CBSSports.com’s Dennis Dodd and J. Darin Darst provide analysis on college football topics.
1. With the suspension of Jeremiah Masoli and other off-field problems at Oregon, where does that put the Ducks going into next season?
DODD: After the shock wore off from Chip Kelly suspending his starting quarterback for the season, [...]
Posted on March 17th, 2010 by admin
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Ohio State has added two mo and has offered him an administrative job when he retires.
The nine-year coach of the Buckeyes had his original contract, signed in 2006 and amended twice more, extended through the 2014 season on Tuesday.
“We wanted to reward Jim for his exemplary work with our football program [...]
Posted on March 17th, 2010 by admin
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Thanks in part to the NFL’s evolution into an offensive air circus, only four true middle linebackers have been selected in the first round of the NFL Draft during this century. So, while this year’s draft offers up the usual array of athletic, rush-or-cover outside linebackers, the biggest intrigue surrounds an inside linebacker, Alabama’s [...]
Posted on March 16th, 2010 by admin
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Ohio State has added two more years to Jim Tressel’s contract.
The Buckeyes football coach had his original contract, signed in 2008, extended through the 2014 season.
Tressel, who is 94-21 in his nine years in Columbus, makes around $3.5 million a year, depending on incentives and additions.
Athletic director Gene Smith [...]
Posted on March 16th, 2010 by admin
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Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli was suspended Friday for the upcoming season by coach Chip Kelly after pleading guilty to second-degree burglary in the theft of a pair of laptops and a guitar from a campus fraternity.
Jeremiah Masoli will miss the season while LaMichael James is suspended for the season opener. (Getty Images) [...]
Posted on March 13th, 2010 by admin
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Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford has pushed his on-campus pro day workout to March 29, NFLDraftScout.com has confirmed with the player’s agency, CAA. ESPN first reported that Bradford and his agents rescheduled his original March 25 date to avoid a conflict with the NFL owners meetings in Orlando March 21-24.
Considering the league’s labor [...]
Posted on March 13th, 2010 by admin
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How to evaluate this latest Notre Dame-to-the-Big-Ten speculative grenade?
Run but not likely.
Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick is a lawyer by trade with a deep background in business. The NCAA consulted with the man on its move from Overland Park, Kan. to Indianapolis.
Jack Swarbrick would be wise to [...]
Posted on March 12th, 2010 by admin
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Former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach is giving sworn testimony in his lawsuit against the school over his firing.
Leach didn’t answer reporters’ questions Friday as he walked into a small basement conference room in his attorney’s office building in Lubbock, Texas.
The university fired Leach on Dec. 30, two days after suspending [...]
Posted on March 12th, 2010 by admin
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Oregon running back LaMichael James is scheduled to appear Friday at a change-of-plea hearing on domestic violence charges.
James previously pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of menacing, strangulation and assault. A woman who says she is James’ girlfriend says he grabbed her neck and pushed her to the ground during an argument outside [...]
Posted on March 11th, 2010 by admin
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Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli, who helped lead the Ducks to the Pac-10 Conference title and a Rose Bowl berth last season, faces a burglary charge in connection with a theft at a campus fraternity house in late January.
The Lane Country district attorney’s office says Masoli and former Oregon receiver Garrett Embry were each [...]
Posted on March 11th, 2010 by admin
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