by Kent Sterling When you win National Championships like clockwork, demanding and irrational behavior is tolerated. Alabama suspended the block seating privileges of 20 student organizations Friday because they are prone to leave early during the regular blowouts in Tuscaloosa. The scores of the five home games this season have been 35-10, 31-6, 25-0, 45-3, […]
by Kent Sterling I love bureaucrats – not really. They say one thing while doing the opposite leaving everyone confused as to what they really mean. That confusion is the centerpiece of their professional strategy. Today, University of Louisville Athletic Director Tom Jurich told the media that he has decided that 2011 ESPN.com recruiter of […]
by Kent Sterling Thirty months of work, people fired because of supposed missteps in the investigation, and a lot of hand wringing have netted a loss of nine scholarships and no bowl ban for the University of Miami’s football program. With this inflatable hammer of justice whacking the Hurricanes, why wouldn’t everyone cheat on some […]
Indiana Football – Kevin Wilson Prepping for Michigan After Tough Loss to Spartans
by Kent Sterling I keep waiting for Indiana football coach Kevin Wilson to react rather than build, but he never does. And I no longer believe he will. Every Monday, whether the Hoosiers win or lose, Wilson shows up and gives a very even tempered performance at his weekly press conference. He talks about correcting […]
Weekly Sports Grab Bag: Ball State, Uncle Verne, Grand Prix of Indianapolis and “The Hawk”
by Bert Beiswanger With a mixed bag of thoughts on various sports topics the past week, locally and nationally, I could have pounded out an article a day given the time. Since life gets in the way sometimes, you do what you can. So I thought it best to hone in on a few freshly […]
by Kent Sterling The group who will decide the four programs that will be invited to compete in the first college football championship in the winter of 2014 will be filled with big name experts on a variety of things – football among them. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Former Secretary of State […]
by Kent Sterling For almost three years, Indiana football coach Kevin Wilson has been telling fans, players, alums, boosters, and media about his methodology in building a winning tradition at a place that hasn’t had much of one since Bo McMillan prowled the sidelines of old 10th Street Stadium. There was a brief era of […]
by Kent Sterling Hosting “Ahead of the Curve” on 1070 the Fan in Indy and www.1070thefan.com on the web is the best way I can think of to start my weekend, and Fox 59 sports director Chris Hagan and I hope that listening to us while you are in the car or getting ready to […]
by Kent Sterling Defending former USC football coach Lane Kiffin is impossible. His ability to get jobs is his greatest skill. As a coach, he has always been reported to be an overmatched weasel filled to his visor with hubris. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Only the assumed lunacy of Oakland Raiders owner […]
by Kent Sterling Why is it inherently bad to pay college athletes commensurate to their value? Other than it never being done – at least not above the table – is there any justification for not allowing basic economics to operate unfettered for athletes whose work makes a lot of money for everyone associated with […]