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BC IS IN GREENLAND … “What is Boston College doing in the ACC? The nearest lodge brother is Maryland, which is a seven-hour drive if you’re lucky. We’re like in Greenland, sitting up here. No more drives to see games at Providence and UConn. No more New York City for the Big East (tournament). We don’t fit.” … Bob Ryan, longtime columnist for The Boston Globe (and BC grad), bemoaning the geographic illogic of BC’s departure to the far distant ACC. … The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC), 2-11-06Clips 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
Alma College sports don’t bring in big bucks ... Despite (because of?) no scholarship money, no shoe deals, no agents and no national TV, the passion and commitment to intercollegiate athletics at the D3 level is impressive. Here’s the rundown on Michigan’s Alma College from Matthew B. Mowery of the Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun. ... posted 2-15-06Clips Editorial
Hooray for State U ... although partisanship has its limits, devotion to one’s team is about as loyal as loyal can be. ... a Clips editorial ... posted 1-30-06Monthly Archives
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NCAA rulebook: Ambiguity, loopholes and special exceptions?
Within those burgeoning 500-pages are rules that have begotten new rules to plug loopholes created by the lack of specificity in the original rules. ... posted 2-10-06Radical Surgery
Already shaky before the hurricanes, Tulane’s athletic department cut eight teams to “rationalize its revenue outflow.” (read: save money) ... posted 2-9-06And then there were 18 . . . .
An update on the 18 schools with Native American nicknames, mascots or logos deemed “hostile and abusive” by the NCAA. ... posted 2-7-06No 'Glory Road' for blacks in sports leadership posts
Rus Bradburd coached basketball with Don Haskins at UTEP for eight years, so his take on “Glory Road” is especially interesting. ... posted 2-3-06Athletes got paper to sign in 1960s
Widely considered one of the most important innovations in college athletics, the National Letter of Intent provides clarity for both recruit and university. ... posted 2-3-06Sneaker Skirmishes Go Asian
Nike and Adidas-Reebok are scrambling to put sneakers, er, athletic shoes, on hundreds of millions of Asian feet for the first time. ... Posted 1-31-06Knight Commission: conference and poll
Monday Jan. 30 was a busy day for the Knight Commish: a webcast summit conference and the release of a public opinion poll. ... posted 1-31-06Recruiting for pay
Good? Bad? Inevitable? Old-style recruiting has given way to slick and scientific - and often expensive - recruiting services. ... posted 1-30-06Cheerleading update
Cheerleading injuries have increased 110% in the past 12 years while participants have increased only 18%. What’s going on here? ... posted 1-27-06Brand charts course for NCAA's next century
A clip this is not; this is the full text of Myles Brand’s State of the NCAA speech from the Jan. 7 session of the ‘06 convention in Indy. All 5625 words of it. ... posted 1-23-06The NCAA's 25 Defining Moments
The NCAA has selected the “25 Defining Moments in NCAA History.” And Clips has added a few as well. ... posted 1-13-06Mascot for a Day
Emily Yoffe, Human Guinea Pig, describes being a 10-ft tall inflatable George Washington at a -natch - George Washington U. basketball game. Is Emily the new George Plimpton? ... posted 1-13-06Segregation, integration and a fire-breathing governor
And here a short pause to mark the 50th anniversary of the integration of the Sugar Bowl. ... posted 1-5-06Hurricane relief effort spotlights a kinder, gentler NCAA
The Hurricane Katrina disaster caused the normally rule-obsessed NCAA to chuck its rules manual right out the window. ... posted 1-2-06Zany (but remotely possible) predictions for 2006
It was a slow news week, so the Clips Humor Squad [sic] took a crack at parody. Note: these are entirely fictional predictions. ... posted 1-2-06Hazing in Sports: The Effects and Legal Ramifications
NOTE: this summary is being retooled. Sorry for the convenience. ... re-posted 1-30-06A long time coming: the integration of U-Texas football
Though not as famous as Jackie Robinson (MLB), Larry Doby (AL), or even Willy O’Ree (NHL), Julius Whittier was the first black football player at the University of Texas. And that was BIG. ... posted 12-26-05Bigger risks for steroid use in NJ
Random steroid testing for HS athletes in post-season play will start next year. New Jersey is the first state to take the step. ... posted 12-21-05Football trickle-down is in full swing
High school football has become big-time. Booster clubs are raising millions, stadiums hold 20,000-plus and many coaches’ salaries exceed $100,000. ... posted 12-19-052005-2006 Initial Bowl Rankings
Which bowls are the ones to see and which ones can be missed? Pete Fiutak provides his reasoned expertise. ... posted 12-19-05Rape Tape
A new video from Rutgers University employs shock value to convince student-athletes that sexual assault cannot be tolerated. ... posted 12-19-05High-Visibility Athletic Programs and the Prestige of Public Universities
Professors Michael J. Lovaglia (U of Iowa) and Jeffrey W. Lucas (U of Maryland) delve into the question: Do high-visibility athletic programs add value to a university education? ... posted 12-14-05We 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 12-13-05My Wednesday in Manhattan . . .
