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San Jose Mercury columnist Wilner updates on Cal's AD search, consultant Spencer Stuart is reportedly lining-up campus interviews for finalists for March, new leader will report directly to Chancellor Dirks & sit on the Chancellor's cabinet, based on feedback he's received from a number of sources Memphis AD Bowen, Maryland AD Anderson, UCF boss Stansbury & current Cal Interim AD Williams are all in the mix - link
NCAA VP for Enforcement Duncan details some on-going academic misbehavior cases, says both prospective & current student-athletes are involved, notes a definite increase in such investigations that he attributes to heightened academic standards, access to digital & online coursework could also be a pain point, in comparison, academic improprieties are up across campuses, too - link
Interview series with Indiana AD Glass rolls-on, notes a long list of challenges including the facility arms race, pending national lawsuits & expenses related to autonomy, extremely confident the Hoosiers will not be cutting any sports to cover increased operational costs, notes the stark difference in FB program revenues with Michigan as an example, recounts visit to White House two weeks ago, details on Bill of Rights - link
Oklahoma Prez Boren says reports that significant renovations to Memorial Stadium will be postponed due to slow fundraising from low oil prices are unfounded, notes that the project is "shovel ready," does point to oil situation as making the financial side of the equation more difficult, points to some key donors losing half their net worth in a matter of weeks - link
UNC-Wilmington unveils their new logo that involved input from a number of constituencies across the campus in a year-long process & was created by Joe Bosack & Co., becomes sixth mark in Seahawks history, previous main logo will be maintained as a secondary option moving forward, AD Bass called the new look "distinctive" - link
Atlantic Coast Conference leadership meetings kicked-off in Ft. Lauderdale yesterday, major points of discussion include full cost-of-attendance & autonomy issues, TV partners will be in attendance, likely to touch on the development plans for an ACC Network, ADs expected to pick the brain of Clemson boss Radakovich who was a member of the College FB Playoff selection committee - link
UTSA AD Hickey says full cost-of-attendance conversations have been central to C-USA leadership meetings in Boca, Old Dominion AD Selig believes some members will try to fund the whole thing while others can't, Hickey also calls the decision on how to proceed with UAB "a Presidential issue," but thinks the league is strong no matter what happens - link
Penn State Prez Barron with sharp comments on the Freeh Report that he's now fully reviewed, calls it "absurd" & "not useful" in making decisions about the university, says it took a prosecutorial approach that painted an inaccurate picture of the campus, notes there are still shoes to drop, "The price that's being paid is the fact that it's really torn our alumni base apart" - link
United Educators, an insurance & risk-management firm, released a study on 305 reports of sexual assault at 104 colleges during a three-year period, 40% of complaints came from the alleged victim, 9% resulted in lawsuits against the school, 9% led to Title IX complaints, 23% of cases were not investigated as the alleged victim was not cooperative, accused found responsible in 45% of situations, though inconsistencies abound, athletes mentioned, more - link
Kentucky Deputy AD Peevy profiled, recounts his big break early in his career going from Montevallo (DII) to the SEC office, AD Barnhart says Peevy absolutely has the qualities to lead a department, but like any aspiring AD needs to find the right spot, MBB HC Calipari has turned his schedule over to someone else for the first time ever as he has full trust in Peevy who feels a responsibility as an advancing black administrator - link
William Morris Endeavor-IMG continues to invest in entertainment world as the company acquires boutique representation agency Dixon Talent that calls Bill Simmons, Jimmy Kimmel, John Stewart & Stephen Colbert long-time clients, WME-IMG co-CEO Whitesell likes approach of Dixon's namesake founder that is built around premier talent & an entrepreneurial approach - link
Huffington Post details Michigan's effort to provide mental health coverage for their student-athletes, Athletes Connected program created last spring & is a combined effort between athletics, the School of Public Health & its Depression Center, Wolverines social worker Hansen says student-athletes don't face more mental health issues in comparison to the student body, but traditionally they've taken way less advantage of available resources - link
