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Miami AD Candidates
You know it’s the slow season of college football when athletic directors are taking the lead in the top headlines.
The search and focus of the University of Miami continues to be finding a new AD to replace Kirby Hocutt, who moved on to Texas Tech, just a stone’s throw away from his hometown. Interim AD Tony Hernandez remains in place at UM but candidates are begging to emerge.
The list of current AD’s to take the job at UM includes Georgia Tech’s Dan Radakovich, Keith Tribble of UCF and Craig Angelos of FAU.
The Associated Press reported that Western Kentucky AD Ross Bjork was a candidate, but Bjork has said he would not accept the position. It’s also reported that FIU’s Pete Garcia will not make the list of possible candidates.
Quarterback competitions heat up
Like every spring, the 2011 session of spring practices in college football is filled with quarterbacks battling it out for the starting job. Although many starters aren’t named until the end of fall camps, it still doesn’t hurt to have a good spring.
Some of the most notable quarterback competitions include a three headed race at LSU, a Harris vs. Morris battle at Miami and a sophomore vs. freshman competition at Alabama.
Others to keep an eye on are competitions at Texas and Nebraska, where last year’s clear cut starters return, but coaches insist there will be open competitions in spring practice.
I’ll have an article later this week laying out the top battles, with updates and a projected winner.
Oregon and Auburn lost money
As it turns out, UConn wasn’t the only team losing money on their post-season bowl. Oregon and Auburn both lost a good chunk of change on the National Championship game. The only difference is Auburn is probably the only one that doesn’t care.
Auburn reported a loss of $781,825, while Oregon had a loss of $555,575. Like UConn, the losses came from unsold or pulled tickets. Auburn had 2,456 unsold tickets, Oregon had 1,761 tickets.
The surprising area of costs included transportation, where Auburn brought along a total of 938 university members, including staff, team members and band members. Oregon on the other hand had a total of 493 people included.
The transportation costs didn’t differ as much as one would expect in a 400 person difference, though. Auburn spent $1,044,319 on transportation, while Oregon spent $960,049.
Anyway you look at it, for just one game, bowls are turning into long and expensive trips for universities. A playoff system anyone?
Villanova’s football future inching closer to Big East
It’s been the deal that just won’t get done, but the likely chance that Villanova will make a move to the Big East Conference for football, is beginning to feel more and more inevitable.
Nova, who was rumored to have been offered the chance to join the Big East years back but turned it down because of money decisions, is reportedly in the works of a $25-30 million revenue plan for startup costs.
The Wildcats, who participate in the Big East in all sports besides football, would make the move from the FCS level of NCAA football to the FBS, a similar move made by Big East members UConn and South Florida within the last decade.
One team not rooting for the Wildcats to make the move is CUSA member Central Florida, who is hoping for a Big East invitation of their own.
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