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Chase Utley, minutes ago, fresh off hitting a HR for the Single A Clearwater Threshers in a rehab start. Roy Oswalt and Carlos Ruiz were here too, trying to find pics of them:

Jim Thome - Clearwater Threshers

I had also thought the rumor was that the Big XII didnt want any more Texas teams either...

Villanova already has been: http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110210aac.html 1. Philly will actually have a solid FBS program (they'll have priority for the Linc, so where will Temple go?) 2. I hope they get to play Notre Dame and Boston College every season...the Catholic Cup deserves to remain! Temple will stay at the Linc, and Villanova will play at the Philadelphia Union Stadium (for awhile anyway) Being the resident USF fan, and from other sources I follow, the candidates seem to be: - TCU - Central Fla - Villanova - Houston - Memphis - E Carolina There's also a scattering of Mizzou/Kansas/BC/Maryland, but not sure if the Big East has the ower to sway current BCS auot qualifying schools. TCU best be target #1. Outside of that I could really care less. Most of my fellow USF fans think UCF is a mistake and will hurt us, but I dont think we can argue that unless it actually happens.

Yeah right, only if a Texas based team were in the Pac 12...

In the end, the Pac 12 went with the most obvious option. Now on to site selection for their championship game. The divisional format and site for the title game are items two and three in terms of importance. when the school presidents/chancellors meet next week the biggest issue they have to discuss and agree to is about how revenues are going to be shared. Voting to switch from an appearance-based model that favors USC and UCLA to an equal-distribution model is more important. Keep in mind yesterday, the City of Pasadena approved $152M renovation of the Rose Bowl. It will expand club seats from 550 to 2,500. It would also widen up to 12 access tunnels at the end zones, double the number of concession stands and increase restrooms. Plans for Rose Bowl Renovations Very true about the Rose Bowl, but I would think they avoid that as a host site, due to the fact that a Pac 12 champion would likely return to the Rose Bowl for the actual Tournament of Roses in the same stadium about a month later. That and the fact that it's already a current Pac 12 team's home site.

3 places I can think of are Glendale, Denver and Seattle I would also think San Diego, San Fran (Candlestick), and Vegas (albeit a tad small for a venue) could also have outside considerations.

In the end, the Pac 12 went with the most obvious option. Now on to site selection for their championship game.

http://en.allexperts.com/q/College-Football-2792/ncaa-div-1-qualifications.htm Aha, found some info on the subject of becoming D-1A/FBS football. The minimum average attendance for all home games looks to be 15,000:

I understand Nova would play at the Union's PPL Park, but isn't there some kind of average attendance minmum that FBS schools have to meet? Thus, would playing in a sub-20,000 seat stadium be an issue? I guess they could attempt to play neutral site home games close to the home of their visitors, ala Florida Atlantic playing a "home game" at Ford Field in Detroit agaisnt Michigan State this season.

Agreed, I can recall back before the Reebok exclusive deal came into play, replica jersey store price was about $5, sometimes less. Then all of a sudden, Big Reebok goes exclusive and the same jersey that I bought the year before is now $70. Please tell me something is wrong with this picture?

That jersey is most definitly yellow in person as well. Saw a few of them when I was at the Bucs-Browns game a few weeks ago, and next to our regular creamsicles they are awful. Oh, and how about this one. I know it's fake, but it's a nice job:

Wait... what? <checks the alignments> I could've SWORE they were in the same division. In large part because it's the only logical reason for having divisions that make no logical sense. <adds my post to the "evidence that the ACC's alignment makes no damn sense" pile> Well, and to seperate Miami and FSU so that it's possible to have them meet in the championship game, in which this season looks to be the first where that might happen.

Maybe an Eastern/Western: Eastern: Colorado Utah AZ State Arizona Wash St Wash Western: Oregon Oregon St Stanford Cal USC UCLA I'm pretty sure USC and UCLA are the furthest east of the old Pac 8 Schools. Or at least the easternmost "travel pair" It also seems kind of funny to put Washington in the east and UCLA and USC in the west, when Seattle is actually further west than Los Angeles. True, you're right...the map I was looking at was skewed a little and not flush with the Equator.

Maybe an Eastern/Western: Eastern: Colorado Utah AZ State Arizona Wash St Wash Western: Oregon Oregon St Stanford Cal USC UCLA

This story blew up on some USF forums I visited yesterday. Problem is, there really has been no proof so far. Memphis is a good choice, probably the best "available" option, "available" in the sense that they'd probably accept. Central FL on the other hand I'm semi-questionable on. I know, I may sound biased as a USF fan, but I really think there are some better options to make a splash before inviting Central FL (Maryland, TCU, E. Carolina, Houston, Navy, Army - all are extreme stretches, but the worst they can say is NO)

Saw this from the USF forum I'm on:

That would be some up realignment. That is a rumor as well as the report from TMZ Sports that OkieState has received a Pac-10 invite. TMZ reporting on sports must mean it's a slow day in Hollywood...

As for the Big 10, Lucas Oil (durr), Soldier Field, The Horseshoe, Ford Field, Lambeau.... haha I'm just throwing wild guesses but wouldn't be surprised if they were selected. Eh, probably not The Shoe, but I could see Cleveland or Cincy in the mix instead.

I wonder where Baylor, ISU, Kansas, and Kansas State would do next if that happens? The most logical option would be that the Mountain West adds those 4 plus Boise State to hit 14 teams and becom the de facto replacement in the BCS for the Big XII

Burn to Boise State, unless this is just staus quo for the time being until the Pac 10/Big XII/Big Ten dominoes fall...

This is on Scout's main page this morning, which looks to be more like something I could see happening. http://cfn.scout.com/2/968955.html

I've been reading alot about this in the past few months on a USF Bulls forum I visit. This could be the first of many dominoes to fall.

That my friend makes too much sense, thus it probably will never happen.

and he's wearing a warm-up jersey... three strikes... That's the jersey they give to any special guest throwing out the first pitch.