Hey look, A.J.! Nebraska is having a jersey sale!
Nobody asked me but…..
1. Hey look, A.J.! Nebraska is having a jersey sale!: Georgia’s A.J. Green was suspended for four games for selling one of his game jerseys for $1,000. Hey, that’s against the rules. I know it. You know it and, more importantly, A.J. Green knows it.
But here at Mr. College Football we love irony. Nebraska has announced on its website that it will sell about 157 jerseys that will be worn by members of the Cornhusker team during its Oct. 16 game with Texas in Lincoln. In fact, Big Red fans can go on line right now and bid for the jersey of their choice. The No. 3 jersey of Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez is already going for $999.99. Nebraska officials told me they were going to take the names off the jerseys before selling them to the public.
2. It’s really starting to get ugly at North Carolina: ESPN.com’s Ivan Maisel reported this week that former North Carolina assistant coach John Blake made contact with Alabama defensive end Marcel Dareus and lobbied him to consider Gary Wichard as his agent. Reports today indicated that Blake also called the family of Nebraska DT Ndamukong Suh and that coach Bo Pelini was concerned about the contact.
Blake once worked for Wichard and is part of an investigation being conducted by the North Carolina Secretary of State. Yahoo Sports is reporting that there were a number of financial transactions between Blake and Wichard including some loans. Blake resigned his position at UNC on Sept. 5. Tar Heel coach Butch Davis apologized this week for the embarrassment this has brought to the school and said he was “sorry he trusted John Blake.” I have to wonder when this situation is going to reach critical mass.
3. Somebody should hire Joe Moglia as a head coach: Who is Joe Moglia? In the 1980s he was a college football coach at Lafayette and Darmouth. He loved coaching but had to get out because he was going through a divorce and needed to make some money to support his four kids. He went to Wall Street and eventually became the CEO of TD Ameritrade. He led that company to explosive growth and over seven years his average compensation was $14 million per year, including $21 million in 2008. He did well.
Now he is 60, financially set, and is going back to his dream of becoming a Division I-A football coach. He is working over 70 unpaid hours a week as a consultant to Nebraska coach Bo Pelini. “By the time I finish at Nebraska this year I will have invested over 4,000 hours learning how to be a head coach,” he said. “I’m going to convince somebody to take a chance on me.”
I’m sold. Check him out at www.coachjoemoglia.com.
4. It’s probably time to start giving Cameron Newton some love: Alabama’s Mark Ingram, LSU’s Patrick Peterson, and Michigan’s Denard Robinson deserve all the Heisman recognition they get. But what about quarterback Cam Newton of Auburn? A week ago he was the leading rusher in the SEC averaging about 19 carries a game. But Auburn did not call any running plays for him against Louisiana-Monroe in an effort to protect him. Smart move. He has been responsible for 20.4 points per game with his legs and his arm, which leads the nation. He is the nation’s second most efficient passer. In the next three weeks Auburn plays at Kentucky and at home against Arkansas and LSU. If he steps up big in those games and the Tigers win them all, people are going to notice.
5. I like the bowls but I don’t like 5-7 teams in bowls: When it comes to bowl games I believe in live and let live. If two conferences want to get together with a city and have a bowl game, then they should be free to do so. But the NCAA is considering legislation to allow the bowls to take teams with 5-7 records if there are not enough 6-6 teams to fill all the slots. Do the math: There are 119 eligible teams (USC can’t go to a bowl because of NCAA probation) and 35 bowls. It hasn’t happened yet, but sooner or later there are not going to be enough teams that are 6-6 or better to fill the 70 slots. The head coach and the athletics director may have no shame, but if I were the president of a school that was 5-7, I wouldn’t accept a bowl bid. If you do, your school deserves every ounce of criticism it is going to get.
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Ray Goff
October 6th, 2010
7:20 am
UGA rules
Grey Ghost
October 6th, 2010
7:30 am
College football has become like Wall Street and the banks, corrupt to the core.
The Nebraska thing...
October 6th, 2010
7:37 am
…ain’t the same thing as what AJ done did – you ain’t gettin’ no pew litzer for this piece of sensationalism…
That Joe Moglia...
October 6th, 2010
7:41 am
…guy had “enough” money 15 years ago to return to his “dream” of being a D1 head coach – just ask Obama…so shy should anyone care about him now?
"shy" = "why"...
