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Tim Tebow's Spring snip break

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: May 5, 2008 · Comments (0)

The University of Florida quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner sure does interesting things when away from school. During spring break, Tebow added a new facet to his fame. In an impoverished village outside General Santos City in the Philippines, Tebow helped circumcise impoverished children. On the Friday of a weeklong... [Full Story]

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Congress Looking into the BCS?

Posted by Danny Strickland · Published: April 20, 2008 · Comments (0)

This is clearly a case of sour grapes but an interesting angle to go after the BCS. First let's look at these intrepid lawmakers and what interests they could have in what the hell the NCAA does with its championship formula. Westmoreland is from Georgia and probably bought into the... [Full Story]

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Florida Gators' 2006 BCS Title Trophy Falls Off Stand, Breaks

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 15, 2008 · Comments (1)

It was broom and dustpan time in Gainesville last Friday. The Gators' 2006 BCS National Championship trophy fell off of its stand in Florida's football offices and broke Friday, Florida's operations and facilities director Chip Howard said Monday. Because Florida is preparing to move to its new offices, which are... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Did the University of Central Florida practice a football player to death?

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 11, 2008 · Comments (0)

Players and coaches are telling entirely different stories as to how Ereck Plancher died last month. From the Orlando Sentinel- Ereck Plancher, a 19-year-old receiver from Naples, was taken to a hospital March 18 and was pronounced dead about an hour after the workout, known as a "mat drill." A... [Full Story]

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Own A Sports Team

Posted by Brent Blaze · Published: March 20, 2008 · Comments (0)

Have you ever wanted to own your own sports franchise? Personally, I would really buy into an opportunity to be apart of a sports franchise. I came across a legit idea that I decided to actually promote. If I didn't buy into what these guys were doing 100%, then I... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

College Football's Best Players?

Posted by Danny Strickland · Published: March 15, 2008 · Comments (1)

Matt Hayes from Sporting News has a piece up that is in his words, "list of the best players in the game, pure and simple" in NCAA football. As with all lists, there will be disagreement but this one is without a doubt the strangest I have seen in some... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

A Tale of Two Coaches

Posted by Danny Strickland · Published: March 1, 2008 · Comments (3)

Coaching in the NCAA has never been an easy job. These are very young, very high profile men and any mistake they make will be plastered all over the media. This week offers us an opportunity to compare the reactions of two coaches when an incident occurred. First we have... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.4/5 (9 votes cast)

Predicting Dark Horses in February?

Posted by Danny Strickland · Published: February 28, 2008 · Comments (1)

College football is almost seven months away and people are already making predictions? In his defense, Olin Buchanan writing at Rivals.com does admit early in the article that predicting National Championship teams this early is ridiculous but he does it anyway. Still, if Georgia, LSU, USC, Oklahoma, West Virginia or... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (2 votes cast)

Former Ole Miss QB and NFL punter Eagle Day dead at 75

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 25, 2008

He was an all SEC QB in the mid-fifties. Quarterbacks who also doubled as punters were quite common when I watched football in the 70's and 80's. Dallas Cowboy Danny White, Tom Blanchard who kicked for the Giants, Bucs, and Saints. There were others, including Sammy Baugh back in the... [Full Story]

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NFL Coaches are Better NCAA Recruiters?

Posted by Danny Strickland · Published: February 13, 2008

FoxSports has this little bit of brilliance. Is it important in today's recruiting game to have a head coach who has NFL experience? That's a great question so I did some research on the Scout.com Top 25 2008 Recruiting Rankings. Of the top 25 schools, 13 of them had a... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (1 votes cast)

Investigation looks into HS Football player opting for school that didn't recruit him

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: February 5, 2008

What an odd story. It looked like an American dream come true, but now somebody's going to experience a nightmare. Students, television and newsprint reporters packed the gym at Fernley (Nev.) High School to hear offensive lineman Kevin Hart give a verbal commitment to play football at the University of... [Full Story]

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Say Hello to Arena Football

Posted by Danny Strickland · Published: January 27, 2008

I said before the Sugar Bowl that Hawaii would get destroyed and though I received a bunch of hate mail, I was right. Brennan was, as I predicted, simply outclassed by far superior athletes. I also said after that game that Brennan would not go to the NFL in the... [Full Story]

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Rich Rodriguez is One Weird Cat

Posted by Dan Zinski · Published: January 15, 2008

New Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez is being accused of destroying records from his 7 years as head man at West Virginia, including "all or most of the paperwork filed relating to every player on the Mountaineer roster and virtually all of the activities conducted by the programs over the past... [Full Story]

