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The               first               weekend               of               college               football               revealed               a               new               trend,               a               trend               that               greatly               aids               teams               with               unstable               futures               and               ambitious               long-term               goals               while               greatly               hobbling               their               opponents.

As               is               the               custom               for               opening               weekend,               most               Division               1               Football               Bowl               Subdivision               teams               from               automatic               BCS-bid               conferences               held               scrimmages               with               so-called               lesser               teams               from               the               Division               1               Football               Championship               Subdivision               conferences.

The               one               upset               was               Oregon               State               succumbing               to               Sacramento               State,               29-28.
Other               power               conference               teams               held               what               they               thought               would               be               tougher               scrimmages               with               Division               1               Bowl               Subdivision               teams               from               non-BCS               conferences               (Mid               American,               WAC,               Sun               Belt,               Conference               USA,               and               Mountain               West).

Somebody               forgot               to               tell               Utah               State               they               were               a               cupcake               accepting               a               fat               paycheck               for               traveling               across               the               country               to               merely               show               up               and               take               a               pounding               in               front               of               a               packed               stadium               at               Auburn.

The               Aggies,               who               had               dominated               both               trenches,               blew               a               10-point               lead               with               three               minutes               left,               primarily               due               to               porous               defense               and               poorer               onside               kick               coverage,               falling               42-38               to               the               defending               national               champion               Tigers.
A               few               schools               scheduled               tough               on               opening               weekend,               lured               by               network               dollars,               a               desperate               need               for               overall               strength               of               schedule,               or,               in               what's               becoming               a               precious               rare               commodity               in               today's               world               of               collegiate               athletics,               integrity.

Props               go               out               to               Notre               Dame,               Georgia,               California,               USC,               Minnesota,               Baylor,               UCLA,               Colorado,               Syracuse,               Boston               College,               Northwestern,               and               Wake               Forest               for               doing               the               right               thing.

For               scheduling               very               tough               schools               from               non-BCS               conferences               or               non-BCS               independents,               Baylor               dug               deep               and               came               out               with               a               50-48               upset               of               TCU,               while               Georgia               was               over-run               by               a               sleek               yet               powerful               Boise               State,               35-21,               and               Ole               Miss               was               overtaken               by               BYU               in               the               fourth               quarter,               14-13.

Integrity               is               not               always               rewarded.
For               scheduling               tough               schools               from               BCS               conferences,               Notre               Dame               and               Boston               College               were               both               punished,               the               former               falling               to               South               Florida,               23-20,               and               the               latter               stumbling               against               Northwestern,               24-17.
What               is               the               new               trend,               the               common               thread               of               the               winning               teams               mentioned?

They               all               had               a               twelfth               man               on               their               side;               they               all               had               the               extra               incentive               of               trying               to               make               a               great               impression               on               the               power               brokers               of               college               football               in               order               to               avoid               receiving               short               shrift               during               the               forthcoming               conference               realignment,               phase               two.
We               know               Texas               A&M,               fittingly               the               father               of               the               twelfth               man               concept,               is               the               school               which               will               begin               this               second               phase               of               realignment.

Its               president               has               declared               the               university's               intent               to               leave               the               Big               12,               probably               for               the               SEC.

Furthermore,               we               know               the               BCS               network               deals               expire               in               three               years.

We               also               know               the               future               of               NCAA               major               college               football               lies               in               four               or               five               superconferences               of               16               teams               each.
Nobody               wants               to               be               left               out,               but               some               schools               will               be.

Deserving               schools               not               yet               in               the               upper               tier               of               college               football               want               in.

Utah               is               their               role               model.

Inconsistent               schools               or               weak               programs               from               smaller               markets               that               are               already               in               want               to               stay               in.

Perhaps               they               belong               to               an               unstable               BCS               conference               that               may               dissolve               or               be               "decertified"               soon,               such               as               the               Big               12               or               Big               East.

Perhaps               they               belong               to               a               stable               but               ambitious               BCS               conference               that               seeks               to               expand               and               possibly               replace               them               with               the               more               attractive               athletic               programs               and               markets               of               available               bigger-brand               universities.

The               fates               of               Rice,               Houston,               and               SMU               are               examples               of               what               the               vulnerable               schools               want               to               avoid.
The               Big               East,               while               a               basketball               power               conference,               may               lose               its               automatic               BCS               bid               status               in               football.

