Apocalyptic Exodus Begins

I was all for expansion when the "10" conferences contemplated adding two teams each so all the BCS conferences that matter would have an actual championship game and add some level of fairness to the bowl system. When they began acting like maniacal supervillians gone mad with power creating mutant sixteen conferences, I was skeptical and disgusted. But surely that wouldn't actually happen...

And then it did. I can't imagine the backroom deals that are being made with Colorado's announcement of moving to the PAC-10. It's like the allied powers dividing up Europe after WWII, except no war in this case. They've decided to carve up the landscape and rip up rivalries just for kicks. If by "kicks" you mean money. The special advisor to Texas A&M president told the AP "any decision A&M makes will be based purely on its financial impact and not on more intangible elements, like preserving tradtions and rivalries."

I don't believe the mega-conferences can sustain themselves indefinitely. Nor do I think they will necessarily kill college ball. But we have indefinitely waived the smokescreen that college ball represents anything more than a dollar sign to the powers that be. Here's hoping the future is not as bleak as it looks now.

(I can all ready tell you I'll have more to post/revision tomorrow. But while the conferences were driving themselves to an uncertain future, I was driving myself to Nowhere, North Carolina. This post was the very first thing I did after my exhausting journey.)