Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln

With the whirlwind of speculation going on around the resignation of Jim Tressel, what are the bigger lessons for college football programs?

Based on the SI article out yesterday, it looks like one answer is insulate your head coach. I couldn't tell you if the Vest is a control freak, but from the outside looking in, it sure seems like he is. For his new gig selling insurance...or used cars, he needs to learn to delegate.

I am not making light of those decisions or the outcomes. They are very bad on both accounts. However, it isn't hard to make the argument that had Tressel trusted an assistant coach or a director of football programs, he'd still have Gordon Gee picking up his lunch tab on a regular basis. His pleas of ignorance can only work if he has plausibility deniability. You have to have the pretense of not being in the loop to make it work.

The sin of omission is viewed very differently than the sin of commission. When you are the loop, there is no one to kick the smoking gun toward when the police show up. Gene Smith and Gordon Gee are about to prove that point pretty convincingly in front of the NCAA.

I am sure we'll see more about this in the coming days, but it isn't hard to see why blue chip players thought Columbus was such a cool place to play football. Being treated like royalty is hardly unique in a college football town. Being treated like Vince Neal on the Girls,Girls,Girls tour is something entirely different. Not to say it doesn't happen other places (it does), but when you add that context it makes those decisions more understandable.

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Ed. note: After re-reading this, it appears I could be condoning these actions. I am not. I am simply saying Pat Dye and Jim Tressel got into trouble when they took matters too much into their own hands.

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Expansion Wrap Up

Let's say you throw a party for kids in the neighborhood. And let's say that kids who attend the party receive $10 million per year for the next 20 years. While kids that don't attend the party lose $20 million a year for the next 20 years. What do you think will happen?

Of course, parents are going to want their kids there. Not just one kid mind you...but multiple kids. And don't forget cousins, grandchildren and nephews.

That's among the reasons why I said last month, that I didn't see a 16-team league happening.

In the end, I think the Big 10 will expand by 1 team and the Pac 10 will go to 12. And most of the 16 team talk is brilliantly aimed at getting the Big 10 the best possible team to reach out to them for inclusion.

From there, all the leagues will take a deep breath. Because the contractual complexities of moving to 16 teams in one or more conferences are just too great. And University presidents are too risk adverse.

Regardless, Andy Katz's article about the mysterious Trilateral Coalition / Black Hand stopping the Pac 10 expansion is the best read of the entire Bay of Pigskin roller coaster ride.

Two schools who faired better than most think in expansion are:

• Iowa - The Hawkeyes and Huskers have only played six times since World War II, and only twice since Reagan's first term in office. This despite Lincoln being located only 60 miles from the Iowa state line. Right now, Iowa and Nebraska are on comparable footing in football. This is the perfect time for them to become rivals. More than likely, Iowa vs. Nebraska will become the season ending game for both programs, and that's the sort or big time match-up Iowa needs to raise demand for tickets. There's nothing like a heated border war to ignite the fan passion. Also, Iowa State can't sell area recruits on getting to face Nebraska every year. It's another hit to the Cyclones...which is also a win for Iowa.
  
  
• Colorado - They are taking a lot of heat for leaving the Big XII, but it makes total sense to me. When the Buffs were at their best, they were recruiting heavily out of Los Angeles. The rumors are that the Buffs will be in the same division with UCLA and USC which means a yearly game in LA. They are trading in division games against Nebraska and 4 teams that hardly get anyone in that part of the world excited for USC, UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State and likely Utah. That's a towering home run from a ticket sales and fan interest standpoint. TV money is great, but you have to recruit players and sell tickets to win games, and they are better positioned to do that than ever.

What's your overall thought on Expansion? Bottom line for me...I'm glad we ended up where we did at the BCS level, but I don't think we're done at the mid-major level. See next post for more info.

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It's Official: Colorado Joins the Pac 10

The Pac 10 conference announced today that The Colorado Buffaloes are joining their conference. This announcement was made moments ago. (Source: ESPN). This is on top of the likely news within the next 48 hours that Nebraska is joining the Big 10.

According to ESPN (and this was also discussed last night by Pete Thamel of the NYTimes):

Texas and Texas A&M officials are scheduled to meet [today] at an undisclosed location to discuss the future of their athletic programs and the Big 12 amid speculation the league could be raided by rival conferences and broken apart.

