Vols' response to NCAA: Pruitt, staff 'deceived' monitors
NCAA investigators opened a case in December 2020 and became more involved within the two weeks before Pruitt was fired. The university mirror-imaged football staffers’ cellphones, leading to information the NCAA noted in July that helped substantiate the alleged violations. In addition to Pruitt, Tennessee fired two assistants and seven members of the recruiting and support staff. ___AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/college-football and https://twitter.com/ap_top25. Sign up for the AP’s college football newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/mrxhe6f2Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.
wftv.comNo. 23 UCF sweeps Tulane, moves to 26-1
23 UCF volleyball swept Tulane 3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-20) Wednesday night to improve to 26-1, 18-1 in the American Athletic Conference. McKenna Mellville finished with 23 kills and entered the Top 10 all-time kills list in NCAA history. The Knights have now swept six consecutive opponents and they have only lost 13 sets all season. UCF hosts Houston Friday. The Cougars handed the Knights their only loss of the season back on October 7.
wftv.comWidow asks $55M from NCAA for ex-USC football player's death
“The NCAA had nothing to do with the things that tragically took Mr. Gee’s life,” attorney Will Stute said. The monthlong trial is one of hundreds of wrongful death and personal injury lawsuits brought by college football players against the NCAA in the past decade. But Gee’s is only the second case to go to trial with allegations that hits to the head led to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease. Stute said the wrongful death case was about what caused Gee's death and not whether CTE exists. The league agreed to settle head injury cases covering 20,000 retired players providing up to $4 million for a death involving CTE.
wftv.comWidow asks $55M from NCAA for ex-USC football player's death
Attorneys asked a jury Monday to award $55 million to the widow of a former USC football player, in a landmark case accusing the NCAA of failing to protect him from repetitive head trauma that led to his death. Matthew Gee, a hard-hitting linebacker who was on the 1990 Rose Bowl-winning squad, endured countless blows that caused permanent brain damage and led to cocaine and alcohol abuse that eventually killed him at age 49, his lawyers said in closing arguments. In the first case of its kind to go to a jury, the attorneys in told Los Angeles Superior Court jurors that the NCAA, the governing body of college athletics in the U.S., had known about effects of head trauma in sports since the 1930s but failed for decades to notify players of the risks or put rules in place to protect players.
news.yahoo.comBrown's Olivia Pichardo becomes first woman on DI NCAA baseball roster
Freshman Olivia Pichardo made Brown's baseball roster as the first woman named to a Division I NCAA baseball team. Brown announced the news on Monday after Pichardo made the cut following an open tryout. She's one of 31 players listed on the roster ahead of the spring season. Brown baseball coach Grant Achilles said that he was wowed by her workout during the open tryouts in the fall. Pichardo said that Brown players have fully embraced throughout the process of trying out and making the team.
wftv.comAthletes Unlimited promoting volleyball growth with new ESPN partnership, exhibition tour
Athletes Unlimited Volleyball will exclusively partner with ESPN for all five weeks of its upcoming third volleyball season. Instead of its usual spring start, the AU volleyball season will be aired in October and November to coincide with the massively popular NCAA volleyball season that set records for ESPN last year. “None of us growing up had the opportunity to see professional volleyball,” former player and now AU Director of Sport Cassidy Lichtman told Yahoo Sports. On the tour, athletes will also visit local clubs, schools, community events, and even host clinics to promote the growth of the game. “Getting the opportunity to play professional volleyball in front of family and friends is quite literally a dream come true,” Brown told Yahoo Sports.
wftv.comWomen's college basketball storylines: Can South Carolina repeat? Will UConn's Elite Eight run end?
