Miami & Chicago a couple of hit shows ...As the Big East and Atlantic Coast conferences continue to play out the dramaturgy dram·a·tur·gy n. The art of the theater, especially the writing of plays. dram  a·tur of their mid-summer crack-ups, college sport is sitting
uneasily by waiting for the final act to unfold.
As the distinguished philosopher, Dr. Lawrence Berra, so succinctly put it: "It ain't over till it's over." And this one ain't over (as we write us). The Big East still has to replace its disaffected members, Miami and Virginia Tech. We confess: We don't see a tragedy anywhere. The truth is that we never understood why Miami, a giant from Deep South football country, ever joined a basically basketball league Noun 1. basketball league - a league of basketball teams basketball team, five - a team that plays basketball league, conference - an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members in the Upper North. There were no neighborhood rivalries, mutual academic interests, tradition, or any other communal relationship. Miami/Big East appeared to be just another one of those lucrative TV bookings. The ultimate crack-up crack·up or crack-up n. Informal 1. A crash, as one involving an airplane or automobile. 2. A mental or physical breakdown. Noun 1. doesn't compare with the classic default of the University of Chicago from the Big Ten. When Chicago dropped football and then the Big Ten, it was a shot heard around the world. This was Chicago, the team that Amos Alonzo Stagg Amos Alonzo Stagg (August 16 1862 – March 17 1965) was a renowned American collegiate coach in multiple sports, primarily football, and an overall athletic pioneer. He was born in West Orange, New Jersey, and attended Phillips Exeter Academy. had coached from 1892 to 1932 and which had been one of the premier football powers of the first quarter of a century. The overwhelming sentiment was that the move was un-American and that the alumni, the student body, and maybe even the Gipper would rise in protest. There was protest, but no revolution. The Big Ten became the Big Nine until the new kid on the block, Michigan State, could be sworn in. The Big Ten and Michigan State have been living happily forever after, and Chicago became a happy have-not--until suddenly it began writing a postscript to its ancient history. On May 1, 2003, more than 50 years after leaving the Big Ten, Chicago announced the construction of an Athletics Hall of Fame dedicated to all of its great athletes of the past. A committee of faculty, staff, and alumni has selected an inaugural class of 24 of the most legendary athletes in Chicago history, such as Stagg, initial Heisman Trophy Heisman Trophy Annual award given to the outstanding college gridiron football player in the U.S. The trophy was instituted in 1935 by New York City's Downtown Athletic Club and was officially named the following year for the club's first athletic director, the player-coach winner Jay Berwanger John Jay Berwanger (March 19, 1914 - June 26, 2002) was an American football player born in Dubuque, Iowa. He was the first winner of the Heisman Trophy in 1935 — at that time awarded to the best player east of the Mississippi River. , Walter Steffen Walter Steffen (born October 9, 1886) was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969. , Pat Page, Laura Silvieus, Fritz Crisler Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler (born January 12, 1899 near Earlville, Illinois; died August 19, 1982) was a head football coach, best known for his tenure at the University of Michigan from 1938 to 1947. , Walter Eckersell, Bill Haarlow, and George Lott George Martin Lott (October 16, 1906 - December 2, 1991) was an American tennis player and tennis coach who was born in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Lott is mostly remembered as being one of the greatest doubles players of all time. He won the U.S. . It was awesome, restoring a spirit that had lath dormant for a half-century. What a testimonial to sport and alma mater! On October 10, the University of Chicago will hold the formal induction ceremony in Hutchinson Commons. On October 11, the editor of Coach & Athletic Director with begin the electioneering for the Class of 2004. His candidate: Clark Shaughnessy, football coach, 1933-39; one of the most brilliant minds in football history; while at the U. of Chicago, he helped George Halas and Ralph Jones develop the T-formation, then moved to Stanford, where he introduced the T to college football in 1940 (with an unbeaten team). Shaughnessy became a college coach at age 23 (Tulane) and served as technical advisor to the great Chicago Bears team of 1951-62. |
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