By definition, liberalism is a political or social philosophy advocating the freedom of the individual, parliamentary systems of government, nonviolent modification of political, social, or economic institutions to assure unrestricted development in all spheres of human endeavor, and governmental guarantees of individual rights and civil liberties.

So why is anyone surprised that Julio Pino is still allowed to teach at Kent State? The university's administration and students are just being good liberals by advocating his freedom of speech and protecting his unrestricted behavior, individual rights, and civil liberties.

If this isn't liberal lunacy in academia, then I don't know what is.

When Your College Prof is an ISIS Terrorist

I had some college professors who were sympathetic to Islamic terrorists, but not any who were actual Islamic terrorists (as far as I know). Now, students at a Midwestern university have learned that their professor is an ISIS terrorist, and that the FBI let him continue teaching them for a year and a half.

Yet another reason why college could be hazardous to your health and why you should be suspicious of profs who shout “Death to Israel!”: Julio Pino a/k/a Assad Jibril Pino, ISIS terrorist.

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are investigating Julio Pino, a Kent State associate history professor, for alleged involvement with the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL. A joint terrorism task force has been investigating Pino for the last year and a half, said an FBI special agent who did not wish to be named for safety reasons. “There is no direct threat to the university,” the agent said.

Riiight. Your professor is working for a mass-murdering organization that beheads and burns people alive and vows to destroy America, but he’s absolutely “no direct threat” to his workplace and students. Did someone tell that to Syed Farook’s co-workers in San Bernardino?

The agent said they interviewed several faculty members and more than 20 of Pino’s students Tuesday about his alleged involvement. He is also being investigated for allegedly recruiting students to join ISIS.

Kent State is fully cooperating with the FBI,” said University Spokesman Eric Mansfield. “As this is an ongoing investigation, we will have no further comment.” Mansfield said he could not comment on whether or not Pino would continue to teach at the university.

Yes, let’s keep this guy at the university so he can recruit more ISIS terrorists and maybe kill some infidels. Yeah, that’s the ticket. Don’t violate his civil rights!

“The FBI has assured Kent State that there is no threat to campus,” Mansfield said.

Again, total BS if this guy’s still on the campus.

Pino is teaching two classes this semester: History of Cuba and Central America and a senior seminar in history.

Let me guess: he is totally mancrushing on the Castro Bros. He’s Cuban and a former Fulbright Scholar. So, he’s not stupid. Just evil.

By the way, here are a few fun facts about Pino you won’t read anywhere else: he converted to Islam in June 2000 and, in the Islamic community, goes by the name Assad Jibril Pino. He called a Cuban dish made of pork, “Islamophobic.” Yes, apparently, inanimate objects can now be “Islamophobic,” according to Pino. alhamdulilah [praise allah].

Our friend, Fred Taub of Boycott Watch was an eyewitness to some of the ISIS prof’s behavior. Fred said that Pino repeatedly disrupted a pro-Israel event on the Kent State Campus featuring the Ishmael Khaldi, former Deputy Consul General at the Israel Consulate in San Francisco, who is an Arab Muslim.

Says Fred:

This guy has also disturbed pro-Israel events and speakers at Kent State, making loud BDS (Boycott, Divest from, and Sanction Israel movement) and “Apartheid” comments against Israel. I was at Kent State at the event at which Ishmael Khaldi was speaking, and he [Pino] loudly interrupted.

Pino also shouted, “Death to Israel!” at the event. His behavior was so outrageous that even Kent State’s liberal then-president Lester Lefton put out a statement denouncing his behavior as “deplorable . . ., reprehensible, and an embarrassment.” What if he’d chosen to strap a bomb on and press the button? Then everyone in that room would have been dead. We’re lucky he didn’t do that.

Read more about that event.

Moreover, he has a history of praising the Islamic terrorism for which he now recruits:

In April 2002, Pino wrote a guest column in the campus newspaper in which he praised Ayat al-Akhras, a teenage Palestinian suicide bomber who had murdered Rachel Levy, 17, and security guard Haim Smadar, 55, at a supermarket in Jerusalem’s Kiryat Hayovel neighborhood the previous month. The column was titled “Singing out Prayer for a Youth Martyr,” and in it, Pino wrote that Akhras “died a martyr’s death… in occupied Jerusalem, Palestine.”

