Over at the college football website I run, CrystalBallRun.com, I brought up what I thought to be a very interesting talking point yesterday afternoon: Has USC’s Pat Haden evolved into the best Athletic Director in college sports? Well, after thinking about it some more last night, doing some research, and talking to a few folks who’ve spent time around USC’s athletic department...
Florida Gators’ defensive tackle Leon Orr has had a rough start to his college experience. While learning in the classroom and on the practice field, Orr’s extracurricular activities have gone down a different path. On Monday, Orr was cited for driving without a license. The citation marks the fifth time Orr has found himself in some sort of trouble with the law in less than...
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Phil Steele, who is one of the best in covering college football, began releasing his top forty teams for the 2012 season. At number 38 is the Iowa Hawkeyes.
In his forecast, he discusses the Hawkeyes schedule and says “Iowa’s schedule gives them a great shot at a potential 5-0 start and a chance to top LY’s 7 win total”. Iowa opens the season with 5 games...
Clemson freshman running back Mike Bellamy was ruled academically ineligible and won't return to school next fall.
Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said Tuesday that Bellamy plans to enter a junior college this summer. Bellamy was a Parade All-American and considered consensus a five-star prospect in the mold of former Clemson star C.J. Spiller. Yet Bellamy never found his place on...
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) -- Clemson freshman running back Mike Bellamy was ruled academically ineligible and won't return to school next fall.
Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said Tuesday that Bellamy plans to enter a junior college this summer. Bellamy was a Parade All-American and considered consensus a five-star prospect in the mold of former Clemson star C.J. Spiller. Yet Bellamy never...
USC could be thin at tailback this season, but the Trojans moved to shore up the depth issue for the future by getting a verbal commitment Tuesday from Ty Issac.
Issac, 6 feet 3 and 215 pounds, will be a senior at Joliet Catholic High in Joliet, Ill. He rushed for a record 515 yards and six touchdowns last season in a state championship game.
"I had a great feeling about USC...
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission voted to grant control of the stadium to USC for the next 42 years.
The board passed the vote 8-1 putting USC in charge of the day-to-day operations of the stadium and also the Sports Arena situated next to it. This lease is set at a minimum of 20 years but with renewal options could last until 2054….Again that’s 2054!!...
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It's been a while since we've heard from Tate Forcier. That's about to change as former the Michigan quarterback has signed to play with the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
"I'm so excited and happy to have this chance after everything I've gone through," said Forcier, 21.
Forcier will...
Many Georgia fans will tell you that when Aaron Murray’s name enters the signal-caller conversation, particularly where the NFL is concerned, things get a bit sketchy. For a majority of fans his pros don’t outweigh his cons, while for others, it seems he will always be the guy falling short of his predicted greatness—despite what he’s done statistically over...
Patrick Maks is back, this time with a take on a former Ohio State player who has recently been in the news due to lengthy profile in Sports Illustrated. Patrick asks, was it all worth it?
Before he’d ever taken a snap as a college quarterback, Terrelle Pryor received a standing ovation on a brilliantly sunny day against Youngstown State in Ohio State’s cakewalk of an opener...
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At first I thought this was something else, which also would’ve probably been fitting given what has transpired and what will transpire in expansion, but my mind wanders. Thanks to our good friend/Gif savant/Photoshop wiz @Cuppycup, we now have a look at what the “new” Big 12 Conference will look like if/when Florida State [...]
Is Arkansas a program spiraling out of control? Or is what’s going on in Fayetteville right now just par for the course in major college football? Those are the questions that all Razorbacks fans are asking themselves this morning, as another major off the field distraction has hit at Arkansas.
First, the news:
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported yesterday that three players...
REALIGNMENT
Florida State is considering all options as they discuss whether they should leave the ACC in favor of another conference.
SECRET TO SUCCESS
We always hear about how complex playbooks are in football, but one player says he didn't have one when he played college ball.
BLUER PASTURES
Ongoing issues with the WAC may inadvertently prevent Boise State from making the jump to a BCS conference.
HAS SOME DAMAGE
The motorcycle that former Arkansas Razorbacks Bobby Petrino wrecked, an event that ultimately led to his dismissal, is currently for sale with a current bid is $2,550.