Hope nobody’s stuck at an airport right now… The health care bill is out… Three and a half hours of tailgating is apparently not enough… A shiny spotlight is so fleeting. Mark Mangino was AP Coach of the Year in 2007. Now, he’s abusive and a racist, says a former player…
Thank goodness Tony Pike was set to start this weekend anyway. Zach Collaros could be going to jail. (Kentucky Post)
A fabulously unexpected championing of Cincinnati and defense of the Big East from down in Texas. My former paper, my former colleague. (San Antonio Express-News)
A Cincinnati student warns against ordaining the Bearcats just yet. (News Record)
On the field’s one thing. Off the field, Cincinnati beats every other BCS contender in graduation rates. (Cincinnati Enquirer)
UConn-Notre Dame at a glance. (Newsday)
Zach Frazer’s finally getting that start at Notre Dame. Of course, it’ll be after coming out of the visitors’ locker room. (South Bend Tribune)
Precise note on why the hoo-hah around Notre Dame is a little silly. (Sox and Dawgs)
What playing at Notre Dame means to UConn fans. (Hartford Courant)
The Mike Leach-to-Louisville chatter isn’t going away. Not if Jim Donnan says Leach is a perfect fit. (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Jonathan Baldwin’s hard to miss. (Philadelphia Enquirer)
Aditi Kinkhabwala has written a regular column for SI.com and been published in Sports Illustrated.
It seems that if you can’t graduate even 50% of your ’student’ athletes, you shouldn’t be eligible for post-season bowls. Hell, make it 60% or 2/3rds for that matter.