Will South Carolina repeat and join dynasty status? South Carolina is looking to become one of them. 2 recruit in the 2021 class, would seem to be the leading contender as the only point guard on the roster. UConn’s current run of consecutive Final Four appearances is at 14 after finishing runner-up to South Carolina in April. Pick: South Carolina, Iowa, Stanford, Notre DameSouth Carolina is a favorite to win it all again with so much talent back.
wftv.comMiami coach Katie Meier suspended for 1st 3 games of season
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — (AP) — Miami women’s basketball coach Katie Meier has been suspended for the first three games of the season while the school cooperates with an NCAA probe. The NCAA has not announced any sanctions against Miami, which means this is a self-imposed penalty by the university. “I have, and will continue to, collaborate transparently with the NCAA as they review an enforcement matter with the Hurricanes' women’s basketball program. Meier said she suspended the guard for “conduct detrimental to the team,” and the Hurricanes lost in the second round. Meier has won 324 games at Miami, the most in the school’s basketball history, and 400 games overall.
wftv.comAP source: Katie Meier suspended for Miami's opening 3 games
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — (AP) — Miami women’s basketball coach Katie Meier has been suspended for the first three games of the season while the school cooperates with an NCAA probe, a person with knowledge of the matter said Sunday. The games Meier will miss Monday’s season-opener against Maryland-Eastern Shore, Thursday's game against Stetson and a Nov. 13 matchup with Boston University, all at home. Her 2011-12 team spent most of the season as a top-10 team in the AP Top 25, reaching No. Meier said she suspended the guard for “conduct detrimental to the team,” and the Hurricanes lost in the second round. Meier has won 324 games at Miami, the most in the school’s basketball history, and 400 games overall.
wftv.comMiami coach Katie Meier suspended for 1st 3 games of season
Miami women’s basketball coach Katie Meier has been suspended for the first three games of the season while the school cooperates with an NCAA probe. Meier said Sunday that she is also cooperating with the NCAA. Neither she, the school nor the NCAA has released specifics of the probe, other than Miami calling it “an enforcement matter."
news.yahoo.comSEC basketball preview: Kentucky leads a loaded conference hoping to avoid another NCAA flameout
The SEC made a strong showing last season, producing six NCAA tournament teams all seeded sixth or higher. The Vols disappointed in the NCAA tournament last season with a second-round exit to No. Alabama, Auburn lead rest of SEC contendersAlabama and Auburn also suffered early exits in last season's NCAA tournament. A top-20 recruiting class headlined by 6-foot-11 five-star forward Yohan Traore rounds out a roster that should compete for another high NCAA tournament seed. Senior point guard Jahvon Quinerly is back at practice after tearing an ACL in the NCAA tournament.
wftv.comNCAA determination in Louisville case seems to contradict federal prosecution that sent three people to prison
Christian Dawkins is currently in federal prison in Alabama for, in part, defrauding the University of Louisville. On Wednesday, the NCAA released its "Public Infractions Decision" on the Louisville case which included the Bowen allegations and other items. “The mere existence of a sponsorship agreement is not enough to trigger the apparel company as a representative of Louisville’s athletics interests,” the panel determined. He supposedly violated NCAA rules, except now the group that rules in complicated NCAA cases has said that maybe he didn’t. “I don’t care what the NCAA rules now, I don’t want to see any coach or anybody lose their livelihood,” Code continued.
wftv.comLouisville escapes major sanctions in hoops bribery case
The IARP concluded that Fair “was knowingly involved” in arranging a cash payment in exchange for a player enrolling at Louisville. The IARP was created out of proposals from a commission led by former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in 2018 to reform college basketball. It followed a federal investigation announced in September 2017 that involved numerous college basketball programs accused of giving illicit cash to recruits. In the Louisville case, federal prosecutors alleged that Adidas representatives funneled $125,000 to a recruit’s family to get him to attend the school. ___More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/College-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.
wftv.comLouisville escapes major sanctions in hoops bribery case
An independent panel has placed the Louisville basketball program on two years of probation and fined it $5,000, but spared the school major penalties from NCAA allegations leveled in the aftermath of a federal investigation of corruption in college basketball.
