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NCAA Rules: Unofficial Visits An Official NCAA Problem
The fallout has begun from the former Tennessee Volunteers assistant, Willie Mack Garza's alleged payment of $1500 for then UT recruit Lache Seastrunk's unofficial visit to Knoxville. This scandal has drawn attention to one of the biggest cheating opportunities available to NCAA coaches and...
College Football Special Teams Strategy: Show No Mercy to the Rugby-Style Punter
A football coach’s fear of Brandon Boykin is the beginning of his wisdom, and, as Dawg2011 has noted, opposing coaches have wised up by employing the increasingly infamous "rugby-style" punt, which allows the punter to roll out to one side rather than drop straight back, thereby buying time for his...
Secondary violations and social media
The Rutgers athletic department uses the following official guidelines concerning booster contact with recruits. Who is a "representative of athletic interests"? A "representative of the institution’s athletic interest" (a.k.a. "booster") is an individual, independent agency, corporate...
NCAA Rules: The Facts Are Not On Mike Krzyzewski's Side
Let's get one thing straight right now -- if the facts surrounding Duke Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski's contact with 2012 recruit Alex Poythress have been related correctly, there is no question whatever that he violated NCAA Bylaw 13.1.6.2.2 (b). None. Whatever. To wit: According to...
"There's No Tickling in Football!": Defensive Strategies Discovered While Watching a Three-Year-Old
Do the rules of college football permit tickling while tackling? This question occurred to me this morning, while I was watching my three-year-old daughter, Elizabeth. She and I were playing a game in which she would run to the door and open it, I would respond with comic exaggerated consternation...
The New NCAA Draft Deadline: Good For Coaches, Colleges And Seniors, Bad For Everyone Else
There has been much Sturm und Drang about the new NCAA draft entry deadline, which has been moved from May 8th to the end of the late signing period, which this year would have been April 12th, a mere 8 days removed from the NCAA Tournament championship game. The rule has been universally panned...
BSD Roundtable: Should College Athletes Be Paid?
In the past year, the NCAA has cracked down on players taking illegal benefits from agents and boosters. USC is under two years of probation for the Reggie Bush affair. Cecil Newton openly shopped his son around to SEC schools. Terrelle Pryor and several other Ohio State players were caught selling...
Houston's Case Keenum To Seek a 6th Year of Eligibility
Steve Campbell of the Houston Chronicle is reporting that Case Keenum will petition the NCAA to allow him to seek a 6th year of eligibility. Keenum, of course, tore his ACL during Houston's week 3 game against the UCLA Bruins. According to NCAA Rules: A waiver of the five-year period of...
Secret Transcript of NCAA Rules Panel Meeting at Which New Celebration Rule Approved!
By now, you’ve read Dr. Saturday’s, Orson Swindle’s, and David Hale’s takes on the new celebration rules that will take effect in 2011. While we rarely report breaking news here at Dawg Sports, I am proud to say that we have a confidential source who was at the meeting at which this move was...
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