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Big Ten Football Players of the Week
Offensive Player of the Week
David Blough, Purdue, Fr., QB
Defensive Player of the Week
Anthony Brown, Purdue, Sr., CB
Special Teams Player of the Week
William Likely, Maryland, Jr., DB
Freshman of the Week
Jabrill Peppers, Michigan, S, East Orange, N.J./Paramus Catholic
- Made contributions in all three phases of the game as Michigan defeated Minnesota
- Recorded a 43-yard kickoff return and 41-yard punt return
- Wins his second career weekly award
The End of Beamer Ball
When Frank Beamer announced his retirement at the end of this season, he became the 122nd D1 coach to leave this season. But Beamer and VT did a lot for one particular network and show: ESPN's College Game Day
and as I've often said, @CollegeGameDay owes a debt to #Beamer. He got it. & elevated road shows energy. Blacksburg raised the bar late 90s
— Chris Fowler (@cbfowler) November 1, 2015
What we know today as a Saturday morning gathering of college-age lunatics, really got its boost when the ESPN crew visited twice in the same season during its run with Michael Vick in the late 90's. And the Virginia Tech folks would like the crew back for one last salute to Frank.
We need to get this trending to get @CollegeGameDay here on Nov. 21! #GAMEDAY4FRANK #GAMEDAY4FRANK #GAMEDAY4FRANK https://t.co/doEqTgRJAT
— VT Football (@VT_Football) November 4, 2015
And I'm okay with that.
About those coaching vacancies
Where does Rutgers rank in terms of a coaching job? Well, we don't know exactly, but at least according to one writer, it isn't among the five worst.
What are the weakest Power 5 head coaching jobs? We rank the Weak 5: https://t.co/YZgbHQx9hs pic.twitter.com/rjJKz6A5tT
— Lost Lettermen (@LostLettermen) November 3, 2015
Aaargh, redux
I don't have an answer, but how often does Rolling Stone concern itself with college football. Well, it did!
The Temple Owls turned Philly into a college football town on Saturday night. Where do they go from here? https://t.co/E3tYo4gdBG
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) November 2, 2015
Sports Journalism....or sports economics?
I came late to find the website Grantland. It was an effort by ESPN to go with a longform type of sports journalism, and it was successful, at least critically. But economics brought it down; it lost money. And in today's journalism environment, meaning the internet and social media, being good isn't good enough.
Grantland going and First Take staying tells you all you need to know about the state of sports media today. #SadButTrue
— Peter Botte (@PeterBotte) October 30, 2015
You need eyeballs on your stuff. And that's sad, because it means that, as I've written, if it bleeds, it leads. The story highlighted in Cowherd's tweet is worth your time.
Interesting take--On Grantland and Sports Media https://t.co/5SYT70qBb8
— Colin Cowherd (@ColinCowherd) November 3, 2015
Zuzu Rocks....and Rocks It!!!
We've got two things to write about one of our fave readers. ZuzuRU is a great contributor to comments, and she is as loyal a daughter of Rutgers as you will find. And she's in the Rutgers Marching Band. I know, that's three things. And for her, I offer this.
Academics are rarely discussed at football games. One band is changing that: https://t.co/FZqKnU9Iq9 #WeAreTradition pic.twitter.com/ghS20eRY0T
— CollegeMarchingBands (@CollegeMarching) October 24, 2015
As the story relates, most band members aren't music majors...in case you were wondering. And neither is Zuzu. She is a science nerd, and I write that with the deepest respect. But she's also a fascinating writer and she put together the mother of all power polls for our sister site Off Tackle Empire. It's brilliant.
We have the best Power Poll on the web today: If every B1G football squad was a dinosaur. https://t.co/sSfFULaAzA via @offtackleempire
— Off Tackle Empire (@offtackleempire) November 4, 2015
Monitoring the athlete
We have some experience with athletes not being in the right place at the right time. As does Ohio State, but I digress. Part of the issue with athletes misbehaving is because many of them live off campus. As do a lot of non-athletes. One school wants to change that.
#NACDADaily @HurstAthletics to require all student-athletes to live on campus https://t.co/2jLDgY6U5Q
— NACDA (@NACDA) November 3, 2015
Money, money, money....think USC might share?
USC announces plans for a $270 million renovation of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. https://t.co/DM7O6Wd0Z0
— ESPN CollegeFootball (@ESPNCFB) October 30, 2015
And we were excited over a $3 million facility. Yikes!