Tim Beckman tries to secure, not scare, new Illinois fans with his rendition...
Singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at Wrigley Field is a rite of passage for coaches in the state of Illinois, and new Illinois coach Tim Beckman has officially joined the club. In a sad, off-key...
View ArticlePlease welcome the Texas A&M ‘Bulldogs’ to the SEC
Texas A&M's entrance into the SEC has been wrought with ridicule from Florida coach Will Muschamp to a failed YouTube video trying to welcome itself in the SEC. And now SECStore.com has added yet...
View ArticleTim Buckley becomes first official transfer from Penn State
Several Penn State players and recruits have pledged their allegiance to the university in light of NCAA sanctions that will keep the Nittany Lions out of the postseason for the next four years and a...
View ArticleMissing: Louisiana Tech knows who let the dog out, but where did he go?
Louisiana Tech's mascot, a bulldog by the name of Tech XX, has gone missing. The 4-year-old English bulldog, who lives at Sexton Animal Clinic in Ruston, La., was let out to relieve himself around 8...
View ArticleDetails emerge regarding Michael Dyer’s dismissal from Arkansas State
A day after Arkansas State released running back Michael Dyer for a "violation of team rules," details are starting to emerge about what prompted Dyer's dismissal. According to several published...
View ArticleRecruit claims Ole Miss yanked his scholarship because of a knee injury
Since Hugh Freeze's arrival at Ole Miss, the Rebels have been blanketing the country with recruiting offers in an attempt to get the program back to a high level, but a claim from a recruit on Monday...
View ArticleMissouri welcomes the SEC with a good old fashioned corn maze
Missouri is a little more than a month away from its SEC opener and folks in Columbia, Mo., are doing what folks with a lot of space, time and crops do — create a corn maze to commemorate the event....
View ArticlePenn State uses a row of trees to make people forget about the Joe Paterno...
When fans attend Penn State games this season, the familiar space outside Beaver Stadium where the statue of coach Joe Paterno once stood will now be shrouded in trees. This past weekend, the...
View ArticleMissouri OL Elvis Fisher will hold out of fall camp until demands are met...
Missouri offensive lineman Elvis Fisher has decided to hold out for the start of Mizzou's football camp on Wednesday unless his demands are met. Fisher, a senior and arguably the Tigers best offensive...
View ArticleNotre Dame QB Tommy Rees and LB Carlo Calabrese suspended for season opener
Tommy Rees' push to be Notre Dame's starting quarterback has been grounded — literally. Rees and linebacker Carlo Calabrese have been suspended for Notre Dame's season opener against Navy in Dublin,...
View ArticleSilas Redd ends his chapter with Penn State and starts a new one with USC
Silas Redd is officially — finally — a USC Trojan. In the most anticipated transfer since the NCAA slapped Penn State with near death penalty sanctions and allowed all players to transfer without...
View ArticleFlorida State says goodbye to star CB Greg Reid six days before camp opens
Cornerback Greg Reid, arguably Florida State's most important special teams player, has been dismissed from the team, according to a statement from coach Jimbo Fisher. Less than a month ago, Reid was...
View ArticleWisconsin RB Montee Ball assaulted by five men, hospitalized but OK
Wisconsin running back Montee Ball was a victim of an unprovoked attack early Wednesday morning, according to police, and had to be hospitalized. Ball was attacked by five men near Wisconsin's campus...
View ArticleThe strange tale of Mario Mathis, Ole Miss and a ‘revoked’ scholarship
Mario Mathis' parents can't get on the same page regarding the fate of their son's scholarship to Ole Miss. On Monday, Mathis' father, David Fletcher, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that the...
View ArticleSilas Redd’s transfer to USC may push other players to leave Penn State
The Penn State transfer floodgates are officially open. After running back Silas Redd announced his decision to leave the Nittany Lions for potential national champion USC, several other players have...
View ArticleLouisiana Tech mascot, Tech XX, dies after vet employee leaves him in...
Three days after Sexton Animal Health Center put out an APB for Louisiana Tech's English bulldog mascot, Tech XX, the center and university issued a statement that the 4-year-old bulldog had died...
View ArticleJerry Sandusky ‘distraught’ over NCAA sanctions against Penn State
Jerry Sandusky is saddened that Penn State is paying for his mistakes. (I know, I'm sure a lot of folks care about Sandusky's feelings these days.) Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant who was...
View ArticleBill O’Brien on whether he’d be recruiting players from Penn State: ‘Hell no!’
As players continue to exit Penn State after the NCAA handed down extreme sanctions, coach Bill O'Brien had some choice words for coaches who were poaching from his program. After the NCAA slammed the...
View ArticleCoaches preseason poll is wrought with surprises
The USA Today/Coaches Poll was released Thursday and the results — especially at the top — were a surprise to say the least. The coaches voted LSU as the nation's top team with 18 first-place votes....
View ArticleClemson adds Army Purple Heart recipient Daniel Rodriguez to its roster
It's always been Daniel Rodriguez's dream to play college football, but that dream had to be deferred when he decided to join the Army after high school. Six years after the decision, Clemson is...
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