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Washington Suspended Indefinitly
Missouri star tailback and captain, Derrick Washington, has been suspended indefinitely from the team, but that could be the least of his concerns soon.
Missouri Tigers coach Gary Pinkel announced the indefinite suspension Thursday night, but declined to give reporters any details as to why Washington is being suspended.
“He’s indefinitely suspended for disciplinary reasons,” Pinkel told the media Thursday. “As I’ve done for 10 years, I don’t ever talk about those issues. I tell my players, when something happens, I don’t do that.”
But sources confirmed to the Kansas City Star that an off-the-field incident involving Washington occurred this summer. The Columbia Missourian went a step further and found court documents stating that Boone Circuit Court Judge Leslie Schneider issued an order of protection in June for an unnamed Columbia woman after she made claims of being sexually assaulted by Washington. In the order, Washington was to have no contact with the woman. Read More >>
Are You Ready for Some Football?
I absolutely love the summer season and never want to see it end, so it’s a good thing that the dawn of autumn also brings a bevy of benefits. Not only do I get to send my kids back to school—thank god—but the coming of fall also marks the beginning of football season. When the weather is beautiful during the summertime, I don’t mind that baseball is the only sport to watch. But when it gets dark and gloomy, I need steady diet of football to keep my occupied inside.
It’s during the football season when I really appreciate living on the West Coast. Every Saturday my son and I put on our NCAA football jerseys and dig in for a daylong football extravaganza. We can roll out of bed a 9am and the Big Ten games are already on. Then on Sunday, we only have to wait until 10am for the first morning game, plus the night games are over by 9 so I can get to bed at a reasonable hour.
SEC is a Hot Mess
It used to be that summer in the south meant you only had to worry about players being arrested. (Tennessee’s bar brawl, among others, helped take care of that quota.) But this year, in the midst of the longest, hottest summer on record, a summer so hot that even old school southerners who grew up without air-conditioning took to wondering how they ever survived without it, we’ve officially become a hot mess down here in NCAA‘s Southeastern Conference.
Don’t believe me? What do these four objects have in common with the SEC, misspelled season tickets, a reporter’s Florida hat, and a photoshopped mayoral endorsement? I’ll tell you: Every single one of these objects has built upon the next to prove that the SEC has zoomed beyond the NBA into the top spot for most post-satire sports league in America. No matter what absurdities you think of, the SEC is going to find a way to top it. What’s more, when you hear the details but don’t even know the schools, you know exactly where it happened in advance. Yep, it’s come to this: you can’t even satirize the SEC anymore.
You might not have heard about the latest of these totemic objects yet. Which is a shame, because it might be my favorite. One of the six mayoral candidates in Bessemer, Ala., claims that Nick Saban endorsed her campaign. Her proof? A photo of her standing next to Saban at a golf outing. There’s just one problem. The picture is photoshopped and the candidate replaced Saban’s wife with her own image. Beneath the photo, the following endorsement appeared. “Nick Saban fully supports Dorothy ‘Dot’ Davidson, and thinks she would be an excellent mayor for the City of Bessemer.”
The South with always entertain!
WAC Commissioner Karl Benson’s Conflict of Interest
Karl Benson, the commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference, helped his only daughter move into her dorm room at USC Wednesday morning amid a barrage of text messages, e-mails and phone calls chronicling the rise and fall of the WAC.
In the morning, Benson’s conference was just a few dotted i’s and crossed t’s from securing a deal with BYU and ESPN that would have made BYU an independent in football and the WAC its conference for the Cougars’ other 18 sports.
By the afternoon, the Mountain West, BYU’s current conference affiliate, threw up a major roadblock by inviting Fresno State and Nevada to their conference. Both accepted, leaving the WAC with six members for the 2012 season. BCS executive director Bill Hancock said “an FBS conference can be part of the FCS as long as it meets the NCAA’s definition of a conference.” The NCAA requires six members.
Utah State athletic director Scott Barnes wrote an open letter on his department’s web site, saying the school had been approached by the MWC and opted to stay with the WAC. Read More >>
Why Does College Baseball Lack Popularity?
When the College World Series airs on ESPN every year, I’m always a little surprised. I know that it’s baseball season and all, but the World Series is the first time many sports fans ever realize the college baseball season is taking place. This is in stark contrast to the college football and basketball seasons, which are eagerly anticipated and receive a glut of media coverage, even in the offseason.
It’s difficult to tell whether the lack of media coverage is the cause or effect of this disparity, but my personal hypothesis is that the MLB farm system is the reason why we don’t see fans around the country donning NCAA baseball jerseys in the spring and summer. With an extensive network of minor league teams and a draft with over 20 rounds, much of the best talent is snatched up right out of high school, meaning the level of play at the college level suffers. The NFL and NBA lack this type of system for grooming recruits, so athletics at the college level serve to fill the void for these organizations.
