Oh we will fight fight fight for Iowa State and may her colors ever fly!

So by now, if you're in college and live anywhere near schools in the Big 10 or Big 12, you've heard of the conference realignment. In short, for those who aren't up to date, Colorado left the Big 12. Not a huge loss to our conference, but sad nonetheless. Then Nebraska followed suit and left for the Big 10.

I don't know why this is so interesting/upsetting to me. It makes me so sad that the major reason behind both of these teams leaving the conference is largely to do with money. Nebraska is going to get a much bigger stipend from the Big 10 because of their television contract.

Where does Iowa State stand in the midst of all of this? Well. We don't stand, basically. The Texas teams in our conference are looking to greener pastures too and there's a good chance that ISU could be out of a conference all together by the time all is said and done. Texas teams are expected to make an announcement later this week regarding their decision. So we'll see how everything pans out with them. If they do leave though there will only be about 5 teams left in the Big 12. So, clearly, we'll no longer be 12. And if I understand correctly, we won't be an eligible conference for BCS championship games.

What does that all mean for Iowa State?

In short, we're going to lose a lot of money. Without being a BCS school we'll likely lose a lot of the excitement from fans without the prospect of post season play. Granted, Cyclone fans are dedicated and that could be a completely wrong judgement, but we definitely will lose some of our fan base. Sports are all about hype, and we just might not have that hype anymore. Leading to less income coming in from ticket sales. And we will definitely not be getting the amount of money we were from the Big 12. Which means tuition will likely go up. And surprise, Iowa State will start cutting programs. The athletic training program will definitely suffer.

It's just sad. All of this has to do with money.

I hate money. And I will be so sad if these amazing Cyclones don't have a home come 2012.