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Ron Brown news

The national sports media has jumped on the Ron Brown story.

ESPN commentary, excerpt:

 Discrimination is discrimination. It isn't a buffet line where Brown can pick and choose who can be protected from it. It is repugnant in all forms.

Sports Illustrated goes even further, excerpt:

It is my fervent hope that Brown finds some love in his heart and in his true religion, and shifts his cares from Omaha back to Lincoln, to his own locker room, where he’s bound to alienate some kid someday who might need him, if he hasn’t already. And if he’s happy just being a mouthpiece for division and discrimination, I hope he’ll forgive me if I begin to forget the “good coach” facet and see the bigot first. It’d be the Christian thing to do.

 

Tebow

Just in case anyone was wondering about my views on Tebow, I'll second what Greg posted today.

A computer's lament

Enjoy this funny piece imagining the lament of the BCS computers.

More BCS Craziness

Every year, pretty much, reveals another crazy aspect of the current BCS system.  A well-done article in the Oklahoman discusses the voters in the Harris Poll and how their views affected who went to the national championship.  They focus on an 80-year-old retired Iowa official who confessed to not doing much research.

Now, it is interesting this year that everyone is down on human polls.  A decade ago people were down on the computers and the system was changed so that the human polls had more influence.  This year if the computers decided, then OSU would be in the national championship.

Pro-gay football ad to air at Nebraska-Michigan game

And other times this season, as the University of Michigan celebrates the 40th anniversary of Spectrum, its LGBT student group, the oldest in the country.  

Read about it and watch the video here.

I wonder what the visiting Nebraskans will think and will think of now being in the Big 10 which has a better history on this issue.

Geography of College Football

A fascinating analysis in the NYTimes discusses fan base, tv market share, and geography in order to explain the seismic shifting going on in college football. 

The Shame of College Sports

I just spent most of the afternoon reading Taylor Branch's cover article for the new Atlantic which arrived in my mailbox this morning.  An eye-opening report on the cartel-like behaviours of the NCAA and their exploitation of young people.  Branch frames this as a civil rights and human rights issue, and after reading the article, I must agree.

 

Sooner football keeps setting records

Now we are the first team to rank #1 in the AP poll 100 times!

Big 12 Break-Up: Why, O Why?

Why is the conference with 6 of its ten teams currently ranked in the top 25 (and one of its recent former teams ranked) the conference that is imploading?  Why isn't healthy sports competition and success outweighing everything else?

And why, when politics, the economy, and the weather are such anxiety-inducers must college football be as well?  Shouldn't it be a haven of rest for the weary to watch and enjoy?

These are the questions of the moment.

Big Ten recruiting

The Omaha World-Herald has put together a nice map showing what areas of the country Big Ten schools recruit from.