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Could the concussion crisis lead to the demise of football?
Everyone knows that over the last couple of seasons the focus on concussions has been greatly increased. We've seen a few ex-players die young, many with a strange, somewhat unknown disease called "chronic traumatic encephalopathy" (CTE). Some died of complications such as stroke, but others took...
Bridgeport/Islanders Prospect Roundup, Feb. 13: Ty Wishart Recalled
In two games this weekend Bridgeport put up an incredible 81 shots, scoring 10 goals. Defensively they only let up 58 shots and allowed 2 goals. To make things even more impressive, it wasn't all Casey Cizikas and Matt Donovan. Scoring came from all over the place, 4 assists from unheralded Kael...
RPI WATCH: 2/13/12
So, which was most ignominious? Alabama suspending four of its five starters and subsequently losing a winnable road game at LSU? Southern Illinois allowing Indiana State to shoot an NCAA-record 12 of 12 3-pointers? Holy Toledo, that's bad. West Virginia losing its second straight home game, and...
NCAA Proposes New Football Rules to Enhance Player Safety
The NCAA has announced new rule proposals to make the game safer for players, and unlike the $2000 stipend, I can't imagine these rules being overruled by the membership. The five proposals are largely concerning special teams, and they are as follows: Kickoffs and touchbacks: Kickoffs go from the...
Ohio State Survives Purdue's Assault
Ohio State is hoping it's true that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. Tuesday night against Purdue, the Buckeyes' 38-game home winning streak almost died a tragic, unforeseen demise. On the heels of a daunting road victory Saturday (meet rock), Ohio State is gearing up for a huge Big Ten...
Football Scholarship Total to Remain at 85
The NCAA Board of Directors Saturday voted down a proposal to cut football scholarships for D-1 programs from 85 to 80. The Board did reaffirm the desire to provide a $2,000 "miscellaneous expense allowance" for athletes on full scholarship. The Board voted 14-4 to send it back to a work group to...
NCAA Proposal Would Cut Football Scholarships to 80
Saturday, the NCAA Board of Directors will vote on several sweeping rules changes, including cutting the total of football scholarships from 85 to 80. The Board of Directors will also vote on a proposal to reduce women's basketball scholarships from 15 to 13. University of Nebraska Chancellor...
Dreams Unfulfilled, Graduate Unskilled -- NCAA Athletics and Exploitation
Taylor Branch’s article in this month's Atlantic Monthly (it's more than Andrew Sullivan now!) about how the myths of amateurism and student-athletes allow the NCAA and its constituent schools to rake it in from the efforts and injuries of young revenue sport athletes is a must read if you love...
The Nerd's Guide to College Football Fandom
Or: Academic rankings are more interesting when football is half the grade Americans love rankings like their freedom. They also love the freedom to read too much into such rankings despite their arbitrary metrics and questionable significance. And so, once again the coming of fall marks the...
2011 Kansas Football Preview: Jayhawk State of the Union
If it isn’t obvious who lost the BC office Game of Thrones, then go read texags.com and leave me the hell alone. Someone had to stage a coup d’état to steal my Baylor assignment from me. Now I feel like some stupid third world dictator that didn’t know he wasn’t king until the bullet passed...
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