* Jeff Scott, 39, formerly a co-offensive coordinator at Clemson and now USF’s head football coach, was once a very highly successful high school coach. But he was also a teacher–not a PE coach, a driver’s ed instructor or a “time out room” monitor. He taught math, which means he likely knows something about the duality of “student-athletes.”
* The New York Yankees just signed the best pitcher in baseball, the free-agent Gerrit Cole. His annual salary will be more than half of what the Tampa Bay Rays yearly payroll ($62 million) is. That’s Exhibit A for what’s blatantly wrong with Major League Baseball. As opposed to the other major professional sports, MLB has no salary cap. Teams, luxury tax notwithstanding, don’t have to play by the same rules.