"Well, this sucks." (Photo courtesy: USA Today Sports) Which college football program is having the toughest start to fall camp? Texas A&M, right? I mean, how many other teams out there are dealing with the prospect of losing their Heisman-winning playboy to an autograph scandal? That does suck for the Aggies, but consider the situation […]
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Finding a Manziel jersey is easy, thanks to Jay Bilas
0 comments by Jonathan Biles on 8/6/2013
ESPN analyst, lawyer and Toughness expert Jay Bilas spent his afternoon publicly pantsing the NCAA, showing the hypocrisy of their practices. Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel is under scrutiny and under investigation for allegedly selling his autograph: a cardinal sin in the eyes of the NCAA. The main disconnect with Manziel not being able to […]
NCAA faces difficult task in documenting proof in Johnny Manziel signature-for-cash investigation
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On Sunday, ESPN's Darren Rovell, under the guise of Outside the Lines, reported that the NCAA is investigating Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel for allegedly signing autographs for money. While this seems like a minor, even pointless, accusation, it is nonetheless an actual NCAA rule, which has some historical precedent: Ohio State players were suspended […]
LSU reinstates star RB Jeremy Hill…. by team vote
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Hill will roam the LSU backfield in 2013 after all… Thanks to his teammates? (Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) Earlier this summer we brought you the story of Jeremy Hill and his “indefinite suspension” from the LSU football team. Well, consider that suspension over and Hill apparently can thank his teammates for it. Yes, you […]
Notre Dame releases photos of 2013 Shamrock Series uni’s
0 comments by Andrew Coppens on 8/5/2013
Adidas and Notre Dame have combined for some interesting uniform combos for what they dub the "Shamrock Series" and in 2013 they're at it again, announcing earlier on Monday the new uniforms in this series: FIRST LOOK: New Darren Rovell's twitter): The green, white, and gold combo has been a common theme in most of […]
Podcast: Preseason polls with CFB Matrix
CLICK HERE to download. Dave Bartoo of CFB Matrix joins CBR's Allen Kenney for a podcast to discuss the release of the preseason coaches poll. Dave and Allen cover: *The myths that preseason poll position matters; *Why it's impossible to appropriately measure college football strength of schedule; *Some good preseason win total bets; *And more. […]
Report: Manziel under NCAA investigation for autograph signings
0 comments by Andrew Coppens on 8/4/2013
Could this have been the last time we see Johnny Football on the field in 2013? (Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) The unrivaled, most talked about college football player in over a decade is back in the headlines again and once again it's not for something awesome he's done on the field. Yes, we are […]
Former Auburn RB Michael Dyer chose Louisville
0 comments by Jonathan Biles on 8/2/2013
Former Auburn running back Michael Dyer will finally get that second chance he deserved. Dyer plans to enroll at Louisville, according to USA Today Sports. Dyer’s mentor, Arkansas Baptist College President Fitz Hill, told USA Today Sports that Dyer has accepted a scholarship with the Cardinals and will begin classes next week. The Louisville Courier-Journal […]
$68 million reasons why college football players are already being paid
0 comments by Andrew Coppens on 8/1/2013
(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) On Wednesday the University of Oregon released photos of what their spanking new $68 million “Death Star” of a football facility looks like now that it’s completed. To say it was impressive would be an understatement. However impressive it was, it also got me to wanting to punch the next […]
The coaches have spoken, Alabama the team to beat
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To the surprise of nobody, perhaps, the Alabama Crimson Tide have been declared the team to beat in the 2013 college football season. The USA Today Coaches Top 25 was released this afternoon and the two-time defending BCS champions from Alabama have been placed on top of the college football poll used in part to […]
10 Best Non-Saturday Games of 2013
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When you think of college football it’s just natural to think of Saturday afternoons in the fall. Hell, there’s a very popular college football blog called Every Day Should be Saturday. Thanks to ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and so on, we get college football on more days (and nights) than just Saturday. So if you want […]
Penn State’s free agency sanction expires today
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As Penn State prepares to open training camp for the 2013 season on Monday, Bill O'Brien and the coaching staff (and players) will have one less thing to worry about starting today. Today marks the expiration date for one part of the NCAA sanction terms levied against Penn State last summer. The free transfer option […]