After               the               ACC               raid               that               robbed               it               of               many               marquee               programs               and               years               of               floundering               in               the               football               polls,               the               Big               East               desperately               accepted               powerhouse               TCU,               a               travel               logistics               nightmare               for               non-football               sports,               into               the               fold               for               2012.

It               may               not               be               enough.

If               the               Big               East               loses               it               BCS               status,               look               for               schools               like               Syracuse,               Rutgers,               Louisville,               Pittsburgh,               and               West               Virginia               to               easily               find               homes               in               expanding               BCS               superconferences.
On               the               other               hand,               schools               like               Cincinnati,               UConn,               and               South               Florida               will               be               scrambling.

They               must               prove               themselves               worthy               of               continued               BCS               status               now,               as               the               realignment               turmoil               continues               for               only               two               more               seasons               (allowing               for               the               granting               of               a               year's               notice               a               school               needs               to               provide               its               conference               to               avoid               harsh               financial               penalties).

Coaches               and               players               got               the               message:               Cincinnati               vaporized               Austin               Peay,               72-10,               UConn               waxed               Fordham,               35-3,               and               South               Florida               upset               host               Notre               Dame               in               the               twice-delayed               Lightning               Bowl,               23-20.

Beware               the               twelfth               man!
Another               conference               not               guaranteed               a               superconference               future               is               the               Big               12.

Unlike               the               Big               East,               it               won't               lose               its               BCS               status               due               to               dodgy               play               and               mediocre               teams.

Instead,               its               future               is               unstable               due               to               the               arrogance               and               greed               of               the               University               of               Texas,               which               is               driving               away               its               high-profile               conference               mates.

Texas               A&M               is               already               bowing               out               next               summer.

Oklahoma               and               Oklahoma               State               will               be               deciding               within               the               next               three               weeks               what               offer               they               will               accept               from               what               conference               (right               now,               the               rumor               mill               gives               the               Pac-12               the               nod).

We               know               how               Missouri               feels               about               the               Big               12,               as               it               sought               an               invite               from               the               Big               10               in               2010               and               appears               to               be               flirting               with               the               SEC               in               2011.
Hopefully,               the               Big               12               has               a               contingency               plan               to               quickly               replace               fleeing               members               with               other               high-profile               schools.

Word               on               the               street               says               that               is               the               case.

Hopefully,               the               new               members               have               the               humility               to               live               in               the               shadow               of               conference               darling               UT               and               its               Longhorn               Network.
Did               Texas               set               up               its               own               network               (with               the               help               of               ESPN)               as               a               precursor               to               football               independence?

It               sure               looks               that               way.

How               could               Texas               officials               have               reasonably               expected               other               Big               12               powers               to               accept               the               ludicrous,               lopsided               terms               it               was               dishing               out               last               summer               in               order               to               increase               its               already               significant               power,               wealth,               and               competitive               advantage               while               "saving"               the               conference?

Answer:               they               couldn't.
Unfortunately,               this               leaves               lower-profile               Big               12               schools               such               as               Baylor,               Texas               Tech,               Kansas               State,               and               Iowa               State               in               a               dilemma,               particularly               vulnerable               during               the               next               realignment               phase.

However,               this               also               gives               those               teams               the               figurative               twelfth               man,               the               extra               incentive,               motivation,               and               drive               to               win.

You               could               see               it               over               the               weekend.

Baylor               upset               #14               TCU,               50-48,               in               a               national               showcase               game,               while               Texas               Tech               smashed               Texas               State,               50-10.

Iowa               State               and               Kansas               State               had               narrow               victories               over               Northern               Iowa               and               Eastern               Kentucky,               respectively.

Those               two               schools               really               need               to               turn               on               the               jets               to               avoid               a               conference               realignment               apocalypse.
Boise               State               always               plays               motivated               with               a               chip               on               its               shoulder.

Nothing               has               changed               with               its               recent               "promotion"               to               the               Mountain               West.

Why?

No               sooner               had               it               joined               the               conference               than               Utah               left               for               the               Pac-12               and               BYU               left               for               football               independence.

Adding               insult               to               injury,               TCU               then               agreed               to               bolt               in               2012               to               the               Big               East,               and               the               Mountain               West               invited               in               former               Boise               State               WAC-mates               Nevada,               Fresno               State,               and               Hawaii               for               2012.
Will               the               Mountain               West               dissolve?

Not               likely.

Will               the               Mountain               West               obtain               BCS               status               anytime               soon?

Not               likely.

Therefore,               the               Broncos               only               hope               is               to               keep               impressing               NCAA               power               brokers               in               showcase               games.

