Changing of the guard and the status of the PAC-12

Here in the land of the PAC-10, I mean PAC-12, the changing of the guard at the head coaching position has been the news over the past couple weeks.  First it was Arizona hiring Rich Rodriguez who failed at his last two stops with the most recent mess at the Big House in Ann Arbor.  The next coach to fall was just down the road in Tempe, AZ.  ASU has yet to fill the void and doesn't seem to be in a rush to make a move.  Not soon after that Washington State called it quits on some random and hired the controversial loud mouth Mike Leach who left Texas Tech in a storm a couple years back.  Finally, it's UCLA.  They must really hate Rick Neuheisel down there.  I mean you can't even wait a couple days and then let the guy go?  Rick not only knows this is his last game, but he now has to take his 6-6 Bruins up to Eugene to get stomped.  I am not sure what the Bruins are going to do in the future or who they are going to turn to as head coach but they have a steep hill to climb.

Spinning from there is the PAC-12 championship game featuring Oregon and UCLA. This couldn't have turned out worse for the PAC-12.  The Reggie Bush scandal at USC that has forced UCLA to play Oregon on Friday and has not only lost the conference tons of money, but it has also lost the conference a chance to shine.  Can you imagine the hype of an Oregon/USC match up?  The tickets sales would have sky rocked and ESPN and the rest of the nation would actually care about and watch the PAC-12 championship game.  Instead, ticket prices have plummeted  and people are practically giving them away online.  Even the MAC conference championship game is a hotter ticket for tomorrow night.  What a joke!  Thank you USC and the Bush family.  I hope you are enjoying yourselves in your mansion with a handful of Escalades parked out front.

That being said, cheers to the Ducks!  They are on the brink of a 3rd straight PAC-10 conference championship and hopefully a 3rd straight BCS bowl berth with a win tomorrow night.  Look for the Ducks to come out trying to make as big of a statement as possible.

Cheers,

Mr. A