Haves/Have-Nots
January 2012
  DYNASTY?     SEC: The NFL of college football?   By every measure—championships, budgets, TV revenues, attendance, recruiting, etc.—the Southeastern Conference is sitting pretty. Very pretty.   Omaha World-Herald, 12-31-11
 
December 2011
 BOWLS    Making the case for what's right about the bowl system   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author presents a reasoned case for keeping the bowl system.   Gary Stokan, SportsBusiness Journal, 12-19-11
 
 FB    Forbes: College Football's Most Valuable Teams   Rankings were based on value to the university (mostly football scholarships), value to the athletic department (net profit), value to its conference (bowl game payout) and value to the surrounding community (spending on game days).   Forbes, 12-22-11
 
  SPORTS MEDIA    Master of the Pacific   Since taking over the Pac-12, Commissioner Larry Scott has been looking like a media genius these days. And for good reason.   Business Week, 12-15-11
 
 BUDGETS    Louisville on a roll   Surrounded by free-spending Big Ten and SEC programs, U of L is more than holding its own.   Louisville Courier-Journal, 12-4-11
 
 BCS    SEC reaps reward of rejected playoff plan   In 2008, Mike Slive pitched a plus-one, which this year would have had LSU and Alabama playing in to a championship.   Yahoo! Sports, 12-3-11
 
November 2011
 FB CHAMP    Illegitimate BCS process holds game hostage   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author doggedly declares that the BCS must go.   Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports, 11-30-11
 
 RECRUITING    Siena stays competitive   Investments in brick and mortar for athletics are keeping a small school in the hunt.   Albany Times-Union, 11-26-11
 
 D1-AA    Hail Seawolves   Thriving among a struggling breed (D1-AA football programs in New York Metro), SUNY Stony Brook has gone from nothing to something in one short decade.   New York Times, 11-27-11
 
 P4P    Turning Turkey Into Tofu   Clips Guest Commentary   By cleverly transposing meat for pay for play in a farcical Alice in Wonderland faux press conference intro, our guest authors quip that “student-vegetarians should not be allowed to eat meat.”   Richard Southall and Ellen Staurowsky, Huffington Post, 11-23-11
 
 BRANDING    A different kind of college ranking   Kiplinger’s “Best Bragging Rights” ranking has just two criteria: admission rate and yield.   Kiplinger, Nov. 2011
 
 HOOP RANKINGS    ESPN the Mag Weighs in on MBK   Here’s ESPN's Top 25, plus the remaining 319 (#3 is Ohio State, #6 is Duke, #16 is Arizona, #27 is UNLV, #38 is Clemson and #344 is Chicago State).   ESPN the Magazine, 11-14-11
 
 P4P    Paid announcement    How much cash could college athletes generate if they could shop their talents?    Nov. 14 issue of ESPN The Magazine
 
 REALIGNMENT    “Superconferences” is not the title of a comic book   14 is better than 12, and 16 is better than 14. Why?... You can have two divisions of 8, or four divisions of 4.   ESPN the Mag, 11-2-11
 
 REALIGNMENT    The Big East Presidents/ADs meeting   Clips Eyewitness Report   Far from a conference on the ropes, the Big East is coming out swinging.   Nick Infante, Clips Editor, 11-2-11
 
October 2011
 FACILITIES    Arkansas Athletic Facilities Master Plan Unveiled   A long-term vision totaling $320 million was unveiled last week in Fayetteville.   Razorbacks website, 10-18-11
 
 REALIGNMENT    The Quiet Storm of Conference Realignment   Here’s as clear of a crystal ball as we’ve come across.  Outkick the Coverage, 10-7-11
 
September 2011
 B12    Even when Big 12 comes together, it cannot keep its story straight    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author describes a hilarious Big 12 teleconference gaffe that encapsulates the dysfunction of that once mighty conference.    Andy Staples, SI.com, 9-22-11
 
 REALIGNMENT    Big 12 goes to the brink and back again   If it’s Thursday it must be Big 12 is “on,” or is that “off?”   ESPN.com, 9-21-11
 
 D2/D3    Students' Dreams of Big-Time Sports Unnerve a Wary Faculty   At U-Cal San Diego, an itch for D1 collides with a financing falloff.   The Chronicle of Higher Education, 9-18-11
 
 REALIGNMENT    Realignment's musical chairs would leave several schools in the dust   Every day brings a new twist, and when the music stops, who knows where everyone will be?   Andy Staples, SI.com, 9-19-11
 
 REALIGNMENT    The Disgusting Stench Of College Athletics   Clips Guest Commentary   Is going to the ACC a matter of survival for UConn?   Jeff Jacobs, Hartford Courant, 9-21-11
 
 REALIGNMENT    Remapping the NCAA (Part 1)   Our guest author has churned out an epic of “History of the World” proportions. It’s long, it’s profound and it’s cerebral, but it’s well worth the read. And “Part 2” follows right below.   Joe Lunardi, ESPN Insider, 9-15-11
 
 TOP 25    LSU, Wisconsin big risers in TV pilot-themed Power Rankings   Like TV pilots, Week 1 games can be a sign of things to come or an anomaly. Twin Peaks worked until it didn't; will that be the case for Les Miles' Tigers?   Andy Staples, SI.com, 9-6-11
 
 ACADEMICS    APR shortcomings for three SWAC schools    Postseason bans are being enforced on football and men's basketball teams.   AP, 8-29-11
 
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