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There's lots to be decided before college football's first final four. Starting with the fact that a playoff will not have the words "final" or "four" in it. Something about upsetting the NCAA and its trademarked-to-the-teeth, lawyered-up grip on those otherwise publicly accessible words.
The commissioners are still busy naming their new toy, but one element is becoming clear: the polls are in danger. Their relevance to be diminished by a selection committee that will have its own members, stats, numbers -- and agenda.
The goal is to be transparent but let's be honest. The NCAA basketball committee -- the best comparison to its playoff counterpart -- has yet to let a media member into the room to see how the bracket sausage is made. BCS executive...
THE PATERNO FAMILY has offered its rebuttal, all legal-looking and footnoted and serious. It identifies some flaws in the investigation commissioned by Penn State and carried out by Louis Freeh, and it attempts to invent... more »
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Three Alabama football players were arrested Monday for second-degree robbery while another was charged with fraudulent use of a credit card. Freshman linebacker Tyler Hayes, 18, freshman safety Eddie... more »
For all of you who long ago accepted as facts that Joe Paterno made bad decisions related to Jerry Sandusky; that the beloved college football icon deserved a measure of blame for his part in a sad, sick, sinister story; that... more »
Joe Paterno isn’t going to walk on a technicality. He can’t get off on reasonable doubt. It doesn’t matter if he wasn’t given due process. This isn’t the TV show "Law & Order", and... more »
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