Hopefully Conference Expansion into Pac-12 Is What The Fans Want
NCAA fans have been unhappy with the ranking/bowl system for what seems to be an eternity. With the expansion of conferences though, it seems like there is finally some ice on the pain.
The Pac-10′s massive remodel launched Tuesday with the debut of the conference’s new logo and its re-designed website. The website launch came at the same time the Pac-10 football coaches were starting the East Coast leg of their media tour with a press conference in New York City at the W Hotel.
The big early news to come out of the Big Apple was Commissioner Larry Scott’s reported acknowledgment Tuesday at the kickoff event that the conference will indeed become the “Pac 12″ when Colorado and Utah join the conference.
The conference sent a few emissaries east ahead of the coaches — the league’s top four quarterbacks in Washington’s Jake Locker, Stanford’s Andrew Luck, Arizona’s Nick Foles, and USC’s Matt Barkley. All four passers spent the day at ESPN’s Bristol campus. They’ve already appeared on “SportsCenter”, “College Football Live” and “First Take.” Read More >>
Nothing But Praise for Pat Haden As New Athletic Director
Blame seems to be a huge part of sports in recent years. Teams, fans and of course media are always looking for a reason behind negative events as the unfold. USC is no different with recent events that have tainted a number of college teams, but is one man the answer?
Some say any publicity in good publicity, but for University of Southern California Athletics the coined phrase is highly understated. Many argue that there are several reasons for all the mistakes made in the schools athletics program but it is very obvious that the problems start with the athletic director.
Pat Haden is set to supplant Mike Garrett as the athletic director at the University of Southern California and its replica Heisman Trophy — which was won by Reggie Bush — will be returned, the school announced Tuesday afternoon. The Los Angeles Times first reported the story on Tuesday morning.
Garrett, the former Heisman Trophy winner who has been under fire since the school was slapped with several penalties by the NCAA for violations uncovered in the school’s football and basketball programs, is expected to take USC’s retirement package. Haden, a former quarterback with USC and the Los Angeles Rams, will take over Aug. 3. Read More >>
Do You Know Who’s on the Roster?
Due to free agency and salary caps, professional sports franchises change their makeup on a year-to-year basis. But despite this fluidity of players, the landscape in the major college sports is even more tumultuous. The age restrictions in the NFL and NBA have curtailed this trend to a certain extent, but top-tier schools are still veritable breeding grounds for professional athletes.
Unless you follow your college team with pious regularity, you are bound to see several new faces in the starting lineup when opening day rolls around. It certainly can be fun to see new players, but if you’re like me, you like to see athletes develop from season to season and build somewhat of a connection with them. You can’t even buy a jersey from your favorite player because you never know when they’ll abandon the team and make the jump to the next level. Your best bet is to go with personalized NCAA jerseys, because unlike the loyalties of the players, you know your fanhood will never waver.
Set to be a Pac-10 2010 CWS
Number one ranked ASU is set to play Clemson in the first two games of the 2010 College World Series debuting in Omaha, Nebraska. The double elimination bracket will place the winners of each bracket in a best of three championship.
The College World Series is being held between June 19 thru the 30, its final appearance in Rosenblatt Stadium, which has hosted the event since 1950. A new stadium near downtown Omaha will be the host of the 2011 College World Series.
Already a five time CWS Champion, ASU looks to gain its sixth title to join both Texas and LSU with 6 titles in its 22 CWS appearance.
Some are already palcing their chips on a Pac-10 College World Series with ASU facing UCLA for the championship title. Position wise, the No. 1 ASU facing N0. 2 ranked UCLA would fit the bill. Read More >>
A Lightened First Year Draft
“It was great, very great,” Tommy Lasorda said amid photographers after the event. “I can remember when we were preparing ourselves with the Dodgers. Al Campanis and everyone, we had cards we would look at. Now here we are and we’ve got all this technology, we’ve got this kickoff event. Everything is bigger now. This Draft is big and it’s getting bigger.”
Although some were pleased with the overall event ball clubs are searching for that irreplaceable player during high school draft known as baseball’s First Year Players Draft. Unfortunately, all they seem to be finding are “More akin to fool’s gold,” according to two Loyola University Maryland economists.
The average bonus for a high school pitcher is $2.41 million since 2007 which is more than a college baseball pro which is estimated at $2.03 million. Studies have shown that high school starters have a better chance than that of college baseball starters to become part of the MLB. Read More >>
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