Maybe not the most inspired line Mojo Risin ever came up with but fitting for today. It seems that Nebraska has decided to be an also ran in the Big 10 rather than feign respect in a weaker Big 12 causing Missouri to make an equally stupefying decision to follow them into permanent mediocrity.
Assuming of course, the Hidin' Irish don't make the sensible decision to join the Big 10 as well, then Mizzou gets to find out the exact dimensions of the shaft.
But the real interest here is what to make of Colorado possibly moving to the Pac-10.
At first glance it sounds ridiculous that CU, along with the Texas/OK contingent, could go Pac-10. They have about as much in common with the left coast as mint juleps and gator tossin'. The only real link is that all parties share the never ending cash-lust that seems on fine display in Los Angeles, so maybe they deserve each other.
Given a second examination, the idea of sending the Buffs left might just be a stroke of genius. Outside of football concerns, where CU should be an upgrade over the bottom feeders in the Pac-10, the Pac-10 would also be getting the City of Boulder, in all it's glory.
It's no secret that the Pac-10 is full of crazy liberals (Cal), spoiled students (USC, UCLA) and binge drinking and drug abuse (Arizona, Arizona St.). Well, I've got good news for guys, CU is no slouch in any of those categories. The only reason we haven't had any crazy tree people (Cal) is because everybody in Boulder is a crazy tree person. Poor babies have nobody to protest.
The revelation that the Buffs joining the Pac-10 is simply the reuniting of twins separated at birth, changed my whole perspective on the situation. What the rest of us see as a cash grab by greedy conference presidents is like a POW getting to return home for CU. No more dealing with Nebraska, Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma. Now they get to lose with dignity in California, Oregon, Washington. Plus, they get to party in Arizona every once in a while. Who wouldn't take that deal?
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Wow, here I was thinking this was all about money. You know they could just come out and tell us that its really about fighting the "MAN", but that would be just too damn easy. Your re-alignment in your previous blog was perfect. Like region schools in the same conf, and seemed to me on the surface that those would all be very well rounded conferences! Shame :(
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