If it was just Toledo … If it was just the NCAA stuff … If it was just the record … Hottest Seats Coach, School Rating Rich Rodriguez, Michigan 5.0 Paul Wulff, Washington State 5.0 Dan Hawkins, Colorado 5.0 Todd Dodge, North Texas 5.0 Ralph Friedgen, Maryland 4.5 Mike Locksley, New Mexico 4.5 Ron Zook, [...]
Posted on May 26th, 2010 by admin
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Michigan has been playing football for more than a century, earning respect by becoming the nations winningest program while avoiding the stigma attached to teams that break NCAA rules. Until now. The school admitted Tuesday to a series of violations by its storied football program and said it had reprimanded seven people, including third-year coach [...]
Posted on May 26th, 2010 by admin
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The Big Ten had better do this right. The conferences nakedly greedy intention is to expand to 16 schools, which wo and Im OK with that. Major college sports is capitalism, and capitalism requires Darwinism. Only the strong survive. The Big Ten is strong now. It wants to get stronger. Thats life in the U-S-A, [...]
Posted on May 23rd, 2010 by admin
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BCS executive director Bill Hancock wants higher education officials to make the decisions about college football without interference from the U.S. government. In a letter posted Friday on the NCAA website, Hancock responded to questions posed by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) in March. They were seeking information about the Bowl [...]
Posted on May 23rd, 2010 by admin
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Coleby Clawson doesnt remember the playbook name of the perfect blitz, or what coach put it in, but it basically worked. Every time. At least enough to ruin a play, if not the quarterbacks day. “Its the one that overloads the right side of the line,” the former BYU linebacker said. “The d-end kind of [...]
Posted on May 21st, 2010 by admin
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BCS executive director Bill Hancock responded to a letter from two U.S. Senators who are unhappy about the way the sport determines its champion – and Sen. Orrin Hatch wasnt please with the answers to his questions. A five-page letter and six more pages of information pulled from the BCS website about how revenue is [...]
Posted on May 21st, 2010 by admin
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There arent any names yet, sorry, but at least we have a clearer reason for Big Te is losing its most valuable commodity. Humans. At least in the region that has supported the Big Ten for years. “Were growing,” Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said Tuesday during the Big Ten spring meetings, “Were just not [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2010 by admin
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The Notre Dame cred doesnt get any bigger than with Gene Smith. The man won a national championship as a player (1973) and a coach (1977) in South Bend. Somewhere beneath the scarlet-and-gray apparel he wears as Ohio States athletic director beats a heart of blue and gold. The Notre Dame love poured out Tuesday [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2010 by admin
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Notre Dame isnt acting like a loyal, upstanding, proud member of the Big Ten this week at the conferences spring meetings in Chicago. While speculation swirls, the Irish go about their business. (US Presswire) Its hard to be loyal, upstanding and proud when you havent been invited. We keep hearing that invite might be coming [...]
Posted on May 18th, 2010 by admin
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Michigan will publicly release its response to NCAA allegations of major rules violations against coach Rich Rodriguez next week. Athletic director David Brandon says there will be “total transparency” and that any school-imposed sanctions will be revealed in the report, which will be sent to the NCAA on May 24 and made public the following [...]
Posted on May 18th, 2010 by admin
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