They               did               just               that               in               Atlanta               Saturday               night,               humbling               Georgia,               35-21.

It's               nice               to               have               the               second-best               quarterback               in               college               football               in               2011,               Kellen               Moore,               but               Moore's               a               senior.

What's               more               important               to               the               Broncos'               upgrading               crusade               and               future?

Brilliant               coach               Chris               Peterson               has               rejected               offers               from               BCS               schools               in               the               past               and               appears               content               to               ride               out               his               future               in               Boise.

The               Broncos               have               to               hope               the               Big               12               remains               a               viable               BCS               conference               bent               on               expanding               to               16               teams.

If               that               is               the               case,               Boise               State               has               a               real               chance               to               upgrade               again.
What               about               the               strange               case               of               Washington               State?

Who               didn't               love               the               Cougars               when               future               NFL               washout               Ryan               Leaf               was               leading               them               to               victory?

Alas,               the               glory               years               are               long               gone               in               Pullman.

Worse,               the               Cougar               inhabit               a               small               media               market               and               lack               academic               gravitas.

WSU               should               be               very               motivated               on               the               field               this               year,               and               not               just               to               save               the               endangered               coach's               job.

Larry               Scott               is               a               very               ambitious               conference               commissioner.

Hopefully,               his               plans               for               further               Pac-12               expansion               don't               include               replacing               a               low-profile               school               like               Washington               State.

If               they               do,               the               Cougars               must               do               what               they               can               to               dissuade               the               commish.

On               Saturday,               WSU               dismantled               Idaho               State,               64-21.

So               far,               so               good.

After               all,               the               Cougars               in               2011               are               playing               with               the               twelfth               man.
Northwestern's               position               in               the               Big               10               is               not               similar               to               Washington               State's               in               the               Pac-12.

For               one               thing,               the               school               is               located               in               a               suburb               of               Chicago,               the               nation's               third               largest               media               market.

For               another,               Northwestern               remains               an               academic               heavyweight               in               a               league               of               heavyweights.

Gary               Barnett               made               Wildcat               football               relevant               again,               and               the               team               has               remained               tough               in               the               years               subsequent               to               his               departure.

Nevertheless,               spanking               Boston               College               on               the               road,               24-17,               should               remind               everyone,               including               power               brokers,               that               Northwestern               is               no               Rice.
One               may               ask               if               the               Hornets               of               Sacramento               State               were               playing               with               the               same               twelfth               man               when               they               outplayed               and               upset               Oregon               State               in               Corvallis,               29-28.

No               doubt.

The               Hornets               are               obviously               not               looking               for               a               BCS               superconference               to               join               in               the               next               two               years.

They               are,               however,               looking               at               upgrading.

The               Hornets               become               far               more               appealing               to               non-BCS               bowl               subdivision               conferences               like               the               WAC               when               they               pull               off               upsets               over               high-profile               BCS               programs.

Advantage,               Sac               State.
Finally,               there               is               the               matter               of               BYU.

Steeped               in               rich               football               tradition               (just               ask               Steve               Young               or               Jim               McMahon),               the               Cougars               of               Provo               prematurely               gained               football               independence               a               la               Notre               Dame,               in               what               many               viewed               as               a               jilted               lover's               response               after               Utah               got               the               coveted               Pac-12               invite               and               boogied               to               greener               pastures.

The               folks               at               BYU               are               no               dummies:               they               groomed               solid               relationships               with               both               ESPN               and               Texas.

The               Longhorns               and               the               Big               12               are               synonymous.

To               get               an               invite               to               the               Big               12               ball,               one               must               look               attractive               to               and               get               along               with               UT.

BYU               already               has               its               own               television               network,               so               it               won't               mind               Texas               having               theirs.
It               sure               looks               like               BYU's               move               to               independence               was               a               way               station               for               a               more               permanent               move               to               a               BCS               conference,               most               logically               the               Big               12               if               it               doesn't               implode.

Time               will               tell.

Regardless,               the               Cougars               could               not               have               asked               for               a               more               storybook               beginning               to               their               new               post-MWC               chapter.

In               the               featured               Saturday               afternoon               game               on               ESPN,               BYU               came               up               with               a               dramatic               come-from-behind               14-13               victory               over               Ole               Miss               in               SEC               country.

A               bust               of               the               late               great               local               author               William               Faulkner               couldn't               help               the               Rebels,               but               the               twelfth               man               did               assist               the               Cougars.

It               should               be               an               interesting               season,               both               on               the               field               and               off.





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