Articles posted in August 2014

The Most Entertaining Part of College Football Week 1: USC and Josh Shaw
August 29, 2014

by Bert Beiswanger As  the college football season kicks off, I could spend some time pointing out the most entertaining and intriguing Week 1 match-ups to get the season rolling: Texas A&M-South Carolina on the newly-formed SEC network (which was actually a dud last night), Wisconsin-LSU, Clemson-Georgia, Ball State-Colgate (I’m kidding), IU-Indiana State (I’m kidding, […]

UNC Football suspends four in hazing incident; obnoxious explanations show why no respect is due Tar Heels
August 28, 2014

by Kent Sterling Cripes.  Can’t somebody just talk without evoking the kind of pedantic legalese bureaucrats habitually use to cover their asses? Jackson Boyer, a walk-on freshman receiver for his hometown’s University of North Carolina’s football team, suffered a concussion from which he is still recovering because of an incident that resulted in the suspension […]

USC cornerback Josh Shaw may be about to go from life-saving hero to lying burglar
August 27, 2014

by Kent Sterling The truth is never as far away from being discovered as liars believe it to be, and if the truth is something other than Southern Cal cornerback Josh Shaw’s tale of heroism in rescuing his nephew, his life is about to take a drastic and unsavory turn. Shaw’s original explanation for his […]

Indiana Football frightens alums by awakening long dormant optimism
August 26, 2014

by Kent Sterling It’s been awhile – a long while – since Indiana University students and alums got themselves all wrapped up in the fortunes of their football team. There was a brief time after Terry Hoeppner was hired when the magnetism of his personality compelled optimism, but his illness and tragic death gave fans […]

IBJ article on Kent Sterling Show excellent, but incomplete – more questions to answer
August 24, 2014

by Kent Sterling Anthony Schottle of the Indianapolis Business Journal does a great job covering media in central Indiana.  He’s accurate, fair, and actually transcribes quotes accurately – a major point of differentiation between him and several of the other guys doing the same job in other markets. When he called on Thursday to talk […]

Hey Morgan Burke – getting students to come to Boilermakers football games isn’t that hard
August 22, 2014

by Kent Sterling In a USA Today piece posted yesterday afternoon several athletic directors representing Big Five conference universities spoke of the difficulty of drawing students to football games.  Purdue’s Morgan Burke was one of them. Burke’s comments were certainly reflective of the collective mindset of those facing the challenge of compelling students to part […]