Grambling Wants Paterno Wins Vacated

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Grambling Wants Paterno Wins Vacated

According to ShreveportTimes.com, the city of Grambling filed a formal petition to the NCAA requesting that the college governing body vacate some of Joe Paterno’s record 409 Division I victories.  In doing so, this would allow for Grambling’s Coach Eddie Robinson to reclaim college football’s winningest coach crown.  Joe Paterno surpassed Robinson’s 408 victory mark just two weeks before he was fired for his part in the Jerry Sandusky debacle.  Now that the Freeh report exposed Paterno’s role, the city of Grambling wants the record restored to honor...

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10 Colleges With the Most Powerful Coaches

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10 Colleges With the Most Powerful Coaches

Ideally, colleges should be well-known, desirable, and popular because of the high quality of educational resources they offer students and other members of the community. Yet, here in the U.S. that’s not always the case. Many schools’ academic programs are eclipsed by the overwhelming popularity of their sports teams, and for better or worse that has made the coaches and head administrators of these teams incredibly powerful figures that dominate what has now become a billion-dollar industry for colleges...

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PSU To Avoid NCAA Sanctions?

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PSU To Avoid NCAA Sanctions?

The Freeh report concluded that the top brass at Penn State failed to protect children from a sexual predator in order to protect the integrity of the school’s flagship and highly profitable football program.  In its complete failure, Penn State and its senior administrators are now tangled in criminal matters with lengthy civil suits forthcoming, but what will happen to the football program? The Freeh report may have made a compelling case for the NCAA to sanction PSU for...

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Former Football Player Wins Pepper Ball Appeal

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Former Football Player Wins Pepper Ball Appeal

The outcome was not what most sports betting sites were predicting, but former UC Davis linebacker Timothy Nelson won a decisive victory in the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.  Earlier this week, the court ruled that Nelson can sue the university for injuries sustained by UC Davis police who claimed legal immunity. Back in April 2004, Timothy Nelson was shot in the eye by a pepper ball projectile fired by campus police who were trying to...

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Stanford RB Signs Pro Contract, In Baseball

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Stanford RB Signs Pro Contract, In Baseball

Stanford running back Tyler Gaffney is trading in his football helmet for a baseball cap. The would be senior running back is forgoing his final year of eligibility to play professional baseball with MLB’s Pittsburgh Pirates. Gaffney was a two-sport star at Stanford who excelled at both football and baseball. Last season on the gridiron, Gaffney scampered for 449 yards and seven touchdowns as a back-up.  On the diamond, he hit .245 with 17 RBIs before being drafted in...

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10 College Students Going For Gold At The 2012 Olympics

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10 College Students Going For Gold At The 2012 Olympics

It’s easy to assume Olympic athletes spend all their waking hours training and practicing (and eating). It seems they would have to, in order to be literally one of the best in the world at their chosen sport. Yet for a select class of Olympians, knocking out exams in the morning and training in the afternoon are all in a day’s work. Here are 10 athletes from around the country and internationally who are headed to London this summer...

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Sun Devils Aim to Improve Fan Experience

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Sun Devils Aim to Improve Fan Experience

The Dennis Erickson experiment has come to an end and newly minted first-year coach Todd Graham is ready to take center stage as the ASU season is just around the corner.  With much anticipation in the air, ASU wants to improve the game day experience for all ASU fans.   Graham and ASU’s top brass believe the football atmosphere has fallen a bit flat over the past decade and its time the school institutes a few new changes.  From...

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