Morning Roundup, Friday

Posted by Aditi On October - 23 - 2009

paperThe public option’s back on the table… Screaming is the new spanking? My mom did both and I turned out fine… The costs of higher education are out of control. Not surprised which Big East schools are on the list. But I’ll tell you this: I wouldn’t send my kid to my alma mater at this price…

Surprised me: In the last six years, Cincinnati’s taken the Keg of Nails only once. (Rivals.com)

No change in Tony Pike’s status. Read: he’s day to day. (Cincinnati Enquirer)

Louisville’s offensive firepower got that way through walk-and-talks. (Louisville Courier-Journal)

Police say witnesses to the Jasper Howard murder are being warned not to come forward on internet postings. Kashif Moore, who held a bleeding Howard in his arms, and Mike Smith, who desperately tried to staunch that blood flow, will play Saturday. When it all shakes out on the field, UConn could have the edge. (Connecticut Post)

Randy Edsall is so much more than a football coach. (Republican-American)

The entire Huskies team will go to the funeral Monday and two memorial funds have been set up. (Hartford Courant)

Great Q&A with Pitt AD Steve Pederson. He talks about a ninth football team. Durable, punishing back thy name is Dion Lewis. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Henry Hynoski’s stats: not so good. Translation: it’s irrelevant. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

Breaking down Rutgers-Army. Here too. (Star-Ledger, Home News)

Wild story about Rutgers’ last trip up to Army. (SNY.tv)

This is South Florida’s first go at back-to-back nationally ranked league opponents. The Bulls will be keying on Dion Lewis. (Tampa Tribune)

Doug Marrone keeps staring at Syracuse’s third down numbers. If only that was enough to change them. (Syracuse Post-Standard)

Jarrett Brown talks us through his first-ever concussion. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Brown’s availability will be a game-time decision Saturday. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

By the way, that hit on Brown was totally illegal. (Times West Virginian)

One Response to “Morning Roundup, Friday”

  1. Great news as always Aditi. Love your work!

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Aditi Kinkhabwala has written a regular column for SI.com and been published in Sports Illustrated.

She spent seven years covering Rutgers for The Record in New Jersey and now, for SNY, she’s writing about the entire Big East.