Michigan player refers to athlete payments as ‘indentured servant checks’

This is awkward. Michigan defensive back Jabrill Peppers doesn’t think much of the minor spending money that football players are allowed to get, and he’s taken to Twitter this week to let people know. The former five-star referred to them as “indentured servant checks,” and bemoaned his inability to buy satisfactory food with the amount of money players receive.

New NCAA rules allow schools to give players unlimited snacks, and reforms are underway to give players a few thousand dollars in extra scholarship money.

Also, part of the issue in Peppers’ case seems to come down to his exact place of residence.

But he’s not exactly a disgruntled player.

And Lunchables’ reputation remains upright.

Last year, UConn basketball player Shabazz Napier had a similar quote, delivered in the spotlight of the NCAA Championship.

Michigan’s athletic department brought in $158 million in the previous fiscal year, per USA Today.

APR scores are out. The NCAA’s official metric for academic progress has plenty of problems. FWIW, Wisconsin’s team led all football teams this time around. Football programs at Alabama State, Florida A&M, Gardner-Webb, Morgan State, Savannah State and Tennessee State will suffer penalties for their scores.

And now for something completely different. SIKE! Bill’s preview series moves on to Iowa, who are just going to keep on doing what they do, thank you very much.

It’s not hard to see why Iowa fans are frustrated. When the Hawkeyes fail, they fail in the same fashion, over and over. They have produced a top-40 offense (in terms of Off. S&P+) once since 2006 and haven’t ranked in the top 60 since 2010.

In before the gun. The deadline to bid on hosting the College Football Playoff title from 2018-2020 was Wednesday, and Houston and New Orleans decided to submit bids after weeks of speculation. The field for those three years is nine cities, none of which will host the game from 2015-2017.

$$$$$$$$. The revenue numbers from fiscal year 2013-14 are out, and after a long reign at the top, Oregon pipped Texas for the No. 1 spot thanks to the generous tendencies of Phil Knight. On the other end, Washington State is the lowest power program on the list. Here’s how the conference figures worked out:

Maybe this time? Les Miles has escaped hairy situations with flourish, flair and chest. But even after you take his track record into consideration, one has to wonder if the current LSU quarterback dilemma is the thing that could end up bringing him down.

Florida doesn’t get out much. “The last time the Gators scheduled and beat a non-conference opponent outside of Florida, the average price of gas in the US, per Energy.gov, was $0.90 a gallon,” Tomahawk Nation reminds you. “The No. 1 song was Milli Vanilli’s ‘Girl I’m Gonna Miss You.’ And George Bush was still settling into the White House -- the first George Bush.”