Tag: college football

Art Briles doing a promo shoot for a Waco Boys and Girls Club event (image courtesy Rockin' Rita's Flickr feed, available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license)

Baylor Coach Who Turned Blind Eye To Sexual Assault Thought He...

For a few hours on Monday, it looked like we were bearing witness to a travesty in the Canadian Football League. On Monday morning,...
Tracy Claeys at his first press conference as Minnesota's head coach in 2015 (image courtesy Tim Nelson, Minnesota Public Radio)

Minnesota Gopher Fans Throw Flag At Coach For Praising Team And...

The 2016 college football bowl season was almost tainted by a travesty at the Holiday Bowl. Two weeks ago, Minnesota's football players threatened to...
Burleson Quadrangle at Baylor University (image courtesy Lpret, part of public domain)

Why Isn’t There A Full Report On The Baylor University Sexual...

At first glance, Baylor University did everything right when it emerged that the school had utterly mishandled accusations of sexual assault, particularly by the...
Jasmin Hernandez announcing her lawsuit against Baylor (screengrab courtesy YouTube via KCEN-TV)

Art Briles Broke Promise To Apologize To A Sexual Assault Victim...

In case you missed it, last month Baylor fired head football coach Art Briles in the face of overwhelming evidence that his program mishandled...
Art Briles doing a promo shoot for a Waco Boys and Girls Club event (image courtesy Rockin' Rita's Flickr feed, available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license)

Some Baylor University Donors Don’t Get It About Sexual Assault

In case you missed it, two weeks ago Baylor University announced it was firing head football coach Art Briles in the wake of overwhelming evidence that...
Art Briles doing a promo shoot for a Waco Boys and Girls Club event (image courtesy Rockin' Rita's Flickr feed, available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license)

A Glimpse Into Baylor Football Culture Proves Why Coach Had To...

In case you missed it, Baylor University fired head football coach Art Briles in the wake of an investigation that revealed the football program...
Art Briles doing a promo shoot for a Waco Boys and Girls Club event (image courtesy Rockin' Rita's Flickr feed, available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license)

Baylor University Axes Football Coach For Mishandling Assault Complaints (WITH VIDEO)

On Thursday afternoon, Baylor University eliminated any doubt that tolerance for sweeping sexual assault under the rug is at an all-time low. Baylor announced that it...
Johnny Manziel at Browns training camp in 2014 (image courtesy Daniel Drost, available under a Creative Commons-Noncommercial license)

Dallas Cops Open Domestic Violence Investigation Into Johnny Manziel

It's been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for soon-to-be former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel. His NFL career is hanging by...
Ryan Hoffman (right) and Beau Parry posing in front of the Old Well (courtesy GreatestFan)

Former College Football Player And Concussion Victim Killed In Accident

This spring, I told you about Ryan Hoffman, a former star offensive lineman at my alma mater, the University of North Carolina. His life...
The LA Coliseum, home of the USC Trojans (image courtesy Bobak Ha'Eri via Wikimedia Commons)

USC Coach Steve Sarkisian Fired! Find Out Why He Should Have...

Saturday night, the Southern California Trojans ended one of the most tumultuous weeks in their storied football history with a 41-31 loss to longtime...
cumberland college georgia tech 1916 222-0

99 Years Ago Today, One Man’s Revenge Put Cumberland College On...

The most lopsided game in NFL history came in 1940, when the Chicago Bears and the Washington Redskins met in our nation's capitol to...
Tim Beckman on the sidelines at Illinois in 2013 (courtesy blkittell's Flickr)

Illinois Axes Head Football Coach For Outrageous Mistreatment Of Players

Just one week before the start of the college football season, Illinois athletic director Mike Thomas dropped a bombshell--he'd fired head coach Tim Beckman...

USC Coach Drunk At Football Event

USC Head Coach Steve Sarkisian attended the Salute to Troy event, but ended up having a little more fun than many expected. According to sources,...
Baylor head coach Art Briles (from Joshua Koch's Flickr)

Did Baylor Knowingly Accept A Player With History Of Domestic Violence?

Yesterday, a now-former defensive end at Baylor University was sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting a female athlete. However, his trial...

Shocking Twist At Notre Dame Uniform Unveiling (Video)

Josh Anderson is a fifth year walk on senior running back at Notre Dame. Today he was modeling the new uniforms when he learned...
Ryan Hoffman (right) and Beau Parry posing in front of the Old Well (courtesy GreatestFan)

Homeless Former College Football Player At North Carolina Being Tested For...

Two weeks ago, I first told you about Ryan Hoffman, an offensive lineman at my alma mater, the University of North Carolina, from 1994...
Ryan Hoffman in an abandoned restaurant where he sleeps at times (courtesy The New York Times)

Help On The Way For Former North Carolina Football Player With...

Last week, I told you about Ryan Hoffman, a former offensive lineman at the University of North Carolina whose life has been on a...
Ryan Hoffman in an abandoned restaurant where he sleeps at times (courtesy The New York Times)

Former College Football Player At North Carolina Wonders If Football Caused...

My sophomore year at the University of North Carolina was one of the few times in recent memory that the campus was literally jumping...
Silas Nacita taking the field (from his Facebook)

NCAA Apparently Considers Giving A Homeless Baylor Player A Place To...

One of the great stories of the 2014 college football season was Baylor backup running back Silas Nacita. After spending over a year in...
Old Main at Penn State (from Penn State's Flickr feed)

Pennsylvania Congressmen Ask NCAA To Drop Sanctions On Penn State

Yesterday, Congressman Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) released the text of a letter that he and four of his colleagues from Pennsylvania had written to NCAA...