October 6th, 2010
7:42 am
…oops…
Hot Dog
October 6th, 2010
7:45 am
So a 5-7 Georgia will not go to bowl game this year?
willie martinez
October 6th, 2010
7:45 am
What What
AU Man
October 6th, 2010
7:47 am
This jersey issue is water under the bridge. I’m tired of hearing about it. It looks like UNC may be in some very deep doodoo. Anyone who makes 14 mil is overpaid, I don’t care what they do or how well they do it. Cam Newton is most definitely a rising star. Maybe world order will be restored when Auburn takes UAT down a notch. War Cam Eagle!!! How about inviting lower tier teams to the peripheral bowls. I don’t like the idea of 5-7 teams in bowls either.
sugarpikegane
October 6th, 2010
7:49 am
I’m not sold on the Moglia thing…if he’s so sold on the idea why not take a job as a position coach and prove his mettle. He of all people should know that money can’t buy everything.
bamafan
October 6th, 2010
7:58 am
Hey AU Man – does this mean that Auburn University should be abbreviated at “AUA” to distinguish it from Auburn University in Montgomery?
If you think UGA will win 5 games this year, Hot Dog...
October 6th, 2010
7:59 am
…you are quite delusional..
BJohnDawg
October 6th, 2010
8:01 am
I saw a TV story on Moglia. Said he would only take a Head Coaching job, not a position job.And only at Div 1 or whatever they call it today. Seems when you are the CEO in one industry, you not really ready to cut your teeth in another. Notice he worked as a “Consultant”…not position coach or grad asst or volunteer coach. Labeled a consultant to save face.
His best route is to get a Div 3 or NAIA coaches gig and get some recent experience.then look to move up. but that may be beneath him.
That is correct, bamafan...
October 6th, 2010
8:02 am
…and Alabama should be UAT in order to distinguish it from UAB…
Bama Bob
October 6th, 2010
8:06 am
But I am sure you want Ga in a bowl at 5-7 right? Could happen. Or they could finish 3-9
Another Steve
October 6th, 2010
8:06 am
Good Morning Tony. I have been unable to find who will receive the proceeds of the Red Out Around the World Game Worn Jersey. It appears that the school will, but I have been unable to find an explanation of how these funds will be used.
In contrast, organizations such as the Make A Play Foundation raffle off items donated by players, such as SEC and NC rings, with the proceeds going to local communities.
(Enjoyed the Monday radio segment with Rogers Redding.)
Beast from the East
October 6th, 2010
8:07 am
Tony,
Lobby to change the rules if you don’t like them. The bottom line is AJ broke the rules and suffered the consequences like he should have. Nebraksa selling jeresys has nothing to do with AJ Green. UGA sells them, as well. All schools do and it’s within the rules.
I watched your show last night. I was shocked at how you provided a national platform for someone to throw the UT AD under the bus. It appeared to me that it was scripte. Did you, Keith and Phil get together beforehand to discuss the plot? Don’t get me wrong, I think the UT AD should have been canned over the hiring of Kiffen, but as a journalist it’s not your job to make that decision. It’s up to the powers that be in Knoxville. I lost a ton of respect for you last night. You appeared to be nothing more than just a “good ol boy” trying to help out one of your buddies (Fulmer) with no regard to the current administration. Fulmer also did his own lobbying on CBS a few weeks ago. Don’t think for one minute that has gone unnoticed. Tony, that’s the kind of shady dealings that we have to come to expect from our politicians…..not from a college footbal journalist.
Sad commentary on the sport we all love.
John
October 6th, 2010
8:09 am
Huh? So if I steal something from you and sell it, you’re cool with that? I mean, I don’t get paid to read your crap but it’s readers that get you paid. Yeah, I think I’ll go take some of Tony’s uga hats and take a poop in them.
Jason
October 6th, 2010
8:09 am
Come on Tony. We’ve already established that the schools who make large financial investments in their programs and give kids the coaches and supplies to make themselves better deserve to benefit from the succuss of their players. Nebraska is NOT doing the same thing AJ was doing. Nebraska is selling something that belongs to them. AJ was selling something that did not belong to him. You are dead wrong on this issue, and you need to get over it.
Dawg_Mike
October 6th, 2010
8:10 am
We are not worried about a damn bowl game in bumfuzzle east pahocky or anywhere else.
We are simply trying to win the next game.
