0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/15/2012
When it was announced late last night that Los Angeles Angels outfielder Torii Hunter had taken an indefinite leave of absence from the team, it wasn’t immediately obvious why there’d be any type of college football twist to the story. Only there is, and it’s under the most unfortunate circumstances. That’s because according to a […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/13/2012
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 […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/10/2012
If you’ve been paying close attention to college football’s push toward a playoff (and believe me, I haven’t), you’ll know that Big Ten commissioner is the proverbial thorn in the side of the rest of the conference commissioners. Originally, Delany called for a playoff to consist of only conference champions; and yeah, nobody liked that. […]
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It’s no secret that the boredom of college football’s off-season lends writers to find pretty unique and interesting ways to pass the time. And well, the guys over at the Sporting News have definitely taken that to the extreme this week, when they released their rankings of the best coaches in college football. No, no, […]
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Slate organized a panel on the state of college football earlier this week, and the question of whether the sport should be banned on the collegiate level. Junior Seau’s suicide last week has added fuel to the fire regarding player safety, but reformers are also pointing to the relationship between major sports and the academic […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/9/2012
Want a piece of modern college football history? Well, it can be yours, if the price is right! What piece of history might we be talking about? Could we possibly being talk about a few blades of grass from the epic 2010 Iron Bowl? Nope. A couple chards of the broken crystal ball Alabama won […]
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Over the course of his storied career in college athletics, Barry Alvarez has proven to be pretty darn good at anything he puts his mind to. Alvarez won a National Championship as a rising, young defensive coordinator at Notre Dame, led Wisconsin to three Rose Bowls in his time as a head coach, and now […]
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Regardless of how you feel about new Washington State coach Mike Leach, it’s hard not to argue that the man is one of a kind. From his “Air Raid” offense, to affinity with pirates and everything in between, there is no one in college football (or anywhere for that matter) quite like him. After all, […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/8/2012
When former San Diego Chargers All-Pro linebacker Junior Seau took his own life last week, one of the biggest concerns raised was how football players transition out of the sport after retirement. After all, when your entire life has been structured since you were a young child, it isn’t always easy knowing how to handle […]
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They say that “it’s good to have choices” in life, and few high school juniors have the choices that Robert Nkemdiche does. The unanimous No. 1 high school football recruit in the class of 2013, could quite literally go to any college in the country he’d like, and that school would be thrilled to have […]
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Incredibly, it’s already been about five weeks Bobby Petrino crashed his motorcycle, and the sordid details of his personal life began to get revealed. It’s been almost four weeks since Petrino was fired as Arkansas’ football coach, and it’s been three weeks since John L. Smith was named his short-term replacement. And if you’re wondering […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/7/2012
In a move that was both equal parts shocking, and not shocking at all, news broke this morning that John Marinatto had resigned as Big East commissioner, effective immediately. The news was first reported by CBS Sports Brett McMurphy, and a later report by McMurphy confirmed that Marinatto was asked to step down by the […]
