My college football realignment plan

So, once again the ESPN shows are talking about a major shuffle in college football. There's talk of both the Big Ten and the Pac-10 boosting their membership up to 12, and maybe even 16 members, and possibly both raiding the Big XII to do it. So, anyhoo, here's my plan for college football. The advantage of this plan is that EVERY conference gets at least 12 members, so everyone gets a championship game. That ought to end all of the realignment for good. So, here's my master plan:

ACC
Atlantic
Boston College
Clemson
Florida State
Maryland
NC State
Wake Forest

Coastal
Duke
Georgia Tech
Miami (FL)
North Carolina
Virginia
Virginia Tech


Big Ten
East
Michigan
Michigan State
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue

West
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Minnesota
Northwestern
Wisconsin

Big East
North
Connecticut
Cincinnati
Louisville
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Syracuse

South
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Marshall
UCF
USF
West Virginia


Big 12
North
Colorado
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Missouri
Nebraska

South
Baylor
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech

C-USA
East
Army
ECU
Memphis
MTSU
Navy
Temple

West
Louisiana Tech
Southern Miss
Troy
Tulane
UAB
Western Kentucky

MAC
East
Akron
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Kent State
Miami (OH)
Ohio

West
Ball State
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Northern Illinois
Toledo
Western Michigan


Mountain West
South
North Texas
SMU
TCU
Tulsa
UL Lafayette
UL Monroe

North
Air Force
BYU
Colorado State
Utah
Utah State
Wyoming


Pac-10
North
Boise State
Idaho
Oregon
Oregon State
Washington
Washington State

South
Arizona
Arizona State
California
Stanford
UCLA
USC


SEC
East
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt


West
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State


WAC
East
Arkansas State
Houston
New Mexico
New Mexico State
Rice
UTEP

West
Fresno State
Hawaii
Nevada
San Diego State
San Jose State
UNLV

Here's what happened and why:
First, the ACC, Big 12, and SEC are entirely unchanged. Why not. Second, no more independents. Notre Dame in the Big Ten, as it should have always been. Natural rivalries and all that. The Big East raids the Sun Belt and C-USA for some Florida teams and Marshall, and has a whole bunch of decent natural rivalries. The I-4 rivalry, the Mountain State rivalry, the Miami-schools-nobody-knew-played-football rivalry. The MAC returns to roughly the old MAC (what was Temple doing there anyways). C-USA loses the Texas schools, picks up Army and Navy and some random other schools, again, good natural rivalries. UAB and Troy, MTSU and Memphis, Tulane and La Tech. The Pac-10 picks up a good school in Boise State, and gets Idaho as a drag along to keep that rivalry together (I also considered moving Nevada-Reno and UNLV). The remaining schools get divied up between the Mountain West and the WAC, again keeping natural rivals together. The nice deal is, every conference gets exactly 12 schools, no one needs to worry about anything. The Sun Belt doesn't exist anymore, but then again, did it really ever need to? 10 conferences, 120 schools, 12 in each. Lets do this!

Keller's List 3:TV shows I am watching right now

Well, not right this second. But these are the shows that are keeping my attention when I do watch TV. This is in no particular order.

That Metal Show on VH1 Classic: OK, so I'm not that big of a metal fan. I mean, I like some metal music, the more popular stuff, but this show is just really solid. Eddie Trunk is the best "average Joe" host out there. He's a real industry insider, knows everybody, but he's not a weirdo or junky or ex-musician or anything, just like an average family guy who happens to be one of the best rock journalists and DJs out there. The show is consistantly entertaining.

Good Eats on Food Network: Julia Child meets Mr. Wizard meets Monty Python. That was the one-line pitch host Alton Brown used to describe his idea for a weird cooking show. Over 10 years later it's still going strong, and still a great watch.

Pawn Stars on History Channel: This show is what happened when American Chopper fucked Antiques Roadshow. Literally. I shouldn't have to say anything more, if that doesn't interest you, nothing will.

Robot Chicken on Adult Swim: This show is basically made for geeky Gen-X males and no one else. And yet, it still stays on the air. For the record, I love lots of Adult Swim shows (ATHF, Metalocalypse, Venture Brothers) but this one is still my fave. As an insomniac geek with a sick sense of humor, this totally gets me. Frequently get yelled at by my wife for waking her up in the middle of the night when I go into uncontrollable laugh-stiffling seizures when watching this.

That's about it. I still don't watch any network TV; haven't found anything interesting on the 4 big networks for like, years. If anyone has any ideas, let me know!

World record: Longest time between blog posts

So, where the hell have I been faithful readers? Lets review:

I had another baby
I did other stuff

That's about it. Oh, and as far as faithful readers go, I am pretty sure you number in the low 0s, so I am not sure having a fractional readership is possible. Still, I thought it might be interesting to get this started up again. I did enjoy writing during those two weeks back in August 2007 when this happened last time. A recent facebook post by an old college friend of mine got me thinking about firing up the blog again. So I said what the hell, and thought maybe it would be good to get back to writing. It really doesn't take that long. Anyhoo, if anyone is actually reading this, here's her blog:

http://www.adugansmiles.com

My political blog has also gone into disuse. Back in 2007, I was feeling much more political I guess. I wouldn't hold your breath for more there. Anyhoo, lets see how long this goes this time around.