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Even as early as last summer -- when several big name college programs were roiling under allegations of improper gifts, academic fraud and recruiting violations -- sports analysts had dubbed 2011 the year of college sports scandals.

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Sandusky attorney's 'shower theory'updated: Sat Dec 31 2011 06:38:00

One of Jerry Sandusky's attorneys offers a hypothetical answer to why an adult would need to shower with a child.

SI.com: Richard Deitsch: College Football Television Roundtableupdated: Fri Aug 26 2011 18:35:00

Few televised sports inspire more passion than college football, especially when it comes to opinions on announcers and the networks that employ them. With kickoff less than a week away, I asked college football writers Stewart Mandel, Andy Staples and George Schroeder to join me for a roundtable on a number of television-related topics:

Scandal rocks University of Miamiupdated: Fri Aug 19 2011 15:08:00

BJ Schecter, executive editor with SI.com, on an ex-booster's claims that the school spent millions on athletes.

SI.com: Stewart Mandel: Can Ingram avoid Heisman jinx in BCS title game?updated: Thu Jan 07 2010 12:20:00

Mark Ingram barely had time to adjust his seat and take a drink of water at the start of his press conference last Sunday before the first of several reporters asked him the inevitable question.

SI.com: Andy Staples: Irish will always be relevant -- with the right coach in placeupdated: Sun Nov 29 2009 04:21:00

Analysts Kirk Herbstreit and Chris Fowler had a fascinating argument during ESPN's College GameDay on Saturday morning. Herbstreit complained about the constant blather about Notre Dame, saying the Fighting Irish don't deserve all the attention they get because they haven't been relevant on the national scene since 1993.

SI.com: Richard Deitsch: Media Power Rankings for Aprilupdated: Mon May 05 2008 14:23:00

1. Bob Costas, HBO Sports: Immediately following the conclusion of his live, 90-minute program last week on the state of the sports media, Costas was asked if he planned to survey the inevitable coverage of the show across the sports blogosphere. He said he would take a "brief" look. (Cue interviewer, in this case, yours truly, smiling a skeptical smile.)

SI.com: Richard Deitsch: Evaluating the media's draft performanceupdated: Tue Apr 29 2008 19:03:00

NEW YORK -- The first round lasted three hours and 30 minutes -- the fastest opening round since 1990. The entire process took just 14 hours and 26 minutes.

SI.com: Kevin Armstrong: Independence, DeMatha fall after Herbstreit lossesupdated: Wed Sep 05 2007 23:20:00

The Buckeye State proved up to the task of battling the nation's best last weekend in the third annual Kirk Herbstreit Ohio versus the USA Challenge.

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