The former Ohio linebacker turned himself in after he and his friends were charged with breaking into a local baseball stadium and driving around the bases with their truck.

Where does all of the realignment leave us heading into the final season of the BCS and its standings?

You could fit FOUR Northern Illinois athletic departments into ONE Florida State!

The second thing the MAC needed to aid a return to a BCS bowl was the obvious desperation of the Big East to retain their status among the AQ conferences. For whatever that's worth

From the current setup, the first thing that happened in our pseudo-chronology of realignment to help the MAC get back to a BCS bowl in 2013 was the dissolution of the WAC, one transition at a time.

Northern Illinois made it into the Orange Bowl this year as the MAC Champion, and next season the odds are even higher that whoever wins the MAC can repeat the feat. We show you why, with lots of pretty pictures.

It gets better, Golden Flashes. At least it sort of does once the reality is accepted.

It's not just that a 12-1 team broke Oklahoma's heart, it's how they arrived at that point, under the radar even by MAC connoisseurs.

Despite a 12-1 record, two-time conference champion NIU is still getting no respect.