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bumping

bumping  n.— «The main area in which the NCAA found violations was recruiting. The main offense was a practice called bumping, where Neuheisel or a member of his staff would run into a recruit during a period when contact was forbidden and...

protect eggs

protect eggs  v. phr.— «The coaches met Tuesday about implementing an early signing period, similar to what the NCAA employs for men’s and women’s basketball.…“It helps everyone. You don’t have to babysit (a committed prospect) or...

heart attack kids

heart attack kids  attrib.— «More dribbling on CBS promises the birth of many more heart-warming stories. We all remember N.C. State’s “Heart attack kids” defeating Houston’s “Phi Slamma Jamma.”» —“Everybody...

wrap-around

wrap-around  adj.— «I discovered another term for network airing of the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments Friday morning: wrap-around coverage. Rather than focus on a single game, ESPN will switch among several games while...

two-and-barbecue

two-and-barbecue  other.— «That’s not the word I’d choose if my school had lost a bowl game by a score of 41-0, been bounced from the NCAA basketball tournament in the first round, and turned in seven straight “two and...

hully gully

hully gully  adj.— «Coats asked if the NCAA couldn’t protect attendance by passing a bylaw to limit appearances, yet removing itelf as the single selling agent and allowing conferences and independents to negotiate their own TV contracts...

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