My obligatory UK news – Coach Cal had more positivity and excitement about the upcoming basketball season. He encourages the players to dream big and set big goals for themselves. He commented that the returning players seemed a little beat down (gee, I wouldn’t have expected that after 2 years of Gillispie madness). He was stoked on his book. Thrilling, thrilling stuff. Check it out if you want a light read on this hot Sunday.
SEC news – Nick Saban has signed a deal to coach the Tide until 2017. That is a long time. He’s done a great job so far, so I can see why they’d want to hang onto him.
And in other college football news: Michigan football players, under the condition that their anonymity would be preserved, went to the media with allegations that Michigan was working the players for longer than the NCAA says is kosher. That’s right, the student athletes reported a violation. Many NCAA violations focus on cheating or misbehavior on the part of the athlete, so it’s weird to have it turned around. The limits on practices are there to 1. protect the students from being overworked and allow them time to focus on school, and 2. to prevent a program from gaining an unfair advantage. This whole situation is outside of the norm, and it’ll be interesting to see what the NCAA uncovers.
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