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Sadly, it's been four decades since IU had a share of the Big Ten football championship and went to the Rose Bowl and even then it was only because of a somewhat outdated Big Ten rule that disallowed Purdue to go.
It's up to the public to ask of these university leaders: which is more important -- television revenues for entertainment or public subsidies for education? Because the two are diametrically opposed.
There is no question that a hot dog is a great game day snack, but as college football fans become more food savvy, university ...
The free market determines the price paid to colleges and conferences for televised games. If there are only four major conferences, there certainly is the possibility of something less than a free market.
College athletes will never be paid a salary to play for their school. There are far too many logistical, economic and legal hurdles that would have to disappear before paying students could even become a reality.
I actually think Cincinnati is a better team than Tennessee and my ratings favor the Bearcats by 1 point.
I've used my early season ratings to give me an edge over Las Vegas over the years and this year I want to share some conference previews with you.
I'm excited for the start of another football season and I've spent the last month doing a team by team analysis and rating of all 120 Division 1A (aka FBS) teams.
Are we desensitized to the scandals? Are the salacious storylines as much a part of our consumption of sport as when we ask how our team will replace seven starters on defense?
I'm excited for the start of another football season and I've spent the last month doing a team by team analysis and rating of all 120 Division 1A (aka FBS) teams.
The fact that football and basketball student-athletes are mostly minorities, and therefore more likely than the population as a whole to be impoverished, is an indictment of the failure and lack of fairness of our educational system.
The University of Miami fiasco is only the latest in a series of contretemps that spread back over a century. While enforced amateurism is a post-World War II phenomenon, college athletics have been causing trouble on campus for much longer.
To get your feet on and off the ground as an athlete takes a matter of seconds.
If Ohio State is bigger than sports -- and teaching, research and service are the virtues it truly wishes to stand behind -- shouldn't their integrity be the thing they're worried about?
We know that President Obama is in favor of a playoff. But there is now enough evidence that the current system is not only unfair and possibly illegal, it's costing our states money.
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