In which your intrepid Clips editor schlepped into Manhattan for an eye-witness report of the Intercollegiate Athletics Forum. ... posted 12-11-05ClipsBlips
Great week for Miami (Ohio): The RedHawks hoopsters won three staright, the hockey team climbed to #1 and alum Ben Roethlisberger had a Super week. . . . . . From the media capital of the world this weekend was intro’d “Play” mag by the NY Times. “Play” will be a 4x/yr supplement to the Sunday Times. The debut issue was very impressive: 124 pgs, lengthy articles by top writers, marquee advertisers, plus a massive 7000-word piece about Coach K which we shall soon summarize succinctly in Clips. . . . . . In the time it took the Beach Boys to sing “Barbara Ann,” Christian Smith set a new NCAA record in the 1000-meter run, w. a 2:19.57 in Lincoln, Neb., to break a collegiate record set in 1986 by Doug Consiglio of the University of Arkansas. . . . . . Penn State’s JoPa selected the Walter Camp Coach of the Year, voted on by 119 D1-A coaches and SIDs. Paterno also won the award in 1972 & 1994. . . . . . Happy 74th Coach Chaney, Jan. 21: UMass 60, Temple 34. A teams is unlikely to win when it scores 40 fewer points than its coach’s age. . . . . Eastern College Athletic Conf. commish (since 1998) Phil Buttafuoco has resigned to pursue new opportunities. The ECAC is the nation’s largest athletic conference w. 323 D1,2 & 3 schools, sponsors 100 championships in 37 sports and assigns more than 5100 officials in 14 sports. . . . . . Pickens 165, Lewis 101: Peter Lewis, a Princeton alumnus, will contribute $101-million to expand the school’s creative and performing-arts programs. The gift is the largest in Princeton’s history, beating the previous record by a single dollar. . . . . . Sixth NAIA Best Soccer Coach Award for Lindsey Wilson College men’s soccer coach Ray Wells. Way to go Coach. . . . . . The Winthrop Eagles are flying: Men’s basketball team has a 22-game home win streak (4th in nation), attendance up 60% v. LY, and 22-game Big South Conf. win streak (the longest conference run in the land). Winthrop’s had 5 NCAA tourny appearances in 7 yrs since coach Gregg Marshall came to Rock Hill. . . . . . D1-A FB coach changes: only nine of the 119 D1-A schools have new coaches. Unless there are more changes, that will be a record-low of 7.6% since tracking began in 1947. . . . . . . Penn became the 8th school in D1 men’s basketball history to win 1600 games. Penn has won a total of 23 Ivy championships in its history. . . . . . . Ole Miss soph goalie Ann Shelton had the best goals-against avg in D1 soccer w. 0.268. Shelton had 771 consecutive shutout minutes, and did not allow a goal in 14 straight contests. . . . . . Biggest athletics donation ever: Boone Pickens is donating $165 million to the Oklahoma St athletics dept. Ralph Engelstad gave No. Dakota $100 million in ‘98. Nike Chairman Phil Knight gave Oregon over $50 million in the 80s. . . . . . AFCA Coach of the Year winners: D1-A: Joe Paterno (Penn State); D1-AA: Jerry Moore (Appalachian State); D2: Chuck Martin (Grand Valley State); D3: Bob Berezowitz (Wisc Whitewater). . . . . . . . This week’s nomination for coolest coll. athletics name: Yngve Ramstad, U-Rhode Island Faculty Athletic Rep. . . . . . Florida Atlantic U is progressing w. plans for a $120 million, 40,000 seat domed stadium on its Boca Raton campus. . . . . . . 