Kansas basketball finally gives up on its 'Victim Jayhawks' routine
Kansas basketball gave up on its “Victim Jayhawks” routine Wednesday when it announced a slew of self-imposed sanctions designed to appease the NCAA before the governing body hands down its own expected punishment for years of rule violations. The Jayhawks have the 12th ranked recruiting class in the country committed and it likely will only improve. That doesn't mean they didn't exist, nor that KU and Self didn't make tens of millions off them. “In my mind, it’s KU, Bill Self,” Gassnola texted back, intimating how Kansas deserved the best players before other Adidas schools such as Louisville or North Carolina States. “The narrative is based on innuendo, half-truths, mis-impressions and mischaracterizations,” Self once said about the NCAA charges.Yeah, well, about that.
wftv.comACC basketball preview: North Carolina looks to improve on 2022's title-game run as Duke reloads post-Coach K
The ACC is top-heavy this season with the usual suspects expected to contend for a Final Four run and beyond. North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis looks to build off the success of his rookie season with the nation's No. North Carolina stunned college basketball last season with a trip to the national championship game as a No. But this year's Duke team is built on the blueprint of late-model Coach K.Gone are first-round picks Paolo Banchero, Mark Williams, A.J. The good news for Virginia is that it returns all five starters from last season's team.
wftv.comBig 12 basketball preview: Can Baylor get past Kansas after national title run?
The top of the Big 12 conference is loaded to start off the season, thanks largely to the Lone Star state. Here’s everything you need to know about the Big 12:Ranked Big 12 TeamsFor the full Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll, click here. And, Drew landed five-star Rivals.com recruit Keyonte George — who is their highest-ranked recruit ever and a popular pick to win Big 12 Freshman of the Year. Add in Iowa State transfer Tyrese Hunter, the former Big 12 Freshman of the Year, to the mix, too. A healthy Dylan Disu, in my mind can be an all-conference player, and certainly Brock Cunningham, again one of the all-time Big 12 greats.
wftv.comEXPLAINER: What's at stake in concussion case against NCAA?
The Gee case could be the first to reach a jury. He went through one training camp with the Raiders, but did not make the team and he stopped playing football. While the plaintiff's lawyers make the case that Gee's CTE was the result of concussions suffered playing in college, proving that definitively is difficult. “And that’s not to say the NCAA does not care about athletes' health, which is often how it gets portrayed. Damages from the Gee case would likely be manageable for the NCAA.
wftv.comAthletes Unlimited basketball 2nd season tips off in February with veteran roster, moves to Dallas
“We’re excited to bring in some new players,” AU head of basketball operations Ilene Hauser told Yahoo Sports ahead of the announcement. There’s some really great young players that are going to be part of AU basketball this year [and] we’re excited to see what they do. The first season of the basketball league was announced one year ago and was played in Las Vegas from January through February. “For players that weren’t going overseas, now they’re even more excited to be able to stay home and play basketball,” Hauser said. “It’s a melting pot for girls basketball,” Hauser said, citing the proximity of top-25 high school programs and collegiate teams.
wftv.comMichigan's Harbaugh: PSU's Franklin 'ringleader' in scuffle
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said Penn State coach James Franklin acted as a “ringleader” when the No. 4 Wolverines and No. 13 Nittany Lions clashed nearly two weeks ago, dismissing Franklin’s claim that a policy change was needed to keep things orderly beneath Michigan Stadium.
Trial starts in concussion case of dead USC football player
One of Gee's attorneys, Justin Shrader, said she is seeking $1.8 million in damages based on her husband's life expectancy. He said Gee is also seeking damages for wrongful death, loss of her husband's companionship and a survival claim for Gee. “Alana wants to be one of the last widows to find out that college football can cause CTE,” Shrader said, referring to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease. Hall of Famers diagnosed after death include Ken Stabler and Mike Webster and Junior Seau, a teammate of Matthew Gee's at USC. As with Seau, who killed himself in 2012, Gee's brain was examined posthumously at BU and found to have CTE.
wftv.comNCAA on trial in concussion case of dead USC football player
The center has found CTE in the brains of 110 of 111 deceased former NFL players and 48 of 53 former college players, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Hall of Famers diagnosed after death include Ken Stabler and Mike Webster and Junior Seau, a teammate of Gee's at USC. As with Seau, who killed himself in 2012, Gee's brain was examined posthumously at BU and found to have CTE. “For the NCAA, the continued expansion and operation of college football was simply too profitable to put at risk.”In his senior year, Gee was team captain and led USC in tackles, forced fumbles and fumbles recovered. Blaming Gee’s death on substance abuse will not shield the NCAA from evidence showing he had CTE, which is not caused by drugs and alcohol, Low said.
