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College Conference Carousel

The SEC voted unanimously to add Texas A&M to the conference next year. The only hold up now is possible legal action by Baylor if the Aggies leave the Big 12.

This same sort of thing happened when Miami and Boston College left for the ACC. Five Big East teams sued.

So, when the Aggies [...]

Texas A&M Officially Puts Us ON NOTICE!

 

The speculation of the late summer has finally ended, Texas A&M has notified the Big 12 it will be leaving the conference in June:

“After much thought and consideration, and pursuant to the action of the (Texas A&M University System) Board of Regents authorizing me to take action related to Texas A&M University’s [...]

Saturday Open Thread

Well, it’s a bit nipply out. I mean nippy out, what did I say, nipple? Huh, there is a nip in the air. Anyway get those leaves raked and the Christmas décor up and ‘Tis the season to be merry b/c it’s going to be a good day of college sports.

 College Basketball:

 Kentucky at [...]

Fascinating report: ESPN/ABC, Texas A&M at heart of Big 12 revival

Texas is getting a lot of attention for rejecting the Pac 10′s overtures and stopping college conference Armageddon. But a fascinating report from Orangebloods.com, who has been out in front of a lot of the realignment news, lays out a timeline of the past week that shows Texas A&M and ESPN/ABC may have a lot more [...]

Monday Morning Fodder

After a brief hiatus, MMF is back with a vengence.  Hit the jump to read my thoughts on conference expansion the demise of college sports as we know it, Stephen “Jesus” Strasburg, Lebron James, the World Cup and Tom Izzo.

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I’ve Got a Fever, and the Only Cure is More Expansion!

Conference expansion is once again at the forefront of intercollegiate athletics talk as the Big Ten has been playing footsie (or not) with four schools, while the other conferences get ready for the dominoes to fall in case such a move is made.

A report out of Missouri this week reported the Big Ten had [...]

Colt McCoy Is A Gamer

Huge hat tip to Yahoo! Sports’ Dan Wetzel on this one.  Colt McCoy is a complete gamer.  Dude did not want to stay out of the BCS Championship Game last night.  He did not care about anything other than getting back out there and helping his team win.  If you have about ten minutes to [...]

BCS Championship (3/4 game) CSI

I’m too old to stay up past 11:00, that’s why you’re getting 3/4 of a game review…well make it 13/16th’s cuz I watched Sportscenter this morning.  But wow what a game last night.

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Your bowl weekend-in-review

The new year got off to a rousing start as most of the traditional New Year’s Day and day-after bowls provided some excitement as well as some clunkers, paving the way for the ridiculous one-game-per-night lead-in for Thursday’s BCS title game.

Here is a quick recap of the weekend’s bowls:

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And now, the rest of the Texas Tech story

AUTHOR’S NOTE: On Thursday, Mike Leach’s attorney released statements from Texas Tech’s trainer and team physician that seemed to support, or at least minimize Leach’s actions in regards to Adam James.  On Saturday, the university provided affidavits that appear to contradict the coach’s account.

Now that Mike Leach has put out his side of the [...]