In the World of College Football

So sports fans, there is a lot of action which happened this week in the world of college football. Although some of it has been under speculation for awhile, this maybe one of the biggest action packed weeks of college football history and it is not even the college football season. I am going to try to cover some of the issues which have been going on, talk about what I think is going to be their future impact in the world of sports, and I am also going to talk about some of the things which may come as a result of what has been going on.

One of the first things I am going to talk about is what has been going on with USC. For those of you who may not know, USC had been found violating a number of rules, some of which included giving improper benefits to players, letting an ineligible Reggie Bush play. Although they were also having some issues with their basketball team I will be focusing on the football team. As a result , USC is banned from playing in any post season games for the next two years, lose a number of scholarships (20-30 depending on what source you read) and it may be possible that Reggie Bush loses his Heisman. Also, victories in which Reggie Bush was a part of, will be forfeited. You know what I have to say? Good. I am sick and tired of these teams like USC who think they can get away with anything. Were not talking about a simple mistake which was made. We are not talking about something in which the coaches and team were not trying to break rules. They let a ineligible player play and they violated NCAA rules by giving players like Reggie Bush extra benefits. They deserve to lose those games, the don’t deserve to play in the off season, and I hope Reggie Bush gets punished too. Because the juniors and the seniors on the team right now are not going to get the chance to go to another bowl game in their college career if they choose to stick with USC. You cant punish those boys who did not do anything and then just sit there and say Reggie Bush who is a major part of this whole investigation In the first place gets to keep his reward and go off on his merry way. That’s a lot of BS and it is unfair to those boys who did not do anything wrong. Take away the award and let this whole situation be a lesson to other teams. You may think you can get away from it for awhile but in the end you are going to get caught and you are going to have to pay back. But my oh my how the mighty have fallen.

Now there is a lot of other news to be covered and I am afraid I will not be able to cover it all, mainly because there is so much I am bound to miss something. Also with all the schools that are going to different conferences, I am bound to miss some so please, bear with me.

To the Big Ten so far we have Nebraska. I personally hate Nebraska after what happened in the Alamo bowl back in 2006, but this should be an interesting addition to the Big Ten. There are talks that Missouri may come over as well, but there are also talks they will go with Kansas to the Mountain West Confrence. Notre Dame would make sense since they play so many teams from the Big Ten already, but whether they come over to us or join the Big East, possible Sec though of those two the Big East seems most likely at the time being remains to be unseen. It would also not surprise me if they try to stay independent. That way they would continue to have the freedom to schedule all the games they want to do, but with the way things are going and with everyone only being greedily fixated on the whole money aspect of it, I am pretty use it is going to be in their best interest to join a conference, and as much as I hate them, I hope it is with the Big Ten.
On a side tangent here but this is something which is very important. Everyone does realize why all these changes are going on right? Money. It is plain and simple. Now I understand it takes money in order to make the game of college football to work, but college football is not suppose to be all about the money. These are professionals who are playing the game for a living although some of them will be some day. These are kids who are playing ball while they are going to school. And although a number of these kids get the scholarships in order to play ball, a lot of money is being made on these kids. In fact too much of it. I remember being outraged by the Big Ten network, when they were charging people to get it. Charging money to see games which were always on tv before. We are getting into an era when the game which was once more about passion is becoming more about the money. Now the players of course will still play with passion because they are not getting anything they did not get before at least it is that way for the time being. So you can expect to see the passion out of the players. It just sickens me to see the tradition of these conferences and other things in which made the sport great being changed and swapped just so people can make some more money. Don’t get me wrong, college football is always going to be my favorite sport and some of these changes are going to be pretty interesting. I am a little peeved the changes which are being made is not so the sport is made better for the fans and the players but it is so some people can make a few extra bucks. It is a shame and it is really inexcusable. There is nothing we can do about it, but it is something we just have to live with. We live in a money centered world and even now the game of college football is becoming more and more money focused instead of focusing on the kids who make the sport great. The traditions which we all love.

A lot of the news is stemming over the basic collapse of the Big 12. It looks like or at least at one point looked like Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Texas AM, and Oklahoma state may go to the Pac Ten. But Texas is still considering options and the SEC is trying to draft at least Texas and Oklahoma. One thing for sure, this is one big mess. I was a little surprised to be honest to think the Big 12 was coming to an end. I am guessing the majority of the schools, at least the power schools will go to the Pac 10. Most of its competition is closer, and it is becoming the new power house conference. Oklahoma and Texas will go to the same conference so we will see soon what will happen. It would not really surprise me too much if they both joined the SEC, nothing does anymore, but it will be something to wait and see.

Now that it has though the BCS or as I like to call the BS no longer has the Big 12 to favor. It is going to be interesting as Boise State is looking to come and join the Pac 10, who they will favor. If they keep this current system. The Big 10 is looking to get a title game and we may finally in the near future see a play off system. Now that may be a little far off considering all the money they make from the sponsors and considering the fact these people don’t give a flip for anything except for money, we know they may not be too willing to do that.

What are some of your thoughts about this? Do you like the moves? Do you think USC is being treated unfairly? Will we ever have a play off system? Please share your thoughts on what has been going on in the world of college football. Id also like to hear ideas for future blogs. I cover virtually all topics: sports, life, religion, politics, etc, so please share your ideas, because generally I will write about it if you suggest it.

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