Movin' and Groovin': A Take on the NCAA Conference Shake-Up

In the last two days there have been some moves shaking the the NCAA's conference structure to its very core.  The Big 12 is a dying animal, wheezing out its last breaths as Colorado hops ship to the Pac 10 and Nebraska defects for the Big 10.  Another big move is Boise State leaving the conference they have dominated for the past decade, the Western Athletic Conference, for a much more competitive conference, the Mountain West.  Now, anybody who knows anything about college sports knows that when it's all said and done with, these moves are all about the money.  And since football is the NCAA's number one money maker, for the purposes of this article, I will focus on how the shifting conferences affects the college football landscape.  More after the break...

more where that came from

Here's a link eulogizing the Big 12.