Barking Carnival

What happens when a stoppable force meets a movable object? We'll find out on March 18th. Meet Wake Forest.

From 1987-2000 Florida State was 152-19-1, finishing in the Top 5 for a incredible 14 years in a row. Since 2006, the Seminoles are 24-19, and even the hometown media thinks it is time for Bowden to step down. With the 28-21 loss to Boston College on Saturday, the Seminoles have now lost two straight since moving to No. 18 in The Associated Press Top 25, including last week's 17-7 victory by South Florida.

Former Nebraska RB Thunder Collins convicted of murder - Suddenly Lawrence Phillips really is a good kid. Florida Gator safety Dorian Munroe underwent knee surgery - The story says he was fighting for a starting spot but some of the more informed Barkers will have to let us know how serious this is. Auburn backup running back Eric Smith knocked a guy out - He hit the guy in the back of the head.

the ACC, Big 10, Big East and the Pac 10. Heading into the 2009 football season, the Southeastern Conference is begining a 15-year deal with ESPN and CBS that makes the conference "A First Among Equals" in the BCS. While the numbers are staggering in terms of money flowing to SEC schools, the ramifactions of the contracts reach beyond the bottom line. But first and foremost, it is the money that catches your attention. REVENUE "Timing Is

...and the ACC, Big 10, the Big East and the Pac 10 with their new TV contract. ESPN Regional Television, the new over-the-air syndication home for some Southeastern Conference programming , announced a regionally syndicated college sports package that will air in more than 73 television markets including Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston and San Antonio. The regional package will be branded as the SEC network, and it will broadcast 13 SEC football games across the

Out of the six BCS conferences, only the Big East has a worse overall regional TV package than the Pac 10 (The Big 12 is barely better). Thanks to the current economic climate the Pac 10 is looking to add to its revenue stream by starting its own regional network. According to 2007 Internal Revenue Data, the Pac 10 was trailing the other major conferences in gross receipts (game day revenue) -- by a wide

As long as we are stuck with the BCS system we are stuck with a beauty contest where style points matter. And that means people’s opinions of the relative strengths of the BCS conferences also matters. We already have a look at how the six BCS conferences did in non-conference action in 2008. Is there anyway to look at the BCS conferences over the length of the BCS? I decided one factor to concentrate on

With all the talk of "style points" and strength of schedule being bandied about this week, and with the bowl season about to be unleashed, there no doubt will be more talk about the relative strengths of the BCS conferences. Before the bowl matchups between leagues get started, here are some basics Overall BCS Opponents Conference W-L W-L Big 12 38-10 79% 7-8 47% ACC 37-11 77% 15-8 65% SEC 37-11 77% 6-9 40% Big 10 32-12 73% 6-7 46% Big East 28-12 70% 9-7 56% Pac 10 14-17 45% 6-8 43% Yes,

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