Barking Carnival

10 weeks ago, Oregon played in the Rose Bowl as Pac 10 champions. Since their loss to Ohio State, the program has been in some kind of bizzaro parallel universe where every headline concerns a player arrest, a firing, or now a resignation. Mike Bellotti, the Duck AD and former head coach earlier this week fired basketball coach Ernie Kent, the winningest coach in school history. Then today, in a slighly surreal press conference, Bellotti,

Are we really surprised? Today, reports are swirling that Seantrel Henderson, a five star recruit, the #2 overall recruit by Rivals, and future knight of the roundtable, will finally make it official in the coming weeks and actually sign his LOI with everyone's favorite left coast juggernaut, USC. Why is this relevant? He was expected to sign there. Well, for two reasons: 1. This may be an indication of the paddy cake that the

All the recent talk about proposed conference expansion has centered around Texas being a prime target for either the Pac 10 or Big 10. Now the biggest domino in the BCS is indicating that maybe they are ready to look to make a safe fall. Touchdown Jesus may send the signal that Notre Dame is willing to play nice with others. The talk of the Big East basketball tournament is that the Fighting Irish

It’s all Rick Barnes’ fault. Late-February. National Signing Day is over.

I think so, but it will take more vision than we are used to seeing from the current Big 12 leadership.

“What starts here changes the world.”

And there are media reports that Texas is high on their wish list.

With TV negotiations on the horizon, the new Commissioner of the Pac 10 says the window for expansion is wide open. Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott noted the leagues television deals expire following the 2011-12 academic year. With ESPN already locked into mega bucks deals with the SEC and the Big 10, the Pac 10 will be trying to strengthen its bargaining position. Scott said the primary factor in the decision will be finding schools that

According to several reports, Lane Kiffin is the new head coach at USC. Kiffin goes back to USC just in time to be part of the NCAA investigation. Meanwhile Tennessee, sees him leave after one year, but not before he pisses off just about every other program in the SEC.

Dispelling some myths and misconceptions as we possibly enter a period where things may open up again... 1. Texas has not been a good conference partner.

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