As I was sitting in a post-Thanksgiving coma simultaneously enjoying fireronzook.com: The Sequel (let me pour one out in honor of the multiple first half 2-point conversion attempts over the years) and being mortified of the start of the Caleb Hanie Era in Chicago (*pounding head against the wall*), I started thinking about the last [...]
Archive for November, 2011
The Delany Party Like It’s 1997 BCS Bowl Proposal: Why It’s a Brilliant Chess Move (Unless You Want a Playoff)
Posted: November 28, 2011 in Big Ten, College Football, SportsTags: BCS, BCS Bowls, BCS system, college football playoff, Jim Delany, Rose Bowl
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BCS System Rumblings: Radical Change or Just Different Labels?
Posted: November 17, 2011 in Big Ten, College FootballTags: BCS, BCS Bowls, Rose Bowl
Let me state upfront that there hasn’t been anything on my mind lately other than the horrific scandal at Penn State that has led to the ouster of Joe Paterno, among others. Conference realignment and the football games on the field feel pretty inconsequential compared to the allegations facing Jerry Sandusky. However, for my own [...]
Show Me the SEC and Lawsuits
Posted: November 6, 2011 in Big East, College Basketball, College Football, SportsTags: Big 12 Expansion, Big East Expansion, Boise State to the Big East, BYU to the Big East, Missouri to the SEC, SEC Expansion, West Virginia to the Big 12
After almost two months of a public kabuki dance marked by Board of Regents meetings, authorizations authorizing prior authorizations and accidental web postings of press releases, Missouri has finally been officially invited to be the third group of Tigers in the SEC. Most people that have followed college conference changes closely over the past year [...]
