Posts Filed Under: COLLEGE FOOTBALL
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Better than Reno, but not much
posted on July 20, 2010 at 9:35am
Joe Montana is selling his championship rings on eBay for bail money. Bid now!
Let’s pretend for a moment that you are Joe Montana, legendary Notre Dame and NFL quarterback and three time Super Bowl MVP.
Life is good, you’re probably hanging on a ...more
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No Offense, It's Just Business
posted on June 12, 2010 at 5:41pm
Marie Hardin recently posted a WTS blog in response to Eric Deggens' column regarding a study confirming that while participation in women's sports has increased with Title IX, media coverage itself is stagnant, if not decreasing (see "Why the Apathy...more
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No One Remembers Second...
posted on June 10, 2010 at 5:00pm
Amidst the USC-Reggie Bush/O.J. Mayo scandals and the sanctions announced by the NCAA today, the Memphis-Derrick Rose scandal, Marion Jones and her steroids scandal, and yes, the fossil that is the MLB steroids scandal, I’ve been doing a l...more
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One way or another?
posted on March 24, 2010 at 7:13am
A panel on gender equity and intercollegiate sports held at Vanderbilt University Law School yesterday brought out a Title IX founder, a realist, and a wrestling coach.According to the AP coverage, the panel discussion focused on "whether the law requirin...more
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Good Parent/Bad Citizen
posted on March 23, 2010 at 7:01am
Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram Jr’s. father had his prison sentence extended by 27 months as a punishment for jumping bail. Of course he was jumping bail to attempt to watch his son play in the Sugar Bowl in 2009. He got caught in a hotel room in Mic...more
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Grambling State opens Eddie Robinson Museum
posted on March 5, 2010 at 7:13am
My first recollection of the Grambling State University campus in 1990 was how run down it looked compared to the other state school just a few miles down the road. Louisiana Tech in Ruston represented itself to the world with manicured lawns, freshly...more
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NCAA Football Coach Swap
posted on January 28, 2010 at 6:33pm
As promised, I’m back with the latest in NCAA football coach musical chairs. You really can’t tell a player without a program anymore.
Lane Kiffin: From Tennessee to USC. Violations. Investigations. And L’il Wayne. Blah, blah, blah. It just sucks...more
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Who's talking about Tebow?
posted on January 28, 2010 at 9:55am
So much for my one religion post a month. I guess I just can't will culture to limit my exposure to such things.So who is talking about Tim Tebow--besides this reluctant blogger? Well every guy on Sports Center and Mike and Mike in the Morning (I sit thro...more
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Lane Kiffin’s first USC recruiting violation
posted on January 24, 2010 at 3:22pm
Whoever had 10 days in the pool can come collect their money.
That was how long it took Lane Kiffin to commit his first recruiting violation at USC.
On Saturday he picked a USC prospect up at the airport in a limousine.
At this rate he should be able t...more
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"Summit disappointed that Kiffin left UT"
posted on January 15, 2010 at 8:35am
"Summit disappointed that Kiffin left UT"
OK, so clowning on a mercenary football coach like Lane Kiffin is already getting kinda old...
Everybody from Charles Barkley to Tennessee clergy is doing it...
But -- fair or not -- at how many schools could ...more
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Not a pretty girl*
posted on January 14, 2010 at 5:48pm
And thank goodness for that because then I might have been recruited as a hostess. You're thinking sex work, right? Nope. Well, maybe, kind of.According to this article from a December issue of Inside Higher Ed, the sketchy practice of pretty girls hostin...more
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College Football: OK, Now I’m Getting Angry
posted on January 14, 2010 at 2:24pm
Pissed of is more like it, but not the best word for a title. And since I’m apparently the resident college football commentator, (jump in, anyone?!), I get to add my opinion, right?
That said, reading that Ruffin McNeill was fired by Texas Tech really...more
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Pat Summitt: “No, I can’t coach football.”
posted on January 14, 2010 at 9:36am
Pat Summitt talks about former Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin during an appearance before the big Orange Tipoff Club on Wednesday.
During her weekly teleconference yesterday she said that Kiffin’s decision to leave the school after only 14 mont...more
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College Football: The Plot Thickens…
posted on January 13, 2010 at 8:25am
Today it was announced that Lane Kiffin will be leaving the University of Tennessee to replace Pete Carroll at the University of Southern California. (See the story on ESPN.com) Carroll was officially introduced as the new head coach of the Seattle Seahaw...more
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USC's Pete Carroll jumping to NFL
posted on January 9, 2010 at 12:11pm
It looks like Pete Carroll of USC will be headed to the Seattle Seahawks.
It also looks like the off season is going to be very interesting as far as head coaches in the NCAA Division 1 are concerned. With openings all over the country at schools like ...more
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Football trivia: On the eleventh day of Christmas
posted on January 4, 2010 at 7:11pm
On the eleventh day of Christmas Draft Day Suit brings you…. trivia! You really have no need for “lords a leaping” anyway.
To kick off our new trivia segment we turn to college football. Despite my Rose Bowl disappointment (Go Ducks!), and pe...more
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Meyer pulls a Favre
posted on December 27, 2009 at 7:53pm
Urban Meyer has now said that he will only take a leave of absence from his head coaching position with the Florida Gators.
Yesterday, he announced that he would resign his position.
I have a feeling it’s going to be a long week. Stay tuned, as Meyer ...more
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Meyer to step down as Florida head coach
posted on December 27, 2009 at 9:48am
On Saturday, Urban Meyer announced that he will step down as the head coach of the University of Florida Gators, after discussing the matter with his family.
Meyer had been admitted to the hospital after the SEC title game with chest pains, and has bee...more
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Success in life through athletics
posted on December 20, 2009 at 2:10pm
“A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life, it can be done.” -Vince Lombardi...more
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UNCC decides to add football
posted on December 15, 2009 at 1:14pm
The trustees at the University of North Carolina Charlotte have decided to go forward with the plan to add a football team. The team will make its debut in 2013.This is also a good time to mention that Hofstra University cut its team last week, shortly af...more
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