OPINION Mark Schlabach

SCHLABACH: Season Can’t Start Soon Enough »

The calendar says there are only 10 days left until the start of June. But if we flip the pages, we count only 100 days until the start of the…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »
Matt Brown

BROWN: Rolled Eyes »

There’s no avoiding it anymore. The feeling is palpable through the long summer months of the offseason: Alabama Fatigue has set in. It’s the kind of thing that’s bound to…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »
Charean Williams

WILLIAMS: Manziel Is Working To Be The Best He Can Be, Which Might Be The Best Ever »

The last thing George Whitfield Jr. expected was for Johnny Manziel to throw the ball. The Texas A&M star, after all, was blindfolded. Whitfield, a “quarterback whisperer” or, as he…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »
ClayTravis

TRAVIS: Mike Gundy Is 45, But He’s Not A Man »

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy has become the latest petty dictator coach to excercise complete and total power and restrict where a player can transfer.…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »
Tony Barnhart

BARNHART: Don’t Take Things Said To Boosters So Seriously »

Spring practice is over. Early recruiting has begun. And, Lord help us, the booster club rubber chicken circuit is in full swing. In college basketball, March is when the madness…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »
Harry King

KING: Predicting Arkansas Under Bielema »

Every time the question is about Arkansas’ record in Bret Bielema’s first year, my answer is a cop-out. Consistently, the response has been “Six and six would be quite an…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »
tramel

TRAMEL: Limiting Wes Lunt’s Transfer Options Makes Mike Gundy Look Bad »

The guy who flirted with job openings at Tennessee and Arkansas last December now won’t allow his former quarterback, Wes Lunt, to accept an immediate scholarship to certain schools. Including,…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »
Tom Oates

OATES: Wisconsin Schedule Upgrade Welcome, But Home Fans May Not Notice »

You have to applaud the University of Wisconsin for taking the non-conference scheduling ball and running with it now that the college football landscape has finally changed. Since the four-team…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »
andystaples

STAPLES: As He Prepares For FSU Return, Bobby Bowden Reflects On His Career »

About 10 seconds into a conversation on Friday, Bobby Bowden proved retirement hadn’t dulled his keenest sense. “If you’ve got good health, retirement ain’t bad,” Bowden cracked. “Every day is…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »
Feldman

FELDMAN: The 20 Craziest Athletes In College Football »

Since we’re 100 days from the actual start of the college football season, it’s time for our annual Freaks List. We’ve been doing it for a decade, focusing on the…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

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RECRUITING

Chryst Has Pedigree Plus Skills »

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To say Keller Chryst has football coursing through his veins, well, that would be an understatement.…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

RCS Awards »

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The regional portion of the Rivals Camp Series presented by Under Armour is over, wrapping up in Chicago and totaling…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

NC State Lands QB »

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Class of 2014 quarterback Jalan McClendon, who had offers from notable ACC programs such as Florida State, Miami (FL) and…

May 16 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Jay Harris Walks Away From Scholarship For Rap Career »

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As a signee for a major Division I football program, Jay Harris was no slouch on the field. A standout…

May 16 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

4-Star Defensive End Commits To Michigan »

National Football Post

Michigan received its ninth commitment in the Class of 2014 when in-state defensive end Lawrence Marshall gave a verbal pledge…

May 12 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »
NEWS

Finebaum Ends His Silence »

Wall Street Journal WSJ

Paul Finebaum’s radio silence has an end date: Aug. 1. Finebaum, the polarizing personality of college football’s signature call-in show, is leaving the Birmingham, Ala., market where his contract expired in January, for Charlotte, N.C., and a national forum: ESPN. His multi-tiered platform will include…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Pac-12′s Scott Is The Highest Paid College Commissioner »

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In his four years as commissioner, Larry Scott has transformed the stately, sleepy Pacific-10 Conference into the big-business Pac-12, expanding the conference and quadrupling its annual television-rights revenue. Scott cashed in on his aggressive moves in 2011-12, earning more than $3 million, according to tax…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Q&A: Clemson Athletic Director Dan Radakovich »

