I have always been the type who never thought it was right to cheer for our Big Ten rivals.  I've always thought that any positive for our rival would somehow be a negative for us.  That all changed for me this year.  Somehow I found myself cheering on our Big Ten rivals.  It felt kind of weird considering the hard stance that I've always taken in the past. 

I think that all of the negativity directed towards the Big Ten finally caught up with me this year.  I started to take on the us against the world mentality.  I think this is all a progression of joining a conference.  We had been independent for so long and I remember those days fondly so it was hard for me to associate my school with other schools that we have to play each season. 

Has anyone else gone through something similar?  When did you convert?  Anyone out there still holding out and refusing to cheer on our Big Ten rivals during the bowl season?  What's your story? 

This guy is incredible!  Apparently UT has been matching up their recruits with "hostesses" who sometimes travel to see the players' high school football games.  One such trip included Byrnes HS which is the home of Lattimore.  Lattimore acknowledges that while he's not going to UT, the influence of the hostesses played a role in 2 of his teammates giving commitments to UT.  Unreal!  If this is true, which is seems to be, I hope the NCAA throws the book at this guy.  UT has to know that this guy was a bad move and for once Al Davis might have known what he was talking about when he cut Kiffy go!

Hostesses at UT being investigated