Things are moving very quickly. One of the big problems with expanding to 16 teams is...how do you keep fans happy when they are fewer titles to go around? Well, the Pac 10 may have dreamed up a very obnoxious answer to that question (ht - blutarsky):

The coach said it's possible the Pac-16 would push for two automatic bids to the BCS, one for each division champion. That potential bonanza could open the possibility of the two division champs from one league playing for the national title, and it would eliminate the need for a conference championship game.

"The Pac-10 doesn't believe in a championship game," the coach said. "And coaches in the Big 12 don't like it anyway."

If they move in that direction, the Pac 10 is essentially not a single conference at all. It's a modified version of the Pac 8 meets the Southwest Conference in a marriage for TV purposes only.

Imagine the SEC applying this thinking and expanding to 16. You'd have a league whereby the SEC East and SEC West champs both earned a BCS slot automatically, but there would be absolutely no "settling it on the field" in that scenario as the two division champs wouldn't meet in Atlanta. Bizarre.

See Also:
-- Texas A&M and the SEC in talks? - SI.com
-- Scrambling to save the Big XII - NY Times

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Why the 16 Team Mega Conferences won't happen Part 2

Simply put, I don't believe the Big 10 can make the TV revenue numbers work. To grossly oversimplify the math, the Big 10 members currently pull in $22 million each. That's $242 million total. To move to 16 teams and keep the per team revenue the same, you'd need to increase the total size of the pie to $352 million.

You would think that risk adverse university presidents wouldn't make a move that risky without thinking they could increase their yearly revenue share by at least 20 percent. That requires increasing the Big 10's total revenue to over $422 million.

That's a 75 percent increase in total revenue for the Big 10 simply by adding teams like Pitt, Syracuse, Missouri, Rutgers and UConn. Why not mention Notre Dame? Because if they could get Notre Dame, they wouldn't keep adding teams.

TV Revenue is based on eyeballs. Let's look at some numbers.

• Currently there are about 303 million people in the US.
  
• The Big 10 state by state footprint includes 67 million people. That's 22% of the nation's population.
  
• Adding Missouri, UConn, Pitt, Syracuse and Rutgers would increase their coverage by 37.5 million homes. Or about 56 percent.

Why are those numbers important? Well...I posted population...not number of households but the above percentages still give you an idea of the size of the footprint a 16 team league would get you. And again...there is no need to take on the risk of going to 16 teams if Notre Dame wants to be the 12th. In that case, you just stop at 12.

But I digress. About 3 weeks ago, Dennis Dodd pointed out this math:

Cable television analyst Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News estimated that the Big Ten is getting a subscription fee of 70 cents per month per subscriber within that eight-state Big Ten region. Outside of that area, he says, the fee drops to 10 cents.

Take the state of Missouri as an example of the profit potential for the Big Ten. The state had an estimated 2.2 million households in 2008. Let's assume that almost all of those have satellite or cable or both. If the Big Ten added the University of Missouri, it could potentially increase those subscriber fees from 10 cents per person to 70 cents. That's the difference between a gross of $220,000 and $1.54 million per month.

*UPDATE: I blew the math big time. Here's the better math. Adding Missouri changes the Big 10 revenue opportunity to $15 million in the state of Missouri. However, they need to add $22 million for the league to break even. The math isn't terrible for the Big 10 in theory (unlike what I wrote in the 2 paragraphs I'm striking below). But it's not clear that residents of New York, Connecticut and New Jersey will put the same value on the Big 10 Network that residents of Michigan and Ohio do.

Ok. So, adding Missouri changes the Big 10 Network's revenue opportunity in Missouri by roughly $1.3 million? Again, I don't get it. Missouri needs to add $22 million to the Big Ten pie to pay for themselves. Why is adding $1.3 million in net new TV fees a good deal for the rest of the league's media partners?

To make the math work, you'd basically have to double the value of the TV deal in the *existing 8 states* to $1.40 per household *and* double the non-Big 10 states fees to $0.20 per household to get to numbers that make sense for expansion.

As point of comparison, the NFL Network charges Comcast $0.40-0.45 per household (update: per month) for viewers of the most important sport in the United States (as of 2009). That's down from the $0.70 asking price that the NFL Network put in front of Comcast.