Pino says he is inspired by Iran’s late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the man who directed the takeover of the U.S Embassy in Tehran and the holding of many Americans hostage for 444 days.

In a letter to pro-Israel university professors, Pino threatened them with violence, calling them “collaborators,” and promising them “jihad until victory.”

Dear academic friends of Israel:

I hold you directly responsible for the murder of over 1,400 Palestinian children, women and elderly civilians over the past month. This is not symbolic or even legally justified homicide on your part but actual, cold-blooded, calculated killing, for which you are culpable. . . . You have chosen to openly work for and brag about academic collaboration with a regime that is the spiritual heir to Nazism. I could call you another Martin Heidegger, but that would be an insult—to Heidegger. . . .

Lest you think this is a personal attack I swear it applies equally to all who engage in collaboration with fascism, and we both know the fate of collaborators. In the same manner, only with more zeal, than you have sworn to the Jewish State I pledge to you, and every friend and stooge of Zionism,

Hasta la victoria siempre!

Jihad until victory!

Dr. Julio Pino

That’s an open death threat. And it was penned and sent in August 2014. And yet the FBI says this guy isn’t a threat? Are you kidding? If he were a Christian or Jew and sent this to Muslims, I guarantee you he’d be behind bars right now, regardless of the recruitment of students to terrorism. But, as we know, there is a tip-toeing double standard for how we treat these guys who are down with the jihad.

By the way, for the record, Pino isn’t the first Islamic terrorist college professor. As I noted many times over the years on this site, Islamic terrorist Sami Al-Arian was the worldwide founder and chief of Islamic Jihad and a professor of computer science at the University of South Florida (USF) at the same time that he ran the group’s operations and terrorist attacks in Israel, including a bus-bombing that murdered American college student, Alisa Flatow. Al-Arian also used his university perch to raise funds for Islamic Jihad and its terrorist operations, as well as approve the group’s planned merger with HAMAS.

And even though USF removed him from teaching and banned him from setting foot on campus–because the university deemed him a danger and security threat to students, he was welcomed by the University of Michigan to speak at its Divestment (from Israel) Conference. (As an attorney hired by some concerned students, we tried to prevent him from appearing.) Al-Arian was later convicted of terrorism and was finally deported.

But that was back in the days. Let’s see if anything really serious happens to this guy, Pino. Don’t hold your breath.

It’s simply asinine that the FBI and the university would let this guy continue teaching and ISIS-recruiting for 1.5 years. I understand the need to furtively build a case against him.

But, as I noted above, what if, one day, he decided to put on a bomb vest and blow up his students?

Exit Question: since we know that Kent State has a long history of left-wing students who hate America and resort to violence to express that hatred, how many students do you think Pino successfully recruited for ISIS without FBI knowledge or before the FBI chose to publicize this investigation?

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/8111...rrorist-exclusive-details-eyewitness-account/

Toledo has hired offensive coordinator Jason Candle to replace Matt Campbell as head coach, first reported by WTOL's Jordan Strack and confirmed by Fox Sports' Bruce Feldman. Campbell was announced as Iowa State's head coach Sunday after a 35-15 record in four years with the Rockets. An official announcement is expected Wednesday afternoon.

Candle was initially going to be one of the assistants Campbell took with him to Ames, likely as Iowa State's offensive coordinator. He had actually already made it there, reportedly recruiting for the Cyclones.

As soon as Campbell's new destination was announced, Candle was "overwhelmingly" the choice of the players. When the Rockets named DC Jon Heacock interim head coach, it seemed the school might go in a different direction. But then Candle was offered the job, and he went back from Ames to Toledo.

The Rockets are already celebrating.

