Think of conference realignment as a football-shaped meteor coming to rest in your backyard. You got lucky because it didnt make a crater. Watch out for the next one, which could be the Big Bang. If you dont believe at least a bigger bang is coming Ive got some oceanfront property for sale near Tom [...]
Posted on June 30th, 2010 by admin
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The Western Athletic Conference does not plan to replace departing Boise State for the 2011-12 season. Commissioner Karl Benson announced on Tuesday that the conference will operate with eight members in 2011-12 and wont add any new schools until July 1, 2012, at the earliest. Boise State has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain [...]
Posted on June 30th, 2010 by admin
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Washington quarterback Jake Locker is the early consensus No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, according to fans and the media, but scouts have given Florida States Christian Ponder an identical grade as both players enter their senior seasons. Florida States Christian Ponder looks and carries himself like an NFL quarterback, says one [...]
Posted on June 29th, 2010 by admin
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College sports fans searching for a coveted ticket to a sold-out game can bypass the shady guys hanging outside the stadiums and arenas. Just try your favorite schools website. Or go straight to the NCAA. A scalping scheme at the University of Kansas has exposed the seamy side of the secondary ticket business, with five [...]
Posted on June 29th, 2010 by admin
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Southern California filed an appeal with the NCAA on Friday, asking that several sanctions on its football program be reduced because they are “too severe” and “inconsistent with precedent.” USC appealed only certain aspects of this months ruling. Among the penalties were a two-year bowl ban, four years of probation, scholarship losses and removal of [...]
Posted on June 27th, 2010 by admin
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Three incoming UCLA players have been arrested on suspicion of felony theft, officials and public records said Saturday. Joshua all 18-year-old were arrested on the UCLA campus Wednesday, booked at a Los Angeles County jail and released early Thursday morning, sheriffs department records showed. Shaquille Richardson and Paul Richardson posted $20,000 bail each and Shirley [...]
Posted on June 27th, 2010 by admin
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CBSSports.com senior writer Dennis Dodd and staff writer J. Darin Darst provide analysis on college football topics. 1. Picking up some preseason magazines everybody loves Ohio State and Alabama but elsewhere there are some weird picks. DODD: Ah, football. Its nice to be talking about it again. Those preseason mags are mothers milk this time [...]
Posted on June 22nd, 2010 by admin
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Receiver Duron Carter has left Ohio State and enrolled at a community college in Kansas. Carter is the son of former Ohio State and NFL star Cris Carter. He has had academic problems and was declared ineligible for the Rose Bowl when semester grades were released in December. Coach Jim Tressel announced his departure Monday. [...]
Posted on June 22nd, 2010 by admin
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One of the most powerful advocates of a college football playoff system believes the Big 12s brush with death might eventually help doom the BCS. Its not going to happen right away, said Texas Rep. Joe Barton. But the promise of renewed television riches that persuaded the Big 12s major football members to reject overtures [...]
Posted on June 20th, 2010 by admin
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Police say an Ohio State football recruit Jamel Turner is in critical condition and a 17-year-old girl is dead after both were shot multiple times early Saturday morning in Youngstown. Turner, a defensive end who played high school ball at Ursuline High School in his native Youngstown, signed with the Buckeyes in February. Coach Jim [...]
Posted on June 20th, 2010 by admin
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