Beast from the East
October 6th, 2010
8:11 am
Now that I’m done ranting about Tony and his political agenda, I would like to say congratulations to Cam Newton. He appears to have gotten himself back on track and is enjoying a great year so far. The Barners have fallen in love with his style of play and he seems to be getting better every week. Good luck, Cam and good luck War Eagles.
Ed
October 6th, 2010
8:12 am
Tony is NOT Mr college football. He’s Mr Uga and a sorry redneck idiot. Stewart Mandel and Andy Staples are 100 x better at covering the sport than this sack of hillbilly crap.
GaGator
October 6th, 2010
8:16 am
If you think UGA will win 5 games this year, Hot Dog…
October 6th, 2010
7:59 am
…you are quite delusional..
I was thinking 4 wins too.
Wil
October 6th, 2010
8:17 am
So let me get this straight. Tony is upset for someone selling something that belong to someone else? So Tony doesn’t believe in private property rights? He must be friends with obama.
The rest of us
October 6th, 2010
8:18 am
Hey Beast from the East, go cry a little bit more about your mighty Gators and leave the “agenda” rants to the women on The View.
5-7 bowl? don't tell mark richt...
October 6th, 2010
8:19 am
but can he get to 5 wins?
SuperB
October 6th, 2010
8:19 am
TonY: would John Blake be considered an agent based on his contact with Dareus and Suh?
5IML
October 6th, 2010
8:21 am
AU Man and bama fan,
To settle this whole thing, each school should revert to its original name. We will go back to “The University of the State of Alabama”, and Auburn will go back to “East Alabama Male College.”
Sounds fair to me.
ColumbiaDawg
October 6th, 2010
8:22 am
Why is the Nebraska jersey auction news? Georgia has the same kind of auction on its website. And I’ve seen game worn jerseys and helmets being sold at its bookstore.
But yes, I see the hypocrisy.
You Ain't-Know Gaily Whacker
October 6th, 2010
8:23 am
The Reporter: Mr. McGarity, where does the football program stand today ?
Greg: I will get it turned around. Here is where we are now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F54rqDh2mWA
We have a new mascot.
Beast from the East
October 6th, 2010
8:23 am
The rest of us,
I’m not crying about my Gators. I’m simply defending the administration at the University of Tennessee. How would you feel if Tony did that to your alma mater (assuming you have one)? By the way, since I don’t watch women’s shows can you let us know what The View is?
SimpleDawg
October 6th, 2010
8:24 am
I bet a friend $50.00 that Colorado couldn’t beat Georgia. He took the bet and we watched the replay of the game. Colorado won again.
He told me he wasn’t going to take my money because we were watching a replay.
I told him I knew that; I had watched the replay the night before….I just didn’t understand how we could lose that game the first time, much less twice.
We better beat the Vowels this weekend, or we will be the laughing stock of the SEC.
Of course this train wreck season could have a positive impact on recruiting……any big time high school player who wants to start his freshman year must be thinking, “I could certainly start for Georgia.”
Don’t you just love the Nebraska Jersey Sale…… Big deal, they’re going to take the names off before sending them to the purchaser…..do you not think whoever buys the jersey knows whose jersey it is?
John Blake should be prosecuted and jailed.
5 – 7 teams shouldn’t go to a bowl……….unless it’s the Dawgs.
ColumbiaDawg
October 6th, 2010
8:24 am
In 1995, when he was the Dallas Cowboys, John Blake accused Troy Aikman of being gay and a racist.
Mutt Nonsense
October 6th, 2010
8:25 am
“Hey, that’s against the rules. I know it. You know it and, more importantly, A.J. Green knows it.
BUT…”
Do you leg humpers think this just might be a little indicative of the discipline problem you’re having? It’s been a month and you still have grown men making excuses for a player who knowingly broke a rule. Let me get this straight, out of one side of the mouth we’re going to bemoan the fact that the team has no discipline or accountability, but out the other side when someone breaks a rule, we’ll file an appeal and publish written mea culpa’s saying its not his fault, its unfair. Yeah, great example….you’re reaping what you sow…
kirk herbstreit
October 6th, 2010
8:25 am
We don’t have this problem with names in Ohio, we are simply THE Ohio St. University
Gen Neyland
October 6th, 2010
8:28 am
Yeah, the bowls are watered down. $$$. The extra practice time will come in handy for a 5-7 squad. $$$. In that regard, why be critical of a team accepting the opportunity to stretch their season..? $$$. I’ve seen enough changes in college football over the last 20 years that to stop the changes now would give the sport whiplash. $$$…
The rest of us
October 6th, 2010
8:32 am
Nice try Beast. Taking out your frustration on a writer that works hard everyday? You might want to aim that aggression towards Gainesville. And yes, everyone one here that doesn’t agree with the mighty Gators is an inbred, good ol boy without any formal education. Work ‘em, Silly Gators!
