3 months ago
CHICAGO – Rick Neuheisel's first game as a college football head coach was in a familiar setting.
Neuheisel was born in Madison in 1961, and his Colorado Buffaloes opened the 1995 season against Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium.
So broadcasters Brent Musburger and **** Vermeil saw the sights with Neuheisel's parents, and they went past what was once called Madison General Hospital.
"My mom said, 'Well, that's where Ricky was born,'" Neuheisel said. "And my dad pointed over to this Cadillac and said, 'And that's where he was conceived.'"
All jokes aside, the Madison native now has a different vantage point on Wisconsin football as one of CBS Sports' college football studio **** ysts. Neuheisel sees the Badgers at an inflection point in Luke Fickell's fourth season as head coach.
#neuheisel #madison #Football #wisconsin
Neuheisel was born in Madison in 1961, and his Colorado Buffaloes opened the 1995 season against Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium.
So broadcasters Brent Musburger and **** Vermeil saw the sights with Neuheisel's parents, and they went past what was once called Madison General Hospital.
"My mom said, 'Well, that's where Ricky was born,'" Neuheisel said. "And my dad pointed over to this Cadillac and said, 'And that's where he was conceived.'"
All jokes aside, the Madison native now has a different vantage point on Wisconsin football as one of CBS Sports' college football studio **** ysts. Neuheisel sees the Badgers at an inflection point in Luke Fickell's fourth season as head coach.
#neuheisel #madison #Football #wisconsin
5 months ago
It’s the college sports beef you never saw coming.
Yesterday news broke that a Texas judge has issued an injunction preventing the NCAA from barring Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby from playing college football. The NCAA is seeking to do that because Sorsby has admitted to betting on college football. A lot.
Sorsby admitted to placing over 9,000 sports wagers valued at over $90,000 in total. That included bets on the University of Indiana while he was playing for the Hoosiers. For the vast majority of the history of college sports that would have been completely disqualifying, and no one would have dared to argue it shouldn’t be. It wasn’t that long ago, you may recall, that Rick Neuheisel was forced to resign from his coaching job because he’d taken part in America’s totemic sports betting enterprise: a March Madness pool.
Again, Sorsby’s conduct would have been completely unacceptable even five years ago. It’s probably still unacceptable to most college football fans, journalists, and administrators. Just not to the folks at Texas Tech.
Among the folks who still find Sorsby’s conduct unacceptable, and the rootin’, tootin’ west Texas ruling that shrugged it off just as bad was UGA athletic director Josh Brooks. Brooks hasn’t been a shrinking violet as college football goes through generational upheaval. On the contrary, he’s gone to bat to advocate for Georgia and the SEC. His response to the Sorsby ruling was no different.
Yesterday news broke that a Texas judge has issued an injunction preventing the NCAA from barring Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby from playing college football. The NCAA is seeking to do that because Sorsby has admitted to betting on college football. A lot.
Sorsby admitted to placing over 9,000 sports wagers valued at over $90,000 in total. That included bets on the University of Indiana while he was playing for the Hoosiers. For the vast majority of the history of college sports that would have been completely disqualifying, and no one would have dared to argue it shouldn’t be. It wasn’t that long ago, you may recall, that Rick Neuheisel was forced to resign from his coaching job because he’d taken part in America’s totemic sports betting enterprise: a March Madness pool.
Again, Sorsby’s conduct would have been completely unacceptable even five years ago. It’s probably still unacceptable to most college football fans, journalists, and administrators. Just not to the folks at Texas Tech.
Among the folks who still find Sorsby’s conduct unacceptable, and the rootin’, tootin’ west Texas ruling that shrugged it off just as bad was UGA athletic director Josh Brooks. Brooks hasn’t been a shrinking violet as college football goes through generational upheaval. On the contrary, he’s gone to bat to advocate for Georgia and the SEC. His response to the Sorsby ruling was no different.
