To start, and because you are already bored at work, here is a good piece from the NCAA website onFR Chris James’ introduction to college football and how he’s approaching it. Watch the video on that page also, its a fun look at the freshman. Pay attention to LB Brian Popp and DL Connor Dintino and tell me they don’t look like football players.
A little ‘look behind the scenes’ at some rules that are pertinent this time of the season…
Even though readers of The PITT Blather are already the most intelligent college football fans there is always something else to learn. I was wondering the other day about exactly how a university’s athletic department and football staff strike a balance between what is required by the NCAA and how to best make use of the limited allowed time they can use to impose football preparations onto the players.
It is almost like rocket science when you look at everything that has to take place to maintain the athletic and academic career of the student-athlete. But, to me, it is something that has to be formalized to ensure college football doesn’t lose its basic traditions. Here is an basic overview of the rules.
If you are interested in the minutia of the NCAA regulations regarding what is required and allowed for college football programs this website explains it well. You’ll have a headache after reading it.
Here is a nice companion piece for those of us who wonder what really goes on with the players between the football seasons, this is a great article written by a guy who was an All-SEC tight end. It’s informative and entertaining.
