NCAA Shake Up Leaves Big Ten Diminished

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NCAA Football made some major changes to the conferences and who belongs to which, leaving five obvious powers and the obvious worst to be the Big Ten
* denotes movement, ** denotes dropping from BCS conference to non BCS conference.
ACC
Boston College
Clemson
East Carolina*
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Maryland
Miami (Fl)
NC State
North Carolina
Virginia
Wake Forest
Recap: Duke kicked out, in with ECU, who should be good competition after some time to recruit

Big Ten
Colorado
Connecticut*
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa State*
Kansas State*
Michigan State
Minnesota
Purdue
Syracuse*
USF*

Big 12
Iowa
Kansas
Louisville*
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Rutgers*
TCU*
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech

Big East
Cincinatti
Michigan*
Notre Dame*
Ohio State*
Penn State*
Pittsuburgh
West Virginia
Wisconsin*
(Became a top 3 conference from this deal, which should help a ton)

Conference USA
Duke**
Houston
Idaho*
Memphis
Rice
SMU
Southern Mississippi
Tulane
Tulsa
UAB
UTEP
Vanderbilt*

Independents
Navy
Army
Western Kentucky*

MAC
Akron
Ball State
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Kent State
Miami (Oh)
Temple*
Toledo
Western Michigan

MWC
Air Force
Baylor**
Colorado State
New Mexico
Northwestern**
Stanford**
UNLV
Washington State**
Wyoming

Pac 10
Arizona State
BYU*
Boise State*
Cal
Oregon
Oregon State
UCLA
USC
Utah*
Washington
(Teams known for dominating the mid-majors get to show what they are really made of)

SEC
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Hawai'i*
LSU
Marshall*
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
South Carolina
Tennessee

Sun Belt
Arkansas State
FIU
Florida Atlantic
Midd Tennessee State
North Texas
Troy
UCF*
UL Lafayette
UL Monroe

WAC
Arizona**
Fresno State
Kentucky**
Louisiana Tech
Nevada
New Mexico State
San Diego State
San Jose State
Utah State

Commissioners Statement: There was an obvious imbalance in the NCAA and we felt the need to correct the imbalance before it grew. We believe our changes will make the big conferences more even and competitive, and we will see teams in lower conferences working and fighting harder in order to clinch bowl eligibility. We would like to apoligize to any teams or conferences who felt they got snubbed in this whole predicament, but it was for the betterment of the league. Especially UCF, who may have been eligible to be in a BCS conference if not for their convenient location.

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Big Ten Commish Steps Down, USF Coach to Take Over

Big Ten commissioner James Delany stepped down as acting Big Ten commissioner today, leaving a vacancy that nobody was more excited to fill then coach Kalen DaBoer of the South Florida Bulls. "James is a legend as a Big Ten commish, and I am just hoping i can fill some of his heroic shoes. He brought the Big Ten to where it was, and I am looking to bring it back to the top." Delany had no comments, obviously frustrated by the new rules instated by the ncaa.

As for the USF head coaching vacancy, high school coach, and three time florida state champion, Chris Young will be taking over the Bulls. Although his statement will be released at a later time, he was very smiley when leaving the meeting with the South Florida Athletic Director.