Coach Bill Lewis

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The FBI arrested 10 people on charges of charges of fraud and corruption in college basketball on Tuesday. The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that four college basketball coaches at University of Arizona, Auburn, and Oklahoma State University and had been arrested, as well as managers, financial advisors, and representatives of a major international sportswear company. Link: http://www.businessinsider.com/college-b...sts-2017-9

Anybody know what channels? I have Roku and can stream BeIn.

If you know your kicker can kick the ball through the end zone why the hell cant you kick it out of bounds? I disagree with what UAB did, the coverage shouldn't have allowed the return, and the young man made a great play - but was curious if there was a better call there. Squib kick? Pooch is what I'd have done. I think.

Pease was given his walking papers. Kugler is not long for this world either. Tough times "out in that west Texas town of El Paso."

Week Three Group of 5 Rankings From Messey Ratings https://ibb.co/hy1fw5

Liberty even offered to open its checkbook. Sources told me that in 2016, Liberty offered Conference USA millions of dollars more than the usual $2 million admission fee for an invitation. How many millions more? One source pegged the offer at $24 million. The offer coincidentally came at about the same time C-USA was learning its TV revenue would soon crater, going from paying $1.1 million per school annually to about $200,000. Read more: https://pilotonline.com/sports/columnist...7fa70.html

Marshall will be starting its own TV network similar to The Longhorn Network as well as SEC Network and BYU. Pretty cool for them and the conference. http://www.herdzone.com/genrel/090717aab.html

Bennett has witnessed it the same as everyone else. The Power 5 conferences — the nickname bestowed upon the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC and Pac-12 — and the Group of 5 leagues, which includes C-USA, have each gravitated toward opposite ends of the financial spectrum in recent years. In 2005, Texas A&M generated $64.2 million in revenue, while Southern Miss hauled in $18.2 million. More than a decade later, Texas A&M’s (which joined the SEC in 2011) total revenue has increased by 203 percent. Over the same span, Southern Miss has seen its number grow by just 42 percent. For Bennett, the gap became vastly more precipitous with the advent of television networks solely dedicated to the coverage of certain leagues and the influx of cash attached to them. “I think it really started when institutions started seeing significant dollars related to TV rights and packages. The ability to market and sell TV rights to organizations in the media really set us on a different trajectory,” said Bennett, the first Southern Miss president to serve as chairman of C-USA's board of directors in its 20-plus year history. The course in question began moving toward the stratosphere in earnest a few years ago. The SEC reported $527.4 million worth of revenue in 2014-15, the first year of the College Football Playoff and the SEC Network. That figure represented a more than 60 percent increase over the previous year and brought in more than $33 million per SEC institution. In fiscal year 2015, the Big Ten made $448.8 million from its media rights agreement. C-USA, on the other hand, is headed into the second and final year of a media rights deal that will net $2.8 million. http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story...589702001/

Hope all our Rice and Houston pals are staying safe during Harvey. This storm is a biatch!! Things are getting worse every hour in Houston, it sounds like it is turning into a Katrina like situation with flooding all over. I have seen some estimates of 50" plus of rain, that is just unreal. Please stay safe, Owls, and update us when you can

Nothing too major but worth the read IMHO. http://footballscoop.com/news/reminder-n...17-season/

Weird timing no? http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/amp/U...760945.php

North Texas “They have a spread offense out of that Larry Fedora tree, and you saw how much better those guys were playing in that system right away.” “They have some talent, and they should be able to get some pretty good players out of Dallas every year.” “They had a junior running back that our staff thought was pretty good (Jeffrey Wilson), probably one of the better guys in the league until he got hurt.” “The freshman quarterback (Mason Fine) was kind of a shorter guy but really moved around the pocket well and created some plays with his feet. I was impressed with him, but he got hurt too at the end of the year.” “When you’ve got the quarterback and running back coming back, that’s a great start. They lost some receivers, but they’ll be solid coming into the second year of that system.” https://athlonsports.com/college-footbal...-foes-2017

2019 and 2023 in Stark 2024 in Hattiesburg Miss.

Kiffen is loading up his roster with lots of talent. This is the way you win in CUSA. They are my darkhorse to win the East. https://www.si.com/college-football/2017...s-pitt-fsu

key signee leaves note on pillow. https://www.minerrush.com/2017/8/4/16099...his-season

Interesting article on transfers. https://heatcheckcbb.com/2017/07/01/coll...mbers/amp/ CUSA tops the list.

Nothing garners as much attention as knocking off one of the big boys. If C-USA, whose 14 members are playing together for the first time this year, is to take the next step , taking down a few more Power 5 schools is an essential part of the formula. “That’s one of the things we need to do is turn the corner on some of our non-conference games: get some big wins for us early in the season,” commissioner Judy McLeod said at the C-USA Kickoff last week. Old Dominion coach Bobby Wilder agreed. “We’re not supposed to beat the P5,” he said. “We don’t have the facilities, we don’t have the resources, we don’t have the five- and the four-star kids, we have the three and the twos. “But if we can pull off a couple of wins there, if we can do well against the other G5s, if the entire league – including us – can get off to a good start, that as much as anything speaks to the reputation of our league.” https://pilotonline.com/sports/college/o...a8228.html

FAU's Lucky Whitehead has been released from the Cowboys after being arrested for shoplifting.

Matt Luke is the interim coach. Looks like there was some new info revealed. He should have stayed at Arky State!

Committee is putting more of an emphasis on away-game wins. http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/medi...uality-win

UNT's Juan Sebastian Muñoz shot a blistering 61 (-9) today to take at 2-stroke first-day lead at this week's PGA Tournament at the venerable Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia. Link: http://golfweek.com/2017/07/06/pga-tour-...r-classic/

Wilson was able to parlay a big payday from his former school. http://www.fbschedules.com/2017/07/lsu-u...-schedule/