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Joe Paterno, Longtime Penn State Coach, Dies at 85 - NYTimes.com

2012-01-22T19:17:00.000+01:00

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Dr. Saturday Matt Hinton Reports on New SEC ‘Oversigning’ Rules in the case of an Alabama Crimson Tide Recruit

2012-01-17T09:14:00.001+01:00

On of the more negative things about college football consists of the maze of regulations on recruiting. See Dr. Saturday Matt Hinton at Yahoo! Sports in New ‘oversigning’ rules force Nick Saban to tip his hand (Updated). Just imagine if, say, law firm or business recruitment were subject to a similar plethora of virtually useless over-regulation. The lesson here is that if you give people

NCAA Prez Says Yes to Playoff

2012-01-17T09:01:00.000+01:00

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Can Jim Harbaugh Coach? Yes, he can, as 49ers beat Saints in one of Best NFL Playoff Games Ever

2012-01-15T16:47:00.000+01:00

See the brilliantly written article by Bill Reiter at Jim Harbaugh's improbable rookie season continues as he outsmarts the New Orleans Saints in a stunning win

Broadway Joe Namath Has a Nice Site at Broadway Joe TV

2012-01-15T16:36:00.000+01:00

Broadway Joe Namath was already famous as the quarterback of the Alabama Crimson Tide under Bear Bryant (national champions in 1964) and continued in that role for the AFL New York Jets, beating the NFL Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III (1969). Namath was the first professional football quarterback to pass for more than 4000 yards (1967). He now has a nice site online atWelcome to

The Fly is the Hottest New Play in College Football

2012-01-10T13:56:00.001+01:00

See the story of "the Fly" and football "engineering" at CBS Sports in The man behind the hottest play in football, a report on a play used by Dana Holgorsen, football head coach at West Virginia, in blitzing Clemson 70-33 in the Orange Bowl, Holgorsen learned the play from Bob Stitt, head coach of the Colorado School of Mines.

FINAL College Football Rankings and Ratings 2011-2012 FBS After Bowl Games -- by SportPundit

2012-01-10T13:09:00.001+01:00

FINAL College Football Rankings and Ratings 2011 FBS After Bowl Games -- by SportPundit -- by YPPSYS (yards per play system) and NAYPPA (net average yards per play advantage) -- modified by schedule difficulty and losses Our rankings and ratings at the end of this college football season permit the teams to be divided into the following GROUP RANKS: 1st Level Teams - Positions 1 through

Alabama Crimson Tide 2011/2012 One of the Great Teams of All Time

2012-01-10T09:18:00.000+01:00

Did anyone rank Alabama Number One after the regular season? We did, in the Final Pre-Bowl College Football Rankings and Ratings 2011 FBS by SportPundit The foolish pre-game hype about a split championship etc. can stop now. Your average football pundit -- and that includes many of the nation's sportscasters -- was way off the mark in assessing the actual quality of the BCS game finalists.

College Football Bowl Game Prediction Results 2011-2012 for NCAA FBS Games by SportPundit

2012-01-10T02:52:00.000+01:00

Final College Football Bowl Game Prediction Results 2011-2012 for NCAA FBS Games by SportPundit SportPundit ended prediction this year of regular season and bowl games, compiling the following record: 691-214 in calling the winner, and 357-345-10 against the spread. In the bowl games, SportPundit was 23-12 in calling the winner and 16-19 against the spread. In Week 14 SportPundit was 19-3 in

Current BCS System Very Likely to be Deconstructed in Favor of Some Kind of Playoffs at the Top Level

2012-01-09T11:30:00.000+01:00

Ralph D. Russo has the college football story for the AP at Rivals.com Yahoo! Sports in The BCS as we know it is going away

Luck Stays at the Farm as Barry J Sanders to Attend Stanford

2012-01-08T16:55:00.000+01:00

It looks like "luck" is not leaving the Stanford football teamas reported by Bryan Fischer at CBSSports.comin Barry Sanders picks Stanford over Oklahoma State.

Poor Head Coaching Costs Stanford Game Against Oklahoma State: Pat Forde Has it Right at Yahoo! Sports

2012-01-03T14:42:00.000+01:00

It was a very disappointing day for Stanford Law School alums such as the LawPundit. It appears that a Shaw is not a Harbaugh, as Stanford wound up losing in overtime 41-38 to Oklahoma State in spite of outgaining the offense-oriented Cowboys 590 to 412 yards. Whenever that happens, a loss by the dominant team is often the result poor field marshalling and playcalling. With the game on the

Terry Bowden to Coach Akron Zips in 2012: Bowden's Prospects Compared to Bo Pelini's Outlook with the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Carl Pelini's Future with the Florida Atlantic Owls

2011-12-29T12:02:00.000+01:00

The AP reports via Rivals.com that Terry Bowden returns to Division I with Akron. With perhaps the exception of Carl Pelini taking over as head coach for the Florida Atlantic Owls (1-11 this regular season), Bowden will probably have more fun coaching next season than any other head coach in college football. After all, after two straight 1-11 seasons, the Zips can only get better, and every

Stanford and Oklahoma State Sports Supported by Rich Moguls: John Arrillaga for the Cardinal and T. Boone Pickens for the Cowboys

2011-12-28T19:50:00.000+01:00

Tom FitzGerald has the story of John Arrillaga's support for the Cardinal and T. Boone Pickens' support for the Cowboys, writing for SFGate at Real Estate Mogul Helping Stanford Sports Succeed.

