Eastern Washington will appeal an NCAA ban on postseason play by its football team next season.
Athletic director Bill Chaves said in a news release Saturday that Eastern will appeal only the postseason ban - not the other penalties levied by the NCAA earlier this month. Most of those penalties were self-imposed after EWU reported violations [...]
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by admin
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When Notre Dame asks you to coach, you don’t say no, so Lou Holtz will fly to Tokyo in July to coach the Fighting Irish legends team against Japan’s national American football team.
The former Notre Dame coach was in Tokyo on Friday to promote the Notre Dame Japan Bowl on July 25 at Tokyo Dome. [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2009 by admin
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The commissioner of the Mountain West Conference met with congressional aides, lobbying for changes to the Bowl Championship Series.
In the debate over how to best decide college football’s national champion, commissioner Craig Thompson said he plans to present a proposal to BCS coordinator John Swofford. He declined to offer details. The league also has hired [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2009 by admin
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Frank Cignetti Jr, previously the offensive coordinator at California, took the same position Wednesday at Pittsburgh, where he replaces Matt Cavanaugh.
Cavanaugh, a former Pitt quarterback, held the job for four years before returning to the NFL last week as the New York Jets’ quarterbacks coach. Cavanaugh was the Baltimore Ravens’ offensive coordinator before joining Pitt [...]
Posted on February 19th, 2009 by admin
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Cincinnati has filled its defensive coordinator position by hiring Bob Diaco, who was a defensive coach at Virginia.
The Bearcats also promoted two coaches on Wednesday. Defensive backs coach Kerry Coombs was given the title of associate head coach, and special teams coach Mike Elston was elevated to assistant head coach. Both will keep their current [...]
Posted on February 19th, 2009 by admin
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Florida offensive lineman Carl Johnson was arrested on Monday and charged with violating a domestic violence restraining order.
According to Alachua County records, Johnson last week was ordered to stay away from a woman but was arrested early Monday afternoon after he allegedly followed her off a bus.
Johnson, 6-foot-6, 330 pounds, was being held in the [...]
Posted on February 17th, 2009 by admin
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Southern Mississippi running back Damion Fletcher, the school’s all-time leading rusher, is charged with firing at least one gunshot while at an apartment complex, and another player faces a marijuana possession charge.
Hattiesburg Police Department spokesman Synarus Green told The Associated Press on Monday that Fletcher was charged with discharging a firearm at the apartment complex [...]
Posted on February 17th, 2009 by admin
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In honor of Valentines Day, the Rivals.com football staff decided to put together a top-10 list of the things we love about college football.
10. OVERTIME
Argue all you want about how the NFL has a much better method of deciding its champion. At least college football knows how to decide the winner of a game thats [...]
Posted on February 16th, 2009 by admin
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Former Miami of Ohio head coach Shane Montgomery has taken the offensive coordinator job at Akron under Zips head coach J D Brookhart, Rivals com has learned.
Montgomery compiled a 17-31 record from 2005-08 at Miami. He led the RedHawks to MAC East Division Championships in 2005 and 2007 but failed to take the school to [...]
Posted on February 16th, 2009 by admin
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Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz has agreed to a new, seven-year contract that includes the same salary and bonus structures as his previous deal.
Athletic director Gary Barta made the announcement on Thursday. The contract will run through the 2015 season. Last year, Ferentz’s average annual salary was $2.84 million.
Under the new agreement, Ferentz’s assistant coaches [...]
Posted on February 13th, 2009 by admin
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