Has the sleeping giant finally awoke? Read over at NY Times about Notre Dame rethinking its football status, and if enough teams join the Big Ten expect ND to be one of them. Financially, they can't afford it otherwise... especially after paying out about $20+ million in football buyouts of Willingham, O'Leary, and Weis and getting crappy football the past 8 years. The ES moves ND up his list to a maybe to a LIKELY to join the Big Ten. Maybe they aren't so dumb down in South Bend after all.

Chris Allen suspended

OK, so our recent best-defender, Chris Allen, has been suspended by Izzo for "classroom issues" although his eligibility isn't in jeopardy. Not sure if he will play in the Big Ten tourney. If I was coach, I'd make him stay home. He's not traveling already, and he needs to learn what he went to MSU for. If he came to MSU for basketball, he can stay home. If he wants to learn something -- Allen will never play pro ball anywhere except maybe in Israel or Hong Kong -- then he should screw his head back on and hit the books.