tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post5423768458352611409..comments2023-11-03T04:07:19.586-05:00Comments on Vanderbilt Sports Line: Bobby Pontificates on Expansion DeferredSeamus O'Toolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11811017078765515449noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-36786364904241052102010-06-17T17:51:40.979-05:002010-06-17T17:51:40.979-05:00I think Chip Brown and his crew at orangebloods.co...I think Chip Brown and his crew at orangebloods.com have to be considered winners as well. They had their name on ESPN's various platforms, as well as other national media outlets, on a near-daily basis. I'm sure they were already fairly well-known in Texas and Big 12-10 country, but many people on the East Coast, myself included, had probably never heard of the site before. They were all over this thing.Pete W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12088748734226671612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-19473514935928593882010-06-16T15:47:36.082-05:002010-06-16T15:47:36.082-05:00I, too, agree with Woody that CU made out like a b...I, too, agree with Woody that CU made out like a bandit in the Great Realignment Apocalypse. I think Nebraska probably did, too. Finally, I think that the Big 10 now 12 and Pac 10 now 12 (assuming they get Utah) will finally get what they want, the possibility of a conference championship game a la the SEC. While that didn't work out so well for the Big 12 now 10 for the last few years, the reason there is the power disparity between divisions. Assuming that Jim Delaney and Larry Clark et al. aren't idiots, they'll set up divisions in their new conferences designed to promote balance, something the Big 12 couldn't do. While Texas is everyone's white whale and will continue to be because there's no way the Big 12 now 10 stays together like this for too long, I think they lose out here despite the money they're making by keeping what's left of their conference together. The only important conference game on their schedule now is Oklahoma and that's it. Sure, Tech, OSU and Kansas are plucky but they're not heavyweights, and A&M hasn't done jack for about 12 years now. Less competitive league means less eyeballs on national TV, just ask the Big East. We'll be seeing more of this crazy shit soon enough, is what I'm getting at.Anything but Gatoradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17006770456109241897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-30072287747133389682010-06-15T14:05:59.994-05:002010-06-15T14:05:59.994-05:00I, too, was going to add a comment that I see Colo...I, too, was going to add a comment that I see Colorado as a winner. Woody has stated the case for this much better than I would have. I agree, Woody.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-63512248697752442382010-06-14T23:53:43.449-05:002010-06-14T23:53:43.449-05:00I think we should fill the sports void with the fo...I think we should fill the sports void with the former lady dore golfer on Big BreakAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-88429277420236131252010-06-14T21:21:40.560-05:002010-06-14T21:21:40.560-05:00Now, I'm in full agreement with the statements...Now, I'm in full agreement with the statements made about the SEC as a conference and about the Pac-10+1losing. However, even though it's not as big a story, I think you have to put Colorado in the winner's column and here's why:<br /><br />1. The school will now be associated, via conference, with UCLA, Standford, Cal, Oregon, AU, ASU and USC. Most of those schools have their own sports heritages, but if you think about those schools from an academic and research standpoint, it's a better group of institutions with which to be associated. <br />2. The school will triple its annual revenue being Part of the Pac-10+1, according to news I'm hearing out here.<br />3. The largest alumni base for CU is California and, surprisingly, Arizona. Now that CU as a both a team and institution will be spending more time on the West Coast, you have to assume that the Buff alumni will have a more active role with their university. I'm aware it's an assumption.<br />4. The Big 12 blew up when Nebraska left and people out here hate Texas just as much, if not more, then Bobby does.<br />5. The switch is supposed to take place in two years. With USC facing sanctions and Lane Kiffin, the school's overwhelming dominance may (I repeat, may) be ending. Dan Hawkins, a.k.a, "IT'S DIVISION I FOOTBALL!", has two years left on his contract. Think that CU won't try and hire a top-tier coach for their first season of Pac-10+1 football with a weakened USC? If they let that opportunity slip, I'd be shocked. <br />6. What the hell else was CU going to do, Mountain West? Right.<br /><br />Overall, the sentiment out here is that it was a great move and one that benefits CU. I'm not saying its going to change the face of college athletics, but it will definitely help Colorado in the long run.Woodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061671166274376164noreply@blogger.com