You see, this is how this schitt gets done. It's not an open summer long saga for all the world to see. It's not the freaking "Bachelor." It is done behind closed doors and one day you log onto a website and Whoomp, there it is!

For those who have insisted for months that FSU and Clemson to the B12 was fait accompli, I humbly accept your apologies. Ah, just kidding. It was even fun for a while. You win some, you lose some.

For the record, as a Pitt fan, we're paying a big price here because that Notre Dame tilt is always one of the biggest games on our schedule and, assuming that the five games per year are evenly distributed among members, it would appear that we're going to be playing the Irish a helluva lot less often than we have for decades. That is NOT a good thing for a team like Pitt that already struggles at the gate and relies on that game for a sellout.

Still, it's probably worth it if only to read the next piece of fiction coming from Baylor, Texas or West Virginia about how this move - and the $50 million buyout that accompanied it - is really just a diversion for the masses and is actually all part of a sinister master plan to have those schools defect by December...or next summer...or 2015 at the latest...or 2027 at the absolute latest.