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Deion Sanders Doesn't Get It (Evergreen)
In 2020, athletes are speaking up like never before....
College Football Players Are Pulling The Sport’s Racist Curtains Back For All To See
Dabo Swinney doesn’t get it. Nor does he want to....
Coaches And Leagues Expose Themselves With Hollow Words
People are so predictable. Especially the fake ones....
The NFL Isn't Only Place With Diversity Issues Among Its Football Coaches, The College Game Is Just As Bad
The NFL is once again trying to mask its diversity shortcomings with a “public” ploy to hoodwink and bamboozle us. But, sadly this isn’t an exclusive problem that exists at the games highest level....
Hey, NFL, You're On The Clock. Make The Right Choice And Postpone The Draft
It’s no secret that the coronavirus has effectively altered sports history....
The Unblockable Chase Young Made Wisconsin Look Like Frauds
Here were the things Wisconsin’s offensive linemen could do to stop Ohio State defensive end and elite pass rusher Chase Young in Saturday’s game, his former coach, Urban Meyer, said on the pregame show: They could chip him—have a fullback or tight end sprint into his ribs—with someone like running ...
Wisconsin's First Loss Of The Season Came At The Hands Of...Illinois?
Right, so none of the things that happened were actually supposed to happen. The undefeated No. 6 Badgers were supposed to dismantle 2-4 Illinois. Jonathan Taylor, the best running back in the country, was supposed to front Wisconsin’s first-rate ground game. Illinois, winless against Big Ten oppone...
Michigan Breaks With Tradition, Doesn't Fumble Ball Away On Opening Drive
Something had to change after a Michigan loss so humiliating it left Charles Woodson whimpering, Stop, you’re embarrassing me in front of my friends! ...
Is Beer Money Sign Man Sorry For Old Racist Tweets?
It’s the question everyone has been asking today: Is beer money sign man sorry for old racist tweets? Well, thanks to a breaking report from ESPN, we can now confirm it with confidence: “Beer money sign man sorry for old racist tweets.” ...
Malcolm Gladwell's Penn State Rabbit Hole Isn't Very Deep
Malcolm Gladwell emailed me last Thursday, in response to a blog post I had written about his recent appearance on Bill Simmons’s podcast, in which he dusted off a tired defense of Joe Paterno’s role in the Jerry Sandusky abuse scandal. He offered to send me a copy of his new book, which he said mig...
Charles Woodson Has Had Enough Of The Michigan Wolverines
Jim Harbaugh and the Wolverines had their asses handed to them in a 35-14 loss to Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon. Michigan was fresh off a bye, mercifully given two weeks to prepare for the Badgers and their scary-good running back Jonathan Taylor, and it went about as poorly as it could go. Michig...
NIU Quarterback Ross Bowers Front-Flips Into The Endzone, Yet Again
Ross Bowers’s mother coached the women’s gymnastics team at the University of Washington for 10 years, so maybe it shouldn’t come as a surprise that when her son, the starting quarterback at Northern Illinois, gets to the endzone, he takes the most acrobatic route possible....
NCAA Screws Over Football Player Because It Was Skeptical Of The Seriousness Of His Mother's Brain Tumor
On Tuesday night, incoming Virginia Tech lineman Brock Hoffman announced that the NCAA had denied his final appeal for immediate eligibility, which meant Hoffman will be forced to sit out the upcoming season. Hoffman has been scuffling with the NCAA over the particulars of his transfer from Coastal ...
Lawsuit: Ex-Penn State Football Doc Says James Franklin Interfered On Decision To Clear Players
In a lawsuit filed last week, the former orthopedic physician for Penn State’s football team said Nittany Lions coach James Franklin pressured him to clear players to return to game action before they were ready. The civil lawsuit was filed Friday in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. In the complaint, D...
Coach Who Made $850,000 Last Year Says His Unpaid Players Are Required To Donate $50 To Program
At a post-workout press conference earlier this week, Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns coach Billy Napier announced a rather odd initiative for the members of his football team. Napier said that, starting this year, all scholarship members of the team will be required to donate a minimum of $50 to ...
Jim Harbaugh And Luke Fickell Bicker About The James Hudson Transfer Saga
Of all the NCAA’s heavy-handed mechanisms of controlling players, the transfer portal is among the most confusing. The 2018 opening of the portal theoretically makes it easier for athletes to switch schools, though it has done little to actually make things smoother for transferring players, which m...
Like Many College Football Coaches, Chris Petersen Can't Talk About The Transfer Portal Without Hedging
It’s no secret that most college football coaches hate, or at least distrust, the transfer portal—maybe not so much the portal itself as the idea of their players getting slightly more autonomy—and media day is the perfect time to get these petty grievances out in the open so everyone can learn what...
Jim Harbaugh Probably Should Have Waited A Bit Before Speaking Out Against Mental Health Waivers For Transfers
It’s that time of year where reporters and other media members get to ask questions to college football coaches that often lead to these meathead leaders of the gridiron showing their ass on topics they’re clearly not too well-versed on. The most recent edition of this annual tradition features Univ...