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Nepotism, Not Racism, Is the Real Problem in College Football's Hiring Practices
Nepotism, Not Racism, Is the Real Problem in College Football's Hiring Practices
On PTI Wednesday, Mike Wilbon complained about the naming of "coaches-in-waiting" at Texas, Florida State and Oregon, insinuating it is a form of racism because it denies black coaches the opportunity to interview for those positions, and thus increase the number of woefully ...
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CURIOUS INDEX, 12/5/08
EDSBS — ... Dad! Stop writing the paper! Brian Cockhill (titter), father of fired Wyoming offensive coordinator Bill Cockhill (giggle), actually writes in to the Casper Star-Tribune to demand an apology for his son a year after he was canned and had to go to work in a bank…his dad’s bank. No, love can’t cloud your ability to judge someone’s performance. We think you have a beautiful singing voice, honey. ...

Did The Tide Have An Easier Roll Than The Rest Of The FBS? [Morning Blogdome]
Deadspin — ... everyone got over the whole Sean Avery thing [Ramblings Of The Unmotivated] • A Mario Cart reenactment worthy of Blogdome praise. Just watch it [N'importe Qui] • Is Bengals GM Mike Brown a communist? Probably [Who Dey Revolution] • Another anti-Alabama post; linked only because of the awesome Saban/mullet photoshop at the end of the post. [Mass Hysteria Sports] • Regarding black head coaches in college football...what he said [Sporting Blog] ...

Headlinin': Early money likes the Gators (barely)
Dr. Saturday — ... It's hard to criticize Groh when so many other coaches -- Bobby Bowden, Joe Paterno, Steve Spurrier, even Lou Holtz, when now-sought-after Skip was his offensive coordinator at South Carolina -- promoted and held on to their kids far longer than their performance warranted. If nepotism is the real problem in college coaching ranks, count Al Groh as a progressive reformist. ...

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