About time

LOS ANGELES -- Leaders of the Pac-12 Conference agreed in principle Saturday to try to end college football's Bowl Championship Series, proposing its replacement with a playoff system that would allow only conference winners to play for college football's national title.

"I don't hear anyone saying business as usual is acceptable," said Edward Ray, Oregon State University's president and chairman of the Pac-12 universities' CEO group. "We need change."

Though a formal vote was not taken among the top Pac-12 university officials who attended Saturday, they expect that to occur at their next meeting later this year.

If the Pac-12 makes its formal recommendation as expected in June, it would come just before BCS bowls prepare late this summer to start negotiations on BCS contract renewals. The BCS contracts expire in early 2014.

The Pac-12 action is not unexpected. Arizona State University President Michael Crow advocated for the idea in Phoenix earlier this year. College football and the BCS have come under increasing criticism amid reports of lax financial oversight and administrative abuses and questions about the fairness of the bowl-selection system.
Source: http://www.theleafchronicle.com

Money and Pride

K-Stew:

Kristen Stewart has amassed over $55,000,000. Natalie Portman also has about $55,000,000. I never would have guessed that K-Stew would equal Nat's Earnings. K-Stew has three movies in the works in 2012. Her earnings will put her past Portman. She may become the richest female actor on earth.

Nat's career is ended. She wants to raise her child instead of acting. Good riddance. K-Stew is following in her footsteps at least in one regard: She is showing more and more of her body parts on screen.

Not that men mind her showing off her God-given assets, but her bottom is not the most attractive on earth. -And- She is small in the upper area. Many men prefer small in that area. Bigger is not better.

I used to think she had a fake romance with Robert. I may be wrong. It now appears that they have a real romance. The problem is; Rob has a roving eye for other "talent." He better watch it, as K-Stew is wanted by 99% of the world's population. Her bedroom-face appeals to both sexes.

Her personality was shaped by her High school years. She dropped out of school when she was 13 years old to pursue acting. That is sad. She missed the developmental era in a person's life when they learn to face failure.

This may account for her childish behavior when it comes to P'Razy. Her response is the raised middle finger. She has no other way to cope with the invasion of her privacy. Some have crawled over her fence to get photos in her own yard smoking weed. That is not judgmental of her, because I believe weed should be legalized.

Meanwhile back in Zona. RodRich is handling the arrest of his players well. Mainly, he is keeping his mouth shut. It is this blogger's believe that the players charges with trespassing will be spared. The 3 or 4 players who hit girls in the face are going to be OUT, period.

That's my prediction.

Bear Down

Players destroy AZ Football season

Source: http://azstarnet.com

Four Arizona Wildcats football players, all sophomores, were arrested early Friday morning for their roles in a fight at a campus-area party, according to police reports obtained by the Star.
Nickel back Jourdon Grandon, offensive tackle Fabbians Ebbele and guard Eric Bender-Ramsay were all arrested and charged with first-degree criminal trespassing and assault; a fourth, safety Jared Tevis, was charged with trespassing. Former UA safety Josh Robbins was also booked on assault charges and suspicion of DUI.
The UA athletic department is “cooperating fully with the Tucson Police Department, and disciplinary action will be handled accordingly," UA athletic director Greg Byrne said in a statement this morning. "Due to federal student-privacy laws, we will have no further comment.”
Ebbele, Grandon, Tevis and Bender-Ramsay all participated in Monday's spring practice on campus. First-year coach Rich Rodriguez will speak before today’s practice, but is not expected to comment because the investigation is ongoing.
According to reports, the football players arrived at a party near campus early Friday morning, but were asked to leave because only one of them — Tevis — had been invited. Robbins shoved the host and she slapped him, according to reports. Robbins then punched her in the face and a brawl ensued between the players and the 23 attendees, both male and female, at the party, according to reports.
The players returned 10 minutes later with between five and 25 other people, witnesses told police. Ebbele, 6 feet 8 inches and 310 pounds, began punching everybody he could reach, including the party’s host, witnesses told police. Grandon was seen punching both women and men at the party, witnesses told police. Ebbele told police that he was trying to break up the fight, and did not punch anybody. 

The immediate question is this: Will Rich Rod do what is best for the program and remove scholarships from all  members involved or cower in the corner?

