Playoff proponents, Jim Delany really doesn’t care what you think.

How do you know that somebody’s a true schmuck?  When he says something you know is true, but says it in such a way that you want to punch him in the face anyway.

Like this.

The Big Ten commissioner insists his conference has already sacrificed much for the good of college sports by giving up some access to the Rose Bowl, and he sees no reason why it should give even more to create a football playoff.

Sacrifice?  I haven’t seen Big Ten schools missing too many meals lately, if you know what I mean.  BCS-era football has been berry, berry good to Delany’s conference.  But I get that he’s tired of being asked to share more with schools and conferences which haven’t put in the same amount of effort to build brand loyalty and market value that his bunch has.

Oh, you want a direct quote?  Here, then.

“Now some of the people who’ve received the most have put in the least,” he said after the panel discussion. He was referring to the five nonautomatic qualifying conferences.

Ouch.  Awaiting a response from Bob Kustra in five… four…

And then there’s this implied threat to the likes of Orrin Hatch:

“All I’m saying is if you think you can continue to pressure the system and it will just naturally provide more and more and more, I don’t think that’s an assumption our presidents, our ADs, our football coaches and our commissioners are necessarily going to agree with,” Delany said during the discussion. “I’m just saying we’ve got fatigue of defending a system that’s under a lot of pressure.” [Emphasis added.]

Translation:  I’m seriously tired of listening to you political bitches moan and groan.  Piss off.

I eagerly await Joe Barton’s snatching up of Delany’s thrown gauntlet.  It won’t be a fair fight.

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UPDATE: When Bill Hancock gets irritated, he uses words like “balderdash” and “malarkey”.