The refs were notified BEFORE THE GAME (both teams meet with them separately) that a fake fair catch would be attempted. That’s why there was no whistle... the refs didn’t miss anything, they didn’t fail to call a non-signal, they didn’t blow it. The UNT special teams coach got the idea from this play when UNC tried… Read more

Creating a rule that’s never needed but closes a fun loophole is basically the mission statement of the NCAA. Read more

Scott Van Pelt rants about this every December, but the Coaching Carousel in College Football is basically you just praying to strike gold. Every year, we see a new Blue Chip candidate go to a Power 5 school with all of the optimism in the world and they just fall apart before getting shipped out because the Boosters… Read more

Orgeron is asily one of the best parts about college football. A well needed respite from the Petersens, Sabans, and all the rest of the lame ass robot coaches.  Read more

I’m surprised Assumption College has a kicker. You’d think they’d just put up seven points any time they scored a touchdown, and three points any time they drove inside the 30.   Read more

Just in case anyone might not be familiar with the “wild boys” story from when he was at Ole Miss: Read more

“the SEC is too liberal" is a hell of a take there Hugh  Read more

FREEZE LEFT OUT IN THE COLD Read more

Great write-up. I was indoctrinated into the ACC when I arrived in Chapel Hill for college. It didn’t take long. And Mike Hogewood was a big part of it, along with Woody Durham, Mick Mixon, Rick Steinbacher and even Tom Suiter on WRAL.
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I got to go the ACC Tournament a few times as a member of the Wake Forest pep band, and one time we bumped into Mike in a tunnel. We said hi, clearly awed, and then after he passed us, my friend whipped around and yelled CAROLINA KIA! Mike turned around with a huge grin on his face and repeated CAROLINA KIA and the… Read more

Between Mike’s time with the ACC as well as his time spent being the lead commentator for Monster Jam on TNN his voice was a large part of my upbringing. Us monster truck dorks had a bit of a soft spot for Hogwood as even though he was totally out of his element calling this stuff in the beginning, he still managed to… Read more

Mike called so many Wake Forest basketball games when I was growing up that, much like you Nick, he was very much a constant voice in my childhood. The amount of energy that he had doing play by play for those games, games that no one other than Wake fans cared about for the most part, made them all feel important and… Read more

Ah man, this sucks. As a Greensboro native, I remember Mike primarily through 5 nights a week of sports reporting when my parents commandeer the TV for the hourly block of News. It was a staple of my day for so many years, so that’s sad enough as it is. Read more

The Brandeis University president’s statement releasing the report is an example of how it should be done: take responsibility, offer a real apology “to the students who brought the complaints forward, to any other students who may have been harmed and didn’t come forward,” adopt concrete actions, ground how you move… Read more

Worth reading the findings (starting on page 6) if you have the time - it’s a clinical recounting, but absolutely brutal.
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Nice work Deadspin. I come for the dick jokes, but I stay for the hard, throbbing investigative journalism.  Read more

Nick, I’m so glad you wrote this. Read more

I’m an alum. My donations for the veterans center and the two activities I was heavily involved in during my last year and half on campus are due to renew, as is my alumni membership. I can tell you that It took me sending the same screed in respone to their solicitation emails 6 times before they responded, and all I… Read more

Thank you. I had not read that USA Today piece and what the fucking hell.  Read more

I know. Why start now, right? Read more