1st signage at UNC’s Smith Center: Wachovia Bank will have virtually the first signs hung since the arena’s 1986 opening. Cost: $9.1 mill over 8 yrs. . . . . . . NAIA Football Coach of the Year: Mike Van Diest of Carroll College (Helena MT), which won an unprecedented 4th straight NAIA nat’l championship. Van Diest is 78-16 at Carroll over seven seasons. . . . . . . New single-season D1 NCAA record: Indiana’s Cyndi Valentin made her 61st straight free throw on Jan. 12. She’s 78-of-82 (95.1%) for the season. Overall D1 record (over two seasons) is 66 by Ginny Doyle of Richmond. . . . . . . . . . . Best TV rating ever: Texas-USC Rose Bowl w. a 21.7 Nielsen rating (35.6 million viewers), best for a national championship game. The Rose Bowl had not had a rating as big since the ‘86 UCLA-Iowa game, which had a 22.7. Last year, the Texas-Michigan game was a 12.4. . . . . . Length of bowl games: Orange (3 OT)- 4:49; Fiesta- 3:45, Sugar- 3:57, Rose- 4:00. Rose Bowl by qtr: 1st- 41:05; 2nd- 58:56; Halftime- 23:01; 3rd- 41:12; 4th- 68:41. The final 6:42 of the game lasted just over 30 minutes. The last 57 seconds needed nearly 13 minutes to complete. . . . . . . Bowl booty: Some of the gifts bestowed on bowl players (per player NCAA limit was increased by $150 to $500 this yr.): MasterCard Alamo Bowl (Xbox 360), Rose Bowl (Sony PlayStation), Nokia Sugar Bowl (customized Trek mtn bikes), Holiday Bowl (iPods), Champs Sports Bowl (Sony Camcorders), Music City Bowl (portable DVD players), Las Vegas Bowl (tkts to Blue Man Group), Hawaii Bowl (Oakley sunglasses). . . . . . Best bowl records: John Robinson, USC / UNLV (8-1); Frank Kush, Arizona St. (6-1); Gene Stallings, Texas A&M / Alabama (6-1); Warren Woodson, Hardin-Simmons / NM St. (6-1); Pat Dye, E. Carolina / Auburn (7-2-1); Dick Crum, Miami (OH) / No. Carolina (6-2); Paul Pasqualoni, Syracuse (6-2); Bud Wilkinson, Okla. (6-2) and Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin (7-3). . . . . . . Wisconsin contract figures announced: Barry Alvarez (now solo AD after dual role as AD / FB coach) to be paid $600,000 ($500,000 fr. UW and $100,000 fr. private funds). New FB coach Bret Bielema’s contract is $750,000 ($350,000 fr. UW). . . . . .
Clips Athlete of the Week
Tyler Emmert, QB for Carroll College (Mont.), led the Fighting Saints (14-0) to its 4th straight NAIA football championship, 27-10 over St. Francis (Ind.). He completed 20 of 36 passes for 278 yards and three TDs. Emmert was selected as NAIA Player of the Year honors for the second time in three seasons. He is 74-3 as a starting QB dating to his days at Capital High School in Helena, Mont.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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