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Brave New World: What College Football Will Look Like in 2014

Texas A&M yesterday did what we expected them to: they officially notified the Big XII of their intention to investigate other conference membership. That’s a little bit like Tiger Woods announcing he’s “open to seeing other women.” A&M did the … Continue reading

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The Cost of Doing Business in College Athletics

On the heels of Yahoo!’s report on corruption within the University of Miami athletic program, Bloomberg released yesterday a more disturbing report that outlines the totally legal, but tremendously misguided hyper-focus on building an athletic program at Rutgers University. In … Continue reading

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Hurricanes Scandal Will Result in Death Penalty… Of the NCAA.

Update: Danny Sheridan did not reveal the name of the alleged “bag man” in the Cam Newton case as he claimed he would. He did say that the NCAA was aware of his identity and that he wasn’t talking out … Continue reading

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Texas A&M Not Leaving for the SEC…Yet.

Southeastern Conference officials voted yesterday not to invite Texas A&M into the conference as was widely speculated. This move, however, is generally perceived as a legal move so that the SEC won’t be subject to any potential litigation for “poaching” … Continue reading

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College Sports Armageddon: Why Texas A&M Will Trigger a Makeover of the Collegiate Landscape

The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand didn’t start World War I. It was just the spark that lit the kindling already in place. Similarly, Texas A&M’s expected jump to the Southeastern Conference won’t destroy college athletics as we know it; but … Continue reading

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The BCS is dead…but how soon?

Samuel Chi, the “BCS Guru” has an outstanding piece today outlining why we may get a playoff as soon as the 2012 season!

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Wetzel: BCS Anti-trust case doesn’t even need to go to court

Dan Wetzel, author of Death to the BCS pens a new column today outlining how the Utah Attorney general’s proposed anti-trust case against the BCS might not even have to go to trial to bring down the BCS. BCS Fatigue

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Utah Attorney General to bring suit against BCS

In what could be the first meaningful legal salvo against the BCS, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has indicated  he will bring a federal anti-trust suit against the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). Though threatened in the past, this appears to … Continue reading

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If I Were King of Sports: College Football

Most of what ails the great game of college football can be fixed with one swing of the axe: Get rid of the BCS. No sport is plagued by a single entity that is the source of their ills like … Continue reading

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