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...graduate assistant under Bill Walsh at Stanford. He then moved to Hawaii, where he coached for three seasons, then moved to work under Rick Neuheisel at Washington for three years. In 2002, just one year before Neuheisel was axed after numerous recruiting violations and gambling on the NCAA tournament, Williams returned to his alma mater as defensive coordinator. In 2005, he worked under former Texas coach Dick Tomey at San Jose State as the defensive coordinator. The next year, he moved to the Jaguars, where he has served as a defensive assistant under head coach Jack Del Rio. Williams steps...
...believe it. The lowly Utes of the University of Utah had defeated the seemingly unstoppable Crimson Tide from Alabama—and there was a flag on the field. I couldn’t get over the absurd penalty call, and it got me thinking that the NCAA needs to abandon their draconian rules regarding ‘excessive’ celebration...
...talk trash, did not taunt anyone, and did not hit anyone. He just reacted to the realization of his, and the entire team’s, football dreams. There is much to be said for preserving a spirit of respect in college sports, win or lose, but the NCAA shouldn’t include Sylvester’s celebration under the mantle of disrespectful behavior. This was not unsportsmanlike conduct, but unbridled joy. And a young athlete’s joy, and sense of achievement, should never earn him or her a penalty...
...Student-athletes are not paid; they are not vying for a contract extension or to increase their market price as a free agent. Many, as the NCAA likes to say, will turn pro “in something other than sports.” When a human being puts him or herself through the crucible that a sport can be, subjects him or herself to the mental and physical discipline and sacrifice, and puts his or her body on the line without a paycheck in sight, something deeper is at work. When I was growing up, we called this...
...increasingly, this love is the last pure thing the NCAA can protect. Despite their many policies and restrictions, money has saturated college sports. With prestigious programs paying millions for coaches and millions more for stadiums and television deals, it has never been more important to encourage playing sports for sports’ sake...