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FSU's Xavier Lee to Join NFL Draft

Posted by Danny Strickland · Published: January 14, 2008

I think this young man has a much higher view of himself that is healthy. The tumultuous Xavier Lee era -- at most times baffling and in rare moments brilliant -- is over at Florida State. Lee, the former quarterback at Daytona Beach Seabreeze High who became one of the... [Full Story]

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The USC Train Wreck Gains Speed

Posted by Danny Strickland · Published: January 11, 2008

The rumors and innuendo around whether or not former USC running back and Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush was complicit in taking money from sports agents while he was still an "amateur" are starting to gain significant momentum. Here are the documents that seriously implicate Reggie Bush and his father.... [Full Story]

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Falcons Pursuing Pete Carroll?

Posted by Danny Strickland · Published: January 9, 2008

The latest buzz from Atlanta is that the Falcons and Pete Carroll are looking longingly at each other. Late Tuesday night, ESPN.com, citing multiple sources, reported that Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank is pursuing USC coach Pete Carroll according to a report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. According to the story,... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Did the BCS Blowout Ignite Serious Discussion of a Playoff?

Posted by Danny Strickland · Published: January 8, 2008 · Comments (3)

Dan Wetzel, writing for Yahoo Sports, has an interesting reaction by some of the power players in college football in the wake of last night's blowout BCS Championship game. NEW ORLEANS - It was another listless BCS mismatch, Louisiana State not even needing a truly great performance to beat Ohio... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

SEC "Speed" Rules Again

Posted by Danny Strickland · Published: January 7, 2008

This is just a teaser but LSU dominated the best that the Big 10 had and it could have been worse. No time to write much more tonight, more tomorrow I promise. ... [Full Story]

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Jones to Leave Hawaii for SMU

Posted by Danny Strickland · Published: January 7, 2008

The AP is reporting: June Jones is giving up the paradise of Hawaii for the daunting task of trying to restore SMU to football respectability. Jones, who coached Hawaii to an unbeaten regular season, resisted an emotional plea from Warriors fans as well as the governor and decided Monday to... [Full Story]

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West Virginia Smokes Oklahoma 48-28

Posted by Danny Strickland · Published: January 3, 2008 · Comments (1)

The Mountaineers totally dominated the Sooners in the Fiesta Bowl. This was a shocker for several reasons. 1. West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez bailed for the Michigan job and no team so far had won a bowl game with an interim coach. 2. West Virginia was coming off a... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Hawaii Shellacking Ought to Teach BCS

Posted by Dan Zinski · Published: January 2, 2008 · Comments (1)

Hawaii got more publicity all year than it ever deserved. Most of this came of course because of Colt Brennan, their star QB, who put up epic numbers. Unfortunately, in the process of becoming undefeated media darlings, Brennan and the Warriors beat no one of consequence; still, they garnered enough... [Full Story]

Rating: 1.7/5 (3 votes cast)

Southern Cal Crushes Illinois 49-17

Posted by Danny Strickland · Published: January 1, 2008 · Comments (3)

Many people questioned whether or not the Illini belonged in the Rose Bowl. Illinois responded with a thunderous....NO. This game featured almost 1100 total yards and 154 offensive plays. Unfortunately for Illinois it also featured two interceptions and two fumbles, three of which occurred in the redzone. Illinois runningback Rashard... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Michigan Beats Florida in a Shootout 41-35

Posted by Danny Strickland · Published: January 1, 2008 · Comments (8)

In terms of fundamental football execution this was not a pretty game but it sure was fun to watch. It's always entertaining to watch 950 total yards and 52 first downs. Lloyd Carr is leaving Michigan on a winning note but it looked in peril in spite of a Florida... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Virginia Collapses against Texas Tech 31-28

Posted by Danny Strickland · Published: January 1, 2008 · Comments (1)

Virginia was leading 28 to 14 late in the fourth quarter. That's when the Cavalier nightmare started. The Red Raiders rolled up 17 unanswered points in the last 3:31 winning on a last second field goal. This will go down in NCAA history as a complete choke. This is a... [Full Story]

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Missouri Throttles Arkansas 38-7

Posted by Danny Strickland · Published: January 1, 2008 · Comments (1)

The hype was that two Heisman Trophy finalists, Darren McFadden and Chase Daniel, squared off in the Cotton Bowl. Other than a glaring lack of performance, neither was part of the story. Missouri's Tony Temple set a couple of Cotton Bowl records with 282 rushing yards and four touchdowns. Temple... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (1 votes cast)

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