Tinker Town: "College football is growing into a very big time sports business capable of great money profit. Billions of dollars are now becoming available to the college university's willing to invest into college football. Expansion of the major conferences playing NCAA college football are expanding into as many university's as they can. Big TV money is now driving higher learning into college football sports entertainment. Is this a good thing for our college universities welfare?"
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Is the Big Ten done adding?
Originally Published: November 19, 2012
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Maryland Headed To The Big Ten
Andy Katz on the University of Maryland Board of Regents accepting an invitation to join the Big Ten.Tags: Big Ten, ACC, Andy Katz, SportsCenterNow that the adoption papers are all but finalized, the Big Ten is the proud father of two more bouncing baby programs. Say hello to the runts of the family: Maryland and Rutgers. The Terapins arrived Monday, the Scarlet Knights are expecting to join Tuesday.
Surprising? Sure. But anybody who thinks this is a total stunner needs a refresher course in geography. And TV rights economics. And recruiting.
You actually could see this coming. If nothing else, you could see why the Big Ten might order something a la carte off the expansion dinner menu.
Eight months ago, I wrote that Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany would never allow his conference to be geographically outflanked by the ACC. "I could see him sending in a Big Ten Special Forces unit to extract Rutgers from the ACC's possible grasp and Maryland from the ACC altogether. Rutgers hasn't made much of a secret of its fondness for the Big Ten. And who knows -- maybe Maryland is ready for a change too. ... That would give the Big Ten 14 members and a strong presence in Pennsylvania, the mid-Atlantic states and the New York/New Jersey areas."
And then just for fun, I added: "But if 16 is the number that counts, why stop there?"
AP Photo/Nam Y. HuhJim Delany landed the latest realignment move, adding Maryland on Monday.
Would this have happened had the Pac-12 not backed out of its "collaboration" with the Big Ten earlier this year? Remember? The two conferences were going to form a super-alliance of sorts, which would have featured increased Big Ten versus Pac-12 scheduling in all sports, including football.
In short, it was a way to avoid actual expansion, conference realignment and, as Delany put it at the time, "collateral damage." It was also a way to add "value" to both leagues (translation: $).
But even in December 2011, when the soon-to-be-doomed partnership was announced, Delany said: "It doesn't mean you can't expand one day." Read more...http://espn.go.com/
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Huskers close to achieving 'win-out' goal
November, 20, 2012
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Brian Bennett | ESPN.com
Bo Pelini's message to his team after an Oct. 6 loss at Ohio State won't conjure up images of Knute Rockne. His speech likely won't be mounted on the stadium wall, as Tim Tebow's 2008 post-defeat promise was at Florida.
Yet if Nebraska is able to finish this season out as expected, Pelini's words could be remembered for a long time by Huskers fans.
Things looked anything but promising for his team after Ohio State blew the doors off Big Red in a 63-38 humiliation. A Big Ten title probably seemed like a pipe dream that night.
But Pelini, a guy who constantly talks about "the process" and doesn't like to discuss big picture items during the season, offered his team a rare long view that night in the locker room at Ohio Stadium.
Bruce Thorson/US PresswireAfter an embarrassing loss to Ohio State midseason, Will Compton and the Huskers have won five games straight."He told us, 'Usually I'll come in here and say our goals are still out there and we've just got to improve,'" tight end Ben Cotton told ESPN.com. "But he laid it out flat for us. He was honest. It was kind of a, look-you-in-the-eyes-straight, man-to-man statement. He was making it clear to everybody what we had to do if we wanted to win a Big Ten championship."
Pelini repeated his "win-out" mantra a few minutes later when meeting the media, saying: "We have six weeks, and we need to win the next six football games." That seemed a lofty goal at the time, as Nebraska still had to go to Northwestern and Michigan State and play Michigan and Penn State at home, and especially in the moments after the defense got shredded like never before under Pelini.
Winning out meant first getting better, and that began the next week during the team's bye week practices. Pelini didn't make a lot of changes. He just asked the team to work harder and correct mistakes.
"That's what you try to do, and we have stayed the course," he said Monday. "We didn't panic, and I think our kids have gotten better." Read more...http://espn.go.com/
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Kiffin not the coach for USC's future
Head coach has been a distraction during Trojans' difficult season
Updated: November 20, 2012, 1:36 AM ET
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Arash Markazi | ESPNLA.com
LOS ANGELES -- There's nothing for USC athletic director Pat Haden to say right now. There may be nothing for him to say next week. Haden has so far expressed support for Lane Kiffin in the aftermath of USC's loss to crosstown rival UCLA, but if USC loses to Notre Dame on Saturday, sooner or later he's going to have to say: "Lane, you're fired."