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Dan Radakovich was hired as Clemson athletic director in December with the reputation of a persistent, innovative fundraiser. Fans expect him to see to it that Clemson improves on football and baseball success by turning the tables on recent South Carolina dominance, while making strides…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Danny Woodson Jr. Transferring From Alabama To South Alabama »

CBS Sports

Wide receiver Danny Woodson Jr. will transfer from Alabama to South Alabama, Jaguars’ head coach Joey Jones confirmed on Monday from the Sun Belt Conference spring meetings. “We’re very excited about having Danny Woodson at South Alabama,” Jones told Al.com on Monday. “I really admired…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Derrick Nash Battles Leukemia, Vows To Suit Up For Central Michigan »

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Derrick Nash still believes in the dream. But the high school senior learned that sometimes dreams take a detour, from stadiums to emergency rooms and from facemasks to hospital masks.…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Big Ten Announces 2014 Conference Schedule »

CBS Sports

The Big Ten released the 2014 conference schedule on Thursday, giving fans a first look at the expanded 14-team membership with Maryland and Rutgers. 2014 will also be the first season of the new East and West divisions, ending the brief-but-memorable Legends and Leaders Era.…

May 16 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

ACC Network Possibility Bouncing Around Halls At Spring Meetings »

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An actual network asking folks to pay extra on their cable bills to watch ACC sports events has been all the rage as the conference remakes itself. “It’s going to happen,” gushed one source within the conference this week at the ACC spring meetings. The…

May 16 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Notre Dame DT Louis Nix Responds To Brady Hoke »

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Notre Dame defensive tackle Louis Nix does not appreciate Brady Hoke’s comments about Notre Dame “chickening out” of its series with Michigan. Hoke made the comment while speaking to a group of people in Grand Rapids, Mich., over the weekend when he began talking about…

May 16 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Nick Saban: ‘I’m For Five Conferences’ »

CBS Sports

Could the future of college football consist of major programs playing nobody but major programs? It’s an idea that Alabama coach Nick Saban seems to be behind given his answer to a question about the Big Ten, saying it’s no longer going to schedule FCS…

May 12 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

QB Wes Lunt Leaving Oklahoma State »

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The announcements from Oklahoma State came 378 days apart. On April 26, 2012: Wes Lunt Named Starting Quarterback. On Thursday: QB Wes Lunt to Transfer from Oklahoma State. After an up-and-down experience at OSU, Lunt is leaving Stillwater and hasn’t announced his next destination.…

May 12 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »
BLOGS

The Parallel Lives Of Roll Tide & Big Blue Nations »

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“All-consuming” feels like too weak a phrase to describe the extent to which Alabama football and Kentucky basketball are appreciated in the Yellowhammer and Bluegrass…

May 21 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Bret Bielema Needs Thicker Skin For SEC »

Lost Lettermen

Arkansas fans are quickly learning what Big Ten followers have known for years: People love to hate Bret Bielema. Opposing fans in the B1G thought…

May 16 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Auburn Grad Pays Tribute To Toomer’s Oaks With Back Tattoo »

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As the final rolling of the Toomer’s oaks approaches, Auburn fans are reflecting on the special times at Toomer’s Corner etched in their memories. And,…

Apr 19 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

The ‘Fall Of Troy’ At The NFL Draft »

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In the decade or so since I started following the minutiae of the NFL draft, USC had reaffirmed its historical place as the most front-and-center…

Apr 19 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

The Best Obituary Ever Known To Man »

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In the age of the internet, literally anything can go viral overnight, spreading from one corner of the world to everywhere else almost instantly. Although…

Mar 12 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Can Mizzou Learn From Painful SEC Lessons? »

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Missouri got a rude awakening to life in the SEC to say the least and at times it was simply brutal to watch as the…

Mar 12 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

Five Most Important SEC Blogs »

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Yesterday, we examined the Ten Most Powerful People in the SEC. Today we take a look at the most important blogs in the SEC. The…

Mar 12 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

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