BAMA dude
October 6th, 2010
8:33 am
What exactly is your point about the jerseys Tony? That Nebraska’s AD should be suspended four games? Not following you.
5IML
October 6th, 2010
8:35 am
Because this is Newton’s first year, there was no pre-season, Heisman hype. That’s what creates early favorites. Actual play creates late season buzz and decides the winner. If he continues to play well (against better competition), the next three games will propel him into the Heisman discussion. .
Gen Neyland
October 6th, 2010
8:35 am
SimpleDawg : Should the Dawgs beat Tennessee, we’ll both walk away 2-4. That’s where the humor may lie… ‘Course, we’ll still hold a 1 game lead in the SEC lost column, or is that UGA will still be 1 game down in the SEC lost column..? The race for last is getting hot..! Momma told me there would be seasons like this. Go Vols
bitter DA' slick rogers bigger orrannge vOOOls
October 6th, 2010
8:38 am
like sherman im goinna march down i-75 and kick everybody as=–s including them mutts in athens yaaaaaw!!!!, ps told yaaaw playing for cmr aint gonnnnna happen. looser’s
SimpleDawg
October 6th, 2010
8:39 am
Schools usually give bowl game jerseys to the players. So…the jersey belonged to AJ. Still….he broke the rules. This wasn’t the time for “civil disobedience”……. Twitting from suspension just doesn’t have the same significance as “Letters from a Birmingham Jail”.
I like the idea of FBS schools taking spots in Bowls instead of 6 – 6 & 5 – 7 teams…..let the FBS schools get some revenge for a change.
Oh, what? Ole Miss and Meechigan both lost to FBS schools? Oh well, all the more reason to include some of the top FBS schools in the bowls.
bitter recruit
October 6th, 2010
8:40 am
cmr, bosso the clown, please, enough said!!!
Bama Fan #2
October 6th, 2010
8:42 am
Former UNC coach John Blake is a PIMP!!! RTR
Beast from the East
October 6th, 2010
8:42 am
The rest of us,
This has nothing to do with UF and I made no such comments about any other fan base. Just voicing my opinion like you are. Mine came from what I saw on television last night. Yours comes from pre-conceived biases. Big difference. Work yourelf silly.
Bulldawgrob.
October 6th, 2010
8:45 am
Jason,
The jersey did belong to Aj Green the school gives the players the bowl jersey’s.You need to go back and read where it say’s that in the investigation.Also a judge just held up some former NCAA collage players right to sue over the NCAA using players likeness in video games such as EA sports collage football and off of player merchandise.This lawsuite was started by a couple of players and is being joined by more.It has a chance to come a class action lawsuite.
And whoever said that AJ was selling something...
October 6th, 2010
8:46 am
…that wasn’t his – to what are referring? Why was HIS jersey not his?
And, GAGator, I was thinking that UGA will be lucky to win 3 games this year; that is why I said Hot Dog was delusional with his 5 game projection…
RAMBLE ON!!!
October 6th, 2010
8:46 am
News flash for Homer Tony….Ummm, UGAg is 1-4. So why do you keep talking about those losers?
In case you didn’t know it, GT has a football team too, and they happen to be playing our DC former team this week.
Please stop referring to yourself as Mr. College Football. You are as much about College Football has Pee Wee Herman is to Body Building.
You’re becoming a pathetic joke.
Sautee Dawg
October 6th, 2010
8:51 am
Tony,
Enjoy your colums but, the jabs at A.J. Green are getting kinda old.
Time to move on to something else.
Newton will have a couple of games where he either throws a couple of picks or lays the ball on the ground a couple of times. That’s something else he hasn’t done yet. It’s coming though.
Mike
October 6th, 2010
8:53 am
Won’t the NCAA allow 6-6 teams with 2 FCS wins into bowl games before they allow losing teams in?
The Most Interesting Man Alive
October 6th, 2010
8:53 am
Beast, Tony is not a homer…………He is a Gomer.