College sports have gotten a little weird recently.
Some athletes are making more than most of their assistant coachesin both football and basketball thanks to NIL, and fans are lucky to have their favorite players on campus for a semester before they are off to greener pastures.
One unpopular aspect of the "new era" of college sports that has flown a bit under the radar, though, is conference realignment and all the negative side effects that come with it.
Back in the heyday of college football and basketball, the Big Ten Conference consisted solely of Midwestern teams.
Then, Rutgers and Maryland joined the fray, and soon after that, the conference had teams from sea to shining sea thanks to the additions of schools like Oregon and USC.
The travel schedule alone has become somewhat of an obstacle for certain teams in both football and basketball, with notable detractors likeUSC football coach Lincoln Rileybemoaning the wild start times.
One coach who is having none of that, though, is Illinois basketball coach Brad Underwood.
After his top-ten Illini squad beat the breaks off of the USC Trojans in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, Underwood made sure to let everyone know he doesn't give a rat's ass about your cross-country travel excuses.
You gotta love Brad Underwood, man!
What a throwback of a basketball coach! He doesn't give a damn about having to travel to Southern California on a Wednesday night.
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