It’s Like You be Talking Funny Mack Brown Don’t Understand People with Short Money

According to the information generated from the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act forms, in 2008  Texas generated the most revenue of any athletic program ($120.3 million), the most revenue of any football program ($72.9 million) and the most profitable football program ($52 million).  While Texas narrowly edged Ohio State in overall revenue and football revenue it dominated the [...]

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NCAA Forces Alabama to Vacate 21 Wins and Go to Bed With No Dessert

Sixteen Alabama athletic teams will be forced by the NCAA to vacate wins, for improperly engaging in such dastardly deeds as helping scholarship athletes obtain free textbooks and other illicit goods.  The football team will vacate 21 wins between 2005 and 2007 and pay a $43,900.00 fine.  Not exactly the death penalty, is it?  I am [...]

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Lane’s World. Party Time. Excellent.

The first rule of journalism is “Don’t get involved with a newspaper.”  The second rule is “Don’t become part of the story.”  ESPN violates this rule more than any media outlet except for MTV (to the extent you can call it a news gathering station).  In yet another egregious violation, “Outside The Lines” has reportedly contributed to Tennessee’s [...]

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Joe Paterno Will Be Dead in the Cold Cold Ground Before Catholics Are Allowed in the Big Ten

Early this week at an alumni event, octogenarian Joe Paterno said he would not welcome Notre Dame to the Big Ten. He said he would like to see Rutgers, Pittsburgh or Syracuse join the Big Ten so that the conference can expand from 11 teams to 12 and have an important conference championship game. Notre Dame has [...]

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Vince Young Promises You the Tastiest Mouthful of Meat You’ve Ever Had

Vince Young Foods has released three new products: smoked sausage, smoked brisket and smoked ribs. Mull that over for a second. I’ll be here, crying softly, remembering VY’s legacy as the greatest college QB of all time. Back? Good. (No, I wasn’t listening to Enya and playing with a straight razor in the tub, why [...]

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Pride in the Ol’ Alma Mater

As you may know from reading SoD, I’m a proud alum of Kansas State University. I’m pretty much a homer when it comes to my beloved Wildcats and can usually justify just about any move they make, no matter how bad it might look. Case in point: K-State hires Frank Martin as men’s basketball head [...]

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Urban Meyer = Jesus Christ?

If you’re a Florida Gator fan you probably accepted this headline and moved on. If you’re not then you probably wonder whether or not this is heresy. According to a recent report, Urban Meyer had the following to say about those who want to lob criticism at the Gator program: “If you want to be [...]

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College Football Playoff Advocates Shocked by BCS Having Attained Self-Awareness

The Bowl Championship Series has paid former Oklahoma Sooner Felonious Land Thief and former U.S. Congress person J.C. Watts over $260,000.00 over the last five years for helping the BCS in Congress.  Is  J.C. Watts trying to torture OU fans everywhere?  After all, the BCS did bring the wretched Sooner faithful this wonderful game: You [...]

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Kansas State’s Bill Snyder Looks Forward to the Upcoming Season in Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Early Bird Special at Denny’s

Bill Snyder is back in charge at Kansas State and is looking forward to returning the program to its glory days.  Snyder’s highlights include: losing Big XII title games to huge underdogs, trips to the Alamo, Holiday, and Cotton Bowls, and playing as many non-NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Division teams as possible.  Watch some of Scott Howard’s favorite K-State highlights [...]

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Dolphins Rename Stadium, Promise Dennis Quaid Will be Ready for Next Season

The Miami Dolphins recently renamed the stadium they share with the Florida Marlins and Miami Hurricanes; it’s now called Landshark Stadium.  While the Dolphins claim the renaming is part of a partnership with singer and beach hippie Jimmy Buffet, I doubt this.  I believe the Dolphins are attempting to create excitement in their flagging organization by slowly morphing [...]

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