BIG TEN to quit sports

With the football teams struggling to get their footing this year (except for Ohio St), the Big Ten conference was looking forward to the basketball season. In the span of 10 days 2 top 10 teams went down in exhibition games to Division II schools. This is just unacceptable if you are a Big Ten official. Remember, the football season starting with the Michigan stunner, and now your two top basketball teams, Ohio St and Michigan St, can't handle their business at home against D-2 schools.
My first thought last night when I heard that Findlay beat Ohio St, was that it must have been Finland beating them. Now Finland is not a basketball powerhouse, but it is a country, therefore having a large selection of players to put on one team. However, this was not Finland, but University of Findlay, the #5 ranked team in the D-2 polls, taking down Ohio St 70-68. This is a low point for the Big Ten, when their dominance of their big sports comes into question.
Maybe athletes are getting better at all levels, so it was only a matter of time until parity played its way consistently into mainstream sports. Looking around at the landscape of college sports, and it is easy to see this trend taking place. No longer do we see the dynasty's coming into play. No longer are we assured of big name programs that dominate the preseason polls, being there at the end of the year. It wasn't long ago that South Florida was ranked #2 in the BCS polls, while Miami and Florida St were not even in the top 25. Welcome to a new world of college athletics, where parity is the name of the game. I for one welcome this, cause it means that kids are putting in the effort in High School, and no matter where they end up playing, they are going to give it their all.