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Joe's St. Peter's Spartans are closing in on the Final 4. His son, Jared, is a talent; district 6 POY Interview with Joe

SB Nation's Akron preview - Summary: 2018 is a reset year.

Another attempt at advertising revenue

Beanie Wells undergoing treatment for brain trauma, which he attributes to his football career.

"Officials want to be part of the game, but they don't want to be the part to the game that has to answer. Why aren't they here answering your questions?" - Huggins. "Kansas took 35 free throws, while West Virginia took two." 26 to 14 foul disparity. Of Kansas' 14 fouls, only 1 came on West Virginia's 61 shot attempts. That is crazy. If this is Big 12 officiating and the MAC gets worse officials...

Michael McCann of SI weighs in

Maybe the Big Baller League will take off after all, since the NCAA might kill itself by failing to adapt.

McNees video

eBay bringing back to life the real engine of the U.S. economy — small businesses. "eBay and Akron, Ohio — taking local businesses who often struggle in their markets and giving them effective, affordable tools to reach a new world of consumers. We are trying something new — a retail revival initiative in Akron that uses the power of the online marketplace and technology to build a reservoir of resources to help entrepreneurs scale. Small businesses, like Tiny Circuits that designs and builds small open source electronics in an old rubber factory in Akron, will benefit from exposure on technology platforms like ours. It will help them gain access to 190 markets around the globe."

Morning 'Mugshot' shout out to the University of Akron

Watched The Business of Amateurs recently and found that Scott Ross, USC teammate of Seau, also died. The movie essentially said it was a result of CTE. Yet, these kids can't get 4 year guarantees.

Not only did The Identity Theft of Mitch Mustain change the way I look at Gus Malzhan, complaining about a TV network that allows a university to pay him millions seems odd.

Ryan Truex looks to be a pretty good young driver.

80 / 20 rule is gone too. Minnesota issued a letter "This change to tax law would mean Scholarship Seating contributions will no longer be 80 percent tax-deductible."

Per Joe Dunn, Bobby Johnson interviewed for the Raider job.

While he won a bowl game, I'm thinking because of the suspension and benching i might replace him with... Jamal Marcus. I hope Ulysees Gilbert III bumps someone from the list.

Brown played the most snaps at LB this year for the Chargers (482 out of a possible 997). Although DC, Gus Bradley, liked Adrian Phillips more and Brown suffered a high ankle sprain this year.

WVU expects to pay $1.3 million in excise tax. "That bill [...] includes provisions impacting college sports, including a 21 percent excise tax on those with the highest salaries in non-profit organizations like colleges and universities. The excise tax kicks in on an organization’s five highest paid employees who make more than $1 million a year."

Kiffin is paid to win and recruit. Boat racing your opponent in a Bowl game is good for recruiting. This was the game in a nutshell.

Disney buying part of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion "Before the buyout, 21st Century Fox will separate the Fox Broadcasting network and stations, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, FS1, FS2 and Big Ten Network into a newly listed company... Disney is launching new streaming services, which could be helped with the addition of the Fox assets."