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FOOTBALL TRAVEL IS LOGISTICAL CHALLENGE … “Traveling for additional football games is a huge mobilization. It’s not like putting 12 basketball players on a plane.” … Graham B. Spanier, president of Penn State, in citing the huge difference between college basketball’s March Madness and a possible D1-A football playoff. Penn State has chartered planes just to send its band to Miami next month for an Orange Bowl game against Florida State. Mr. Spanier’s remarks came at the Intercollegiate Athletics Forum in NYC on 12-7-05.Clips Interview
University of Texas at Tyler Provides Refuge for UNO Basketball Teams ... Clips Editor Nick Infante interviewed Athletic Director and Dean of Student Affairs Dr. Howard Patterson of the University of Texas at Tyler about his school’s kindness in offering safe haven for the University of New Orleans’ men’s and women’s basketball teams.Guest Commentary
Sports in America 2005: Facing up to global realities … Once again Frank Splitt - thinker, writer, engineer, educator, advocate - provides a thought-provoking perspective on American sports. If you never heard of a “STEM” before, read on.Clips Editorial
Home for Thanksgiving ... Clips Editor Nick Infante recounts a typical return to the Connecticut homestead - with talk of Yale-Harvard and the BC bail.Monthly Archives
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We don’t do scandals . . . .
But this one we just couldn’t ignore. The University of Colorado is becoming the poster child of all that could go bad with an athletics program. The latest? $117,400 worth of questionable expenses. ... posted 12-13-05College-licensed items still growing significantly
You are what you wear. Or sit in. Or drink out of. Or eat from. ... posted 12-11-05My Wednesday in Manhattan . . .
In which your intrepid Clips editor schlepped into Manhattan for an eye-witness report of the Intercollegiate Athletics Forum. ... posted 12-11-05APR and Grad Rates for '05-'06 Bowl-Bound Teams
A study by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport shows that a significant gap remains between African-American and white student-athletes. ... posted 12-5-05If Rodney Dangerfield was a D1-A Coach
He’s not bug-eyed, and he doesn’t do beer ads, but Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach is used to not getting respect. ... posted 12-5-05D3 athletics / academics excellence: mutually exclusive?
A case study at Haverford College explores the challenges of maintaining academic credibility while establishing athletic competitiveness. ... posted 12-5-05Of Polar Bears, Michelin Men and Toy Soldiers
Fresh back from a road trip to Philadelphia, a Plebe Parent offers his take on the pageantry and spectacle that is the Army-Navy game. ... posted 12-5-05D1 MBB: Projected field of 65 teams
Football’s not over, but basketball is here. We offer the expert opinion of the Orlando Sentinel’s Mike Huguenin on who will be the 65 contenders in NCAA MBB. ... posted 12-1-05Beware the Evil Caffeine
Sales of caffeinated energy drinks grew at a torrid 61% in the US last year. But critics are coming out of the woodwork, and the drinks have been banned in four countries. ... posted 11-26-05Different Paths to the Corner Office
Some schools excel at football and some at basketball. And some at Fortune 500 CEOs and senators. ... posted 11-28-05Penn State U is Linebacker U once again
From 1989 to 2000, 29 of Penn State’s linebackers were selected in the NFL draft. Then nothing. ... posted 11-29-05Saga of a high school diploma mill
It never ends. The NCAA implements new academic rules, and cheaters concoct new loopholes to bypass them. ... posted 11-27-05Cheerleading: a stepping stone to drug sales success
Overworked, mid-life crisis-prone 45-plus male doctors. Pert, vivacious, attractive, under 30 female drug reps. Hmm. ... posted 11-29-05NCAA D1 Volleyball Pairings Announced
The 64-team women’s volleyball tournament seedings have Nebraska on top of a strong field. ... posted 11-28-05Spending like there’s no tomorrow . . .
It’s not news, but it bears repeating: a spending analysis from USA Today confirms that the D1-A arms race continues unabated. ... posted 11-25-05From where they hail, part 2 . . .
In a previous summary (on Nov. 13) we provided a list of domestic NBA players state by state. Now, here’s the international version, country by country. ... posted 11-21-05Gambling is just a couple clicks away
Online gambling is projected to reach $12 billion this year, a whopping 50% increase over last year. ... posted 11-18-05The point-counterpoint of alcohol on campus
Here’s something that we all already knew: too many underage drinkers are drinking too much. But it’s well worth repeating. ... posted 11-18-05Ersatz wearables intercepted at the Mexican border
The latest seizure of counterfeit apparel with pro and college logos occurred in Nogales, Arizona two weeks ago. ... posted 11-18-05Latest Report: decrease in foreign student enrollments
The post 9-11 world has wrought changes in the mosaic that constitutes US campuses and sports programs. ... posted 11-18-05Presidential compensation under fire
Confronted with large doses of leadership challenges, budget squeezes and visibility / scrutiny, college presidents are absorbing more criticism than they deserve. A Chronicle of Higher Education survey details the details. ... posted 11-14-05Intercollegiate athletics revenue: Montana-style
From the somewhat blurred focus of the EADA camera comes a snapshot of a single-state college athletics ecosystem. ... posted 11-14-05From where they hail . . .
