SI.com - SI On Campus - The Vent: 06/03/2007

6/06/2007 11:58:00 AM

Should College Coaches Be Allowed to Cut Players?

While many Colorado fans are ecstatic about new men's basketball coach Jeff Bdzelik, others aren't too pleased with some of his initial moves.

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After years of mediocrity, Colorado hoops fans are ecstatic about the arrival of former Air Force and Denver Nuggets coach Jeff Bzdelik. Unfortunately, some of Bzdelik's early moves have rubbed people the wrong way. On Tuesday, the school issued a release saying sophomore guard Kelvin Bay -- who averaged 6.3 points, 1.9 assists and 1.3 rebounds per game as a freshman -- will not return to the team next season. The following day, the Rocky Mountain News reported that Bay and three other freshman (Marc Van Burck, Sean Kowal and James Inge) were not leaving on their own accord. Instead, the paper reported, Bzdelik told the players their scholarships wouldn't be renewed. Bay, who was still on the Boulder campus, got booted from his dorm room last Friday because the school's "May-mester" ended on May 31 and he was forced to stay with a couple friends on the women's team. Inge, who is in good academic standing and played in 15 games last season -- is going through the appeals process and told the paper, "My scholarship was taken unjustly, then it comes out that I chose to leave, which is totally untrue." We feel for Inge. He made a commitment to attend Colorado for four years and the school made a commitment back to him. He held up his end of the deal and shouldn't be punished by a new coach. While we know Bzdelik wants to put the best possible team on the floor, he shouldn't do it at the expense of a young man's future, especially one who did everything asked of him. Coaches can come and go at will and the players must stay put or risk having to sit out a year if they transfer. Now, we're learning that players are being viewed as disposable commodities. That just isn't right. What are your thoughts?

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6/04/2007 11:55:00 AM

Who's Got College Football's Ugliest Uniforms?

Oregon gets our vote for ugliest uniform in college football. Do you agree?

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Oregon State became the latest team to unveil new uniforms for the upcoming college football season, and all we can say is, yikes!! Those are some pretty ugly uniforms! We've been to Corvallis, and it's a nice city with good people who deserve better. So in an effort to lift their spirits, we present the 10 ugliest uniforms in college football:

10. Utah
9. Notre Dame
8. Iowa State
7. Clemson
6. Air Force
5. Delaware
4. Syracuse
3. Rhode Island
2. Wyoming
1. Oregon

Those are our picks. Which team's uniforms make your all-ugly team?

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