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- ***First Downs and Second Guesses - Blog 87 - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2014 from Stephen BrennanThe state of Nebraska probably doesn't pop into your mind when you think of good college basketball programs and players. Well, folks, in 2014, that's the fact, Jack. The most notable college basketball program in the state is the men's basketball team at Creighton University. Picked to ...
Views: 1407 - ***First Downs and Second Guesses - Blog #81 - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2013 from Stephen BrennanNebraska Head Football Coach Bo Pelini got fired yesterday. No, the formal announcement wasn't made by the new Husker athletic director, Shawn Eichorst. And it didn't come from Chancellor Harvey Perlman. It came from Bo himself. Following the Husker's 38-17 loss to Big ...
Views: 1452 - ***First Downs and Second Guesses - Blog #60 - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2013 from Stephen BrennanThe Enforcement Working Group within the NCAA created a matrix of penalty guidelines that will go into effect for Division I athletics in August 2013. The major focus of the group when developing the guidelines and the penalties that go with the level of infraction was the need to squelch the ...
Views: 1993 - ***Blog #52 - First Downs and Second Guesses - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2012 from Stephen BrennanI'm a season-ticket holder for University of Nebraska Cornhusker football games. Head coach Bo Pelini did not return to the field with his team to begin the second half against Arkansas State yesterday on Saturday afternoon, September 15, 2012. Radio reports indicated that he had fallen ill ...
Views: 2097 - ***Blog #51 - First Downs and Second Guesses - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2012 from Stephen BrennanMike Van Diest is the head football coach at Carroll College in Montana. Beginning his 14th season as the leader of the Saints in 2012, his teams have won six NAIA national championships, been runner-up in three more of those national championship games, and won 12 straight Frontier Conference ...
Views: 2212 - ***First Downs and Second Guesses - Blog #50 - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2012 from Stephen BrennanFor this landmark 50th blog, I'm going to tell you how proud I am of my kids and how I think sports played into their success. But first, I need to thank my wife's genetics for helping make the kids really smart. They were all Dean's List people during college. Mom gave the kids the ...
Views: 2178 - ***First Downs and Second Guesses - Blog #47 - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2012 from Stephen BrennanWith the conviction last month of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky on sexual abuse charges, most people around University Park were probably breathing a sigh of relief that the horror story was now over. For the Board of Trustees and upper management, it's only ...
Views: 2293 - ***First Downs and Second Guesses - Blog #44 - by Submitted on Dec 31, 1969 from Stephen BrennanMy apologies for being a little late with the May 15th edition. I just got back in town from conducting the 2012 Recruiters Institute webcast from the campus of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. I'll tell you all about it in the June 1st edition of this blog. I just read a great ...
Views: 2254 - ***First Downs and Second Guesses - Blog #42 - by Submitted on Dec 31, 1969 from Stephen BrennanMajor college athletics received some heavy jolts to public perception this week. Two high-profile athletic programs were embarrassed and humiliated by actions of the leaders in their most high-profile sports. At the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, head football coach Bobby Petrino was ...
Views: 2972 - ***First Downs and Second Guesses - Blog #40 - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2012 from Stephen BrennanThe NCAA took two of its most prestigious public universities to the proverbial woodshed because of infractions within its football programs. Just this week, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill received its penalty from the NCAA. Ohio State received its penalty in December ...
Views: 2712 - ***First Downs and Second Guesses - Blog #39 - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2012 from Stephen BrennanIt seems like the month of March has been nicknamed "March Madness" because of the popularity of the NCAA conference basketball tournaments culminating in the Final Four extravaganzas for Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Championships. March is also an exciting time for NCAA Division I ...
Views: 2201 - ***First Downs and Second Guesses - Blog #38 - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2012 from Stephen BrennanCollege football Letter of Intent Signing Day was a couple weeks ago. One recruiting pitch to potential signees is that the school has a strong history of qualifying to play in a bowl game at the end of the season. What is so enticing to a student-athlete about playing in a bowl game at the ...
Views: 3596 - ***First Downs and Second Guesses - Blog #37 - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2012 from Stephen BrennanMentioning Title IX to a college athletic administrator usually makes him/her shiver in their shoes. Since it's birth back in the 1970's, its purpose was to make sure that female athletes get the same treatment and have the same opportunities as their male counterparts. Those "opportunities" ...
Views: 1979(1 vote) - ***First Downs and Second Guesses - Blog #36 - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2012 from Stephen BrennanIvy League athletics. "What about 'em?" you ask. That's exactly right. What the heck is with Ivy League athletics today? Their teams are among the nation's elite. How did that happen? For us Baby Boomers, back in the 1950's and 1960's, Harvard and Yale and Princeton used to be the ...
Views: 1853 - ***First Downs and Second Guesses - Blog #35 - January 1, 2012 - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2012 from Stephen BrennanHappy New Year, everybody! I hope 2011 was a good year for you, and I hope 2012 brings you lots of success and happiness. Let's get to the blog. Ndamukong Suh, the highly controversial defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions, did not make the Pro Bowl in 2011. That was because players, ...
Views: 1837 - ***First Downs and Second Guesses - Blog #34 - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2011 from Stephen BrennanWow, Christmas is 10 days away and I'm way behind in my shopping. I'm not worried. My philosophy is to hit the stores on December 23rd, get what I need, and get home without injury. Let's see what's in the mail bag... * With football bowl season upon us, I always enjoy the stories that ...
Views: 2195 - ***Blog #32 - First Downs and Second Guesses - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2011 from Stephen BrennanI am just sickened by the sex abuse scandal at Penn State. I'm also very angry. When all the investigations play themselves out, I believe we all will be aghast at how many individuals were aware of Jerry Sandusky's pedophilia tendencies and didn't do anything about it. What we are reading ...
Views: 1956 - ***Blog #31 - First Downs and Second Guesses - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2011 from Stephen BrennanCollege basketball coaches have August 1, 2011 written in red magic marker on their recruiting calendars. That is the day that the NCAA Division I Board of Directors designated as the starting date for unlimited calls and unlimited text messages to high school recruits after June 15 following ...
Views: 2974 - ***Blog #30 - First Downs and Second Guesses - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2011 from Stephen BrennanThere is good news on the horizon for student-athletes at NCAA Division I schools. It is expected that the NCAA Division I board of directors will act upon a proposal to increase the value of individual scholarships by $2000 in the top-tier schools in Division I, moving them closer to covering ...
Views: 1645 - ***Blog #29 - First Downs and Second Guesses - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2011 from Stephen BrennanWell, folks, we have another national championship to attend and cheer for this fall. It's the classic battle to see who is the best EIGHTH-GRADE football team in the nation. Football University (FBU), the elite invitation-only football camps with NFL faculty designed for football athletes ...
Views: 2925(1 vote) - ***First Downs and Second Guesses - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2011 from Stephen BrennanI was shocked and saddened to learn of the medical diagnosis regarding Tennessee head women's basketball coach Pat Summitt: early onset Alzheimers. It's also scary for me because she isn't 60 years old yet, and I just turned 60 this year. Former head men's basketball coach at North Carolina, ...
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