NCAA: “we do not have sufficient evidence that Cam Newton or anyone from Auburn was aware of” Newton’s father’s actions http://bit.ly/hPNuv2
So, Reggie Bush is responsible for his family’s conduct, but Cam Newton isn’t. #SECdoublestandardItsaWAR #KneeJerkUSCFanReaction
RT @chrislittmann: Cam Newton ruled ineligible … and then immediately reinstated. (This is not a joke.) http://bit.ly/e6lzFj
Over on The Mid-Majority today, Kyle Whelliston quoted Mark Macon, interim head coach of the Binghamton Bearcats — which Whelliston called “quite simply one of the worst and most inept Division I basketball teams I have ever seen” — as saying after a 55-45 loss to Canisius: “There’s victory in losing. It’s the opportunity to get better. That’s not a ‘moral’ victory, you know. It’s getting better.”
The Denver Pioneers are a disappointing 1-5 to start the season, but they certainly aren’t an historically bad team in Division I hoops history. Even so, DU head coach Joe Scott may find himself channeling Macon after tonight’s game against Utah State, and more broadly after the Pioneers’ next four games — only one of which appears, on paper, to be a semi-likely win. In a press conference yesterday, Scott seemed to be girding himself for that reality.
Scott said DU, which started 0-4, has shown improvement in its last two games — a 69-51 home win over a bad Alcorn State team, and a 65-52 road loss to a decent-but-not-great Boise State team — and in its practices. “We’ve gotten better since our Boise State game. Our team is on the right track. Our players know that. The unfor–” At this point, Scott stopped himself, then went on: “It’s not unfortunate, but it’s– just because you’re on the right track, when you’re playing the schedule we are, that doesn’t mean results are going to come immediately.”
House update: GOP +63 with 1 undecided. RT @fivethirtyeight: [new article] Checking In on Those Lingering Midterm Races http://bit.ly/h0E5vO
Non-cupcake OOC scheduling, USC’s suspension hurt, too. RT @BCSbites: Parity hurting Pac-10’s postseason party – http://bit.ly/eubSSD
Emergency surgery to reattach DU Bally’s leg after the Toddler Incident of 2010 is about to commence. http://twitpic.com/3bwp75
A bit late, but here’s the Idaho Statesman article about Boise State’s win over #DU the day after the big football loss http://bit.ly/gmqXvJ
#SunBelt RLU FTW! RT @clarionledger: Florida Atlantic hands Mississippi State first loss, 61-59 http://bit.ly/hMBEdu
RT @LATimesklein: Lane Kiffin: “We’ve probably set a record for the worst two-minute defense, not just this year, but in the history of college football.”