For the Americans: College Football Kickoffering!

[B-Wing]

Nope, JHT. As I understand it, once a college player enters the draft, he forever loses his "amateur" status and can no longer play in NCAA sports. So even if a junior player goes out for the NFL draft and doesn't get drafted at all, he cannot play college level sports anymore.

Rhyfylwyr, I wasn't aware that anyone in Scotland played. Is your friend in a club or league of some sort, or is just personal recreation?

[Rhyfelwyr]

Rhyfylwyr, I wasn't aware that anyone in Scotland played. Is your friend in a club or league of some sort, or is just personal recreation?

He plays for Glasgow Tigers, wiki reveals they are part of the British American Football League...

[Strike For The South]

I'm sitting here watching the Big XII implode becuase UT is way to big

If nothing else A&M drew the line in the sand by empowring Bowen to take all necesarry steps. They showed Texas they were not going to be pushed around. Not like Texas cares but A&M is doing what's best for them and you can't hate on them for that. It's really only a matter of time before they bolt to the SEC

I forsee 3 possible scernarios:

1. Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and OSU bolt to the Pac-12 to from a super confrence (I am happy)

2. Texas consolidates the Big XII by adding newly minted D-I teams UTA, UTSA, and Texas St. into the mix, propping up a dying confrence while they continue to have an obscene profit line which only gets bigger becuase those 3 schools will still cheer for the grollia that is UT-Austin

3. The 3 "shrinking" confrences (Big XII, Big East, ACC) will shed dead weight and take the pick of the litter for a geographiclly insane super confrence

[drone]

The Big XII looks to be going the same way as the SWC. Not sure what the ACC and Big East are trying to put together. Maybe the ACC is shopping for a football powerhouse to replace Miami when the ax falls.

[B-Wing]

Strike, the local consensus where I live is that Texas actually wants to become independent, like Notre Dame. Basically, they're trying to disgruntle the rest of the conference to the point that they all want out, so that when the conference collapses, Texas can say, "Hey, we were trying to keep the Big 12 together! But now that it's just us and Baylor, I guess we'll become an independent school."

Also, the new Texas schools that you're talking about are actually entering the WAC.

I can only guess what Oklahoma would do if they decide they no longer want to be in the Big 12, but joining the SEC seems likely if Texas A&M leads the way.

And I wasn't aware that the ACC and Big East were having talks. What's going on there? I know the Big East adds TCU next year, though I'm not sure which group that move will benefit more.

[GeneralHankerchief]

I feel really sorry for Al Golden. Poor guy takes a job at Miami after turning around a program that was left for dead at Temple (pretty much literally, they had won something like 3 games in the past 3 years before Golden took over) and then the big scandal hits. I can't see this ending well for anyone (but at least it might finally be the tipping point to get some actual change in the NCAA so half of the college articles on ESPN don't have to do with rules violations).

[drone]

so half of the college articles on ESPN don't have to do with rules violations).

They had had a clock on Page2 "Days Since Last NCAA Infraction" they were running when the Ohio State stuff hit. It's gone now.

Golden is pretty much screwed. He has to prep for the season, he has no idea who is eligible and who isn't, and chances are it won't matter in the end. I'd just play everyone, if they have to vacate wins so what? If they escape the death penalty it will be a miracle. They hit my school (GT) pretty hard for fairly minor stuff. Sounds like Miami went the full SMU route, hookers and blow!