Candle joined the Toledo coaching staff in 2009 as a slot receivers/tight ends coach under Tim Beckman, and was promoted to offensive coordinator when Campbell was hired. Under Campbell and Candle, the Rockets ranked in the top five of the MAC in points per game every season, and led the league with 36.6 points per game in 2014.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/12/2/9836190/jason-candle-toledo-football-coach

Toledo coach Matt Campbell left Ames, Iowa, in October 2014 with a 37-30 loss and a deep appreciation of Iowa State football.

On Sunday, Campbell celebrated his 36th birthday as the new coach of the Cyclones.

Iowa State announced the hiring Sunday afternoon, saying Campbell has agreed to a six-year contract starting at $2 million for 2016. Campbell will replace Paul Rhoads, who was fired a week ago after seven seasons.

Campbell is now the youngest coach at a Power 5 school. He went 35-15 in four seasons with the Rockets, including 9-2 this season with victories over Iowa State and Arkansas.

"After we played the Cyclones in Ames, I called my wife and said, 'You simply would not believe this place,'" Campbell, who will address the media Monday, said in a statement. "Their fans, the game-day environment and facilities are all incredible. I could see us living in Ames and me coaching the Cyclones someday."

Iowa State will pay a $200,000 buyout to bring Campbell aboard, sources told ESPN.

Rockets athletic director Mike O'Brien said Saturday that the school had offered Campbell a contract that would have made him the highest-paid coach in the Mid-American Conference.

Toledo is scheduled to hold a 5 p.m. ET Sunday news conference with O'Brien. Defensive coordinator Jon Heacock will be named interim coach for the Rockets, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.

According to USA Today's coaching salary database, Western Michigan coach P.J. Fleck is making $800,000 this season, which is the MAC's highest salary. Rhoads made $2.2 million this year at Iowa State, which also owes Rhoads a $4.5 million buyout.

Campbell's first win came in the 2011 Military Bowl after Tim Beckman left Toledo for Illinois. The Ohio native then went 9-4 and 7-5, and the Rockets beatArkansas State in a bowl game last season for another 9-4 finish.

The Rockets started 7-0 this fall before a loss to Northern Illinois. Western Michigan stunned Toledo 35-30 on Friday, handing NIU the division title and likely speeding up Campbell's departure for Ames.

Campbell was an offensive coordinator prior to taking over as Toledo's head coach, and the Rockets averaged at least 31 points per game in each of his first four seasons.

He will take over an Iowa State program with a long history of finishing at the bottom of the Big 12 heap. Iowa State went 8-28 in its last three seasons under Rhoads, a popular and energetic coach who took the team to three bowls in his first four seasons.

The Cyclones will bring back Mike Warren, who rushed for 1,339 yards as a freshman, and star wideout Allen Lazard. Sophomore quarterback Joel Lanningwas up and down after taking over as the starter midway through this season, but he showed plenty of promise as a runner and a passer.

Iowa State will lose four starters on its offensive line, but the Cyclones return as many as nine starters on their defense -- including six in their front seven.

The Cyclones weren't expected to be big-time players in a flooded coaching market, but they made a pre-emptive move to grab one of the nation's brightest young coaches. Campbell's first season as coach brings a brutal schedule, with trips to Iowa, TCU and Oklahoma State in the first six weeks.

Iowa State will likely show patience with Campbell. But the Cyclones have revamped their facilities and stadium greatly in recent years and appear set for a more serious push toward relevance in the Big 12.

"Matt's coaching and playing achievements are extraordinary, but we were even more impressed by his character, leadership and commitment to his family," Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard said.

http://espn.go.com/ncf/story/_/id/1...rockets-become-iowa-state-cyclones-head-coach

UCF is expected to hire Bowling Green head coach Dino Babers to replace George O'Leary, with an announcement expected soon, SB Nation's Steven Godfrey reports. 247Sports first reported the expected deal. Bowling Green plays Northern Illinois in the MAC Championship Game Friday.

O'Leary announced his resignation in October in the midst of an 0-12 season. The school's head coach since 2004, O'Leary had led the Knights to a Fiesta Bowl win just two years ago, and retired with an 81-68 record at the school.