Now...can you get the massive revenue needed if Notre Dame is one of the 16? Maybe. But like I said earlier. Why go to 16, if you get Notre Dame in the fold. You're in a less risky position to just stop at 12.

Like I said...I don't think the 16 team Super Conference is coming. Not right in the next 2 years anyway.

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Why the 16 Team Mega Conferences won't happen Part 1

I just don't see the Big 10 expanding to 16 teams any time soon, and if they don't do it. No one will. In my opinion, most of their talk about 16 teams is aimed at:

• Making Notre Dame Nervous - The only way for a 16 team conference to really work would be moving to a 10 game league schedule. You really wouldn't play the other side of the league often enough to call yourself a conference unless you went to 10 games. Ten league games for the Big 10 would mean extremely little scheduling flexibility for Midwestern teams in booking Notre Dame. Also, a 16 team Big 10 would eliminate the Big East. Currently, Notre Dame is guaranteed 4 games a year against Big East foes. Combine that with three more Big 10 teams, and it becomes hard to see how they would book a full slate of 12 games. There are only so many service academies.
  
  
• Making Nebraska Nervous - If the Big 10 takes Missouri and the Pac 10 takes Colorado, the team left standing in the Big 12's game of musical chairs is Nebraska. Texas and Texas A&M can do pretty much anything they want due to TV demographics and fan support. Nebraska doesn't have that luxury.

In the end, I think the Big 10 will expand by 1 team and the Pac 10 will go to 12. And most of the 16 team talk is brilliantly aimed at getting the Big 10 the best possible team to reach out to them for inclusion.

From there, all the leagues will take a deep breath. Because the contractual complexities of moving to 16 teams in one or more conferences are just too great. And University presidents are too risk adverse.

More on the Revenue side in a little bit.

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Quality Women's Hoops Rant

There are moments when your PR guy should step in and say, "You're not going out there." This is one of them.

Michigan *women's* basketball coach Kevin Borseth delivered a quality YouTube moment last week with his career best rant. The rant was triggered by his girls giving up 23 offensive rebounds to Wisconsin. I love that former UGA man Tom Brennan follows up the clip with some humor.



If you're wondering, his girls were out rebounded 12-8 by Minnesota in the next game. ESPN says that his wild rant shouldn't define him. Yeah. Right.

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Mike Adams vs. the Big 10

From today's PTI on ESPN


For more absurd Big 10 logic, check out the comments on this article which has been picked up by DeadSpin and SI.com.

Update: Adams calls out Big [Little] Ten [Eleven] and Pac Ten as playoff impediments.

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New Ohio State Logo

[Hat tip: Iron Chef Turducken]

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Coaching Rumors: GT, Auburn, Michigan, etc.

Quick look around before heading to bed:

• Tuberville is making the Auburn faithful a little restless with his rumored flirting with Arkansas. Tubs is originally from the State of Arkansas. The new Hawg athletic director has outlined his plan for their search. If he bolted, Auburn would look to Petrino, but he currently makes $4.8 million per year to coach the Falcons. Would he really take a $1.8 million (or more) pay cut to lead the Tigers?
  
  
• New Orleans papers and the Associated Press are reporting that Michigan has received permission to speak with Les Miles. Not all Wolverine bloggers are excited about having Miles in Ann Arbor. What's not to like? Who wouldn't want a whack job who wastes top talent running their program? FanBlogs asks if Jeff Tedford should be a bigger part of the search.
  
  
• Georgia Tech's big rumored name? Rick Neuheisel. I mean seriously. If you're going to get mad when we say Tech Lies and Cheats, don't go out and hire a two or three time NCAA offender. That's just like shooting fish in a barrel. He's also a candidate at SMU, UCLA and Arkansas. I'd like to see them end up with David Cutcliff or Randy Edsall. Barring Archie Manning having any more kids, I think Cutcliff's recruiting would be their final undoing. Interestingly both GSU and Navy say that Tech hasn't asked for permission to talk with Paul Johnson or Chris Hatcher.
  
  
• Nebraska has asked for permission to interview Cincinnati's Brian Kelly. He's also one of the candidates for the Michigan job if The Hat turns them down.
  
  
• Duke - I personally think they end up with Steve Spurrier, Jr, but I'm too lazy to go looking for a link for that. I just think that's who I'd hire if it was me.

