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Craig Thompson is expanding the MWC with one eye on the Minnesota AD job
Craig Thompson will not be operating an eight-team football conference come 2013. Eight, he told the Denver Post, is not a workable number. "The Mountain West needs to change the numbers," Thompson...
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Meet the New Boss: Grading the Climbers
A weeklong grade book for the offseason coaching hires. Previusly: Grading the Up-and-Comers. Today: Small-school head coaches moving into their first big-time jobs. KEVIN SUMLIN • Texas A&M Age:...
View ArticleVideo: The Rock lets the expletives fly during live SportsCenter
The Rock was cooking up some PG-13 language during a live "SportsCenter" appearance on Thursday morning. The former Miami Hurricane turned wrestler turned actor was in Bristol to promote his new,...
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A Humble Suggestion: So, you’re putting together a 4-team playoff…
Like it or not, dialogue over the viability of a playoff in major college football has finally bypassed the if phase, and it's beginning to look like an answer for what may not be too far off: Now...
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Headlinin’: West Virginia buys its way out of the Big East
Making the morning rounds. • Free at last. The Big 12 is expected to release its 2012 schedule at some point today, and all indications are that West Virginia will be on it: After months of legal...
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Mitch Mustain’s next career path: Minor league pitcher
The end of Mitch Mustain's much anticipated documentary has a new twist — a minor league baseball deal. Mustain, a former Arkansas quarterbacking phenom turned USC benchwarmer turned alleged...
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Jordan Jefferson was as frustrated by LSU’s BCS play-calling as everyone else
First, let's get one thing clear right up front: Jordan Jefferson is not complaining about the play-calling in LSU's zero-point, 91-yard flop against Alabama in the BCS Championship Game. Play-calling...
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West Virginia put up a billboard of the Orange Bowl score, in case you forgot
West Virginia is on its way to the Big 12 and it's bringing a little braggadocio with it. The university, this week, put up two billboards along interstate highways in Morgantown boasting about the...
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Playoff or no playoff, reformed BCS is in it for the long haul
One of the recurring themes this offseason (the recurring theme, so far) is the renewed fight for the soul of the BCS, an even higher-stakes game than usual this year for two reasons. One: The growing...
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Nick Saban wanted West Virginia in the SEC instead of Missouri
Sorry Missouri, Nick Saban didn't want you. No, he wanted the SEC to give West Virginia the league's coveted 14th spot after adding Texas A&M. West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, a West Virginia...
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Urban Meyer is still upset over recruiting allegations
The drama between new Ohio State coach Urban Meyer and some of his Big Ten coaching brethren might have died down, but Meyer isn't over it. After national signing day earlier this month Wisconsin coach...
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Meet the New Boss: Grading the Professionals
A weeklong grade book for the offseason coaching hires. Previously: Grading the Up-and-Comers. … Grading the Climbers. Today: New head coaches coming from formative years in the NFL. CURTIS JOHNSON •...
View ArticleJerry Sandusky’s wife tries to run down a reporter with her car
This time, it was the wife of former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky who was nearly flagged for illegal contact in the latest odd twist of the disturbing story. Dottie Sandusky, wife...
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Nevin Shapiro is determined to bring down the Miami football program
Nevin Shapiro, the former Miami booster who orchestrated a $930 million Ponzi scheme, isn't done with his allegations and rants against the University of Miami athletic department and is determined to...
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Pat Fitzgerald’s foot-in-mouth Twitter comment draws ire of NBA fans
Pat Fitzgerald learned a quick and harsh lesson this weekend about what not to say on Twitter. Fitzgerald, the head coach at Northwestern, was watching New York Knicks' sensation Jeremy Lin throw down...
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Tennessee’s new weight room has an MMA cage, you know, just in case
When Derek Dooley started molding plans for Tennessee's new football facility to fit what he thought would give the Vols the "Wow" factor, he thought outside the box. And with $45 million and...
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Danny O’Brien’s departure from Maryland was a long time coming
In a move that came as a surprise to no one, quarterback Danny O'Brien has decided to leave Maryland and leave a trail of uncertainty in his wake. Since Randy Edsall became the Terrapins head coach,...
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The Mountain West-Conference USA merger is now a reality
Presidents of 16 universities are set to challenge the Big East's geographically diverse conference with a potential conference that would span five time zones, including Hawaii. This past Sunday,...
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Louisiana Tech’s Tyronne Duplessis died of a heart attack
A week and a half after Louisiana Tech running back Tyronne Duplessis suddenly passed away, his family confirmed that the 21-year-old suffered a heart attack that led to his untimely passing. In a...
View ArticleForget the rap, how about a love song for Denard Robinson
Love, exciting and new. Come aboard, we're expecting you. OK, those are the first few lyrics to the theme song for the Love Boat, but still one of the great love TV show themes of our time. It was an...
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