Friday Five, 6/11/2010

Welcome to this week's edition of the Friday Five! Busy week in the sports world, so... here we go!

5) World Cup begins
Think about it, this is huge. It is a cup that contain the entire world. Awesome. Honestly, I'm not much of a soccer fan, but even I realize that this is one of the largest sporting events in the world. It certainly merits mention in my Friday Five for the week. That is all.

4) Chicago Blackhawks win Stanley Cup
Giving the city of Chicago something to cheer about is no small feat. This city had a brief celebration when the White Sox won the World Series in 2005, and that was it's first celebration since the Jordan era. The Blackhawks beat the Philadelphia Flyers in 6 games to take home another large cup. What is it with uninteresting sports and their cups?

3) Nadal continues clay court dominance
Did you know that Rafael Nadal won the doubles title all by himself? That's just how dominant he is on clay courts. Nadal won the singles title with 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 sets against the only guy to have beaten him in the tournament since the dawn of time.

2) Big 12 sinking faster than the Titanic
There has been a mass exodus out of the Big 12 this week.  Nebraska has left for the Big Ten (which now has 12 teams.  Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Colorado and Oklahoma State are all jumping ship for the Pac-10 (which will now have 16 teams).  Apparently Texas A&M is torn between the Pac-10 and the SEC.  I'm not too sure what just happened.  The middle of the country has somehow exploded, and the conference apocalypse is taking place.  What does all this mean?  Missouri and Kansas are suddenly going to be on top of a non-BCS conference from the looks of it.

1) Tom Izzo considering leaving Michigan State to coach the Cavaliers
In other words, Tom Izzo is about to commit career mistakes made by Calipari & Pitino.  Here's a little unsolicited (and probably unread) advice, Tommy, if you are a great college coach.... stay in college.  You don't get to recruit the way to do for college.  Many players are more concerned about their contracts than winning a championship (not that they'll say that out loud).  Now, all the commentators are really going to talk about how much the Big Ten (twelve) sucks.