As I write this, BYU is holding the news conference to discuss the move to independence in football and to the WCC in some of their olympic sports.Further proof that the mtn., a television network for the Mountain West Conference, was a big mistake.Let me clarify that: It wasn't a mistake to create a television... Continue Reading →
Vince Lombardi and I have a question…
Couldn't have said it better myself, Vince.I've been swamped at my day job, which is par for the course when you work in higher education. Tuesday night, as I was winding down for the evening, I saw something flash across the ESPN bottom line that caught my attention. To paraphrase, "BYU considering going independent in... Continue Reading →
Big Ten Expansion Speculation: Realignment into divisions
Because I love doing these speculative expansion posts in pairs, here's my thoughts on Big Ten realignment. Again, I see four possible scenarios, but unlike the Pac-10, where there appears to be two distinct rumored favorites, there are at least five contenders. I tried to incorporate all five into the different scenarios. Alignment one assumes... Continue Reading →
Pac-10 Expansion Speculation: Realignment into divisons
As a strictly mental exercise, I wanted to think about how the Pac-10 would realign if they did expand. There are a couple of possible alignments to think about. There is the traditional East/West Alignment, where a line is drawn among the cities that make up the conference and voila!Now, all of these alignment assume... Continue Reading →
Test For Echo 