I take full responsibility for the win/loss record of the baseball program over the 80 games I have served as head coach. My goal was to work with young people again and restore the South Carolina program to greatness with a return to Omaha.
The NCAA is charged with supporting its member institutions and enforcing the rules that they adopt. Its even-handed enforcement of the eligibility rules is necessary to ensure a level playing field among all competitors and to provide opportunities for incoming student-athletes. If courts can intervene in NCAA eligibility decisions to provide special treatment to favored athletes, then the NCAA's ability to ensure fair athletic competition in which all participants play by the same rules will depend upon the whims of trial courts throughout the country.
So you couldn't score a wildly expensive ticket to Monday's College Football Playoff National Championship game between the Miami Hurricanes and Indiana Hoosiers. Well, you're not alone, and so what? There are still plenty of ways to cheer on the home team, which last won a national title in 2002, at official CFP events and watch parties popping up at bars, clubs and restaurants throughout South Florida.
Troy averages 80.5 points per game (75th in college basketball) while giving up 73.6 per contest (174th in college basketball). It has a +213 scoring differential overall and outscores opponents by 6.9 points per game. The Trojans score 6.8 more points than the Golden Eagles concede (73.7).