Ever wonder where the NBA players hail from? Here’s a list by state. ... posted 11-14-05Big schools bidding out marketing to experts
Some 80% of BCS schools have gone to outsourcing marketing agreements. ... posted 11-10-05ClipsBlips
Bravo Lakers. Grand Valley State won its third D2 FB title in the past four years with a 21-17 win over NW Missouri State. . . . . . . . . . Biggest bowl winner: Notre Dame will get a full BCS share - more than $14 million - for appearing in the Fiesta Bowl v. Ohio St. Other teams receive a fraction of their share because it is divided among other conference members. Because of Notre Dame’s independent status, they don’t have to share their share. . . . . . Clips name of the week nomination: Mario Moccia, Sr. Assoc. AD, U-Missouri. . . . . Under and overachievers: OVERACHIEVERS (none ranked in preseason, current ranking in parens)- Penn State (4) 10-1; Notre Dame (6) 8-2; UCLA (11) 9-1; West Virginia (12) 8-1; TCU (15) 10-1 … UNDERACHIEVERS (preseason ranking in parens, none in Top 25 now)- Tennessee (3) 4-6; Oklahoma (5) 6-4; Iowa (10) 7-4; Purdue (16) 5-6; Arizona State (18) 5-5 . . . . . THANKSGIVING: It’s that time of year again. Time to give thanks for the bounty and good fortune that we’ve been blessed with. Herewith a Clips-concocted speculation listing college athletics thanks givers and that which we are supposing they might be thankful for. KEY - THANKSGIVERS: what thankful for . . . . . Here goes . . . CHARLIE WEIS: Tyrone’s recruiting … MATT LEINART: the 5-year plan … MYLES BRAND: the status quo … MIKE PRICE: judicial review … JOE PATERNO: second chances … TEMPLE FB: the end of the season … WRIGHT WATERS: an undestroyed house … TED LELAND: a second career … JOHN CHANEY: media indulgence … DAN GUERRERO: Karl Dorrell … KARL DORRELL: Dan Guerrero … TYRONE WILLINGHAM: sanity of environment … KERMIT HALL: SI MBB Top 65 rating … GREG SCHIANO: Garden State recruiting … STEVE SPURRIER: a “w” over Florida … DAVID RIDPATH: a seat at the table … FRANK SPLITT: dignity despite adversity … URBAN MEYERS: recruiting success … MIKE TRANGHESE: mix-n-match machinations … PEPPERDINE MBB: a less-than 20 point defeat to UConn … FLOYD KEITH: clarity of purpose … FISHER DeBERRY: uncharacteristic media restraint … ROLLIE MASSIMINO: another chance … more to come . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coach of year, Mike Lopresti version (no particular order?): 1-Joe Paterno, Penn State, Too old? Nope.; 2-Charlie Weis, Notre Dame, instant restoration; 3-Pete Carroll, USC, 33 in a row; 4-Mack Brown, Texas, a dream season; 5-George O’Leary, Central Florida, from 0-11 to 8-3 and hosting the Conference USA championship game. In one year.; 6-Tommy Tuberville, Auburn, 13-0 last season, 9-2 this season. . . . . . Stat of the week: In 17 years at Kansas State, the retiring Bill Snyder won 136 games and had 11 winning seasons. In the previous 52 years before he arrived, Kansas State had 131 victories and four winning seasons. . . . . . Sign of the Apocalypse: NCAA took D3 Carthage College (Kenosha, Wisc) off its list of schools with banned Native American nicknames after the school changed its nickname from Redmen to Red Men. . . . . . Fan morale plummets: 4000 tickets remain unsold for the Wash (2-8)-Wash State (3-7) game. UW’s home attendance this year has been 63,000. Two years ago it was 72,000. . . . . . . Temple hoops coach John Chaney won his 500th game, a season-opening win over Army. Chaney, 73, is 500-238 in 24 seasons with the Owls and 725-297 in 33 yrs at D2 Cheyney State and Temple. . . . . .
Clips Athlete of the Week
Darius Walker ... The Notre Dame running back had 241 total yards and the game-winning touchdown in the Fighting Irish’s 38-31 win at Stanford. With 186 yards rushing, Walker carried the go-ahead score across the goal line with 55 seconds left and then added an important 2-point conversion to qualify Notre Dame for a BCS berth. ... Attaboy Darius.What say you?
If you were casting for an actor to play Coach K, who would you pick?
Tom Hanks
Al Pacino
Gene Hackman
Sean Penn
Ray Romano
Dennis Hopper
Al Pacino
Gene Hackman
Sean Penn
Ray Romano
Dennis Hopper
Who Am I?
Grew up in Milwaukee in the 60s, an avid fan of the Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee Braves. ... One of the first women to become a college AD, at UC, San Diego from 1975-99. ... First woman to become secretary-treasurer of the NCAA (1989-91) ... grad of the University of Wisconsin ... Taught at Tulane and Arizona State. ... Taught and coached at UC-San Diego, then AD in her third year.
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