Hawaii coach Greg McMackin apologized Thursday for making a derogatory remark while describing Notre Dames chant during a dinner banquet leading up to last years Hawaii Bowl. McMackin used the gay slur during a media briefing at the Western Athletic Conference football preview in Salt Lake City. After the remark, he uttered it two more [...]
Posted on July 31st, 2009 by admin
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Steve Spurrier has more regrets over his all-Southeastern Conference ballot: That he took his omission of Floridas Tim Tebow from the first team so seriously and that he involved one of his most trusted staffers. The South Carolina coach said Thursday he made way too big a deal of not voting for the Heisman Trophy [...]
Posted on July 31st, 2009 by admin
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The University of Alabama formally asked the NCAA to restore 21 vacated wins to the football program in a 29-page appeal on Tuesday. The appeal said the penalty was so excessive as to constitute an abuse of discretion. The Committee on Infractions levied the penalty stemming from 201 student-athletes in 16 sports obtaining textbooks they [...]
Posted on July 29th, 2009 by admin
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Sam Bradford found it tough as a teenage Oklahoma fan to watch the Sooners losing national championship games. As a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, it was an even tougher to to be part of Oklahomas latest national title game loss. Its all you think about, its all you dream about, and to have the opportunity to [...]
Posted on July 29th, 2009 by admin
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Nebraska is favored to win its division. The Cornhuskers can score points in bunches and no Big 12 team enters the season with a longer winning streak. Sure seems like the good old days again for the Cornhuskers. Not quite yet, second-year coach Bo Pelini cautioned Monday, though things are moving in the right direction [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2009 by admin
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Some tweaking to the Bowl Championship Series rules gives greater access to the Rose Bowl to teams outside the six conferences with automatic BCS bids – such as Utah. Under certain circumstances, they can play their way into the Rose Bowl, which hasnt been true in the past, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said Monday [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2009 by admin
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Joe Cox might not become the next Matthew Stafford, a top draft pick now enjoying NFL riches. Georgias new starting quarterback would happily settle for being the latest incarnation of D.J. Shockley, a guy who patiently waited his turn and then took advantage of it four years ago. I would love to have a chance [...]
Posted on July 27th, 2009 by admin
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Greg Boone beamed Sunday when he showed off the bulky, glittering ring he earned last season for helping Virginia Tech win the Atlantic Coast Conference. Then the tight end wondered how heavy a national championship ring might be. For the first time in a while, its not a stretch to think he and the Hokies [...]
Posted on July 27th, 2009 by admin
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Boise State will head east to play Virginia Tech in 2010. School officials announced the matchup Thursday. The Broncos and Hokies will play Oct. 2 at FedEx Field, in the Washington suburb of Landover, Md. Boise State will get a payout of $1.25 million to play the Hokies, one of the most successful college football [...]
Posted on July 24th, 2009 by admin
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The top administrator of the Mountain West Conference said Wednesday that it could take five years to change the way college football championships are decided. Acknowledging the MWC was still sore about undefeated Utah being shut out of last years national championship game, Commissioner Craig Thompson vowed to keep lobbying Congress, Bowl Championship Series administrators [...]
Posted on July 23rd, 2009 by admin
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