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  1. http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/jeremy-fowler/22328001/big-12-voices-ncaa-concerns-to-mark-emmert
  2. Meanwhile, in a related matter, Canes defensive end Dyron Dye interviewed for a third time with the NCAA on Tuesday, trying to ward off a potential unethical conduct charge, but he was not told when the NCAA will rule on his eligibility for his senior season. A synopsis of the latest NCAA twist: According to sources, Dye and former UM players Olivier Vernon, Eric Moncur, Randy Phillips and Jacory Harris signed affidavits on behalf of former UM assistant coach Aubrey Hill, who faces NCAA charges. (The father of former UM safety Ray-Ray Armstrong said his son declined to sign the letter because he wants to move on.) Like Dye and Harris, Vernon is taking issue with the NCAA’s interview tactics. “The NCAA treated us like criminals,†Vernon said Tuesday at a Dolphins charity event, adding that he signed Hill's affidavit on the suggestion of Phillips, who was close with Nevin Shapiro and also has a good relationship with Hill. "When [Johanningmeier] asked the question, he made it seem like he wanted you to answer it as to where you did something wrong," Vernon said. "He flipped it on us… Sometimes you blurt out something that you were pressured into saying. He pressured us a lot more.†In his affidavit for Hill that was obtained by The Associated Press and The Miami Herald, Dye said Johanningmeier "continually threatened me if I did [not] comply with him.. I felt intimidated by Mr. Johanningmeier and I was also concerned regarding the possibility of losing my scholarship and athletic eligibility.... "I felt compelled to testify in a manner that would be consistent with the manner in which Mr. Johanningmeier was directing me in order to keep my eligibility…. I feel it is unfair the NCAA has twisted my testimony to use it negatively against coach Hill.†He added that “I have learned that Mr. Johanningmeier has employed similar intimidating tactics during interviews with student-athletes.†Harris echoed those sentiments. Citing pressure from Jonhanningmeier, Dye changed parts of his story in his second 2011 interview. The NCAA scheduled Tuesday's interview to explore what it perceived as discrepancies between Dye's affadavit and his second NCAA interview. Dye said contrary to claims in UM's Notice of Allegations, he did not stay at Hill's home, was not provided meals by Hill including joining him for a meal at Grazie Italian Cuisine; did not get transportation from him "halfway between Orlando and Miami during an unofficial visit." He also said "to my the best of my knowledge," Hill "did not arrange for Shapiro to pay for bowling, beverages and meals at Lucky Strikes" on Miami Beach --- another charge against UM and Hill in the Notice of Allegations. It's notable that Johanningmeier, who retired in May 2012, and the NCAA previously were sued for defamation by two former Alabama coaches; a $30 million judgment for one coach was tossed by a court on technical grounds. And he is also targeted in an ongoing lawsuit by former Mississippi State coach Jackie Sherrill, a suit in which Johanningmeier is accused of knowingly making false claims and using information from a biased Mississippi booster. The interview with Dye was conducted by the NCAA’s Brynna Barnhart, notable because UM previously asked that she be removed from the case on grounds she “repeatedly misled the university.†The NCAA denied that request, calling it “insulting and incredulous†that UM would “attack her.†According to UM, Barnhart told UM that she was told Kyle Wright called the NCAA to incriminate UM; Wright has vehemently denied that, asserting the NCAA called him. UM also has accused Barnhart of lying to former basketball assistant coach Jake Morton, telling him Frank Haith said something that Haith never said, in an unsuccessful attempt to get him to turn on Haith. Dye’s attorney, Darren Heitner,said of the interview Tuesday: “Based on all the information provided, our hope is the NCAA acts in a way that is just and proper.†Heitner declined to comment further. Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/sports-buzz/2013/05 /more-um-players-accuse-ncaa-of-intimidationum-qb- mulls-futurecanes-fins-marlins.html#storylink=cpy
  3. http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9310873/miami-hurricanes-te-dyron-dye-ncaa-discuss-affidavit just to keep you all up to date on latest.
  4. http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/22285415/american-athletic-conference-may-create-its-own-bowl-game
  5. CHATTER Though neither is accused of wrongdoing in the Notice of Allegations, Al Golden and Jim Larranaga --- eager to defend and represent their programs – will join UM’s contingent at the June 13-15 Indianapolis hearings before the NCAA's infractions committee. UM’s response to the NCAA’s allegations are due Monday. So are the responses of the implicated former Hurricanes coaches. ### At a Board of Trustees meeting Friday, UM president Donna Shalala expressed optimism that UM would not receive significant additional penalties. But modest scholarship reductions would not be surprising. ### One former UM coach accused of wrongdoings complained privately that what the ex-UM coaches allegedly did paled in comparison to unreported violations committed in the SEC. ### Nevin Shapiro, serving a 20-year sentence for a Ponzi scheme, is being transferred from Louisiana and expects to end up in a Butner, N.C. prison where the nation's most famous Ponzi schemer, Bernie Madoff, is serving time. Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/sports-buzz/2013/05/heat-players-keep-adding-weapons-umncaa-dolphins-marlins-chatter.html#storylink=cpy
  6. http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/22225609/nick-saban-is-in-favor-of-five-conferences-breaking-away
  7. http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9254381/steven-bench-considering-transferring-north-carolina-state-wolfpack-source He also lists interest in USF..