See Also
-- Coaching Carousel - Ivan Maisel (ESPN)
-- Scoop - Football Rumor Mill
-- Why Richt isn't leaving Athens - GSB

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UGA Bowl News and Rumors: The Rose Bowl?

There are two articles that are must reads for Georgia fans wondering where our bowl destination lies. The first is an interview with the CEO of the Rose Bowl on the AJC's site. The key quote is this:

"We are very cognizant of the long-time partnership between the Big Ten and the Pac-10, and we try to give special preferences to those," said Mitch Dorger, CEO of the Rose Bowl. "But we are not obligated to disadvantage the game in order to keep that [partnership] alive."

As a refresher, the Rose Bowl will have the #1 pick of available at-large teams if Oklahoma beats Missouri. In that scenario, the Rose will essentially have to pick between UGA with its high ranking, sexxxy winning streak, great record, warm and fuzzy coach, and big traveling fan base OR Illinois with its low ranking, three loses, knuckle dragging coach, thieving basketball fans who smoke in non-smoking rooms, eat crackers in bed and pee on the toilet seat. I think the choice is obvious.

Groo at DawgsOnline points out that Jim Delany, Big 10 Commissioner and resident pain in the ass for the SEC, worked with the Rose to create a contract that gives them all sorts of most favored nation status exemptions. In other words, the Rose will have plenty of excuses at their disposal if they want to screw us and pick the Fighting Zookers. He theorizes that the Rose At-Large selection will simply come down to a power struggle between SEC Commissioner Mike Slive and Delany.

Dec. 2nd's Bowl Selection Show will be must see TV if Oklahoma beats Missouri. Well...it'll be pretty intriguing regardless.

See Also:
-- Dawgs in the BCS - DawgPost.com
-- Bowls and Recruiting - OnlineAthens
-- Stewart Mandel says Illinois to Rose - SI.com

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Observations from the Weekend: Across football...

1. Michigan vs. Notre Dame - Pillow Fight Alert!
Kicking these guys when they're down is good times. Notre Dame could justify losing to a solid, fast Georgia Tech team at home in Game 1 with rookie QBs. They could spin losing on the road with a FR QB to a quality Penn State team. But losing to a hapless Michigan team at home without Henne? Will Weis' elongated honeymoon finally end? If you have three recruiting classes under your belt, and you can't field a competitive team, your coaching staff has massive holes in either talent evaluation or development. This game reminds me of some sort of Lumber Jack match from the early 80s in which neighboring jobber programs like Illinois, Indiana and Northwestern surround the sidelines and refuse to let either Michigan or Notre Dame leave the building without someone stepping up and winning the game. Winner takes on Boozy Suzy for the PFL world title.

2. USF vs. Auburn: BOOOOOO!
I'm not sure I've ever heard a chorus of boos for the home team like the end of regulation on the Plains. (From memory) Tuberville had around 40 seconds and two timeouts left when Brandon Cox was sacked with the score tied. Rather than take the timeout and advance the ball down the field, he elected to basically sit on the ball for overtime. Brandon Cox is some sort of AJ Suggs without the pedigree meets Joey Harrington without the flashy smile meets Reno Hightower without the kickass body repair shop.

3. LSU vs. Virginia Tech: Damn. Just. Damn.
VT lost this one when they announced the start time of 9:15 EST. When your QB is afraid of large fast cajuns crowds, lining up against the Tigers in Death Valley for a start this late really isn't humane. If Miles can keep anything near that level of intensity across the SEC schedule, the league is in for a world of pain.

4. Ohio State: Michigan Who?
Who woulda thunk it? OSU is probably more concerned with a road trip to Washington than the season ender vs. Michigan. I'm pulling for Willingham because (1) his success creates comedic parallels to Weis (2) He's playing Cheaty McSweaterVest (3) he's a milk drinker. UW is a 4.5 point underdog. That seems generous for OSU fans regardless of how much I want this to be a close one.

5. Louisville: Offensive defense
After watching MTSU score 42 on Lville, I can't help but like UK's chances vs. the Cardinals in Lexington. The SEC is a slaugther house this year.

6. The ACC sucks: Again
Miami and VT got the hell beat out of them by Oklahoma and LSU. FSU looked like a high school team for about 55 minutes vs. Clemson. Tech is coached by Gailey and Clemson by Tammy Bowden. Could the best team in this league really be BC? Wow.

