Shut Down Penn State Football

The unparalleled atrocities uncovered at Penn State this week require unprecedented reaction. It is disgusting to even fathom that a football team and football coach’s reputation can be thought of as more important than the safety, health and well-being of innocent children. Everyone within the program and university who has lost their job over this has, hopefully, only begun to face the consequences that they have certainly earned. They should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, no matter their status in State College. The roster of knowledgeable parties includes the President of the university, the Athletic Director, one of the most revered Head Coaches in the sport’s history, who knows how many assistant coaches, and who knows how many other people within the community.  Considering the fact that all of those people did not act appropriately in the defense of innocent children in order to protect a football program, the football program needs to be shut down completely.

The BCS is not causing conference realignment

The landscape of college football is continuing to morph right before our eyes. Right before this season we learned of Texas A&M's desire for SEC football and West Virginia and TCU have recently joined the Big 12. Just today we learn of the Big East trying to stay intact by inviting 6 teams to play football in their conference. Typically, the media blames the BCS for this because they need someone to blame and many already dislike the BCS. However, the BCS has not caused conference realignment. Conferences have always been trying to expand, long before the BCS existed, and the primary reason is television money.