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Soccer....Girls Rule!
We didn't want to wait until Knight Caps. Big news deserves front page attention.
#RFutbol sweeps #B1G Weekly Honors! Murphy D-POW, Ciarrocca O-POW, Moneme Co-Freshman! https://t.co/ADeCQfBhyc pic.twitter.com/fVduv82j5i
— RutgersWomensSoccer (@RUWSoccer) October 20, 2015
We'll have mote in depth coverage in tomorrow's Knight Caps.
Big Ten Football Players of the Week
Offensive Player of the Week
Akrum Wadley, Iowa, So., RB, Newark, N.J./Weequahic
Defensive Player of the Week
Shilique Calhoun, Michigan State, Sr., DE, Middletown, N.J./Middletown North
Special Teams Player of the Week
Jalen Watts-Jackson, Michigan State, So., DB
Freshman of the Week
T.J. Edwards, Wisconsin, LB
Maybe the black was for the funeral
I understand that black goes with everything. Even if it's not in your color scheme. But sometimes you just need to pass. Like UCLA.
The deep sky blue and gold is iconic. All those hoops titles under John Wooden. Playing in the Rose Bowl....as your home field. The tradition. Then....
The #blackout helmets for @UCLAFOOTBALL_EQ @UCLAFootball #uniswag pic.twitter.com/02HRd0H72L
— Uniswag (@Uniformswag) October 17, 2015
It isn't part of your history or your color scheme. Although after getting pummeled by Stanford, 56-35, it might be for the pall that has come over Westwood.
And then...one time at band camp....
I like college bands. I think they are a big part of the experience of a college game day. I'm very happy the Pride of New Jersey got new uniforms. And the bands deserve their moment in the sun...or in this case, under the lights.
Into the night... The night game experience for bands is unparalleled. Today's top read: https://t.co/F7uM7p93PQ pic.twitter.com/JUBbgwjjvQ
— CollegeMarchingBands (@CollegeMarching) October 15, 2015
Yes, I'm perseverating on uniforms
I'm generally a traditionalist. Ohio State in my lifetime, or at least as much as I recall, has worn red jerseys at home with silver helmets....with marijuana leaf stickers. But their all black uniforms for the Penn State game were pretty outrageous. Take a look.
The reflective outline for @OhioStAthletics as they took the field #uniswag pic.twitter.com/RIliYPVc8w
— Uniswag (@Uniformswag) October 18, 2015
And sometimes the new unis actually honor the past
Illinois does sometimes have nice things. Sometimes you need to go back to football's Golden Age in the 20's and 30's to find an example like Red Grange. Illinois' Galloping Ghost is being recognized again with the Illini's Gray Ghost uniforms. I'll tip my hat on that one.
We will see the Gray Ghost unis for @IlliniFootball #uniswag pic.twitter.com/fRVzsPdwF5
— Uniswag (@Uniformswag) October 20, 2015
Oh, those wacky conference Twitter guys
I doubt you'll see the PAC 12 taking shots at the Big XII or the Big Ten poking fun at the SEC on their Twitter accounts. Or maybe you would. But among the G5, things are a little looser. As seen here.
You guys, conferences are talking crap to each other on Twitter now. pic.twitter.com/FiZ13cqrj2
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) October 14, 2015
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If you got a dollar for every time you saw an ad for a fantasy football "daily league", you wouldn't need the league....you'd have made a fortune. And fantasy sports has been accepted by most of the pro leagues. Draft Kings, for example, sponsors the "fantasy stats" on the video board at Met Life Stadium. Yet, the NFL - and other leagues - oppose legalized gambling. Oh, right, this isn't gambling [snort...guffaw]
For my money, all these "daily" leagues are little more than gambling under another name. And in Nevada, the state folks who run gambling there feel the same way, as they shut down the two big guns - Fan Duel and Draft Kings - unless they apply for and get gaming licenses.
With the exception of the NBA, the pro leagues and the NCAA have opposed legalized sports betting (just a tad hypocritical, I'd say). That may be coming to an end as the courts have reopened the New Jersey sports betting case.
Breaking: NJ asks 3rd Circ. for permission to file reply brief in sports betting case. Seeks to respond to leagues answer brief on rehearing
— Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) October 6, 2015
The estimate is that $95 billion - yes, with a B - will be bet this year on college and pro football. And most of it will be done illegally. But the court decision has made RU grad and friend of RU sports Ray Lesniak a very happy man:
YES! 3rd circuit vacates ruling v my sports betting bill expect sports betting in AC&MonmouthRacetrack by Super Bowl http://t.co/MjZIgDonOF
— Senator Ray Lesniak (@SenatorLesniak) October 14, 2015
Maybe that legal bet is just around the corner.