wftv.comCan NIL help lift Black colleges? At heart of big-time athletics debate: 'That's not the HBCU mission'
So hoping it will budget the needed funds for its historically Black schools, Jackson State, Alcorn State and Mississippi Valley State, to educate and uplift young residents it has worked for generations to systematically marginalize is a pipe dream. Optical problem of putting athletics at front of HBCU lineEncouraging Black student athletes to attend schools built for them isn't a new idea. From Deion to Eddie George to Bronny James, star power mattersWhile I remain skeptical of Sanders, his effect on Jackson State in just two years is undeniable. "I think that's the thing that Deion brings, that Prime Time, that coolness factor. I think that's the change that someone like a Bronny could bring.
wftv.comConcussion lawsuit against NCAA could be first to reach jury
Of the hundreds of wrongful death and personal injury lawsuits brought by college football players against the NCAA in the past decade, Gee's is only the second to head toward trial and could be the first to reach a jury. “For years (the NCAA) has kept players like Matthew Gee and the public in the dark about an epidemic that was slowly killing college athletes,” Alana Gee's lawsuit said. As with Seau, who killed himself in 2012, Gee's brain was examined posthumously and found to have CTE. But that began to change around 2013 when he began to lose control of his emotions, the lawsuit said. Blaming Gee’s death on substance abuse will not shield the NCAA from evidence showing he had CTE, which is not caused by drugs and alcohol, Low said.
wftv.comBaylor coach Scott Drew wants the NCAA tournament to expand to 128 teams
Scott Drew wants the NCAA tournament to be bigger. So instead of just a minor expansion, Drew wants to go all out. "I would like to see it go to 128 [teams]," Drew said, via ESPN . "Players, they work all their life to be a part of the NCAA tournament," Drew said, via ESPN . "I'm a huge fan of the [NCAA tournament]," Yormark said, via ESPN .
wftv.comIf a Utah football player really was offered $1 million to transfer, it's cause for celebration, not concern
The athletic director at the University of Utah, Mark Harlan, told Sports Illustrated this week that a Utes football player was contacted by an NIL collective associated with another school and offered “about a million dollars” to transfer. Utah, Boston College and the sport as a whole expressed everything from concern to frustration over these offers to transfer. College coaches and leaders have dubbed these offers as “inducements” and called it “tampering.”A clear mind would see it as something else — a cause for celebration. Exactly what kind of person, and what kind of industry, would villainize another person after finding out that someone wants to pay them a million dollars to do something? And yet college coaches and administrators took that loss and that scolding and just found a new boogeyman — someone might offer one of their players a better deal.
wftv.comNCAA Tournament expansion? Please don't do it
Coaches want a bigger tournament because, well, it’s then easier to get in (and they get bonus money for it). Administrators want a bigger tournament because it will increase revenue. Television executives want a bigger tournament because it will generate more viewers for the daytime blocks on truTV. Reaching the NCAA Tournament should be an accomplishment. The NCAA Tournament is a throw-back event of enduring popularity.
wftv.comCoach Dawn Staley earns Billie Jean King Leadership award
Staley will accept the Billie Jean King Leadership Award at the Women’s Sports Foundation's Annual Salute to Women in Sports. She recently guided the U.S. women’s basketball team to its seventh straight gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. She watched her former South Carolina star A'ja Wilson win the WNBA title with the Las Vegas Aces and earn MVP honors last month. Now among the highest-paid coaches in women's basketball, the 52-year-old Staley enters her 15th season at the helm. AP: What makes the South Carolina women’s basketball program so strong?
wftv.comNCAA puts Memphis on 3 years' probation, no tourney ban
The IARP ruled that Memphis failed to monitor Hardaway as an athletics booster, provided impermissible benefits and other benefits to recruits. The panel also ruled Memphis failed to cooperate with the investigation by delaying handing over requested documents but decided these were Level II and III violations. He wasn't hired as Memphis' coach until March 2018, and Wiseman committed to the Tigers in November 2018. Wiseman played the first game of the 2019-20 season before the NCAA ruled Wiseman ineligible. The IARP also wants Memphis to vacate all wins and records of the three games Wiseman played with those reflected in Hardaway’s career records.
