There were a trio of scouts from the Indianapolis Colts and another from the New York Jets watching from the Rentschler Field press box Saturday afternoon, but the men with the gaudy logos on their jackets were nowhere to be found. No Car Care Bowl logos. No International Bowl logos. No St. Petersburg Bowl logos. [...]
Posted on November 30th, 2009 by admin
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The Queens Gaels made a habit of winning high-scoring nailbiters throughout the 2009 CIS playoffs, but they saved their wildest show for the Vanier Cup. Facing an 18-point deficit at halftime, the Gaels stormed out of the locker room for the third quarter of Saturdays national university football championship, racking up 26 unanswered points against [...]
Posted on November 30th, 2009 by admin
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Virginia fired Al Groh after nine seasons at his alma mater Sunday, ending a tenure marked by his inability to beat rival Virginia Tech. Grohs dismissal came less than 24 hours after the Cavaliers (3-9, 2-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) lost 42-13 at home to the No. 11 Hokies, finishing their worst season since they were [...]
Posted on November 30th, 2009 by admin
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Sean Renfree might not participate in all of Dukes spring football practice because of an injury, but Coach David Cutcliffe said he expects Renfree back near full speed for the 2010 season. Renfree, a redshirt freshman quarterback, underwent surgery recently to repair a torn anterior-cruciate ligament in a knee suffered in a loss to Georgia [...]
Posted on November 28th, 2009 by admin
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Notre Dame leads 17-6. The Irish have won the past seven, including a 28-21 victory at South Bend, Ind., last year. The story lines: Notre Dames Charlie Weis, an NFL assistant coach for 15 years, on Stanfords Jim Harbaugh when he played in the pros: There arent very many quarterbacks that are tough guys. They [...]
Posted on November 28th, 2009 by admin
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The folks who support the Bowl Championship Series like to say it has broadened the interest in college football, making it more of a national sport than the regional game it had been traditionally. Fair point. The old expression about broken clocks being correct twice a day comes to mind, but there is a great [...]
Posted on November 27th, 2009 by admin
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Former University of Miami defensive coordinator Tommy Tuberville once called end Kevin Patrick one of the best defensive players in the country. He plays hurt. Hes played hurt ever since hes been here. They dont come any tougher than Kevin Patrick. That was in October 1993, a few days before Patrick and his sixth-ranked Hurricanes [...]
Posted on November 27th, 2009 by admin
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Two of Florida State s top performers this season almost wound up playing at archrival Florida. Defensive back Greg Reid and receiver Bert Reed each enjoyed their recruiting visit to Gainesville and once thought of themselves wearing Orange and Blue before changing their minds at the last moment to attend Florida State. It all comes [...]
Posted on November 26th, 2009 by admin
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It was a response to a tweet about the Heisman Trophy race, and it had a nice ring to it: Put Mallett on the ballot. After only 11 games as the Arkansas Razorbacks quarterback, Ryan Mallett has become almost a folk hero locally – an e-mail suggested he be nicknamed The Rifleman – but outside [...]
Posted on November 26th, 2009 by admin
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Naaman Roosevelt came to the University at Buffalo as a lightly recruited athlete who wanted an opportunity to play quarterback. Four years later, he leaves as arguably the greatest wide receiver in UB history. Roosevelt, the former St. Joes quarterback and Turner Gills first recruit as a head coach, will miss the final game of [...]
Posted on November 26th, 2009 by admin
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