7. Hawaii: Don't trifle with the Dooleys
It's an up and down week for Hawaii's chances of backing into the BCS this year. The overtime battle with La. Tech will cost them votes as the season goes on. But Washington looks to be a team that could give them a quality test if UW's momentum holds up against their brutal schedule.

What were your observations across the broader football world?

See Also:
-- Don't Bet on it (around the SEC) - DawgSports.com
-- Different types of Losses - HeyJennySlater (very funny)

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Humor at Michigan's expense

From the UGA student section. The front side said Go Georgia (or something similar). They showed both sides on ESPN. Image: OnlineAthens.com. Click to enlarge.

BTW -- in case you were curious. Here's how App State finished against other Div I-A teams recently.

2006 vs. NC State (10-23) - L
2005 vs. LSU (0-24) - L
2005 vs. Kansas (8-36) - L
2004 vs. Wyoming (10-42) - L
2003 vs. Hawaii (17-40) - L
2002 vs. Marshall (17-50) - L

Appy State isn't a program to be feared, but it was a program to be respected. And if you're wondering UGA does have a tentative date with them in 2013. Originally, they were scheduled to be the season opener in 2009. However, we had to move the game with them out due to conflicts caused by scheduling the series with Oklahoma State.

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Big 12 evolution: What if the Big 10 does expand?

To break from UGA practice discussions...there were recent on again off again noise out of the Big 10 about possible expansion. Brian at MGoBlog offered up some candidates for the Big 10 to consider.

Given that Notre Dame is likely never leaving their sweet heart deal with NBC deal to join a conference, some of the top names bantered about for the Big 10/11 included Missouri, Iowa State, Syracuse, Rutgers and Pitt. Missouri in particular has been mentioned as a potential candidate for the past two years.

The downhill effect of a Big 10 move involving a Big 12 member is the Big 12's own need to expand. The logical first name to pop up is former Southwest Conference member Arkansas. However, the Razorbacks would take an enormous financial hit (around $3 million per year in lost revenue by my lousy math) to leave the SEC as the Big 12 generates less overall revenue, and they split the revenues unequally. So why toss away a good thing to take a smaller piece of a smaller pie?

The "What If" conversation around Big 12 changes came up last week on BurntOrangeNation with some of the top candidates being BYU, Utah, Cincy, TCU, Memphis and other names even more far fetched as a replacement should Missouri or Iowa State leave.

One name that might be a great fit for the Big 12 = Louisville. Why?

• TV: Louisville would open a new TV market of Kentucky and more importantly southern Ohio and Indiana. L'ville is less than 2 hours from Indianapolis and Cincinnati. Plus, they would bring Eastern Time Zone games and viewers to the league. (see DMA info below)
  
• Basketball: A strong hoops program would be an ideal fit if Missouri leaves.
  
• Geography: Closer than Denver and Salt Lake to most Big 12 members
  
• Receptivity: Louisville has no historical ties to the Big East
  
• Cash: Big 12 is a better paying gig than the Big East.

While the Cardinals lack the academics to move into the Big 10 discussion, they're not wildly out of line with the Big 12.

Louisville is unranked academically in the Top 125 overall colleges. Academically, they are a peer school with USF or UCF. However, Nebraska, Kansas State, Iowa State, and Oklahoma are academic peers with Tennessee, Auburn and Alabama while Mississippi State and Oklahoma can swap fun stories about the merits of the 64 vs. 128 box of Crayons together.

While nothing is going to happen either way, it's interesting to consider the "What Ifs" if the Big 10 finally makes its move to expand.

Factoids:

-- Overall SEC Revenue = $122 million (over $10 mil / team)
-- Overall Big 12 Revenue = $106 million
-- Overall Big East Revenue = $75 million ($5.8 mil / team)
-- St. Louis -- 21st DMA
-- Indianapolis - 25th DMA
-- Cincinnati - 33rd DMA
-- Louisville - 48th DMA
-- Lexington - 63rd DMA

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*DMA = Media market ranking

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Ohio State Tribute to VT at Spring Game

I already showed the Penn State student section tribute earlier today. In another tribute, the Buckeyes added a VT logo to their helmets for their Spring game. Read more about the gesture and the OSU Spring Game at BuckeyeCommentary.com or The Ozone. MZone has more commentary and photos on their Big 10 rivals.


