Back Porch College Sports

Ole Miss Chancellor Dan Jones recently banned the school's fight song "From Dixie With Love" for the remainder of forever, because some students, alumni and fans refused to stop chanting "The South will rise again!" at the end of the song. Reaction from many of these people has been mixed.

The Ku Klux Klan has weighed in on the decision and their reaction is, well, predictable: they're holding a rally because they don't approve of the lack of racism free speech in Oxford, and it will take place before Saturday's game against LSU.

You see innovations like the West Coast Offense or the zone blitz, and you're immediately amazed at the genius. That's what separate guys like Bill Walsh and Dick LeBeau from, say, Mike Tice and Eric Mangini.

And then there are plays that define a philosophy. For the Joe Gibbs Redskins it was the counter trey. For the Bill Belichick Patriots it's (at least for me) the variations of the screen pass. And for the Bethel University Royals it's the fake toss reverse alley-oop at the goal line. Or, as it's officially known in the playbook: Ace Rt Zoom 48 Granny QB.

Ridiculousness after the jump.

Consider this your annual Bellingham Slam update. Forward Tyler Amaya, who played at Gonzaga, Dixie St. and Western Washington before moving on to the bright lights of the International Basketball League, dropped 44 in a recent exhibition game against one of his alma maters (WWU).

Alone, not particularly noteworthy, but how he scored two of his points merit a mention:

Erin Drewes is probably best known as "Tim Tebow's busty girlfriend" or some amalgamation thereabouts. Turns out, that's totally untrue! Not only is Erin Drewes NOT Tebow's girlfriend, but she would prefer you not confuse her with Lucy Pinder.

Oh, right, and she's going to be donning body paint -- in the form of a Florida Gator's uniform, natch -- for an upcoming issue of Playboy. (That link is, quite obviously, NSFW.)

Erin Andrews is a celebrity. And she has been since her sideline-sandwich-eating was made famous by various sports blogs. But then, as everyone knows by now, her fame took a dark turn in the past few months, if I may understate the whole "super-creepy-peephole-stalker" angle.

After that, America collectively (despite the continued evil nature and inherent Lucifer-esque quality of sports blogs) got its act together and decided to stop ogling Andrews in the open. Unfortunately, someone forgot to tell Rutgers fans that EA is now off-limits -- in the video after the jump, you'll see where some kid in the stands decided that screaming "ERIN!!!!" and "MARRY ME!!!" was the classy thing to do (maybe he thought he was at a Jonas Brothers concert or something).

All potshots at New Jersey aside, it obviously wasn't. Fortunately for Andrews, she got to interview "Lil' Jovi" after the game.

Duke University recruit Kyrie Irving wants you to know that he's just a normal kid. Sure, he's a fantastic basketball player, but that doesn't define him. In fact, aside from his on-court skills, he's like most other teenagers ... who are active in the school's drama department.

Via the Star-Ledger, Irving stars in "High School Musical."

In Friday's edition, the Hartford Courant only reports that the "Hartford men's soccer team couldn't convert its final three penalty kicks and lost at Stony Brook in the America East semifinals Wednesday after a scoreless tie through overtime."

But for those in attendance it was much more than that. Penalty kick shootouts may not be the best way to decide a tournament game, partly because after 90 minutes of actual soccer, it seems kinda odd that the outcome would come down to 10 uncontested shots from 12 yards out. But also because the whole experience can be anticlimactic.

That wasn't the case Thursday thanks mostly to the Hartford goalkeeper's predilection for between-shots gymnastics. Specifically, as the Stony Brook player lined up for the kick, the goalie would do cartwheels across the mouth of the goal, presumably as a warm-up, or maybe as part of some misguided attempt at psychological warfare.

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There are close to 4.5 million Native Americans living in about 565 federally recognized communities across the Untied States. Many of these communities have been neglected, and unemployment in some areas is as high as 80 percent. The shortage of funds results in little to no organized youth sports activities. Diabetes and obesity are fast-growing problems.

Check out the video after the jump.

In a metaphorical sense, the Florida Gators abused Georgia in a 41-17 beat down on Saturday. But also, in a quite literal sense, linebacker Brandon Spikes attempted to gouge the eyes of Bulldog running back Washuan Ealey.

Florida has suspended Spikes for the first half of Saturday's game against Vanderbilt.

Reached for comment, Brandon Spikes did not say, "Captain Insano shows no mercy." But I wish he had.

William and Mary, Virginia's first university (and the second-oldest university in the country), achieved another milestone Saturday: the college crowned its first transgender homecoming queen. Jessee Vasold made history at halftime of the James Madison-W&M game.

According to the student paper the Flat Hat, "Vasold identifies as gender-queer and prefers to be referred to with gender neutral pronouns: 'ze' in place of he or she and 'zir' rather than him or her."

Vasold admitted to being surprised by the news. Via the Daily Press' Melinda Waldrop: