Georgia State is wasting no time jumping into big-time college football. Georgia State will play at Alabama in its first season in 2010 in a game that will mark Bill Currys return to the state. The schools announced Wednesday plans to play on Nov. 20, 2010 at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The game will [...]
Posted on June 18th, 2009 by admin
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George Belotti, a three-year football letterman at Southern California in the mid-1950s who was a member of the American Football Leagues first championship team, has died. He was 74. Belotti died Monday in suburban Arcadia from complications of a stroke, the university said Tuesday. He lived in Covina. Belotti played left tackle at USC from [...]
Posted on June 17th, 2009 by admin
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The NCAA is allowing Florida State to release a version of its letter to the school on a disciplinary case resulting from an academic cheating scandal, officials said Tuesday. The school must first retype the report from a computer format and redact names, Florida State general counsel Betty Steffens said. The letter details the NCAAs [...]
Posted on June 17th, 2009 by admin
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The Associated Press and other Florida news organizations sued the NCAA and Florida State University on Monday, charging they schemed to violate open government laws by not making correspondence public about an academic cheating scandal at the school. This action concerns a scheme created to avoid public access, the 21-page lawsuit said. The scheme developed [...]
Posted on June 16th, 2009 by admin
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Billy Bye, a halfback at Minnesota in the 1940s, has drowned in a boating accident. He was 81. The Crow Wing County Sheriffs Office confirmed the death Saturday. He died at Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby. Authorities say Byes motor became entangled while he was on Bay Lake on Friday. He freed the motor [...]
Posted on June 14th, 2009 by admin
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Kansas State coach Bill Snyder prefers football to politics. Snyder told a crowd of football boosters in Winfield, Kan., this week that he was asked to be former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius running mate in 2006. He said he seriously considered the job but eventually decided not to delve into politics. Snyders comments were first [...]
Posted on June 13th, 2009 by admin
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The NCAA hit Alabamas football program where it hurts – the Tides famed history. The Crimson Tide will slip a notch in the record books if university officials dont appeal NCAA sanctions that would force the program to vacate 21 wins for misuse of textbooks acquired by student-athletes for free using their scholarships. Though Alabama [...]
Posted on June 13th, 2009 by admin
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This falls eagerly awaited return of Minnesota football to campus after 27 years will feature nostalgia, pageantry and fresh air. But no beer. University President Robert Bruininks is expected to recommend Friday that regents ban alcohol from the new TCF Bank Stadium following a dispute with state lawmakers. We know people will drink before they [...]
Posted on June 12th, 2009 by admin
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Southern California athletic director Mike Garrett and another senior administrator have gone online to discuss twin NCAA investigations involving the Trojans football and basketball programs. Video statements from Garrett and Todd Dickey, senior vice president for administration, were posted on the universitys web site Thursday, two days after Tim Floyd resigned as basketball coach following [...]
Posted on June 12th, 2009 by admin
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Its actually happened before, but this is a guy who had an NFL career that most only dream of. Jason Fabini, a Bearcat from 1993-1997 is retiring from pro football after an 11-year career (eight with the Jets, a year with the Cowboys, and the last two with the Washington Redskins). I found this out [...]
Posted on June 9th, 2009 by admin
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