Realignment (both real and speculative) is the sports beat bomb right now, particularly of the Big 12 variety. Some thoughts:
1. Money talks, bullshit walks.
2. Current buzz is that the Big 12 will live, with the Holy Trinity of Texas, OU, and A&M receiving a larger share of a reported to be named television contract, with the seven dwarfs receiving a smaller, albeit much larger than today share of coinage. If this is true, representatives from several or all of the remaining schools are gratefully genuflecting toward Austin as we speak.
3. Colorado appears to have shit in their own mess kit. And, all of the noise and the Pac 10 walks away with a party school with fading athletic fortunes? What a turn of events.
4. Nebraska goes to the Big 10 and gets to sit out in the cold and get spit on by bitter rust belt fans. That Tom Osborne is one crazy guy.
5. Baylor probably thinks that Yahweh threw in on this deal--they were headed to the front range of the Mountain West only to be immersed in the healing waters of flowing Big 12 money, courtesy apparently of officially atheistic Texas. DeLoss Dodds goes on the name of the new religious studies building in Waco and some lucky faculty/administrative staff member is on call each day for the rest of Dodd's natural life should he desire a Lewinsky moment.
6. Some talk of the Aggies moving to the SEC. Wrong, Aggies, wrong. Wrong again. Not correct. Get in line behind DeLoss and let him talk. When the cash comes in the new Big 12 TV deal, thank the gentleman and go back to your seat.
7. More on Baylor: if it works out, they should enjoy the breath of relief and shot to the wallet but should also maybe make some serious contingency plans for the next go around--I'm thinking they're not so lucky next time. Some lunch dates and gift baskets to the Mountain West commissioner would be a good idea. Otherwise, win some more football games.
8. Lots of message board/letters to the editor smack during this period--much of it in the form of T-sip/Aggie variety but also a lot of vitriol directed toward Baylor, mostly by Longhorn faithful. "Don't belong/can't compete/don't deserve" is most often mentioned. Lots of spite and underlying resentment present and it seems likely that each letter writer's girlfriend/wife/gay lover was once figuratively screwed by a Baylorite. They can't fill up a stadium worth a shit, but those Bears are born again rock stars in the sack. Chicks dig a hymn well sung.
9. It's June and all everyone is talking about is college football. Cased closed--it's THE game.
10. Oh, this soccer deal they're having in Africa or wherever. Fans continuously blow horns due to the combined effects of a low IQ and relentless boredom. Games end "Nil-Nil" and pandemonium and unbridled celebration erupts. Actual victories and/or scores result in multiple orgasms and the sighting of unicorns. Shamefully, the United States has allowed itself to participate, further paving the way for our decline as a nation. I blame it on Seattle and Connecticut. Goddamn weenies.
11. I miss the SWC.
3 comments:
Oh, Mr. Bulba, the Aggies (and the Sooners) absolutely had an offer from the SEC. And when the funny money that Bebee promised doesn't materalize, A&M is gone.
Gone to annual beatings at the hands of Auburn, LSU and Alabama, but gone none the less.
I don't doubt they had an offer--I think it would have been a serious mistake to take it in light of Texas et al staying in the Big 12. Should Texas decide to go somewhere later (probably within the next 3 or 4 years) then I do think the SEC would be a better fit for A&M. I also think that the PAC looks less and less attractive the more I look at it.
Who do you think you are, Bulba, Mickey Fucking Spillane?
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