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Tommy Tuberville, Draws The Ire Of Big 12 For Speaking Truth
Tommy Tuberville, how dare you speak the truth. Tubs has been publicly reprimanded by the Big 12 for speaking out about the future of the now 10-team conference, saying there's "too much disparity between all the teams'' in the Big 12 in how money is distributed.He drew this bit of retaliation from commish Dan Beebe, who says Tuberville's comments "were...
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July 03, 2010
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Expansion Was About Schools, Not Conferences, Getting Bigger
So, why did The Senior sit idly by whilst all the expansion talk ran rampant? Because in the end, it ended exactly like I thought it did: with really not much happening.Sure, Nebraska bolted for the Big Ten and it's a big get for the conference, which gets another tradition-laden program to sit on its mantle next to Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State. Utah taking a seat at the...
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June 20, 2010
The Pinstripe Bowl Is Coming (Or How I Learned To Despite The Yankees A Little Bit More)
Just how excited is the NCAA's Football Issues Committee about the prospect of its product being played in the home of the New York Yankees? It gave the new Pinstripe Bowl a four-year licence instead of the typical year-by-year contract that it typically afford bowls.The game will be played on Dec. 30, which means it will be unbearably cold. I would be stunned if the new Stadium...
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April 23, 2010
Thoughts On Big Ten Expansion
Like it or not, the Big Ten is expanding.The conference, which falls out of the national spotlight with its season wrapping up two weeks before the bowl selections, will be growing in the near future; now, whether that means to 12 or 14 teams is anyone's guess, but it is coming.Because of the Big Ten Network, which gives up to $22 million a year per school for revenue, the conference...
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April 15, 2010
So Long, International Bowl, We Barely Knew Ye
The bowl game that gave us "classics" Cincinnati-Western Michigan (2007), Rutgers-Ball State (2008), UConn-Buffalo (2009) and South Florida-Northern Illinois (2010), is now a thing of the past.The International Bowl announced it would be closing its doors after the bowl failed to renew its deal with the Big East. So what did we learn? This should serve as a lesson that...
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April 12, 2010
What To Make Of Oregon's Troubling Present And Its Immediate Future
To say it's been a tumultuous offseason for Oregon is like saying the passengers of the Titanic were a little less than satisfied with their voyage.Here are the highlights lowlights:QB and possible Heisman contender Jeremiah Masoli pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary for lifting two laptops and a guitar from a fraternity house. He has been suspended for the 2010 season,...
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March 21, 2010
The Pirate Should Sail On To LSU
Avast ye mateys, take heed: The Pirate will return.At least that's what Mike Leach told the Associated Press in a recent phone interview. The fired Texas Tech coach said he'd like to return to the college sidelines, although he didn't say whether it would be as a head coach or a coordinator.Seriously, what's keeping Leach unemployed? Why hasn't a big-name program already added him...
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March 18, 2010
Spring Heat: Five Coaches Who Must Deliver In 2010
No, spring games don't count, but for five coaches who are in dire need of big 2010s to keep their respective fanbases from marching on their offices with pitchforks and torches, they'll loom large.From College Park to Boulder, these are the coaches who will be pressing their troops all that much harder in spring, because their jobs may really depend on it.1. Rich Rodriguez...
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March 01, 2010
Mangino Effect Takes Hold On College Landscape
Frank Martin wasted no time in issuing not one, but two apologizes. The Kansas State basketball coach had let his emotions get the best of him last month as he screamed at Chris Merriewether during a timeout and hit the senior guard on the arm with the back of his hand.Immediately after the game, Martin sought out Merriewether in the locker room and apologized, then opened his press...
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February 25, 2010
Pay Up, Or Move Along, Ohio State Tailgaters
Oh, to be an athletics administrator at a school with an elite football program. Nowhere do people wield power with such an utter sense of being above all things deemed normal that it would make an apologetic Tiger Woods rethink his own stance on the word "entitled."Case in point: Ohio State Senior Associate Athletics Director Pat Chun, prompted by "intense interest...
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February 20, 2010
Signing Day, When Petophiles Can Walk Among Us
I hate National Signing Day.Yep, I'm putting it out there. I hate the hats, I hate the hoopla we create around high school kids. Wake me up when they're on campus and in uniform. Now, I get that recruiting is the life blood of college football, but it's not the concept I hate, but it's the animal it's become. ESPN is devoting an entire day of coverage to kids...
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February 04, 2010
The Weather Is Here ... Wish You Were Beautiful
The Señior is taking a much-needed hiatus. Work, family and blogging have left me a shattered man in a mask. So I'll be off soaking up some sun between now and National Signing Day ... or maybe I'll be off trolling the message boards for fodder to use against all those recruit hounds, a la Chris Hanson. See you soon.
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January 13, 2010
Lane Kiffin To USC; That's Right Lane Kiffin
Relax, Nick Saban. Kick back and enjoy, Bobby Petrino. In arguably the most stunning move of the offseason, Lane Kiffin is leaving Tennessee to succeed Pete Carroll at USC -- after one season.Seriously, is there anyone better at securing jobs with less success than Kiffin, who is 12-21 in a combined three seasons with the Oakland Raiders and the Volunteers. Now he lands one of the...