Things got so bad for UCF that an Orlando bar started serving free beer to customers until the next Knights victory. That hasn't happened yet. UCF's final loss of the season, a 44-3 Thanksgiving defeat to South Florida, featured some of the saddest fans we've ever seen.

A former Hawaii running back and defensive back who bounced between jobs for much of the beginning of his career, Babers latched onto Art Briles's Baylor staff in 2008, coaching wide receivers and special teams. He was hired as the head coach of FCS Eastern Illinois prior to the 2012 season, leading the Panthers to back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference titles. Babers's explosive offense style was on display his second year at EIU; with quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, the Panthers went 8-0 in conference play and advanced to the FCS quarterfinals.

Babers took his high-powered offense to Bowling Green prior to the 2014 season, winning back-to-back MAC East titles and possessing one of the most efficient and explosive offenses in the country. Falcons quarterback Matt Johnson leads the nation with 4,465 passing yards and is second with 41 touchdowns.

Babers would join fellow former Briles assistant Philip Montgomery in the AAC. Montgomery was hired by Tulsa prior to the 2015 season, going 6-6 and getting the Golden Hurricane bowl eligible for the first time since 2012.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/11/29/9816248/dino-babers-ucf-head-coach

Lest we forget, Kent State football has been terrible for years and years. Then Kent State has one good season with Darrell Hazell. Now I credit Hazell and his staff for doing an awesome job in 2012 for sure, but to be honest many things were in Hazell's favor. He arrived with above average talent. For example, Hazell had Dri Archer as a running back and return specialist and had an experienced quarterback in Spencer Keith, along with experienced offensive linemen Brian Winters, Josh Kline, and Kent Cleveland. On defense, Hazell had Roosevelt Nix, Luke Batton, and Luke Wollet.

In 2012, Akron was a 1-11 team, with its lone win against Morgan State, and Ohio lost four of its last five regular season games. By the time the Bobcats played Kent State, Ohio had three more players go down with serious injuries, and had lost 10 players who were projected as starters when the season began to injuries. Certainly this year, both Akron and Ohio were much better than they were in 2012 when Kent State played them and with the exception of Northern Illinois, a team the Flashes played in the 2012 MAC championship game, no one on the schedule was nearly as good as Toledo or Bowling Green this season.

I'm just as disappointed as anyone about the team's non-existent offense but I can't say Coach Haynes is a bad head coach because the fact is we just don't know yet. With a zero offense he won three games and had two conference wins. And if it were not for two controversial personal foul penalties, the Flashes would more than likely not have lost in double overtime to Marshall.

Considering the strength of the team's defense, it's only fair to give him a chance to improve the offense. Let's see what happens next year. I fear the offense will not get a lot better unless a junior college quarterback is recruited. If the offense doesn't show considerable improvement it may be hard to justify hanging onto Haynes. But I can't see after three years how he can or should be let go. This is Kent State football folks and it will always be hard to win here. As Haynes states in the Akron post-game press conference, we thought that we fixed it in 2012 but we didn't. We just had a good year like we have every 25 years. Haynes is trying to build a program but it will take time to build one. I just hope he is given enough time to complete the mission.

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Mizzou and Alabama were at the top of the SEC in 2014, both coaches Gary Pinkel and Nick Saban can attribute a lot of their success to their coach at Kent State Don James. These two disciples continue to live out James' legacy every day in their football programs.

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Tough loss for the Flashes.

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Julian Edelman has an upcoming interview with ESPN’s E:60, and if the preview for it is any indication, it’s going to be the greatest interview ever.

There’s much on his bromance with Tom Brady, he does a great Bill Belichick impression, and he also explains his religion: “Jew … ish.”

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/10/julian-edelman-on-his-religion-i-consider-myself-jew-ish

In this video, Head Coach Paul Haynes addresses the media during the weekly Monday press conference.

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"It's annoying as hell. Half (probably more) of Ohio students are OSU fans, and if they'd take the kid blinders off and pay attention they'd realize OU has some killer ass history. Ohio had one of the first 10 players EVER taken in the NFL Draft, not OSU. Ohio had Mike Schmidt, not OSU. Ohio had Walter Locket, the top basketball recruit in the nation when he signed with Ohio.

