Mon May 11, 2009 10:05 am EDT
• I will not make a joke about him actually attending classes, I will not make a joke ... Bo Jackson, Heisman Trophy winner and nearly unparalleled physical specimen, delivers a commencement speech Auburn's class of 2009 will never forget, because recall is extraordinary on information introduced during the deep REM stages:
Bo obviously knows the deep satisfaction of making regular contributions to the alumni association. As for his former panic in front of the camera, you might remember Shy Bo from his heyday in 1991:
They can do anything with editing, I guess. (Slightly off-topic: Am I wrong for feeling this ad suggests the early-nineties was a pioneering era in postmodern advertising? I don't think any ads before Nike's Gotta Be the Shoes/Bo Knows campaigns were remotely like this; both could still play today, with a little restraint on the wailing guitars in the latter case. Spike Lee's turns actually look better with distance from the "She's Gotta Have It" reference. Discuss.)
• This is not what coach meant by challenging the defense deep. Jonathan Baldwin, the big, lanky, surely NFL-bound receiver who averaged 22.4 yards on 18 catches for Pitt as a true freshman, made news for the wrong reasons on Sunday:
Pitt sophomore wide receiver Jonathan Baldwin was charged with a misdemeanor indecent assault as well as summary harassment and a summary disorderly conduct after an alleged incident on a campus shuttle bus involving a female student on April 19th.
There are no details on the incident or potential discipline from Dave Wannstedt, but if its affects Baldwin's status this fall, the Panthers will be even more dire straits downfield: Leading receiver Derek Kinder graduated and T.J. Porter was booted in March after his second DUI in less than a year -- and this is the team that lost the Sun Bowl, 3-0, and its only true offensive star, LeSean McCoy, to the draft. So get ready for excitement, Pittsburgh.
In other suspension news: Georgia, as rumored last week, indefinitely suspended two players, tight end Bruce Figgins and defensive end Justin Houston, for the ever-popular undisclosed rules violation. (UGA alum Mark Schlabach, citing anonymous sources, says failed drug tests.) Receiver Tony Wilson was also named, but will already miss the season with an ankle injury.
• It's a shorter flight, at least. Tired of being mocked for poor attendance -- and, you know, traveling cross-country to play a WAC also-ran in the freezing cold in Boise -- the ACC has ditched its tie-in with the Humanitarian Bowl and signed on with the far more prestigious GMAC Bowl. Which is held in ... come on, you know this ... in ... ? OK, in Mobile, Alabama, which has previously been the province exclusively of mid-major outfits from Conference USA and either the WAC or MAC. Maybe the tradition can continue: The GMAC gets the ninth pick out of nine from the ACC's ranks of bowl-eligible, which -- last year's record 10-team bowl crop notwithstanding -- may not come to fruition very often.
Quickly ... An odd detail of the Toledo point-shaving scandal: Recently indicted bettors played both sides of the line. ... Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen, who tipped in at just over 400 pounds last October, is about halfway to his target weight of 250 pounds. ... UCLA commit Randall Carroll, one of a handful of presumed Trojans the Bruins snapped from USC at the last second in February, ran the fastest 100 meters in California in 17 years on Saturday. ...Texas Tech takes the next step in its long expansion plan for Jones Stadium, to increase capacity to 61,000 by the middle of the upcoming season. ... The father of Washington State freshman defensive end Cory Mackay said his son underwent surgery to repair two fractured vertebrae after a serious car accident last Thursday, on his way home from final exams. ... Defensive tackle Jarvis Humphrey is leaving Texas with a kidney ailment, but might regain his scholarship with an NCAA waiver. ... Bowling Green's failing APR score led to Gregg Brandon's dismissal as head coach, though the Falcons served their scholarship losses last season. ... Tyrod Taylor and Kam Chancellor did nothing wrong, says Virginia Tech's compliance guy. Well, that's a relief. ... Ex-Michigan star Tyrone Wheatley has joined another Wolverine alum, head coach Ron English, as on the Eastern Michigan coaching staff. ... Hey high school quarterbacks: Nebraska can prepare you for the NFL! ... Sam Shade, a star on the dominant Alabama defenses in the early-to-mid-nineties, is back in Tuscaloosa to finish his degree. ... Twitter as psychological warfare. ... And the Knoxville News-Sentinel takes you at home with the Kiffins, while Ed Orgeron is already locking them down for 2011.
Dr. Saturday is a college football blog edited by Matt Hinton. Email him tips and feedback.

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