http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/25/us/northwestern-football-players-union/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Although I'm opposed to paying players, the article makes some good points about how, because of the hours spent involved with the sport, there's really no time to pursue a "real" major, so it does sort of...
http://santamonica.patch.com/groups/sports/p/ucla-4th-seed-in-tourney-bottom-third-for-academics-says-report
"Kansas was the only team with a perfect score of 1,000. Duke, Louisville, Memphis and Michigan all had rates of 995. Connecticut had the lowest score, 897."
Here is the full list...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2014/03/17/college-basketballs-most-valuable-teams-2014-louisville-cardinals-on-top-again/
The article mentions that North Carolina was once number 1, but now has fallen to 4 due in part to "changes associated with the ACC’s new TV deal".
Now things are really starting to get crazy. Realignment of a different sort:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/25/us/new-york-madison-square-garden-relocation/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Looks like the New York city council has decided that Madison Square Garden is going to have to move. Take a look at...
Greg S w a i m tweet from today:
"Told this morning #Big12 won't have to add teams, unless they want to, and #ND not fully joining #ACC in football is the precedent."
It appeared that the Big 12 might have to expand to satisfy the demands of the other BCS members. The other BCS members...
Tweet from 1 hour ago:
kbohls @kbohls
On B12 expansion, UT AD DeLoss Dodds: "I like 10 ... you've got to be realistic. If you want to be part of change ... got to change w/ it."
Also, Brett McMurphy has some tweets about Big 10 and Big 12 expansion today.
Maybe something really is going...
Greg Swaim Show @GSwaim
To summarize before going to bed, #ACC will offer #CardNation Wednesday and they'll accept. #UConn on standby, as #B1G raids imminent.
#B1G taking either #UVA, #GT or #UNC, whichever two will join first. Expecting #SEC talks with #VT and #NCState. Then #BIG12 may act...
Jeff Rabjohns @JeffRabjohns
Hmmm ... Interesting reports that B1G is sending feelers to N. Carolina, Virginia, Ga Tech, Notre Dame, Kansas and will take 2 of the 4.
Jeff Rabjohns @JeffRabjohns
Yeah, that's 5 schools rumored to be getting B1G feelers, just havent't talked to anyone who thinks...
http://www.omaha.com/article/20121120/HUSKERS/711209899/1001#barfknecht-16-members-sounds-sweet-for-big-ten
from the article:
"That's no comfort to league commissioners and member schools who hear that ACC school North Carolina (where Delany played basketball) and the Big 12's Kansas are...
Jeff Ermann @insidemdsports
Still hearing informed talk that #UNC and #UVA are likely top choices for two more #BigTen spots. May have offers -- can't confirm that yet.
This was the guy (or one of the guys) who broke Maryland to Big 10 story.
Tweet from 45 minutes ago.
ESPN article from 10 minutes ago:
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8651934/maryland-terrapins-rutgers-scarlet-knights-join-big-ten-sources-say
Maryland has voted to go to the Big 10. Rutgers expected to follow.
"Connecticut is the most likely candidate to join the ACC, sources...
Greg Swaim tweet from today:
"After all of the smoke today, it's looking like the #Big12 is feeling pressure from the committee to add teams for a CCG, but which teams?"
This marks a change from everything I've heard for months. Greg Swaim has contacts at the meetings, and when he tweeted...
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8611394/six-bowl-limit-recommended-national-semifinals-rotation-sources-said
"This week sources told ESPN the seventh access bowl is, for all intents and purposes, "dead.""
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/dennis-dodd/20839017/big-12-pac12-grind-against-sec-big-ten-in-nonbcs-playoff-access
The Big 12 and Pac 12 want to match what the Big 10 and SEC did with the Orange Bowl.
This would eliminate another spot for non-power 5 conferences. This...
http://www.journalstandard.com/sports/x684456902/Big-Ten-Notes-Wisconsin-AD-Alvarez-advocates-super-league
“I’d like to see a super league,’’ Alvarez told the Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register. “I’d like to see a league — Southeastern Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 — and have your own rules...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/in-notre-dame-deal-acc-got-short-end-of-the-stick/2012/09/16/21faded6-0013-11e2-9367-4e1bafb958db_story.html
When this deal was announced, I was thinking the same things. How this is a great deal for Notre Dame and how Notre Dame really seems to...
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