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Today's QuoteMACK WITH TACT … “I’ve been planning this speech for 33 years, but right now I don’t really know what to say.” … Texas coach Mack Brown, to his players in the locker room after the Longhorns’ thrilling victory over Southern Cal at the Rose Bowl. … Sports Illustrated, 1-9-06Clips InterviewUniversity 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 CommentaryGeographically Myopic ... Former Lawrence University lineman Mark Rodman takes aim at yet another bias of the esteemed New York Times.Clips EditorialThe 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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Building A Case Against Campus Beer Promotions“Number One Party School” Colorado is one of many schools encountering increased scrutiny for allowing beer advertising, sponsorships and promotions.Tour de Couch PotatoMark 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 SpaceStung 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 AuburnAlready 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 PostsA new remote-controlled goalpost could come down in five or six seconds, thus saving exuberant students from hurting themselves.Eco Prof Rips College CostsOhio U. prof Richard Vedder unveils a free-market explanation for the rising cost of a diploma.The Jackie Robinson Of The SECSly 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 FootballOne 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 SpotlightMajor 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 ClassificationDecisions 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 UseA 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 RiskyThe 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 StrengthNot 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 YesAn epochal changing of the guard upon them, Lakers' management has wisely concentrated on filling the head coaching position.Cal State Fullerton Is College Baseball ChampCSUF 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 RaceOhio 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 PlanFaced 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 SportsCollege athletics figures fare well in rankings.NCAA Sets To Restrict Recruiting ExcessesBig 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. |
ClipsBlipsBiggest 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). . . . . . Bounceback award?: Indiana State Sycamores went a symmetrical 33-88 over the past 4 seasons (.273 winning pcntg). This year they’re an asymmetrical 8-2. . . . . . Best handle to come out of RI? God Shammgod, ex-Providence star, left school after 2 yrs. Currently playing in Saudi Arabia; has played in Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Poland and China. . . . . . . 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. . . . . . . . . . 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. . . . . . . . Clips Athlete of the WeekTyler 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 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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