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[Mike]

Sounds like Hill would fit right in at ohio state.

[Tony G]

Didn't Miles have a faction that wanted him hired as the Michigan Coach?

[iam416]

Definitely. He's a M Man.

[Mike]

Didn't Miles have a faction that wanted him hired as the Michigan Coach?

Yep. I was at the forefront of that movement and given the era from 2008 to 2010 I stand behind it to this day.

[WM Wolverine]

I've always been deeply opposed, there are stories even worse than the above from what I've heard from insiders.

[lineygoblue]

I wanted him too, because of his connection to the university as a player and a coach. I especially thought he'd be fun to have around during ohio week.

However, the longer that Brady Hoke is at the helm, the more I'm glad the Mad Hatter stayed at LSU.

[hack]

If Miles were here Michigan's would probably be an SEC-lite program no doubt. It's not as if the powers-that-be in Ann Arbor have any say at all over how this sorta thing gets handled.

[entropy]

ESPN.com

TCU's Gary Patterson jabs at LSU


TCU coach Gary Patterson is not about to let his players vote on a teammate's discipline.

Patterson, whose Horned Frogs open the season against LSU on Aug. 31, criticized Tigers coach Les Miles for reinstating running back Jeremy Hill after his teammates voted to allow him to return to the team.


"I'm sure if it was some opponent they'd beat by 100 points [the players] wouldn't have a vote."
”
-- TCU coach Gary Patterson

"I'm sure if it was some opponent they'd beat by 100 points [the players] wouldn't have a vote," Patterson said, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "It's not my worry. I've got to play whoever they put on the field."

Hill had been suspended from all team activities since his April 29 arrest for punching a man outside of a Baton Rouge, La., bar. He was already on probation for pleading guilty to a 2012 misdemeanor stemming from his sexual relationship with a then-14-year-old girl while he was in high school.

Hill pleaded guilty to misdemeanor simple battery for the bar fight charge in July and practiced for the first time Monday.

Miles wouldn't rule out Hill missing games, saying he wanted to keep his punishment internal.

TCU has its own key player facing a suspension for the LSU game, with defensive end Devonte Fields banned for the first two games of the season for violating team rules during the spring. But Patterson said a similar vote to the one LSU used with Hill is out of the question.

"My whole team would vote Devonte to be back on the team because they all want to win," Patterson said. "That doesn't teach life lessons."

[entropy]

NORMAN, Okla. – Coach Barry Switzer has a new best friend after rescuing a dog from a hot car earlier this week.
Shanna Williams with the Canine Sports Academy in Norman said the former Sooners coach saved “Sassy,” a Rottweiler, from a hot van.

Switzer said he saw the dog in the vehicle, which had the windows down, but still felt bad for the pup.
He took “Sassy” from the vehicle, found the owners and bought the dog from them on the spot.
Then he took her to a vet for a complete check up.
“I told the doc. I want rabies shots, check for worms, everything,” Switzer said. “They even clipped the toenails so it was a pedicure for her. She went to the spa.”
Switzer took the Rottweiler home to meet his four-legged crew.
He is now calling the pup”Stella” while he hand-picks the new owners.
“I want some loving family who loves dogs and cares about dogs like I do to be able to have her,” Switzer said.
This little guy and Switzer’s German Shepherd, “Seger” seem to be getting along just fine.

[hack]

I guess in Oklahoma ``dogs'' get ``named''.

[Rob F]

Nothing wrong with that---every one of the dogs who've shared my home with me over the years has had their own name.

Chronologically, dating back to the very first family dog when I was a kid:

1960's: Sammy (Beagle); Barky (Shepherd/Shetland Sheepdog mix)


1970's: Snowshoes (Cocker/Shepherd mix); Otis (Black Lab)

1980's: Riley (Schnauzer)

1990's: Daisy (Chowchow)

2000's: Storm (German Shepherd)

Currently: Udo (Short-haired Mini Dachshund)


Do you just call yours "Dog" ?

[Tony G]

A Schnauzer named Riley? Seems incongruous.

[Tony G]

NCAA shutting down sales site


Updated: August 8, 2013, 6:34 PM ET
By Mark Schlabach | ESPN.com

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NCAA president Mark Emmert on Thursday said college sports' governing body would stop selling individual jerseys and other team-related memorabilia on its website, calling the practice a "mistake" and admitting others might view it as hypocritical.
The NCAA's decision comes on the heels of ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas exposing the controversial enterprise on Twitter earlier this week. Bilas criticized the NCAA for selling jerseys of popular college basketball and football players on its ShopNCAAsports.com website.

