Bo Pelini is a weinie.
His behavior last week in a national televised game Nebraska loss to Texas A&M was beyond volatile. I thought Woody Hayes was back. Or that it was only a matter of time before he started heaving chairs onto the field. It’s one thing to coach with emotion it’s another to completely lose your mind. If it had been my University to run, Bo Pelini would be spending the remainder of the season taking anger management classes. Not that they would do any good.

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So my apologies to all of my fellow Cornhuskers fans. I was wrong. It was Texas. It’s always Texas. And how do I know for sure? I grew up there. I know the way it works.

Well, this certainly changes things. The Big 12 lives to fight another day. Or at least until the Longhorns get a better offer. Never underestimate the power of a Texan or two to broker a deal behind closed doors. That’s pretty much what happened with a lot of wheeling and dealing to get it done. I wouldn’t be surprised if old LBJ himself had something to do with it.

So I’ll set the record straight. Though many will look at Colorado and Nebraska as the rats who ran early, it’s now very clear. It was Texas setting them up as scapegoats. And set them up they did.

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with apologies to Gene!

It only took one single move to blow up what was once a pretty good athletic conference. The Nebraska Cornhuskers desertion to the Big Ten (with considerable help from Texas, which is, well, ALWAYS about Texas) means the Big 12 is over. Colorado is off to the PAC-10, which I think is long-term a BIG mistake and things as we know them around here will never be quite the same. So much for the Nebraska rivalry, which was, really, no rivalry at all.

I hate to see what is happening to NCAA sports. But it was inevitable. It’s about the MONEY. It’s always about the money. And the smaller schools are the losers.

The Buffs should have gone to the Mountain West. It pains me to say that, but I think the way things work in Boulder make it difficult for the Buffs to compete with the USC’s of the world. (Texas and Nebraska for that matter). Now I want to hear it from you. What do you think of the whole mess? Start typing those comments.

Don’t forget my world Cup cartoon on ESPN.com sometime after the Saturday USA-England match

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I spend a few days in Texas and all hell breaks lose in Boulder. Clearly Dan Hawkins is under fire. The question isn’t if but when. Rumors have everyone from Mike Shanahan and his son taking over to bringing Knute Rockne back to life. And Hawk hasn’t been fired yet.
I was excited when CU hired Hawkins. I liked his enthusiasm, his focus on the student part of student/athlete and his track record at Boise St. After he landed Darrell Scott, I honestly thought this program was on its way back. How wrong was I? Very. Hawkins biggest error will always be his apparent favoritism of his own son at Quarterback. Nepotism never works well in college athletics. Even Pete Maravich and his father Press were a bad mix at LSU. Nothing good ever really comes from it. (And let’s face it, Cody is no Pete Maravich). The whole thing is a shame, because the Buffs will be back to square one in the process. Perhaps it’s time for all of us to lower our expectations in Boulder, accept the fact that they can never compete on the level with Texas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. Oh, sure, maybe a season or two, but nothing that lasts very long. I hope I’m proven wrong on this theory, that I’m way off base on all of this and that Hawk stays and builds CU into a national title contender. And I hope to win the lottery as well. But we know how that turns out now don’t we.

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