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NCAA enacts Rooney-esque Rule for Division I-A football

Somehow this story slipped through the cracks over the weekend, but the Washington Post has reported that the NCAA Division I-A Athletic Directors Association instituted a written policy mandating that athletic departments interview at least one minority candidate for open head coaching positions in football.
Of course, this is a derivative of the so-called “Rooney Rule” [...]

Floyd Keith is displeased with Texas A&M

Like other college football observers, I was mildly surprised when Texas A&M hired former Packers head coach Mike Sherman to replace Dennis Franchione. I wasn’t even aware that Sherman was looking for another head coaching job, although given his previous ties to College Station, the move was understandable. However, the speed with which the move [...]

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