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Headlinin’: Randle, Brockers continue the post-BCS exodus from LSU
Making the morning rounds. • We hardly knew ye. On the same day it bid a premature sayonara to All-American cornerback Morris Claiborne and underachieving wide receiver Russell Shepard — who was, to be...
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Tennessee raids Alabama for a little touch of Saban on its defensive staff
Most of Tennessee's problems in 2011 were on the other side of the ball — this is a team that scored a grand total of nine offensive touchdowns in its last seven SEC games, three of them against...
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Alabama fans embrace their BCS triumph by mocking LSU
Alabama smothered LSU in the BCS Championship Game, and 'Bama fans have dedicated every waking minute since to reminding LSU fans that it happened. During Wednesday's basketball game between LSU and...
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Stephen Garcia is asking for forgiveness – and another chance
With the NFL draft just a couple months away, former South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia is starting to showt remorse over the way his career ended with the Gamecocks. Garcia was dismissed from...
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Recurring Offseason Themes: Portrait of the BCS in winter
What you'll be reading for the next seven months. Despite what you may have read this week, the Bowl Championship Series isn't ready for its last rites. There are still more years on the current BCS...
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Joe Paterno: ‘I just did what I thought was best’
Joe Paterno wishes he had done more after hearing accusations in 2002 that former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky had been caught acting inappropriately with a young boy in the Penn State locker...
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Early Exits: Darron Thomas, Oregon’s central command
Well, here's a surprise: Oregon quarterback Darron Thomas has decided to forgo his senior season to pursue his dream of playing in the NFL, suddenly leaving the Ducks without the veteran pilot of their...
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Headlinin’: Russell Shepard reverses course
Making the morning rounds. • Turns out those bridges were flame-resistant. Two days after inexplicably throwing his name into the NFL Draft, LSU receiver Russell Shepard posted on his Twitter page...
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LSU national champions T-shirt somehow sees the light of day
It's rare, but on occasion championship merchandise for the losing team in a championship game can sometimes surface. Shirts, hats, etc., are supposed to be shipped to third world countries (at least...
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New ‘oversigning’ rules force Nick Saban to tip his hand (Updated)
Please see update at the bottom of the post — ed. Last summer, the SEC adopted new "roster management" rules designed to address the scourge of "oversigning," foremost among them a 25-man cap on new...
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Superlatives: The Best Games of 2011
The best (and worst) of the season. Today: The games of the year. 10. LSU 9, Alabama 6 (Overtime). For all the hype surrounding the defenses, the heavyweight slugfest of the year on Nov. 5 turned out...
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Gunner Kiel leaves LSU at the altar for Notre Dame (updated)
This is not a repeat. You are not experiencing déjà vu. It's just the next chapter in the ongoing saga that is the Courtship of Gunner Kiel: For the second time in three weeks, the most sought-after...
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Headlinin’: Barrett Trotter takes his name out of Auburn’s next quarterback...
Making the morning rounds. • Happy trails, part one. Auburn quarterback Barrett Trotter confirmed Monday he won't be back for a fifth season, ensuring the Tigers will start 2012 with their sixth...
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Early Exits: Bryce Brown, bust
Well, the recruitniks got one part right: Bryce Brown is headed for the NFL Draft after just three years of college football. It was just everything that happened in those three years that they got...
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NCAA investigation looming, Miami pumps the brakes on all booster-athlete...
Thanks to Nevin Shapiro, Miami boosters are no longer going to enjoy the perks they once received. Shapiro, a convicted Ponzi schemer serving a 20-year sentence, told Yahoo! Sports in August that he...
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Dré Kirkpatrick initiates his post-’Bama career with midnight pot arrest
Let's face it: As long as he remains a 6-foot-2 All-American who runs like a dreadlocked gazelle, there is almost nothing outgoing Alabama cornerback Dré Kirkpatrick could realistically do between now...
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Brock Berglund found out about his Kansas dismissal on Twitter
When new Kansas coach Charlie Weis decided to boot six players off the team for various reasons Monday, he didn't even decide to let all of them know. Backup quarterback Brock Berglund, who spent most...
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Probation violation costs Darryl Stonum his last chance at Michigan
Michigan and Darryl Stonum have finally parted ways. Two days after the junior wide receiver was released from jail for a probation violation stemming from a drunk driving arrest last May, Michigan has...
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Bill O’Brien is putting Penn State’s offensive overhaul in his own hands
He didn't say anything about a "decided schematic advantage," thank goodness, but otherwise Bill O'Brien is following the Weis Plan: After a wildly successful stint with the New England Patriots,...
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Headlinin’: Les Miles vows ‘a different view’ for LSU’s 2012 passing game
Making the morning rounds. • Wait, you mean you already had a guy who could actually throw? LSU coach Les Miles met with reporters Tuesday for the first extended postmortem since last week's flop in...
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