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April 27, 2010

How Texas nearly joined the SEC

How Texas nearly joined the SEC As the landscape of college athletics continues to rattle with the looming prospects of major conference realignment, Harvey Schiller was recently recalling what might have been. From 1986-89, Schiller was the commissioner of the SEC. Light years ahead of his contemporaries, Schiller helped to spectacularly alter the direction of…
Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 27, 2010

Can NCAA make football postseason as irrelevant as basketball regular season?

Can NCAA make football postseason as irrelevant as basketball regular season? The problem is, the NCAA doesn’t sell it that way to a public that continues to pay higher ticket prices and puts up with inconvenient television start times. Silly us, we thought coaches were getting all that money because winning championships mattered. We care…