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If the NFL is the No Fun League, then the excessive-celebration rule has turned college football into 22 guys waiting for a bus. Of all the rules in American sports, from the hammer throw to bass fishing, this is the dumbest idea ever created by subhuman minds. I keep imagining 10 rules officials sitting in a room, every one of them wearing white, short-sleeved dress shirts and narrow ties, saying: "You know, we should stop these maniacal egos who raise their hands with their teammates and smile after touchdowns. Whatever happened to the handshake?"
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There cannot possibly be a tougher job in college football than Big East commissioner. That is not meant as a defense of the outgoing John Marinatto, who is as responsible for what has happened to the league as the dueling ... more »
When Big East Commissioner John Marinatto resigned Monday, the battered league was left at another crossroads. It could either crumble or find itself a billion-dollar television deal in September. The Big East, scheduled to... more »
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