LSU has reported secondary NCAA violations involving its summer yoga program for football players.
"Non-LSU personnel are allowed to instruct athletes during the fall and spring semesters, but not during the summer, according to NCAA rules. Training consultant Don Yesso said he has conducted the class with every other LSU athletic team the past three years."Interestingly, Georgia Tech used alledged strip club owner turner pro-wrestler turned yoga consultant Diamond Dallas Page to do the exact same thing for at GT. I'd wager that new GT athletic director Dan Radakovich brought this idea with him from LSU. Given that Tech went 40 years without a visit to NCAA compliance class, they probably "didn't know" this was a rule violation. Ignorance is bliss...until the NCAA calls. When will they ever learn?
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CollegeFootballResource tips us off to an article by Paul Finebaum about the legendary 1970 Alabama vs. USC game that unlocked the door to desegregation in southern football. Good read.
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Speaking of race issues (on a lighter note), Orson tips us off to the plight of the white wide receiver as well as a new blog the Caucasian Wide Receivers Association of America.
Kris Durham, we feel your pain. Click to enlarge.
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A few days ago, the Shreveport Times ranks the SEC's coaches. I respect Spurrier, but folks let's get serious here for a minute. Ranking him #2 over Richt at this point? For all the hype, Spurrier only won 1 more game than Holtz did the year before. And Holtz played 1 fewer game. Sure, Spurrier has had a better career to date, but so has Bobby Bowden. And I wouldn't take Bowden over Richt right now either.
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Stewart Mandel recently talked about the Big East's crumbling Bowl situation.
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