Haden has been hearing complaints about his head coach from disgruntled alumni since the day he became USC's athletic director in 2010. Now, Kiffin's team has dramatically under-delivered on lofty preseason hopes and the chorus of dissatisfaction is growing louder and louder.
With good reason.
This week USC became the first school since Ole Miss in 1964 to start the season as the No. 1 team in the AP poll and completely fall out of the rankings by the end of the season.
If USC loses to Notre Dame, the current No. 1 team in the country, it would be the first time the Trojans have lost to both UCLA and Notre Dame in the same season in 17 years, and Kiffin would become the first USC coach since Paul Hackett to have at least five losses in two of his first three seasons at the school.
Not only have the Trojans lost the most significant games on their schedule so far, they have lost them in historically bad fashion. Three weeks ago, Oregon ran up the most points (62), touchdowns (nine) and yards (730) ever surrendered by USC, in a football history that dates to 1888. Last Saturday, UCLA scored more points against USC, in a 38-28 win, than it had in any game since 1996, and running back Jonathan Franklin's 171 rushing yards were the most for a Bruin against USC since Gaston Green's 224 yards in 1986.
This season was supposed to be Kiffin's shining moment as a head coach (not to mention a storybook ending for loyal-to-the-program QB Matt Barkley). It was the first time he entered a season with championship aspirations and with what appeared to be the talent to back them up.
But instead of title talk, it's been a year of disappointments and distractions. Yes, USC was battling sanction limitations and some key injuries, but too often Kiffin did not help his team's cause. Read more...http://espn.go.com/los-
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replacements for Dooley at Tennessee
Who could be in the mix to land in Knoxville? Dave MilleSo who could be in the mix to land in Knoxville?
Let's take a look at some possible candidates for athletic director Dave Hart, who said that prior experience as a head coach was critically important as well as strong character. Thus, a coordinator such as Alabama DC Kirby Smart and former Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino will not be considered.
If Jon Gruden returns to coaching, could it be in Knoxville?Jon Gruden, current NFL analyst: No matter what anyone thinks about his coaching credentials or his personality, Gruden is the holy grail of coaching candidates. And he will be (actually probably already was) Hart's first phone call. It is becoming increasingly clear that if Gruden is to leave the MNF booth, it will be for a college job despite the fact that I still hear he remains in play for the Cleveland Browns job. Gruden, a former graduate assistant at Tennessee who went on to marry a Tennessee football cheerleader, is the popular choice among most Vol fans. But will Hart be able to woo him to Knoxville?
Charlie Strong, Louisville head coach: Strong will be in demand, particularly at Arkansas, where he is likely very high on Razorbacks athletic director Jeff Long's list of candidates to replace John L. Smith. Tennessee is a better job than Arkansas, however. Strong has had great success as an SEC assistant coach, and he is taking Louisville to great heights. He maintains that he wants to stay with the Cardinals, but no one really wants to coach in an unstable Big East.
Gary Patterson, TCU head coach: Patterson has rejected overtures in the past, and the Horned Frogs now have stability in the Big 12. But if there was ever a time for Patterson to take on a new challenge, it would be now. He has taken the TCU program to the very top, but would he like to try to do the same on a bigger stage? That would be the question he has to ask himself at this point in his career. He was a popular choice to land on Rocky Top before Lane Kiffin landed the gig. But would he leave the state of Texas? It could be tough to say no if offered.
David Cutcliffe, Duke head coach: As I wrote recently, Cutcliffe would be the perfect candidate for Kentucky, but Wildcats athletic director Mitch Barnhart has had trouble landing Cutcliffe in the past. While he maintains that he will be the Blue Devils head coach in 2013, he could not pass up an opportunity to return to Tennessee, where he was a successful offensive coordinator before becoming Ole Miss head coach. Could he?
Dan Mullen, Mississippi State head coach: Mullen has essentially maxed out what a head coach can do in Starkville, so there's no question that he would take this job if Hart offered it. His time running the Florida offense helped prepare him to do well with the Bulldogs, but will his lack of big wins at the school turn off Hart?
I think Louisiana Tech head coach Sonny Dykes would do very well at Tennessee, but I think Hart will stay away from anything associated with the Bulldogs after Dooley's tenure. Dooley, of course, left Louisiana Tech to come to Tennessee.
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