wftv.comNCAA gives LSU 1-year probation for ex-assistant's conduct
— (AP) — The NCAA placed LSU’s football program on one year of probation Thursday after determining that former offensive line coach James Cregg violated recruiting restrictions during the 2020 football season. LSU fired Cregg in June 2021, citing alleged violations of NCAA recruiting rules. The NCAA investigation found Cregg arranged to greet a recruit and his family in September 2020 and gave the recruit a bag of used LSU gear. Cregg and the assistant recruiting director “acknowledged that they knew their conduct was impermissible,” the NCAA committee stated. The other penalties that the NCAA announced Thursday already had been self-imposed by LSU.
wftv.comLSU hit with NCAA penalties for violating recruiting rules during pandemic
LSU was hit with NCAA penalties on Thursday, but they weren't related to the scandal involving former basketball coach Will Wade. In addition to Cregg, a former assistant director of recruiting for LSU separately met with the prospect during that dead period. Greeting the family violated dead period rules while giving the recruit gear violated NCAA rules about recruiting inducements. According to the NCAA, both the coach and assistant recruiting director "acknowledged that they knew their conduct was impermissible." "The COVID-19 recruiting dead period was intended to protect the health and safety of prospects, student-athletes and institutional staff.
wftv.comKentucky notifies NCAA of violations for unperformed work
LEXINGTON, Ky. — (AP) — Kentucky has self-reported violations to the NCAA following an investigation into athletes being compensated for part-time work that was not performed at the university hospital. The school asked that the violations be processed as Level III in the report, which was released Saturday but submitted Sept. 3 to NCAA reinstatement director Jerry Vaughn. The school began an investigation after learning in February of possible violations, which were found to have occurred between spring 2021 and March. Kentucky’s athletics compliance determined that violations had occurred and declared the athletes ineligible as corrective actions, the document stated. Athletes also will not be able to work with UK Healthcare without a specific academic reason.
wftv.comKentucky notifies NCAA of violations for unperformed work
Kentucky has self-reported violations to the NCAA following an investigation into athletes being compensated for part-time work that was not performed at the university hospital. The school asked that the violations be processed as Level III in the report, which was released Saturday but submitted Sept. 3 to NCAA reinstatement director Jerry Vaughn. The school began an investigation after learning in February of possible violations, which were found to have occurred between spring 2021 and March.
news.yahoo.comUConn to pay Kevin Ollie another $3.9 million over firing
STORRS, Conn. — (AP) — UConn announced Thursday it has agreed to pay former men’s basketball coach Kevin Ollie another $3.9 million to settle discrimination claims surrounding his 2018 firing. “I am grateful that we were able to reach agreement,” Ollie said in a statement Thursday. UConn also stopped paying him under his contract, citing numerous NCAA violations in terminating the deal. In 2019, the NCAA placed UConn on probation for two years and Ollie was sanctioned individually for violations, which the NCAA found occurred between 2013 and 2018. ____More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.
wftv.comNew rules make star college football players millionaires
Glance around the parking lot of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center at The Ohio State University this fall and you might come across a $200,000 palace on wheels, the kind of luxury ride more likely to be found in the garages of movie stars, music moguls and titans of business than on a college campus. “It’s definitely changed my life for the future,” Stroud said of the several NIL deals to flow his way over the past year, “and I think it’s a jump-start to being a businessman before you get to the NFL, if that’s your path.” More than a year ago, the NCAA lifted long-standing restrictions on players profiting from their celebrity status, and in some cases it turned elite players such as Stroud and Alabama quarterback Bryce Young into instant millionaires.
news.yahoo.comABC to air NCAA women's basketball title game for 1st time
The NCAA women's basketball title game will be broadcast this season on ABC for the first time. The championship game, which usually airs in prime time, will be played at 3 p.m. Eastern on April 2. Last season's championship game, in which South Carolina beat UConn, was the most viewed women's title game in nearly two decades, drawing 4.85 million viewers. ESPN has aired NCAA women's tournament games on ABC for the past two seasons but not the title game. “It’s a benchmark announcement for women’s basketball in being able to showcase the national championship game in Dallas for an expanded audience on ABC for the first time in 2023,” said Beth Goetz, chair of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee and athletic director at Ball State.
