-Isms: Views on life in rural America

Despite all the buzz about conference realignment, with two Cali teams headed for the Midwest’s pound-and-ground football conference, I feel a bit of a let down.

I know, I hear you. The Big 10 is more than football. Yet, this is where most discussion about the addition has centered in national sports media.

The University of Southern California and the University of California Los Angeles do not seem like the right fit for the Big 10. That West Coast offense didn’t fly in Lincoln nearly two decades ago. I can’t imagine PAC 12 teams will be the right fit in St. Paul or Iowa City or Columbus eit...