Well, the regular season has ended and now the second "Happiest Time of the Year" has begun with the College Football Bowl Season underway (for those not sure of the first "Happiest Time of the Year", it's when the college season begins).
The first three bowl games gave very little for college football fans to cheer about (unless you are a fan of BYU, Troy or Northern Illinois) as all three were blowouts and never competitive. Fortunately, the Beef 'O' Brady Bowl between Southern Miss and Louisville provided a much closer game and some hope that the rest of the bowl season is going to give us compelling games and exciting finishes all leading up to the climactic showdown between Auburn and Oregon in what will hopefully be a legendary game.
And speaking of legendary...the Big Ten's announcement of their new divisions, Legends and Leaders was met with the derision it properly deserved. Who did the research on this and who was the committee that thought this was a good idea? Legends and Leaders? Why not just call them Douchebags and Tools, since that what the rest of the NCAA conferences think of those names. North and South couldn't work? East and Midwest? How about Lakes and Plains? No, the forward thinking Big Ten had to come up with something no one could have seen coming and then are surprised that they got slammed for how stupid the names are and are already considering changing them after the inaugural season.
But with the discussion about how stupid the division names are, people are missing the other inexplicable reveal from the announcement. The new conference logo. Okay, Big Ten. When Penn State joined the conference, you kept the name and reworked the logo to have an 11 hidden in the words Big Ten. But now that Nebraska has joined, and you have twelve teams, you can't keep calling yourselves the Big Ten. Is counting not a requirement for entrance? Does the word "ten" have some other meaning that only you're aware of? And while I see the "1" being used as an "I" in the logo, where is the "2" for the twelfth team? Is the "G" supposed to be a "0"? I'm confused by what you're trying to do. Rename those divisions as soon as possible, burn all the merchandise you made up with those names, fire the people responsible for them and get your conference name changed to something with a 12 in it or do it like the SEC, where the number of teams can change but your name stays the same. If you need help with this, send me an e-mail...I'm happy to help.
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