Louisiana Monroe continues to move forward with their FB endzone facility project as total money raised is now over $4m, financing terms could be squared away by the end of the week with Board of Regents approval late next month followed by groundbreaking, Prez Bruno pleased with AD Wickstrom's ability to connect with those who haven't given to athletics in the past, 17 donors have committed $100k or more - link
Navy's new AAC affiliation & the traditional date of their rivalry game with Army are items to be discussed by College FB Playoff leaders as the game falls outside of the final selection process window, Mountain West Commish Thomson & Sun Belt boss Benson believe any schools playing games after the final rankings announcement should not be eligible for the system's six bowl games, discussion on topic will take place in April - link
Multiple Hawaii student groups are lobbying Chancellor Bley-Vroman to include a student on the search committee for the process of identifying & hiring a new AD, Director of Media Production Meisenzahl says it's amazing athletics isn't in more debt given its isolated location, Bley-Vroman expects to make an AD move by mid-year - link
New England Patriots HC Belichick says he takes trips every off-season to visit with Arizona State FB HC Graham, the pair have shared the same attorney for the past seven years, Graham notes he originally reached-out to Belichick wanting to learn from the best, Belichick believes Graham is not getting enough credit for the job he's doing in Tempe - link
Michigan State Director of College Advancement & Performance Blackwell for Spartans FB pretty emphatic that a recruiting visit is just as much about making sure a prospective student-athlete fits as it is about wooing them to join MSU, says there have been many occasions where the program has backed off after interactions during a visit, "...because it only takes one rotten apple to spoil the whole bunch." - link
Temple AD Clark has hired Laramie County Community College AD Cautilli as the Owls new Senior Assoc. AD for Development, will start in Philadelphia on February 9th, pair worked at St. Louis together in 1999-2000, plus Cautilli has family roots to the area, will also oversee facility developments in addition to fundraising, previous to LCCC spent time at Louisville - link
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Details on the new contract for Florida State FB HC Fisher includes becoming one of seven HCs who are scheduled to make more than $5m next year, deal is worth $44m over its lifetime that stretches through 2022, $1.2m retention bonus if he's still the Seminoles boss at that time, buyout for another job starts at $5m through 2016, reduces by $2m every other subsequent year, academic bouses of up to $250k annually - link
Read on the IMG College property at Duke leveraging & celebrating MBB HC Krzyzewski's 1,000th win, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina became heavily involved in the post-game radio show, the 'count-up' website for the milestone & a special digital magazine that the school created, GM Streko started working on plans last summer to take advantage of the special occasion - link
Excellent piece from The Verge on ESPN's approach to owning the sports conversation on social media just as strongly as it contests the TV airwaves, SVP King says of the project dubbed 'Content Sharing Initiative', "Whatever platform [fans] are using, whatever time of day it is, however they're connecting with their friends, we need to be there because that's holding up our end of the relationship." Speed is key, lots more - link
NFL's USA Football nonprofit group continues major effort to educate mothers on the game to make sure they understand it's safe, hundreds of clinics are executed annually around the nation in addition to heavily promoting the Heads Up Football campaign on TV, clinics are heavy on diets, hydration, how to properly wear a helmet, tackling correctly & how to avoid concussions, not so much worred about the Xs & Os - link
Study by College Football Talk's McGuire does not show a major recruiting bump following a FB National Championship, though it's important to note that the schools who have won NCs in the past decade weren't exactly far down the recruiting boards to begin with, also points out the non-scienctific data as ranking recruiting classes is in & of itself a dicey exercise - link
Watch: Notre Dame MBB student-athlete Grant looks to have actually stopped a court-storming in progress as the Fighting Irish defeated Duke last night, video shows students starting to come on the court as Grant urges them to stay put, shockingly they simply turned around & went back into the stands - link
Wichita State set to announce final penalties against its Baseball program this morning stemming from impermissible benefits for student-athletes buying additional Under Armour gear at sharp discounts, process has been on-going since November of 2013 & some players were already suspended to start the 2014 season, NCAA will release decision at 11a with a conference call to follow at Noon - link
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