  8. NOW on the MAD COW Lounge. No way to DELETE or EDIT this post.
  9. http://www.courier-journal.com/viewart/20130508/OPINION04/305080005/Pro-austerity-CEOs-rake-pay-taxpayers-tab
  10. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-02/the-lawsuit-that-could-bring-down-the-ncaa.html
  11. http://www.wkyc.com/rss/article/297629/4/Former-Florida-State-quarterback-to-transfer-to-West-Virginia
  12. As far as a possible network partnership with ESPN, the ACC's research shows that by 2030, a combined 55 percent of the U.S. population will be in the South and Northeast. That happens to where the majority of ACC schools will reside by 2014, when Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Notre Dame are fully integrated. Conference........Population ACC..................93.62 million Big Ten..............69.30 Pac 12...............62.00 SEC..................58.64 Big XII...............36.65 These are 2013 numbers--accounting for conference realignments--and they're already relevant. If TV eyeballs justify inviting Maryland and Rutgers to the Big Ten, then these numbers say that the ACC is where the action is. When demographic shifts bring even more people east and south, the differences simply become more pronounced. A school from a small state in the Big XII needs to begin preparations.
  13. I SMELL Jealousy. Of course the have more than a sniff at it, they are tied into the ORANGE BOWL. What is USF tied into? Just think, one more team to make 16, who will it be, USF or UCONN?
  14. By Tuesday, college football fans will know the name of the sport's new four-team playoff, which will determine its national championship starting at the end of the 2014 regular season. By Wednesday, they'll know the site of the first national championship game on Jan. 12, 2015, as well as the cities that will host the two national semifinal games in each of the first three years of the playoff rotation. And by Thursday, they'll have a better idea of who will make up the selection committee that will be charged with the unenviable task of choosing the four teams that will participate in the playoff each season. After nearly a year of negotiations, college football's power brokers will meet this week in Pasadena, Calif., to hammer out the final details of the new playoff, which will replace the controversial Bowl Championship Series, which will remain in place this coming season before giving way to a playoff in 2014. Some of the details have already been announced, but the future playoff's best-kept secret -- what it will actually be called -- will be revealed on Tuesday, according to people familiar with the process. It won't be called the BCS -- an acronym that has been loathed by many college football fans since its inception in 1997 -- but conference commissioners and television executives are expected to settle on a similar simplistic name for the new playoff. [+] Enlarge AP Photo/Tim SharpCowboys Stadium may be the host of the first national championship playoff game on Jan. 12, 2015. On Wednesday, conference commissioners are expected to announce that Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas -- the site of the AT&T Cotton Bowl -- will likely be the host of the first national championship game on Jan. 12, 2015. ESPN previously reported Cowboys Stadium is the "prohibitive favorite" to host the national title game. Tampa was the only other city to bid for the game. Future national championship games will be bid out to cities on an annual basis, like the NFL does with the Super Bowl. Cities that are part of the semifinal rotation will be eligible to bid for the title game, as well as cities that aren't included in the rotation. Cities won't be allowed to host the national championship game and a semifinal game in the same year, however. Conference commissioners are expected to start taking bids for national title games on Jan. 11, 2016, and Jan. 9, 2017, at some point this summer. The BCS announced in January that the Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio in Pasadena and the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans will host college football's first national semifinals on Jan. 1, 2015. The Discover Orange Bowl in Miami will also be part of the semifinal rotation. The commissioners also will reveal on Wednesday the three other bowls that will host national semifinals. Sources have told ESPN they will be the AT&T Cotton Bowl in Dallas, the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz., and the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta. The Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl in San Diego was the only other bowl game that bid on hosting a national semifinal game. San Diego probably won't be selected because conference commissioners want the semifinal games to be geographically balanced, and the Fiesta and Rose Bowls are located in the West. Conference commissioners will decide this week which cities will host semifinal games in 2016 and 2017. According to people familiar with the process, the Orange and Fiesta bowls are the favorites to host semifinals in 2016, while the Chick-fil-A and Cotton bowls will probably be hosts in 2017. That rotation would give the playoff a semifinal game in the East and West in each of the first three years of the playoff rotation. The most controversial detail to be worked out is the selection committee which will choose the teams to participate in the playoff each year. Under the BCS, the top two teams in the final BCS standings played for the national championship. Under the impending playoff, a selection committee will pick four teams to play in two semifinals with the winners meeting in a national title game. BCS executive director Bill Hancock said the selection committee would consist of between 14 and 20 members, including at least one individual representing each of the 10 FBS conferences. It is unclear whether each of the 10 conferences will simply designate a representative, and it isn't known how the other four to 10 "at-large" committee members will be selected. Hancock has said committee members might include former conference commissioners, current and former athletic directors and former football coaches. "We want experienced football purists, experts," Hancock said. The selection committee will work like the NCAA men's basketball committee, which seeds and selects at-large teams for the 68-team basketball tournament. The football committee will receive a "jury charge" from the commissioners and will be asked to rank teams on the basis of strength of schedule, where the teams' games were played, conference championships and whether teams lost games because of injuries to key players. Conference commissioners aren't expected to identify potential committee members this week, but they're expected to provide a better understanding of how the selection committee will work. Under the 12-year deal, the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl will be played on every non-Sunday Jan. 1, no matter whether they are hosting the national semifinals. During the 12-year contract, the Rose and Sugar bowls will host the semifinals four times. In the years they aren't hosting, the national semifinals would be moved from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, sources said. The national semifinals will rotate through the six bowl games, setting up two playoff games and four major bowl games each season. The six games will include three "contract bowls" and three "host bowls." The spots in the contract bowls are reserved for teams that have deals with those bowls. ESPN reporter Brett McMurphy contributed to this report.
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