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SEC Coaches Hate a Competive Market

I am not looking to pick on just SEC coaches for this, I think coaches from many BCS conferences would voice similar displeasure ($ content). Still, it came from the SEC meeting.A few coaches have concerns about the price gouging of nonconference games with some low and mid-majors wanting $80,000 to $100,000 for a...

Is Scout.com Crumbling?

Sure looks like it.Several months ago, the Ohio State website BuckNuts left the Scout.com network. Not long ago, another top school's affiliate website left Scout when the Florida website Gator Country departed. And news comes in tonight that WeAreSC, the USC affiliate, has informed Scout they are leaving the...

Georgetown Not Showing JTIII the Love

And by "love," I mean "money."In his first 3 years of taking over a Georgetown program that had fallen hard and fast, John Thompson III took the Hoyas to the Sweet 16 last year and this year won the Big East Tournament and got to the Final Four. He has an excellent incoming recruiting class that includes two McDonald's...

Lutz Goes "All In" at Charlotte

Charlotte (they're real sensitive about being called that as opposed to UNC-Charlotte) Basketball Head Coach Bobby Lutz decided to not to take the job offer at South Alabama. So, why did he listen? "When you only have two years left in your contract in this business and someone approaches you with an attractive situation,...

Wichita State Brings in Marshall on the First Try

Now, Gregg Marshall did leave Winthrop before -- for maybe 5 minutes -- but this time it looks serious. Not to mention for a lot more money than the time the College of Charleston called. Sorry, but until he signs and makes it through the first 48 hours or so, the whole deal has to be viewed as still tentative. That's what...