Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Let me take a wild guess here: it's going to take less than four years to figure out this Maurkice Pouncey situation. Then again, it might take longer, since we're stuck with unnamed accusers, from Canada apparently, who say that Pouncey took $100,000 from an agent before Florida's bowl game ...
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
Now that USC ipso facto has been given the death penalty, the question of what kind of institutional control the NCAA expects its member institutions to have has moved to the fore in the age-old student vs. athlete debate. The main reason USC got hammered is because ...
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Well it appears the NCAA finally handed down their punishment to the University of Southern California, and what the committee on infractions sent to the university regarding its football program is a total head-scratcher. Reports are saying that USC's football program will face a two-year postseason ban, the loss of ...
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Sunday, March 28th, 2010
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan opined on NCAA basketball teams' graduation rates and the achievement gap between black and white players last week, and I must confess myself (and this isn't the first time with Secretary Duncan) disappointed.
At least he has the balls to take on a major issue, though ...
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Monday, March 8th, 2010
As you loyal Rumors and Rants readers are all too familiar with by now, we’re a bunch of Indiana University graduates. Which means a few things:
1. We apparently weren’t smart enough to get into our No. 1 college choice (Northwestern in my case).
2. We watch “Breaking Away” at least ...
Posted in College Basketball, Devin Ebanks, Indiana Hoosiers, Indiana University, Jordan Crawford, Kelvin Sampson, NCAA, Tom Crean | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Though the NCAA is not saying what it has found or why it is looking at Michigan's football program, it has announced that it intends to investigate the university in an official capacity.
This comes on the heels of accusations over the summer that Rodriguez extends practices too long and has people ...
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
On Thursday, we learned that Memphis' 2007-08 season never actually happened as the NCAA stripped away all of the program's 38 wins due to the fact that Derrick Rose was not eligible to play in any of those games -- including the Tigers' appearance in the national championship game. No ...
Posted in College Basketball, Derrick Rose, John Calipari, Kansas Jayhawks | 4 Comments »
