Football Thread

MEGA BUMP!

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncf/news/story?id=5267933

In college football news, the University of Southern California (USC) will receive sanctions that include a 2-year postseason and TV ban, loss of 20 football scholarships and vacation of at least 13 wins in the 2004 season for violations the football program allegedly committed in 2004. USC may also lose their 2004 Pac-10 and BCS titles, and then-USC running back Reggie Bush may also lose the Heisman trophy he got that year. The sanctions will be announced today, and from there, USC will have a chance to appeal. If not, they will receive at least all the above punishments. Great way to start your coaching career at USC, Lane Kiffin.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5271438

In other D-1 football news, the University of Colorado has announced today that they will transfer out of the Big 12 Conference to join the Pacific-10 (Pac-10) Conference. The Pac-10 offered them a chance to join as well as Texas-Austin, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State. Of course, it won't take much: if Texas goes, the rest will follow since Texas has always been a powerhouse in the conference. If they leave, there won't be another to give the Big 12 enough credibility to stay a BCS conference, so the other four will go to the Pac-10. At the moment, it's the Pac-11, but if all the other schools join, there'll be 16 teams. Wonder how that'll work out.

What violations? Do you know?

And Golden Tate stole a donut at 3 in the morning. His comment" The maple bars are irresistible" That's great.

I guess they tried a method outlawed by the NCAA.

http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=204958959

Another update on the Big 12 situation. The University of Nebraska has asked the Big Ten to take them, and they approved by a unanimous vote. The Big 12 is now down to 10 teams, while the Big Ten now has 12. Maybe they should switch names. Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe is set to speak today at 2:30 Central time about the 10-team situation. The Big 12 has also petitioned the NCAA for a special waiver allowing them to continue hosting a football championship game. Under current rules, the NCAA forbids Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) conferences with less than 12 teams to have a championship game during the final week of the regular season. Unless the Big 12 gets this waiver, the North and South divisions will combine into just the conference, whatever name they give it. Commissioner Beebe says the conference will live on as a 10-team league, and will discuss alignment during the press conference.

Things are changing for Division 1. It's only a matter of time before we see whether these changes are good or bad.