Tuesday’s First Edition: Bill Stewart Blasts, Floyd Return, McNair Lawsuit
By Kyle Kensing
Details of the West Virginia ugliness that HailWV.com broke Sunday night are trickling out. SPORTSbyBROOKS.com has the audio of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Colin Dunlap detailing ousted WVU head coach Bill Stewart’s conspiring against coach-in-waiting Bill Holgorsen.
WVU athletic director Oliver Luck is learning the hard way what anyone ending a relationship knows. A clean, complete break is the only way to avoid compounded hurt feelings and awkwardness. This situation grows increasingly bizarre and surely more intrigue is on the horizon.
As one person goes out on ugly terms, another is taking steps toward a return. SlapTheSign.com’s Daniel Battle reports Notre Dame wide receiver Michael Floyd has made important inroads to rejoining the Fighting Irish. Floyd can begin working out, but remains officially suspended according to Associated Press reports. As he walks a very thin tight rope, ND nation will have its collective breath held. Floyd is a vital cog in the Irish offense, having caught more touchdowns (12) than the next four leading receivers combined (11). And with the departure of tight end Kyle Rudolph, no Floyd in the lineup would render the passing attack especially anemic.
On the same day USC was stripped of its 2004 BCS championship, one of the key figures in the NCAA’s investigations of USC is lashing out. Former Trojan running backs coach Todd McNair is filing a lawsuit against the NCAA for a litany of chargers including libel and slander, the Los Angeles Daily News‘ Scott Wolf reported.
McNair is among the more severely punished individuals in the Reggie Bush/USC case, being handed a one-year show cause injunction against contacting recruits. The penalty is similar to the punishment handed down to former Indiana basketball coach Kelvin Sampson, whose show cause probation on basketball recruits extends five years.