The University of Michigan has had one of the most dominate and respected college football teams since they began playing in 1879. Their dominance came into question, though, when Coach Lloyd Carr was replaced by Rich Rodriguez in the 2008 season. This year, their respect may also be compromised.
In May, the school admitted that the football program violated NCAA rules by exceeding limits on practice and training time. The school also imposed sanctions on the team, including two years probation. Rich Rodriguez and six others were reprimanded and a staffer was fired. The school plans on reducing playing time by 130 hours over the next to years as well.
These sanctions may seem detrimental, but they may not be all the school faces. The NCAA will hold a hearing August 13-14 with a decision coming 6-10 weeks later. NCAA sanctions would most likely be harsher and could involve things like scholarship reduction.
More about how this will adversely affect Michigan after the jump.
As I sat down to write this article this morning, I pulled my headphones out from my bag and found the wires in a huge knot. Ten minutes later, they were finally ready for use. After some deeper thinking, I found that the case with my headphones is exactly what is happening in the college football landscape right now.
Follow the jump to find out how...
Last week we reported on the possibility that Penn State had misfiled its Right-To-Know report, a document required by the Commonwealth. The main issue at hand has to do with a section of the report that asks if any family member of a trustee or board member received over $10,000 in compensation from the University. Penn State answered "yes" but failed to acknowledge who might fall into that category.
After getting an earful from Left of Centre, the University has announced that it will be refiling the report to include the names of those omitted.
Read on to learn more...
Well, kids, now that it's just long enough for last year's Pennsylvania budget debacle to be out of current memory, it's now time again for us all to hold our collective breath for this year's potential fiasco. Penn State's appropriation hangs in the balance.
Will legislators pass the budget in time? Read on to find out...
All of that jackhammering, beeping, knocking down, building up, and ripping to shreds must be for something.
The culprit is all of the construction going on this past year and continuing to plague campus this summer.
Read on to learn what's up.
The Spaniers will be living in Schreyer House until at least 2015.
The new contract, agreed upon between the Board of Trustees and Dr. Spanier, amounts to a three-year extension for the man who, according to Penn State Live, has been called "one of the most influential college presidents of our time."
Come 2015, only President George Atherton will have held the position longer.
Read on past the jump to learn more.