Goal: Keep QB safe.

Keep Scott safe:

Quarterback Matt Scott will likely wear a "hands-off" jersey when spring drills open Monday.
It makes sense: Scott is the only scholarship quarterback on the roster, and the only player to take a college snap at the position.
"Normally, I wouldn't do it -- but because Matt's the only one with experience, we'll probable debate it, if he's going to be more limited," Rodriguez said.
Still, Rodriguez said, "at some point, I've got to see Matt."
Wide-receiver-turned-quarterback Richard Morrison will back Scott up during the spring, with walk-ons Tyler D'Amore and Alex Cappellini competing for the No. 3 spot.
Rodriguez said he expects incoming freshmen Javelle Allen and Josh Kern to push Scott once they enroll this summer.
Rodriguez repeatedly referred to Arizona Stadium's north end zone project as "The Lowell-Stevens Football Facility," though the name is still subject to university approval.
The $72 million construction project is named after its two largest
benefactors: Jeff and Sharon Stevens gave $12 million to the project, while David and Edith Lowell contributed $11 million.
The Wildcats' uniforms will stay the same this fall, though Rodriguez said he's open to tweaks starting in 2013.
"Our color scheme won't change and the 'block A' is going to stay the 'block A'", Rodriguez said. "I'm wide open an looking forward to (tweaks); we've got some great colors."
Source:  http://www.azcentral.com/
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The video camera recording the North End Zone construction today showed close ups of the work. It also showed the south end zone where the field is torn up (?) The grass on rest of the field looks terrible. The Wildcat fan can see no way football can be played on the once gem of a field with special hybrid golfing grass. I predict the grass will be converted to artificial turf before a game is played, and maybe not until 2013 !! If so, where will the Wildcats play this season?

Watch Rich video

 http://www.arizonawildcats.com//allaccess/
cool.....

Bear Down Football news

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW7e_HANXTM&feature=player_embedd
The news is this: Wildcat football is the new world order of excellence. Above video shows the Cats going through drills. The name of the game is FAst FASt FAST ! Arizona wants fast football players.

Meanwhile in the recruiting war. Arizona has the best staff in the PAC 12 to evaluate and recruit new football players. They are being noticed by the staff in Fairy-land, at UCLA. Gossip has it that the UCLA recruiters call every recruit that Arizona contacts within 24 hours to offer them a scholarship. They have that much fear, or respect for the Arizona recruiting program. Apparently they have no faith in their own staff.

Meanwhile, the North end-zone project at Arizona is plugging along. The contractor has been pouring concrete for several days.
Things are looking good for Arizona Wildcats

Turning up the heat on Direct TV

http://www.pacifictakes.com = Source:
The big question remains on how satellite companies like DirectTV and Dish (or broadband-based services like AT&T U-Verse and FiOs) will be willing to accept the channel and negotiations will probably progress long into the spring, perhaps even into the summer. Just remember that these sort of negotiations generally take time regardless, and eventually there'll be widespread demand on the West Coast, particularly if the Pac-12 decides to keep a premium allotment of games with some of the best matchups available on its network. It'll be hard for these providers to turn down the clamor. Regional sporting events must be distributed or providers will suffer the wrath of their customers.

In many ways, the Pac-12 Network is the first bridge to the future of college athletics. Brian Floyd of Coug Center wrote about this topic when the deal was first inked.

But the former, creating a network carried widely throughout the country, could only be accomplished by withholding a significant stable of inventory. And it couldn't just be the leftovers; There had to be premium content on the Pac-12 Network. Essentially, Scott withheld half the inventory of Pac-12 football games, an average of three a week, for the conference network. And he still secured a $3 billion primary contract with ESPN and FOX.

To call it a coup would be an understatement. By keeping the inventory and promising premium programming on the Pac-12 Network, Scott has sent a message: Carry our network or face the backlash of fans. He's forced the hands of carriers.

In addition to the Pac-12 inventory, the conference should also have room to add inventory from others. For a premium price, a conference such as the Mountain West could, in theory, broadcast games on the Pac-12 Network. It's why you see the Pac-12 creating a media entity to go along with the new television deal. Unlike the Big Ten, the Pac-12 will have full ownership over its network, not a minority stake in it. It all adds up to more profit.