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The Craig James Memorial Trophy will annually recognize the outstanding college football analyst whose performance best exhibits a relentless pursuit of analyzing stuff you know nothing about, a tireless willingness to troll for clicks, and a selfless effort to meet a word count, regardless of the cost to the English language. This week's nominees include Yankee statisticians, completely apt analogies, and yet more from the Worldwide Leader in Conflicts of Interest.

The Slate just wants Saturday. Today, Oklahoma admits major violations, Oklahoma State gets new uniforms, Pac-12 Network details announced, the Longhorn Network would be a huge impediment to joining the Pac-12, and Joe Posnanski explores the issue of paying college athletes.

Chris Harris asks; Should College Athletes Be Paid? Come check out our take on The Hitman's question.

Giving athletes a spending stipend above their scholarships has the potential to curb small scale cheating in college athletics.

Should college athletes be paid? A look at the seven major issues that must be addressed before any college athletes will begin to draw a salary.