<blockquote>Illicit payments, toothless drug policies, academic dishonesty and even the use of sex to induce recruits comport with the most cynical perception of big-time college sports programs. More troubling and revealing, though, was the human cost of the corruption in Stillwater. From Dohrmann and Evans's reporting, a portrait emerges of  ill-prepared young men who feel they were exploited by the university.  Over the past decade an astonishingly large cohort of OSU players never earned a college degree, lasting only a season or two, <strong>their scholarships revoked after they were injured, arrested or simply deemed unable to contribute</strong>. Once the perks ended and they were discarded, some former Cowboys turned to drugs and crime, and a few attempted or contemplated suicide. As one former OSU assistant says of the players, "<strong>The sad part is when [the coaches were] done, they threw them away.</strong>"</blockquote>
via <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130910/osu-introduction/">Sports Illustrated's five-part series on Oklahoma State football - College Football - SI.com</a>.

<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-nu-coach- chris-collins-20130909,0,6331816.story">Meanwhile, over at Northwestern:</a>
<blockquote>New Northwestern University head basketball coach Chris Collins has put down some roots here, paying $2.55 million for a newly built, seven-bedroom house in Winnetka.</blockquote>