To Soften Football’s Blow, Some Colleges Switch to “Commend Leaders” by Con Chapman Lifestyles Editor DANVILLE, Illinois. As the medical dangers of football have become more widely-known, college administrators are struggling to deal with a game that is deeply embedded in the culture of undergraduate life. “We can’t just eliminate it,” says Norbert Cseko, dean [...]

by Anselmo Watkins Not merely content with ordering his players off social media websites Twitter and Facebook, Southern California State University football coach Jim Lane Leach on Wednesday instructed his players to wear muzzles that prevent them from speaking at all. “Whether it is on social media outlets, speaking in the classroom or even just [...]

by Con Chapman Lifestyles Editor KALISPELL, Montana. Pierre-Claude Vigeant is a Professor of Cinema at the University Maurice Richard in Lyons, France, where American popular films are taken seriously. “So many Americains do not appreciate the rich cultural chili produced by Hollywood,” he says with more than a trace of an accent. “It was les [...]

by Con Chapman Lifestyles Editor KALISPELL, Montana. Shirley Leung, a slight Asian-American woman who stands 5’4″ and weighs only 110 pounds, would seem an unlikely addition to a college football program on the rise, but that’s not the view of Joe Ray Diggs, head coach at Western Montana University. “Shirley will be a key player [...]

by John Dolphin Sports Writer KENSINGTON, Pa. – Police, college officials and the NCAA are investigating an unexpected act of mob violence following Kensington State University’s Saturday football game. In a last-minute comeback, the KSU Eagles football team squeaked past the Saint Hubert Terriers, delighting the home crowd and inspiring one fan to storm the [...]

by Aloysius St. Bernard Freelance Writer Tommy Bowden, former assistant coach at Florida State under his father Bobby Bowden, returned to Tallahassee last month, creating confusion over his motives nearly a year after the ousting of his father, who led the football program for 34 years. The elder Bowden stepped down in January 2010 after [...]

by Monty Tufnel Freelance Writer In a shocking development yesterday a group of university presidents from six conferences announced the formation of a Commencement Championship Series (CCS) to create the best possible system to identify the number one ranked school academically in the world. “U.S. News and World Report rankings are simply not useful anymore [...]

South Carolina Football Secedes from NCAA Ole Miss, Georgia, Alabama Rumored to Follow South Carolina set off the latest football conference shakeup yesterday, when Coach Steve Spurrier announced the University’s secession from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). “We, the Gamecocks of the University of South Carolina,” began Spurrier, “in this press conference assembled, do [...]

by Anselmo Watkins Freelance Writer In the last 25 years, Axmead College Head Football Coach Brett Killman has won over 230 games and led his teams to seven Great Northern Pine League Championships and three NCAA Division III post-season appearances. His booming basso-profondo voice is well known in football stadiums across the Northern United States. [...]

Cyber-colleges, University of Falconer and Kapstone College, have begun recruitment for the first-ever online football league. Using an innovative scouting and training program, nine teams will join to form the NCAA’s Big Tech organization. The group was inspired by the unique Collegiate Sprint Football League, which pits small for-profit colleges against Ivy League competitors. The [...]