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THE POWER OF THE PRESS … “It’s a disaster. I’m finishing up everything, and I’m going back into retirement.” … Stanley Simmons, founder of University High School, a shady diploma mill in Miami that had no classrooms, teachers or teams but helped numerous athletes quickly earn diplomas. The “school,” which graduated at least 14 students who signed with D1 football programs during the past two years, was pilloried in a lengthy New York Times feature a couple weeks ago. … New York Times, 12-23-05Clips 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
Intercollegiate Athletic Corporate Sponsorships and the First Amendment ... ADs might be eager to welcome with open arms corporate sponsors with open checkbooks. But at times a corporate sponsorship could portray a negative image on the university. Providing sponsorship opportunities to certain companies while refusing others could implicate the right to free speech under the First Amendment. Eric Bentley, Assistant General Counsel for the University of Houston System, weighs in with an update.Clips Editorial
The consequences of running up the score ... Clips Editor Nick Infante opines on the after-effects of sports blowouts: the agony (and exultation) of losing (and winning) big. ... posted 12-26-05Monthly Archives
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My Wednesday in Manhattan . . .
In which your intrepid Clips editor schlepped into Manhattan for an eye-witness report of the Intercollegiate Athletics Forum. ... posted 12-11-05Penn 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 11-29-05Presidential 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 11-14-05For some, a football season not like it was supposed to be . . . .
Injuries, trick plays and Lady Luck all conspire to sabotage pre-season picks. We list some of this year’s disappointing surprises. ... posted 11-8-05Results of College Presidents’ Tell-All Survey
A largest-of-its-kind survey of 764 college presidents has revealed many nuggets of knowledge. And some yawners too. ... posted 10-31-05Messiah Coaches, Football Frenzy, the Religious Right and a Muslim Running Back
College football has increasingly become a more visible home for the Gospel, and some people don’t like that. ... posted 11-1-05Drake Group: Apparent Northwestern University Fumble?
Suspicious timing for Northwestern’s removal of a Fellow title from an outspoken advocate for college athletics reform. .... posted 10-24-05College athletics officials respond heroically
Commissioners and ADs from Conference-USA, the Sun Belt Conference and the SEC learned plenty from the recent hurricane disasters. ... posted 10-11-05Road to FB head coach via coordinators?
The training ground for football head coaches is often the coordinator position. But only 7.7% of BCS team coordinators are black.Article says hazing - however defined - is bad
Hazing excesses occur too frequently and they should be reduced. How to do so has been a subject for much debate.Humble AD has every reason to be proud
Daryl Gross has hit the ground running at Syracuse.Big man in a little state
President Allen L. Sessoms has attracted a bipolar constituency in his two years at historically black Delaware State University.Good Play and Good Behavior Not Mutually Exclusive
It’s hard to be humble when you’re a BMOC. It’s hard to behave when forbidden fruit is everywhere. Some schools look for help.Life after Notre Dame just fine for Willingham
First-year Washington coach Ty Willingham isn’t looking back; except this Saturday when his Huskies take on Notre Dame.Where are they now?
Twenty- four D1 football coaches were replaced last year. Here’s what happened to each of them.Coach Boeheim’s blood runs Orange
Syracuse’s gangly coach gets inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.Beleaguered San Jose State program coming around
New AD Tom Bowen has combined infectious positivism with sound program re-org to get SJSU headed in the right direction - finally.Good coach first, black coach second
This year Indiana State’s Lou West became the only black head coach among the 103 NCAA D1-AA programs (other than HBCs).Messiah Coaches in the Making?
Rebuilding big time D1 football programs takes years of effort. But there are some coaches who can inspire greatness from today’s mediocrity.Non-Academic Presidents Becoming More Common
Candidates with political / business experience and relationships are increasingly being selected as college presidents.Strong-Willed Mom Wants Day in Court
Son died of an asthma attack at an Aug ‘01 Northwestern FB practice; mom holding out for a laundry list of monetary and non-monetary demands.2004-05 Director’s Cups Awarded to Many Familiar Schools
There were few surprises among the winners. The strong remained strong: Stanford, Grand Valley State and Williams.Knight Commission Convenes in Capital
The watchdog group met with the NCAA top brass and conference commissioners. Backs were slapped, smiles were everywhere, praise was plentiful.Presidential Panel to Look at Future of College Athletics
Forty-eight D1 presidents will convene in June to discuss fiscal responsibility, leadership and student-athlete well-being.ClipsBlips
10 most powerful women in sports in 2005 (as selected by Dan Weil of FOXSports.com): Maria Sharapova: Russian tennis star, ranked No. 1 for part of the year; Sheila Johnson: co-founded BETV, stakes in the Wash. Mystics, Wizards & Capitals; Annika Sorenstam: Swede golfer, won 10 tournaments; Williams Tennis Sisters: power, athleticism, endorsements; Michelle Wie: $10 mill in endorsements from Nike and Sony; Danica Patrick: 23-yr-old w. 4th-place finish at Indy 500; Donna Orender: WNBA commish; Amy Trask: CEO of Oakland Raiders; Lesa France Kennedy: prez of NASCAR Int’l Speedway Corp.; Donna Lopiano: exec. director of Women’s Sports Foundation . . . . . . . Arms race update: revenues for U-Wisconsin athletics have increased 178% since 1995-’96 . . . . . . . University HS, a Miami “diploma mill” spotlighted in a scathing feature by the NY Times a couple weeks ago, is shutting down. No surprise there . . . . . . . A volleyball home run: American Volleyball Coaches Assn has hired Kathy DeBoer as new exec director. DeBoer - who also serves on the Clips Advisory Panel - spent 23 years in college athletics (18 at U-Kentucky) as a VB coach and administrator. Congrats Kathy. . . . . . . 27 straight: No. 25 Iowa beat Drake for the 27th straight time, 65-60, Tuesday Dec. 20. Drake has not beaten Iowa in Iowa City since 1967. . . . . . . Duke women spanked Ball State 110-24 on Dec. 19. Duke scored the first 23 points. Ball State missed its first 16 shots and its last 11, and shot a woeful 13%. . . . . . . Mount Union (Alliance, Ohio) won its eighth D3 FB title in 13 yrs. They had a 110 game regular season winning streak that ended in 1994. . . . . . . Lowest-scoring MBB D1 game since the trey: Monmouth beat host Princeton, 41-21, last night. Princeton went scoreless for a stretch of 14:54 in the 2nd half. Yawn. . . . . . Report from Canada’s Ryerson U: global investment in sponsorships have zoomed from approx. US$500 million in 1982 to an estimated US$28 billion in 2004. . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . 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. . . . . .
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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