BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — It’s bad enuf that the BCS football schools have permanently scrambled conference lineups across college athletics, all in search of the almighty dollar. Now there is talk of the same cash-crazed cretins creating a so-called “Division 4” which would spawn a separate championship just for the Big Boys. The “in-crowd” would include The Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 12, ACC, and SEC, to the exclusion of any and all other D-1 football programs.

The next logical step? Division 4 for college basketball, that’s what! And there is no way to sugar coat it, this possibility sucks, plain and simple.

RushTheCourt.com has the scary story:

http://rushthecourt.net/2013/07/24/division-4-has-potential-to-permanently-change-college-basketball/

CBSSports.com provides more details:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/dennis-dodd/22847993/life-to-the-bcs-look-for-division-4-to-revolutionize-college-athletics

The list of losers in this perverted proposition is rather long — all of the New Big East, the entire new American Conference, the MAC, MVC, the Atlantic 10 and yes, your Dayton Flyers.

I watched “Katz Korner” on ESPNU the other night when Archie made an appearance. When asked about Division 4 and its impact on college hoops, one of the BCS coaches said it would actually be good for the smaller schools. His rationale was that instead of getting knocked out in the first round, the little guys ‘could have their own championship’ totally eliminating the possibility of a “Cinderella Story” like VCU, Butler or UD in 1967 making the Final Four.

To that I say:

“BS”

Elsewhere in college hoops:

— If you are scoring at home, Archie Miller’s Twitter tally reads as follows:

Following: 224
Followers: 2,211
Tweets: 0

— Let’s face it, with offers from UK, Michigan, Duke and a host of other hoops powers the chances that Franklin HS star Luke Kennard decides to play for the hometown Flyers are remote at best. However watching videos of his exploits allows us to catch other UD recruiting targets on the King James Shooting Stars like Kyle Ahrens, AJ Harris and Nate Fowler:

http://www.umhoops.com/2013/07/23/luke-kennard-at-chicago-summer-jam/

— College Chalk Talk has started a series called “One Thing to Watch” on each of the A-10 teams. Here are the first two installments:

SBU: http://collegechalktalk.com/?p=7474

UMass: http://collegechalktalk.com/?p=7449

— This week’s episode of “We’re not letting you out of your LOI” comes to us from Tim Floyd and UTEP:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/22892491/some-additional-thoughts-on-the-tim-floydisaac-hamilton-situation

— Ken Pomeroy checks in with an analysis of average possession length:

http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/entry/behold_average_possession_length

— UD ranks #249 on the Forbes list of top American colleges in terms of ROI:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2013/07/24/ranking-americas-top-colleges-2013/

— Madison Square Garden has been told to move:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/nyregion/madison-square-garden-is-told-to-move.html?_r=3&

— Superb 30 for 30 short on the guy that started it all, Dr. Frank Jobe. Dr. Jobe performed the very first ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction or, as it is known today, Tommy John surgery:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9499638/the-unlikely-legacy-dr-frank-jobe-pitcher-tommy-john-profiled-latest-30-30-documentary-series

— Forget SHARNADO… give me some Big-Ass Spider!

http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/fantasia-review-big-ass-spider

— RIP to the ultimate “that guy” Dennis Farina:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9508951/remembering-dennis-farina

— Let this be a lesson to you: never mix fart spray with deer repellant when you are at teen bible camp:

http://www.christianpost.com/news/teen-bible-campers-hospitalized-after-mixing-fart-spray-and-deer-repellent-in-prank-100961/cpt

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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