October 6th Jump Off

Conferenceageddon

Boren says '50-50' chance Missouri stays in Big 12 // Tulsa World

Big 12 keeps one eye on Missouri, another on expansion // USATODAY.com

Swarbrick approves of Big East's direction // College Football Nation Blog // ESPN
Hard to imagine how Notre Dame could find anything wrong with the chaos in the conference

Report: Missouri Tigers hope to join SEC, had wanted Big Ten invite most // ESPN
Fine work here by the people at the World Wide Leader (partially joking)

The realignment landscape for Cincinnati // cincinnati.com
What if further shuffling means the end of the Big East as an automatic qualifying BCS conference? What happens to the Bearcats then?

Football

Big East superlative tracker // Big East Blog // ESPN

Video: What Cincinnati needs to do on bye // Big East Blog // ESPN

Basketball

UC’s non-league hoops schedule found lacking // UC Athletics Blog
uh oh. Bill Koch has discovered how to link to things

Men's Basketball Welcomes Fans to "Meet the Bearcats" on October 21 // gobearcats.com
The UC 2011-12 men's basketball team invite fans and supporters to Meet the Bearcats on Friday, Oct. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Fifth Third Arena.

Other Bearcat News

UC’s Mahoney top freshman in Big East volleyball // UC Athletics Blog

Mahoney Taking Challenging Role In Stride // gobearcats.com
Being a setter is hard. Being a setter and starting as a freshman is even harder, but that is the role that UC freshman Caylin Mahoney has undertaken during her first collegiate season this fall. And by all accounts, Mahoney is handling the position like a seasoned veteran.

Nationally Recognized

The Wiz of Odds: Snapshots of Week 5
A look at the week that was. Click an image to enlarge. Thanks to 30fps.

Reading This Will Make You Smarter

Technology's Great Reinventor: Steve Jobs (1955-2011) // TIME
Apple's great helmsman, one of the most extraordinary businessmen of our time, passes on, leaving a legacy of accomplishment and a litany of must-have products