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BCS Hearings Are About the Money

Every Monday during college football's endless offseason, The FanHouse Walk will put last week's stories to bed and deliver the essentials to bridge that agonizing space between now and September.Mr. BCS Goes To Washington -- Except I have a feeling Jimmy Stewart would find some way to rail against the BCS, however...

Big 12 Coaches Stressing Importance of the Classroom This Spring

After years of pressure from academics and university presidents, the NCAA began to increase penalties for failing to meet academic standards with the Academic Progress Rate (APR). The fallout from such standards, just might be trickling down to coaches, especially in the Big 12.At Nebraska, first year head coach Bo Pelini...

28 Football Programs, 70 Basketball Programs to Feel Wrath Of APR

Books... of doom!Buried in a USAToday fluff piece about the super happytime NCAA graduation fairy is this potential -- depending on the teams in question -- bombshell: if the new projections hold, and Brand cautions that they're highly tentative, some 70 men's basketball, 40 baseball and 28 football teams will be hit with...

Big East APR is Right Around the Average

According to the NCAA, if it wasn't for the "squad size adjustments" to the APR results this year, 43.6% of the Division 1 basketball programs would be under the Academic Progrees Rate (APR) this year (PDF, page 5). The Big East is a team worse than that average as 8 of the 16 basketball programs are under the 925 minimum...

Big East APR Performance Rankings

Big East football doesn't appear to have much to worry about in penalties from the NCAA for their Academic Performance Rate (APR) for the foreseeable future. The magic minimum number is 925. The rankings are still incomplete as it is supposed to be based on a rolling 4-year rankings, and this is only year three. So teams...