Holy cow some crazy stuff has gone down the past couple weeks regarding the sporting world, both in the US and the entire world. But first I am going to cover the big changes happening in the US, the College Athletic Conferences shakeup.
First let us take a look at the colleges that have officially moved onto different conferences. So we can ignore all of the Big 12 South, we can focus on Colorado, Nebraska, and Boise State, yes Boise State is that important. We will take a look at things in chronological order, so Colorado is up for discussion. Why did they move? At this point I am not so sure really. Yea they are kind of out there in the West but I wouldn't classify them as a Pac-10 school. I guess the campus might be different, better views than the rest of the Big 12, and more artistic? architecture. But it is definitely close enough to the Pacific that inclusion into the Pac-10 will work, and probably work well. That same day Boise State moved to the Mountain West. This move will put the Mountain West in as one of th BCS schools. They were already being considered and this will simply put the finishing touches on the move. With the successes of both Utah and TCU in the conference, and now adding Boise State's history, if the MWC does NOT get an invite it will be a great shame for the BCS if they continue to ignore them.
Now lets move to the real big news, what some would consider the most important move the entire realignment. Nebraska is going to be a Big 10 member starting July of 2011. So next year the huskers will be playing the likes of Iowa, Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State in all forms of athletics. For years I have been openly claiming the Big 10 is a weak conference, regarding football. For all their football prowess they haven't performed in any of the big bowls, but I suppose the Big 12 hasn't been that great either. But now because of it the Big 12 is to be falling apart with this move, a conference that had such promise, but with unequal distribution of everything from Championship games, money, to main offices, with Nebraska and the North getting the short end of the stick on all of them. I hate that it leaves the Iowa State and the rest of the remaining Big 8 schools out on a limb, but at the same time, you can't blame Nebraska for doing it. They are a big enough school, reputation and enrollment wise that they do not need to continue taking this crap from the south and/or Texas. I just hope that Iowa State can land on its feet if/when the Big 12 dissolves. It is a good school and it has a very strong fan base. Whatever conference it joins or stays in, it will be a proud member, and one the conference will be proud of.
And for around the world, well there is only one thing on its mind, the World cup in South Africa. Everywhere else in the world this conference shakeup would be relegated to page 8 under the Tide ad, but only in the States is it front page news. Anyway the World Cup got off to a great start with RSA forcing a draw with Mexico in an exciting game. France was also stymied out of a win, making me happy on both fronts. My heart is pushing for RSA to make it out of their group, just because they are the home country. But that probably wont happen. The other big news is the match tonight pitting the US against England. My guess is 2-1 England. I'll be rooting for the US of course but England is a better team overall, so we shall see. I'm taking the trendy pick and going with Spain, but I won't be surprised if they don't win.
That is all for now, but there will probably be some World Cup updates, as something extremely stupid or wrongfully will be done. Until then laters.
