda Trophy Division

For the record, this is what I think of the new Big Ten logo: As for what I think of the new Big Ten division names of “Legends” and “Leaders”: Frankly, the best proposal that I’ve seen on the Internet was a very subtle change to the current logo by mgoblog commenter MGoBSam: Note the minimalist [...]

The Settling Conference Realignment Landscape

There was quite a bit of conference realignment news over the last couple of weeks, so let’s assess the current landscape: 1.  Big Ten Making Out Like a Fox – To the surprise of no one except a handful that believes the Big Ten really wants a superconference, the conference announced that expansion has reached [...]