Continuing the WWI theme from an earlier post, because no one wants this to happen yet everyone is compelled to participate.<\/p>\n
The people who cover college sports for a living, like this reporter from St. Louis<\/a>, hate it:<\/p>\n Missouri and Arizona State were playing one of the best games in the country.\u00a0 And nobody cared. … I hit my breaking point. Yahoo’s Dr. Saturday says history is repeating itself<\/a>, and it’s not good:<\/p>\n Texas A&M is about to follow Arkansas in the opposite direction, setting the stage for a replay of the drawing-and-quartering of the old SWC. Only this time, it will [be] Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas and Kansas State left for the vultures, just like their discarded predecessors in the Lone Star State.<\/em><\/p>\n CBS’s Dennis Dodd looks<\/a> at who’s doing the real moving and shaking – members of the various university board(s) of regents. Plus this:<\/p>\n It’s no longer about geographic or (puh-leaze) academic fits. You’re either a market or a brand. Nebraska is a brand. Georgia Tech, rumored to be a hot property, brings along the Atlanta market to some enterprising raider.<\/em><\/p>\n Southern California, Texas and Michigan are both. Woe to Baylor, Kansas State and Iowa State, which are neither. Good to know some university’s future is being decided by a media consultant analyzing its Q rating.<\/em><\/p>\n And no pressure tonight, guys, but Dodd also says<\/a> Paul Rhoads “may be single-handedly holding the program at the BCS level.”<\/p>\n A Pitt blogger sends a Big East love note<\/a> to Missouri, Kansas, and Kansas State, but he’s apparently still upset about the 2000 Insight.com Bowl:<\/p>\n P.S. Don’t tell Iowa State. I know we said last year that they could come too but Ames sounds about as exciting as watching Depaul play basketball.<\/em><\/p>\n Another columnist<\/a> kicks Iowa State out of the BCS, this one in Georgia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Continuing the WWI theme from an earlier post, because no one wants this to happen yet everyone is compelled to participate. The people who cover college sports for a living, like this reporter from St. Louis, hate it: Missouri and … Continue reading
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