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January 12, 2010
What We Learned From BCS National Championship Game
Three lessons from Alabama's 37-21 win over Texas.1. The SEC still rules the college football universe. Make it four straight national championships for the conference as Alabama followed Florida in 2008 and '06 and LSU in '07. It's clearly an unprecedented dynasty, but the insane thing is that the Crimson Tide may just be getting started. Nick Saban will return nine...
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January 08, 2010
What We Learned From Orange Bowl
Three things we learned from Iowa's 24-14 win over Georgia Tech.1. Georgia Tech is what we that they were. The consensus on the Yellow Jackets' triple option was that if you had time and you were strong up the middle, they were beatable. The Hawkeyes had plenty of time and were plenty strong enough on the defensive line and held GT to 143 yards on the ground, 164 yards below...
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January 06, 2010
What We Learned From Fiesta Bowl
Three lessons from Boise State's 17-10 win over TCU.1. It's time we stop doubting the Broncos. We didn't give Boise State a chance before it beat Oklahoma in the 2007 Fiesta and we certainly didn't believe it was going to knock off a Horned Frogs team that was a Texas loss from playing for the national championship. But the Broncos showed they were more than just...
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January 05, 2010
What We Learned From Sugar Bowl
Three lessons from Florida's 51-24 win over Cincinnati in the Superdome.1. Tim Tebow put an exclamation point on a storied career. The Gators quarterback ended his Florida tenure with the single greatest performance in BCS bowl history 482 passing yards, 51 rushing yards and four combined touchdowns in the Gators' romp of Cincinnati in New Orleans. Tebow's 533 total yards...
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January 02, 2010
What We Learned From Rose Bowl
Three lessons from No. 8 Ohio State's 26-17 win over No. 7 Oregon in the Rose Bowl.1. The Buckeyes, and Big Ten, have got a serious monkey off their backs. After two straight BCS Championship Game losses and last season's late Texas rally in the Fiesta Bowl, Ohio State finally won its first BCS game since the '06 Fiesta. Of course, it wasn't against the behemoth of...
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January 02, 2010
Ranking (And Predicting) The Bowl Games, 1-34
Not all bowls are created equal. Sometimes you get some complete duds that make you think this whole "with bowl games, everybody wins" line is a load of dung, and sometimes, well, sometimes it's like those Christmas cookies with the Hershey's kiss on the top.So what do we have this year, cookies or cow patties? Here's a look at all 34 bowl games, purely based...
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December 15, 2009
Brian Kelly Bolts Cincinnati For Note-Rah Dame,
A savvy, offensive mind with a championship-laden resume couldn't save Notre Dame from the depths of ineptitude, so they go with ... a savvy, offensive mind with a championship-laden resume.Huh?The Irish have hired Brian Kelly away from Cincinnati to replace Charlie Weis. But despite the fact that Kelly has a proven track record as a head coach, did they really upgrade?Here&...
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December 11, 2009
Welcome To The Latest BCS Chaos
Texas' season may have been saved thanks to the clock management of the Big 12 officials, but it also paved the way for a new brand of allegations of BCS collusion with the Boise State-TCU Fiesta Bowl matchup.Maybe the Fiesta was willing to look beyond the non-Automatic Qualifier label and take the best matchup it could, but with two non-BCS teams, this feels like something entirely...
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December 07, 2009
The Señior's Top 25: Week 15
It will be Texas that plays No. 1 Alabama for the national championship, there's little doubt there. But there should be some doubt, or at least some debate. With five undefeated teams, why is it automatically the Longhorns that get a spot opposite the Crimson Tide? No, they didn't do anything to hurt their standing as the nation's second-ranked team, but did Boise State...
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December 06, 2009
Your Weekend Primer: Championship Weekend Picks & Predictions
Three things we'll see before the final weekend of the regular season (yes, Army-Navy is next week, but it's more feel-good than relevant these days) is in the books.1. The Heisman will be decided. Considering votes are due on Monday it would seem more than a little moronic to type that, but this is by far the most wide-open race in recent memory. Luckily, the most viable...
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December 04, 2009
Weis Is Out At Notre Dame ... So Who's Next?
A source close to the Notre Dame program has confirmed to The Señior that Charlie Weis is out after five tumultuous seasons in South Bend.Let's face it, a start that looked like Weis would actually return the Irish to national prominence, the program has collapsed to a new low with 21 losses in three years, the worst stretch in team history.The firing was inevitable and Weis...
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November 30, 2009
The Señior's Top 25: Week 14
With little movement at the top of the charts, it's high time we start (albeit a little bit late) the defining storyline of the 2009 season. As much as we expected Florida, Alabama and Texas to be undefeated at this point, the fact that they're joined by an astounding three other unbeatens, this is a season that is ruled by six dominant teams.It also sets up what could be...
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November 30, 2009
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