Rutgers coach Kyle Flood could soon be leading the Scarlet Knights into the Big Ten. (AP)

The Big Ten, in a move that would stun the industry, could again expand its ranks, this time pushing to the East Coast by adding Rutgers and the University of Maryland. The move is not official, but both schools are in advanced talks with the conference, sources told Yahoo! Sports. An announcement could come early next week.

If the moves are completed, the league will have 14 members and leave college athletics, which appeared to be done with the chaotic conference realignment carrousel, once again scrambling, with teams from New England to the Rocky Mountains potentially impacted.

The talks come despite repeated Big Ten statements that it was content with its current 12-member configuration. For Delany, who at 64 is nearing

A weakening sun and crisp autumn air wash over Gillette Stadium for another practice, another November week of preparation nearly complete. There's another big game against rival Indianapolis coming, another drive through the holidays toward a division crown and perhaps, a push into the playoff cold of January and beyond for the Patriots.

Tom Brady and Bill Belichick are one of football's most enduring duos. (AP)

The NFL, they say, often stands for "Not For Long," a league in constant flux. This scene Friday morning, however, remains one of the constants.

There's Bill Belichick walking about, hands stuffed in the pocket of his gray hoodie. There's Tom Brady, loosening up in his No. 12 jersey.

There are the two Patriots icons engaged in their well-worn routine of seeking small improvements and slight advantages; a future Hall of Fame quarterback and a future Hall of Fame coach, 13 seasons together and counting. Both are slugging

The world didn't need the New York Daily News to conduct an informal poll of the New York Jets' locker room to find out that Tim Tebow's quarterbacking skills aren't too highly thought of – anonymous money quote: "He's terrible."

Tim Tebow receives undue attention on and off the field. (AP)

The fact he's the backup to the slumping Mark Sanchez, who isn't exactly going to be named All-Pro and has the Jets at 3-6 on the year, sort of says it all.

Still, while the story isn't particularly fair, and the controversy is mostly contrived, the fact remains that this is exactly what the Jets knew they were getting into when they brought Tebow in from the Denver Broncos this offseason. Or at least they should've known.

"If you’re going to make a negative comment, that's fine," Ryan said on Wednesday. "We never say that it always has to be a bed of roses. But again, put your name to it. I think people will respect you a lot more."

This is one of the byproducts of Tebowmania – a negative, divisive media storm during an otherwise quiet week

Aaron Taylor, former Notre Dame All-American and current college football analyst for CBS Sports Network, joins the Dan Wetzel College Football Podcast this week.

The discussion begins with Notre Dame, its resurgence, its chances of reaching the BCS title game and the secret of Brian Kelly's success.

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Other topics include Oregon, Kansas State, Johnny Football, Alabama, what job should intrigue Charlie Strong the most (Arkansas, Auburn or Tennessee), Jim Tressel's future, what dating life is like as a Super Bowl-winning Green Bay Packer and are there any similarities between Aaron and Jon Favreau? There's also an impromptu spelling bee for Taylor, a one-time champ (brush up on your Slavik language roots).

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On Sunday morning, Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly pulled out his weekly coaches’ poll ballot and did what few others in college football would.

“I voted Notre Dame first,” Kelly said.

Brian Kelly talks with DaVaris Daniels during Notre Dame's win over Boston College. (AP)

Kelly was the only one of the 59 voting coaches to do so. Meanwhile, just one of the 115 voters in the Harris Poll picked the Irish for the top spot. So despite being No. 1 in the computers, Notre Dame is so hopelessly behind with humans that it ranks third in the BCS standings. With two games left, the 10-0 Irish will need either Oregon or Kansas State to lose to have even a chance to play for the national championship.

Who should be Nos. 1, 2 or 3 isn’t the point of this column. Go argue among yourselves. The question shouldn’t even be officially asked at this point of the season (more on that later). What can't be denied is that this juxtaposition is one of the most bizarre byproducts the lame duck BCS has ever created.

Notre Dame, of movies, books and generations of gushing prose, with its

From the start, the reaction to the investigation into the Bernie Fine case was nearly as troubling as the accusations of the Bernie Fine case.

In a post-Jerry Sandusky world, the similarities between a former Penn State assistant football coach (Sandusky) and a current Syracuse assistant basketball coach (Fine) involved in sexual molestation allegations produced assumptions that overwhelmed the reality of the situation and an understanding of the judicial process.

Investigators found no evidence of abuse by former Syracuse assistant Bernie Fine. (AP)In November 2011, Sandusky was charged by a grand jury with 52 counts of sexually molesting 10 boys. It was the end of a significant, three-year state police investigation. No less than the attorney general of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania made the charges. Eight of the boys testified in person in front of the grand jury, as did supporting witnesses and Sandusky coworkers. It was an exhaustive process just to get the charges.

Sandusky was eventually convicted of 45 charges and sentenced to at least 30 years in

After nearly a decade as Texas A&M's athletic director, there was no need to explain the Aggies' potential to Bill Byrne. He understood the potential power of the place. He saw the rich recruiting grounds within a few hours' drive of campus, the passion of a vast base of fans and former students and the modern facilities springing up everywhere.

For myriad reasons, Texas A&M wasn't a football power; the Aggies were occasionally good, rarely great. That didn't mean it couldn't become great, especially when the school decided in 2011 to abandon its longtime home in the Big 12 and the shadow of archrival Texas for the soaring SEC.

This, Byrne believed, was a great fit, a great future. Still, he wasn't naïve. It wouldn't happen overnight, he figured, a belief cemented when he hired a new coach last December, Kevin Sumlin from the University of Houston, to take over a 7-6 team.

He preached patience to the fans.

[Road to Saturday: Texas A&M to take on Alabama]

"My concern

As such, it's become a staple of modern "journalism" and this week, like most, it left another group of scorned players and coaches trying to brush off critics they can't confront.

Rex Ryan's Jets open the second-half of their schedule Sunday vs. the Seahawks. (AP)Pro Football Weekly allowed an unnamed "rival GM" to continue his recurring battle of insults with a named Detroit Lion, center Dominic Raiola. Meanwhile, The Sporting News publicized the latest anonymous player poll, which promptly bashed the New York Jets' Rex Ryan as the league's "most overrated coach."

On Wednesday, Raiola and Ryan were confronted with the results. The men who aren't man enough to put their names to the attacks – and the media that provided them the forum – weren't.

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