Don't blame the Versus Conference
The Versus Conference dodged a negative hit during this week's BCS meeting to continue the current post-season format because several other conferences also opposed a playoff. Commissioner Tom Hansen told us there was widespread opposition to a playoff and he was right. Now the Pac-10 can focus on something important, like its bowl alignments.
Another Versus Conference item involving the always hot topic of cheerleaders should be investigated also. The Arizona State Cheerleading Squad has apparently been banned from all sporting events, including football, for next year. The only sideline spirit will be provided by "Sparky's Crew", which have megaphones and signs, but are decidedly not cheerleaders.
As is common nowadays,the cheerleaders got busted for posing while intoxicated in pictures in only their underwear. Pictures of course that wound up on a popular Scottdale Web site.
If that's the best Arizona State can do, the cheerleading squad should have been disbanded before the pictures became public.