For years, generations of Thomas Luck’s family supported the University of Tennessee and its endeavors. But on Friday, the Nashville lawyer squared off against his alma mater in a Nashville courtroom in a dispute over prime box seats at Neyland Stadium.
In a lawsuit, Luck wants the seating rights that were given to his father in [...]
Posted on January 31st, 2009 by admin
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Buffalo coach Turner Gill promoted Danny Barrett to offensive coordinator Friday as part of a staff shake-up.
Barrett previously served as quarterbacks coach and takes over the coordinator job from Gill, who spent the previous two years in the dual role. Barrett is a former Canadian Football League quarterback.
In other moves, Robert Wimberly was hired as [...]
Posted on January 31st, 2009 by admin
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Washington is self-reporting to the Pac-10 Conference a second recruiting violation this month by new football coach Steve Sarkisian.
Though the violations are secondary, any such missteps are a sensitive issue for Washington, a former national power program that’s been in disarray for most of this decade.
The Huskies were the only winless team in major college [...]
Posted on January 30th, 2009 by admin
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The Mid-American Conference announced Thursday that long-time commissioner Rick Chryst will step down on June 30, when his current contract expires.
Chryst, 47, is the third-longest serving commissioner in the 63-year history of the league, having held the post since May 1999.
I have been privileged to serve an outstanding group of institutions, administrators and student-athletes during [...]
Posted on January 30th, 2009 by admin
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Georgia tailback Richard Samuel, a leading candidate to take over for starter Knowshon Moreno, will miss spring practice after having surgery on his left wrist.
Samuel is expected to recover in time for the 2009 season.
Samuel, who played behind Moreno as a freshman in 2008, had surgery Wednesday by a hand specialist at St. Mary’s Hospital [...]
Posted on January 29th, 2009 by admin
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Bobby Bowden signed a one-year contract Wednesday to coach a 34th season at Florida State, prolonging his duel with Penn State’s Joe Paterno to see who will retire as college football’s all-time leader in wins.
The school’s announcement said Bowden will be paid just under $2.5 million, the same as last year.
“I am glad to get [...]
Posted on January 29th, 2009 by admin
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Charlotte took the next step toward adding a football program Wednesday by unveiling the payment structure and tiers for its permanent seat license program.
School officials will begin collecting money Thursday in hopes of raising $10 million toward the $45 million cost to start a team to begin play in the 2013 season.
“We are thrilled with [...]
Posted on January 29th, 2009 by admin
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Ernest T Jones’ bid to hang onto his job as head football coach at Alcorn State ended Tuesday after a university committee rejected an appeal of his firing.
Jones was fired Dec. 11 - exactly a year after being hired as the Braves’ coach. He signed a three-year, $140,000 contract in December 2007.
He appealed the firing [...]
Posted on January 28th, 2009 by admin
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Mark Whipple was sitting last week in a film room at the Philadelphia Eagles’ complex, watching tapes of three Miami games from this past season.
He noticed many talented offensive players.
Now, it’s Whipple’s job to make them winners.
Whipple, who helped Ben Roethlisberger win his first Super Bowl and coached Massachusetts to a Division I-AA national title [...]
Posted on January 28th, 2009 by admin
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Chuck Bullough was promoted to UCLA’s defensive coordinator.
“Chuck is an outstanding coach and is certainly deserving of the opportunity to lead our defense,” Bruins coach Rick Neuheisel said in a statement Monday. “He is very detail-oriented when it comes to teaching fundamentals and he has earned the respect of our players for the job he [...]
Posted on January 27th, 2009 by admin
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