wftv.comCFP championship games to return to Atlanta, South Florida
CFP Championship Sites Football FILE - Alabama celebrates after their win against Ohio State in an NCAA College Football Playoff national championship game, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Alabama won 52-24. Atlanta and South Florida have been selected to host College Football Playoff national championship games for the second time, the CFP announced Monday, Aug. 15, 2022 (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File) (Wilfredo Lee)Atlanta and South Florida have been selected to host College Football Playoff national championship games for the second time. Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the 75,000-seat, retractable-roof stadium, is home to the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, Major League Soccer’s Atlanta United and the Peach Bowl. The first Alabama-Georgia championship game in 2018 was played in Atlanta and won by the Crimson Tide in overtime. ___More AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/college-football and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.
wftv.comNotre Dame loses WR Davis (knee); names QB Buchner starter
Notre Dame Davis Football FILE - Notre Dame wide receiver Avery Davis (3) runs against Navy in the first half of an NCAA college football game in South Bend, Ind., Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. Notre Dame also announced Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, sophomore quarterback Tyler Buchner will start the opener against Ohio State on Sept. 3. — (AP) — Notre Dame receiver Avery Davis will miss the season after tearing a ligament in his right knee. Notre Dame also announced Saturday sophomore quarterback Tyler Buchner will start the opener against Ohio State on Sept. 3. Notre Dame has only five scholarship receivers left on the roster and only Braden Lenzy and Lorenzo Styles caught more than 20 passes last season.
wftv.comCalipari calls Kentucky a 'basketball school,' riling Stoops
Kentucky Calipari Basketball FILE - Kentucky coach John Calipari gestures during the second half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against LSU in Lexington, Ky., Feb. 23, 2022. Calipari's push for upgraded practice facilities for his Kentucky’s men’s basketball team drew a sharp jab from Wildcats football coach Mark Stoops on Twitter after Calipari referred to the university as a “basketball school” in an interview. In stating his desire for similar improvements for his highly successful program, he said, "This is a basketball school. But this is a basketball school. Stoops responded to the remarks on Twitter and said, "Basketball school?
wftv.comAP sources: ESPN out of Big Ten TV rights negotiations
Big Ten Media Days Football Ohio State head coach Ryan Day talks to reporters during an NCAA college football news conference at the Big Ten Conference media days, at Lucas Oil Stadium, Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) (Darron Cummings)The Big Ten's next round of media rights contracts will not include a deal with ESPN. ESPN has held television rights for the Big Ten since the mid-1980s. The network has shared Big Ten rights with Fox in the latest contract. Fox, which owns 61% of the Big Ten Network, will remain the primary rights holder.
wftv.comHere's how your college football TV routine will change with Big Ten's reported brewing media deal
(AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)It looks like the Big Ten is on the verge of finalizing its new media rights deal. SBJ reported Monday night that, “barring a last-minute change of direction” in negotiations with ESPN, the Big Ten’s deal is expected to include three entities: Fox, CBS and NBC. The Big Ten’s current media rights deal expires in 2023. A lifeline for the Big 12 and/or Pac-12? Without those marquee members, particularly in the Pac-12’s case, the media rights of those conferences is nowhere near as lucrative as they once were.
wftv.comOklahoma's Gundy out after saying 'racially charged' word
Oklahoma Gundy Resigns Football Oklahoma offensive coach Cale Gundy speaks during an NCAA college football media day, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, in Norman, Okla. Gundy announced his resignation Sunday, Aug. 7, after using offensive language during a film session the week prior. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) (Sue Ogrocki)A day after Oklahoma assistant head football coach Cale Gundy announced his resignation, the school said Monday that Gundy uttered a racially charged word multiple times during a film session last week. “Coach Gundy resigned from the program because he knows what he did was wrong,” first-year Sooners coach Brent Venables said in the statement. “He chose to read aloud to his players, not once but multiple times, a racially charged word that is objectionable to everyone, and does not reflect the attitude and values of our university or our football program. Venables said it tough to see Gundy to leave, but worse for the players to hear that word from one of their coaches.
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