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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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Tour de Couch Potato
Mark your calendars. This fall will be televised an unprecedented football marathon featuring 19 straight days of live, national college and pro football games.Long A Holdout, UNC Considering Permanent Ad Space
Stung by a $600,000 shortfall, and with a $40 million athletics budget, the University of North Carolina is reflecting on ad dollars to make ends meet.Picking Up The Pieces At Auburn
Already reeling from a presidential miscue and sanctioning probation, the new president has announced a sweeping re-org to right the ship.Big 10 Commissioner Delany Selected "Most Relevant"
CBS SportsLine selects the commish as the Don of D1 football.The Latest: Auto-Collapsing Goal Posts
A new remote-controlled goalpost could come down in five or six seconds, thus saving exuberant students from hurting themselves.Eco Prof Rips College Costs
Ohio U. prof Richard Vedder unveils a free-market explanation for the rising cost of a diploma.The Jackie Robinson Of The SEC
Sly Croom, new football coach at Mississippi State, is the right man for the challenge of reviving a struggling program, as well as being the first African-American football coach in the SEC.The Latest List: The 50 Most "Relevant" People In College Football
One man's opinion—Dennis Dodd of SportsLine.com—on the 50 people who will have the biggest impact on the 2004 college football season.Digital Video: The Future Is Now (Until Tomorrow)
The University of West Virginia claims to have the largest digital video system in the country. For now at least.Heat-Related Football Injuries In The Spotlight
Major colleges and the NFL have taken meaningful steps to reduce heat-related injuries during summer practices, but small college and high school programs fare not so well.The End Of Football Media Guides As We Know Them?
In an effort to significantly reduce the "thump factor," the NCAA has taken steps to mitigate the elaborateness that football media guides have become.Many Programs Seek To Move Up In Classification
Decisions to move up in classification affect a wide group of constituencies. However, the appeal of the perceived prestige and glory is not always worth it.Senate Hearing Reveals Greater Steroid Use
A new bill, S 2195, would classify many new steroids and related chemicals as controlled substances, which are illegal without a doctor's prescription.Extreme Cheerleading: A Sport? Or A Distraction?
Today's college cheerleading squads are populated by lithe, limber and lively lady cheerleaders and buff and burly male musclemen. It's not just pompoms any more.Creatine: Legal But Risky
The latest article on performance-enhancing drugs and supplements focuses on creatine, which appears to have become the starter supplement of choice for high school athletes.Cheerleaders, Linebackers And Running Backs Turn To Steroids For Strength
Not only have steroids spread to the Ivy League and the Air Force Academy, but now a male cheerleader is among the accused.Coach K To La-La Land? Our Guess Is Yes
An epochal changing of the guard upon them, Lakers' management has wisely concentrated on filling the head coaching position.Cal State Fullerton Is College Baseball Champ
CSUF beat Texas in a stunning finals sweep, but many wonder what good that does for the university overall.All's Well With The Big Gun In The Arms Race
Ohio State University, with its largest-in-the-country, self-sufficient athletics budget of $83.6 million, reports yet another year in the black.A ?What The Traffic Will Bear' Ticket Plan
Faced with one less football home game next year, Oregon State is resorting to a sliding scale ticket pricing plan.One NCAA Championship Is Not Enough For Some Schools
"Double-gender champions:" Eight schools won both women's and men's NCAA championships in the same sport this year.Sports Illustrated Announces Top 101 Influential Minorities In Sports
College athletics figures fare well in rankings.NCAA Sets To Restrict Recruiting Excesses
Big time college football recruiting is about to be subjected to substantial restrictions. Scandal prevention, fairness and parity are the goals.Baylor Overcompensates On Recruiting Rules?
Super strict recruiting and admissions rules proposed by the nation's largest Baptist university.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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