Sports and the Illegality of Online Gambling in the United States: What About Internet Poker or Lotteries? Legal?

2011-12-24T13:49:00.000+01:00

At the Wall Street Journal Law Blog, Joe Palazzolo has an article about the legality of online gambling at Internet Poker Is Sort of Legal!, discussing the legal memorandum opinion --Whether Proposals by Illinois and New York to use the Internet and Out-of-State Transaction Processors to Sell Lottery Tickets to In-State Adults Violate the Wire Act -- just published by the Assistant Attorney

College Football Fans and Boise State Disserved By NCAA and BCS System

2011-12-23T21:17:00.000+01:00

Dan Levy, National Lead Writer, comments via Bleacher Report that Boise State Deserved Better: A BCS Rant.

Incoming UCLA Head Coach Blasts Bruin Tradition

2011-12-23T20:51:00.000+01:00

This looks like a "new" Bruin head football coach who is on is way out before he even gets in, already pushing his weight around unduly and disrespecting the traditions of his new employer under the motto that "he" is there and all the rest does not matter. Where do universities and the administrators who do the hiring find these people???? Gee, this is the school where the legendary John

NCAA Tramples Rights of Student-Athletes, over 3 Million Fans, Sponsors and Donors -- Acting As if it Were a Court in Issuing Sanctions including a Bowl Ban to Ohio State

2011-12-22T10:44:00.003+01:00

Ohio State football has a fan base of over 3 million people -- top in the United States among all colleges and universities -- and it is a near $100 million per year business to boot. What do you do if you are the NCAA and a few players and coaches at Ohio State commit NCAA rules violations involving a few thousand dollars? Instead of punishing the guilty, you e.g. PUNISH those innocent 3

Thumbs Up Suh Returns: Vittorio Tafur at SFGate.com writes that Suh's thumb bigger than Janikowski's foot

2011-12-19T09:33:00.000+01:00

Ndamukong Suh has correctly apologized for stomping on a player and returned after a two-game suspension to block a record game-winning 65-year field goal attempt by Sebastian Janikowski to save a 28-27 win for the Detroit Lions over the Oakland Raiders, as the Lions came back from a 13-point deficit in the 4th quarter to win. Vittorio Tafur, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer has the

Sharp Park Golf Course in Pacifica Endangered by Wayward Environmentalists

2011-12-18T00:54:00.000+01:00

Few of man's achievements honor nature as much as golf courses do, and it is always remarkable to see wayward environmentalists trying to replace golf courses with what is called "managed wilderness", i.e. pet projects of alleged nature do-gooders which serve virtually no useful purpose other than to inflate the self-serving moralistic egos of those same wayward environmentalists. Those same

Presidents of the United States as Golfers

2011-12-18T00:41:00.000+01:00

William Browning has done the honors at Yahoo! Sports in authoring a short piece on Golfer-in-Chief: Fan Look at Golf and Presidents of the United States.

An Unholy Alliance to Monopolize Image and Performance Rights to Sports Performances by Student Athletes? ESPN and NCAA Close College Sports Multi-Media Broadcast Deal Through 2023-24

2011-12-16T17:59:00.000+01:00

Lucas Shaw has the story at The Wrap Media in ESPN, NCAA Extend Deal Through 2023-24, a $500 million deal putting even more multi-media broadcast rights to future performances by college student-athletes in the near-monopoly control of the ESPN -- for the profit of the NCAA. The college student-athletes of 2023-2024 are in part right now still young kids in elementary school, but that fact is

NCAA Puts $2000 Stipend For Athletes on Hold

2011-12-16T17:34:00.000+01:00

ESPN College Sports has the Associated Press story at Big Blow for Athlete Stipends.

Five Finalists for Robinson Coach of the Year Award

2011-12-15T17:02:00.000+01:00

Ben Kercheval has the posting at CollegeFootball Talk in Hoke, Gundy among five finalists for Robinson Coach of the Year award.

Odds Update: College Football Bowl Game Predictions 2011-2012 for NCAA FBS Games by SportPundit

2011-12-15T11:53:00.001+01:00

Odds Update: College Football Bowl Game Predictions 2011-2012 for NCAA FBS Games -- by SportPundit -- using YPPSYS (the Yards Per Play System) This is an update of our original prediction posting and contains references for each game to the (changed) odds as posted at the College Football Prediction Tracker on Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 10:45 AM -- and which in some cases are sure to change