Heismanpundit

First it was allegations of impropriety while at USC and now Reggie Bush is out five to 10 million dollars as the Houston Texans have gone with NC State defensive end Mario Williams as the first pick in tomorrow’s NFL draft. We talked to someone inside the Texans’ organization and he confirmed that the decision [...]

While the NFL is now claiming that Reggie Bush was a victim of extortion, the principles involved in New Era Sports–the fledgling agency set up in the hopes of representing Bush–are saying that they plan to sue the Bush family for fraud.. So what to make of all this? Hard to say at this point, [...]

In a move that could have a major effect on the eligibility of certain high school players across the country, the NCAA is expected today to enact legislation to combat academic fraud in high schools and ‘diploma mills.’ See the story from the Indianapolis Star here. Last November, The New York Times reported on a [...]

In what must be a world record for opportunism, there is a website now hawking ‘Free Sanchez’ t-shirts, hats and buttons. Strange days.

Backup quarterback Mark Sanchez has been arrested after being accused of sexual assault by a female USC student. He is now under investigation. It’s the latest in a string of recent troubles for the USC program. Last offseason, starting cornerback Eric Wright was accused of rape (though never charged) and was kicked off the team [...]

I finally figured out how to put up a new banner, one I designed myself. Now I just have to figure out how to make the banner clickable…. Anyway, I think it looks pretty cool (if I do say so myself). Note–There are six Heisman winners featured. I felt these were the winners who best [...]

Since the Reggie Bush scandal hit, Pete Carroll has received two commitments from big-time recruits. One of them is probably the top offensive lineman in California, Martin Coleman, while the other is an athlete out of Servite High in Anaheim named D.J. Shoemate, who is just a sophomore right now. It looks to me like [...]

The Bush affair just keeps getting more curious by the day as new information has come to light via a website called ProFootballTalk.com on his possible relationship with a group called New Era Sports. Michael Michaels and Lloyd Lake founded New Era in 2005. Earlier this year, Lake faced the revocation of his parole from [...]

What’s going on….. –The LA Times has kicked in with its report on the Reggie Bush home scandal. Other newspapers are also on it and it will be interesting to see who finds out what first. Pac-10 commissioner Tom Hansen echoed my sentiments below about the situation: Hansen declined to speculate about the Bush matter [...]

We’re not exactly to the point where we should be asking “What did the President know and when did he know it?” but there is a potential scandal a-brewing at USC involving Heisman winner Reggie Bush and questions regarding his family’s use of a home owned by aspiring sports marketeer Michael Michaels. State records show [...]