NCAA drops the ball on Penn State

Tuesday, September 9th, 2014

There are many things in this world that are easy. The easiest, in my humble opinion? Not raping children. Not orchestrating a coverup because child rape is damaging to your brand image in lieu of turning in a dirty old pedophile is also fairly high on the list. And because Penn State has ...

Former Penn State Players Will Appeal Sanctions, Lose At Life

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

Former Penn State football players and coaches have sent a letter of intent to appeal the penalties levied against Penn State's football program in the wake of the Sandusky scandal and the Freeh Report. The letter alleges that the penalties have caused specific damages to the former players and coaches, ...

Penn State to Respond to NCAA Request “Within Days”

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

Penn State said Tuesday that it plans to respond quickly to the NCAA's demand for information concerning the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal. The university says it will respond to the NCAA "within days" as the organization decides whether or not to levy penalties against the school. The NCAA is in ...

Penn State’s Donations Skyrocket Despite Scandal

Monday, July 9th, 2012

Everyone knows these are tough economic times. And if you don't, please come over to my house so I can rob you secure a loan from you. With regular people struggling to make ends meet, so too are our public institutions. State legislatures across the nation are slashing their budgets, and ...

Coach K: The Greatest Man In The Universe

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

Less than a week after warning us about the dangers of lionizing coaches to the point where they were bigger than the institutions they represent, the media went ahead and lionzed a coach to the point where he is bigger than the institution he represents. Mike Krzyzewski became the winningest men's ...

Joe Paterno “Accidentally” Violated NCAA Rules

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Yesterday, we posted about Georgia coach Mark Richt’s difficulties with text messaging causing Georgia to have to report a couple of minor violations to the NCAA. It seems even Joe Paterno isn’t immune to the random/slightly embarrassing NCAA violation bug that’s been going around. The old, old ball coach was apparently ...

Big Ten Football Preview:

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

I gave in, not sure to whom, but I gave in nonetheless, and previewed the SEC first despite my allegiance to the Big Ten and my beloved Indiana Hoosiers. This year is going to be either a very interesting year for the Big Ten, or totally unwatchable from start to ...