See Also
-- Tributes to VT - SI.com
-- Honoring VT -- CSTV

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Cool Gesture from Penn St. Students

They formed the VT logo in the student section during the Spring Game. Very classy. (Ht - Toon Dawg)

The Penn State student section normally forms an "S". As a point of comparison, a big game in Happy Valley looks like this:


PSU vs. OSU (White Out Game...I think)

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Two Gator Farks

Look, I hate the Gators just like you do. But I do appreciate belittling smack talk. You SEC homers that pulled for the Gators (freak shows), will enjoy this.

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Tickets Available for March Madness

If you're looking to attend this year's March Madness in person, the Georgia Sports Blog's Stubhub.com affiliate site can help.

Stubhub.com has a cool interactive bracket which lets you see the teams in each bracket and location. From there you can quickly click, research and buy the tickets you're most interested in.

If you're thinking about a trip to Lexington, New Orleans, Chicago, Winston-Salem or any other Tournament site, you can buy or sell the tickets quickly from Stubhub.

They also have tickets for the Final Four in Atlanta. And all Stubhub.com purchases have the FanProtect Guarantee.

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Tickets Available for SEC Tourney

There are a variety of good seats left for the SEC Tournament from Stubhub.com. If you're looking to buy or sell tickets, our Stubhub.com affiliate can help.

Currently there are seats available for:

Session 1 (Thursday - Two Afternoon Games)
Session 2 (Thursday - Two Games including UGA vs. Auburn)
Session 3 (Friday - Two Afternoon Games)
Session 4 (Friday - Two Evening Games)
Session 5 (Saturday -- Both Semifinal Games)
Session 6 (Sunday -- Finals)

You can also buy entire SEC tournament ticket books which include all sessions. All games are at the Georgia Dome.

See Also:
-- NCAA Basketball Tournament Tickets - Interactive Bracket
-- Final Four Tickets -- Stubhub.com

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Big 10 Coaches as South Park Characters 2007

Click to enlarge. Ht - Kit Kitchens

Big 12 tomorrow.

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Big 10 Commish shoots his mouth off

In an attempt to explain away the Big 10's weak performance on the recruiting trail and the national title game, the Big 10's commissioner issued a "Letter to the Fans" this week.

(Image: Big 10 Commissioner Jim Delany)

Rather than address specific issues regarding the Big 10's alleged recruiting problems, Commissioner Jim Delany tries to tear down the SEC in a belittling, condescending piece. In his "letter" he states:

I love speed and the SEC has great speed, especially on the defensive line, but there are appropriate balances when mixing academics and athletics. Each school, as well as each conference, simply must do what fits their mission regardless of what a recruiting service recommends. I wish we had six teams among the top 10 recruiting classes every year, but winning our way requires some discipline and restraint with the recruitment process. Not every athlete fits athletically, academically or socially at every university. Fortunately, we have been able to balance our athletic and academic mission so that we can compete successfully and keep faith with our academic standards.

He all but calls the SEC member schools a bunch of redneck football whores who will do anything to win.

For his part, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive took the high road in an interview with the Chicago Tribune. When asked about the Delany's stats showing relative parity between the two leagues, Slive stated:

"I can appreciate why the Big Ten wants to compare itself to the Southeastern Conference. This is a comparison we welcome in the spirit of wholesome intercollegiate athletic competition." He went on to point out, "Slive responded by pointing out the SEC has five national titles since 1992, and those were won by four different schools: Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and LSU. The Big Ten has two titles during that span: Michigan's in 1997 and Ohio State's in 2002."

Slive took a much higher road than I would've taken. My response would've been:

"I'm sorry, but I couldn't hear you over Troy Smith's cries of pain. If you could be so kind as to tell Maurice Clarett and Chris Webber that I said hello, I would appreciate it.

What a farce. Others have much longer responses on the Big 10 freakzilla statement:

-- One of the Best Minds of the 18th Century - EDSBS
-- Big 10 Commish: Honorary Tech Fan - Dawgsonline
-- All Blog Articles About Delany's Letter - Technorati
-- A Buckeye Perspective - Around the Oval
-- Delany's Letter - Big 10 Official Site
-- The Most Powerful Man in College Football - Yahoo Sports

Absurd.

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