The Cats have been great, and could be again, but in the age of the Internet and widespread broadcast deals, the Bobcats can't do it if half the student body would rather sit in their dorm and cheer on a school they didn't even want to go to. It's a frustrating life as an Ohio fan who grew up in the Buckeyes' city. But it makes my experience richer when we do what we did two years ago and go into The Schot with an almost entirely new basketball roster and take their ranked squad to the wire.

The scare is so bad they won't schedule us for another 20 years ,and they'll convince themselves it's because we're not good enough, but the facts are it's because with 1/5 the resources we can be just as good on any given day. They pretend there's this huge gap, but with a little bit more support Ohio could close that gap and give them a run for their money every year, if only OSU weren't too scared to play." - Bryan Vance

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http://www.underdogdynasty.com/2015/10/17/9483059/confesssion-of-g5-groupies-in-a-power-five-world

Flashes defeat UMass Minutemen, 15-10. Nice conference win on the road. Another solid performance by the defense and the offense did just enough to secure the victory.

Go Flashes!!!

The Toledo Rockets are favored by 15.5 points. I realize that is a lot of points but Toledo is playing at home and the Rockets are currently ranked #24 in the AP poll.

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/

http://collegefootball.ap.org/poll

The Flashes are favored by 10.5 over Miami.

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/odds/las-vegas/?s=712

In yesterday's double overtime loss to Marshall, there were a pair of controversial personal foul penalties that led to the ejections of two of Kent State's best defensive backs in the fourth quarter – safety Nate Holley, who recorded 15 tackles before exiting, and cornerback Najee Murray, who had three pass breakups. In the personal foul penalty involving Holley, Marshall's quarterback, Chase Linton, slid going for a first down.

Although Holley's helmet appeared to make contact with Linton's helmet, the hit was not flagrant. Nevertheless, Holley was flagged and ejected for targeting. Consequently, the infraction extended the drive, and Marshall scored a touchdown to give the Herd the lead 20-19.

On Murray's personal foul penalty, Marshall was attempting a two-point conversion when Murray broke up a pass to Yurachek with a hard tackle. Although the replay clearly showed that Murray did not hit Yurachek above the shoulder pads, he also was called for targeting and thrown out of the game. Given a second chance, Marshall again went for two, converted, and led by three at that point in the game.

If the correct call had been made, Marshall would had led by only one and not three points with 12:32 left in the game. But the difference proved significant because Kent kicked a 33-yard field goal with 4:55 to play that would have given the Flashes the lead and most likely the win considering how well Kent's defense was playing.

It's bad enough that Kent State loses a game it should have won but now the Flashes have to play their next game against Miami without two of their best defensive players for the first half due to the suspension rule.

Whether a player deserves an ejection on top of a penalty is subject to debate -- particularly when one half of a game without a top player (or two top players in Kent's case) can alter the outcome of the game and perhaps the entire course of a season given the significance of conference games.

In both cases, neither Holley nor Murray's hits were severe enough to warrant a suspension in my view. Even the TV announcer thought Murray's targeting penalty would be overruled when the officials looked at the replay but unfortunately it wasn't and that bad call was the deciding factor in who won the game.

"I think that there are some gray areas, but people do the very best they can to coach to avoid these situations and also to call it on the field," Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio said after Spartans linebacker Riley Bullough was ejected for a targeting call against an Air Force receiver on a pass play over the middle. "Some hits are not intentional," said Dantonio.

"I think it should be determined sometimes on the severity of the hit in my mind. I can tell you that a game suspension is very difficult when you only have 12 games to play guaranteed to you. That's difficult to comprehend for a player."

I agree with Dantonio. And anyone who saw the questionable plays by Holley and Murray knows neither one was severe enough to warrant suspensions. I understand the purpose of the ruling but some of these targeting calls are way off base and diminish the integrity of the game.

Perhaps Jack Lambert was right when he said, "Quarterbacks should wear dresses." That certainly seems the way football is played today.

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Looking forward to this matchup.