“ In the national office, we can certainly recognize why that could be seen as hypocritical, and indeed I think the business of having the NCAA selling those kinds of goods is a mistake, and we're going to exit that business immediately. It's not something that's core to what the NCAA is about, and it probably never should have been in the business.
” -- NCAA president Mark Emmert on why jersey, memorabilia sales will stop

Bilas typed the names of Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd, South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney and other high-profile players into the NCAA site's search function and received back matching jerseys. The NCAA disabled the search function after Bilas exposed the results.
"In the national office, we can certainly recognize why that could be seen as hypocritical, and indeed I think the business of having the NCAA selling those kinds of goods is a mistake, and we're going to exit that business immediately," Emmert said. "It's not something that's core to what the NCAA is about, and it probably never should have been in the business."
Mark Lewis, the NCAA executive vice president of championships and alliances, confirmed the site will stop selling team and player merchandise.
"Moving forward, the NCAA online shop will no longer offer college and university merchandise," Lewis said. "In the coming days, the store's website will be shut down temporarily and reopen in a few weeks as a marketplace for NCAA championship merchandise only. After becoming aware of issues with the site, we determined the core function of the NCAA.com fan shop should not be to offer merchandise licensed by our member schools."
Emmert said he didn't know when the NCAA started offering individual school's merchandise on its website and added that the governing body didn't make money off the sales because it was an aggregator site. The NCAA retail site was copyrighted by Fanatics Retail Group. Emmert said the site would continue to offer NCAA-related merchandise.
"It's been done for a long time, so I can't tell you when and [how] long it's been doing it," Emmert said. "I don't believe [the NCAA] should have been in this business."
The NCAA is involved in multiple lawsuits regarding the use of names and likeness of college athletes. A group of current and former student-athletes, headed by former UCLA basketball star Ed O'Bannon, is attempting to have a federal lawsuit against the NCAA, Electronic Arts and Collegiate Licensing Co. classified as class action. The plaintiffs claim their names and likeness are being used illegally in live broadcasts and video games because they're not being compensated for the use.
Meanwhile, ESPN's "Outside the Lines" reported earlier this week that the NCAA is investigating whether Manziel, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, violated its rules by signing photographs and other memorabilia for fees. A memorabilia dealer told ESPN that Manziel was paid at least $10,000 to sign several items while he attended the Discover BCS National Championship in Miami in January, and a second dealer said he paid Manziel $7,500 to sign merchandise.
Manziel, who is practicing with the Aggies during preseason camp, hasn't commented on the allegations.
While not speaking specifically about Manziel, Wake Forest president Nathan Hatch, the NCAA Division I board of directors chairman, said he agreed with the NCAA's current amateurism rules, which prohibit players from profiting from their likeness.
"I stand by the NCAA's commitment to amateurism," Hatch said. "I think the way we've done that is the correct way. I think the rules that we have I agree with."
Michigan State president Lou Anna Simon, chairwoman of the NCAA executive committee, added: "We have an obligation when we agree to join something to adhere to the rules that are essential for the integrity of that operation."
Emmert said he "absolutely agreed with those statements."
The NCAA executive committee concluded a series of meetings in Indianapolis on Thursday in which it discussed possible changes to the structure of Division I athletics. Last month, commissioners of several BCS football conferences voiced concerns about the way major college football is governed and suggested dramatic changes were needed. Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby went as far as saying a fourth division or federation of major college football programs was needed to ensure they could make their own rules without resistance from lower-budget programs.
Hatch said discussion about a new structure of governance would continue through November with member institutions and conferences. Hatch said he hoped formal proposals of a new structure would be submitted at the NCAA Convention in San Diego on Jan. 15-18 and that changes might be made by August 2014.
"Our goal is to have a plan that can be adopted a year from now," Hatch said. "There's no doubt this is an ambitious timeline for this important work."
Simon also gave Emmert a vote of confidence, saying the embattled NCAA president was an "integral part of our process to move forward and to strengthen the NCAA as the voice of college sports."

[Rob F]

A Schnauzer named Riley? Seems incongruous.

True, but the name still fit for other reasons. He was easily "riled up" anytime any other critter dared enter the yard, and let them know it.

:-)

[Tony G]

makes sense then