Tom Dienhart, BTN.com Senior Writer, January 18, 2016
There are four open seats on the College Football Playoff committee. And former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr is up for one of them.
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Kevin Wilson has done a lot of good things at Indiana. But, he has been unable to fix the defense. But, he?s trying. The latest move has him bidding ?bye-bye? to coordinator Brian Knorr after two years and bringing in Tom Allen from South Florida to run the defense.
The challenges facing Rutgers athletic department are many for new A.D. Patrick Hobbs. Just when does he think the department will turn a profit?
NJ.com says the state university spent nearly $77 million on its sports program in 2014, but only managed to bring in about half that amount through ticket sales, donations and other revenues, according to NCAA reports. That left the university and students to make up the difference. In 2014, Rutgers' athletic department received a $36 million subsidy - the largest of any NCAA Division I school in the country - from university funds and student fees.
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In case you missed it, here is the inside scoop from NJ.com on how Hobbs became A.D. at Rutgers.
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The great Dave Jones of Pennlive.com has something to say to Penn State coach James Franklin: Quit selling Penn State football and just coach.
No matter what side of the fence you sit on about Franklin, he needs to take the program a step further in 2016 after back-to-back 7-6 seasons.
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Hey, look who got a job: Brady Hoke! Good for him! I always liked the guy.
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How 2016 is this? Northwestern players wore personalized emojis on their warm up shirts with their Twitter handles on it over the weekend vs. Penn State.
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Urban Meyer shook up his staff, big time, last week. Cleveland.com has five things to know about the alterations.
The permanent move of Ed Warinner to the press box is key. And, as Cleveland.com points out, Meyer probably waited too long to do this last year. And, it likely cost the Buckeyes the East title, a shot at the Big Ten championship and a playoff spot. Oh, well. Live and learn.
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Minnesota has lost seven games in a row (10 of 11). And, the defense is a big reason why. How bad is it? It?s historically bad.
Richard Pitino knew this was going to be a rebuilding year and times would be tough. But even he didn?t think things would be this bad in Dinkytown. But he had to be heartened by the effort in a close home loss to Indiana on Saturday.
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