Last week ESPN.com ran a 3-day series of stories about big-time boosterism in college football and college athletics.  I don't have a lot to add, other than to provide comprehensive links to review all the stories at your own discretion.  Of little surprise, many of the stories are a mix of fact, hearsay, mythology and legalese.

The entries about former Nike CEO Phil Knight and two corporate types who are Troy boosters are very benign in comparison to what is written about Auburn Trustee Bobby Lowder and also the Alabama/Tennessee boster case.

ESPN.com investigative reporter Mike Fish wrote most of the pieces, with some entries by ESPN money guy Darren Rovell.

• Just Do It!-Oregon, Phil Knight, and Nike
• Money Talks-Oklahoma State and corporate raider T. Boone Pickens
• Corporate $upport-Troy and the boys from Movie Gallery

• Wave of Support-Tulane University fundraising after Hurricane Katrina
• Supply and Demand-Ticket prices and how some teams "license" seats through costly donation requirements

• Tiger of a Trustee-Auburn and Bobby Lowder
• Most Powerful Boosters-Self explanatory, ESPN's "Gang of 10" if you will

• The Crimson Hide-Logan Young, the Feds, Tennessee... outstanding magazine-like presentation with graphics, photos, video, documents