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Grading the Coaching Hires: Charlie Strong and Texas

Can Charlie Strong restore the pride in Texas football? Photo: USA Today Sports Texas has finished a season ranked in the top 20 just once out of the last four seasons. For a program that finished in the top 25 in all but one season between 1994 and 2009, that is unacceptable. Mack Brown may […]

Grading the coaching hires: Bobby Petrino and Louisville

Louisville's new head coach; Photo: USA Today Sports When Louisville last had a head coaching opening, Athletic Director Tom Jurich hit a home run when he hired overlooked Florida Defensive Coordinator Charlie Strong. In his four year tenure, Strong put Louisville football back on the map and posted a 23-3 record in his final two […]

Drive4COPD 300 National Anthem performers ruined the 2012 Military Bowl too

One of NASCAR's biggest events on the calendar was held Sunday in Daytona. Too bad the Drive4COPD 300 apparently had a national anthem performance not quite up to par. Madison Rising, "America's Most Patriotic Band," rocked out the worst rendition of the Star Spangled Banner known to man, but don't blame me. I tried to […]

Grading the coaching hires: Chris Petersen and Washington

Steve Sarkisian did a good job as the head coach of the Washington Huskies. The year before he took over, the Huskies went 0-12 under Tyrone Willingham. Sark took the helm and brought the Huskies back to respectability with four straight bowl berths and four consecutive winning seasons. While the job Sark did was admirable, […]

Texas to sell beer at football games this fall?

Texas fans could have used a nice cold one (or two) during the end of the Mack Brown era; Photo: USA Today Sports Last year, Texas was considering getting into the beer business at sporting events. According to Orangebloods.com, that consideration is now becoming more and more likely.  Orangebloods.com reported that on Tuesday night, beer […]

What if the SEC Network took a page from the WWE Network?

The SEC Network launches in August of 2014 in conjunction with ESPN. Here's the plan for the network: The network will air SEC content 24/7 including 45 SEC football games, 100 men's basketball games, 60 women's basketball games, 75 baseball games, 50 softball games and additional events from the SEC's 21 annual sports. Programming will […]

West Virginia offers good spot for Tom Bradley to make coaching return

Former Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Bradley is returning to coaching in 2014, at West Virginia. Photo: Getty Images It was only a matter of time before Tom Bradley got back on a college football sideline. The man who seems to have been built and programmed to be a college football coach will do just that […]

Watch AJ McCarron nerd out over a video game victory

As AJ rolls from the pocket is he looking for an open receiver or thinking about his video ground and pound game?; Photo: USA Today Sports AJ McCarron is known as a cool customer on the football field. But what about when he's playing around in his down time?  According to Katherine Webb, McCarron was […]

CBR Rewind: Looking back at week one of the 2013 season

Tajh Boyd threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more in the marquee match-up of week one; Photo: USA Today Sports It's the college football off-season and odds are you are probably thinking about watching some of the NFL combine this weekend. If you are into the "Underwear Olympics" then go for it. Personally, […]

Oklahoma secondary violations proves NCAA has lost its mind

Stoops has lost control of text messaging and pasta; Photo: USA Today Sports Ryan Aber recently got a hold of Oklahoma's list of their self-reported NCAA violations (via open records request) and if you thought the NCAA had lost it's mind before reading this, you are in for a treat. NewsOK has all of the […]

Will DirecTV carry the SEC Network?

The SEC network will launch in August of this year, just in time for college football, but there are still major questions with what providers will carry the network. On Wednesday, DirecTV send out e-mails to customers (who had inquired about the network) telling them they "have no current plans to carry the SEC Network".  […]

Nick Saban wants to sell cars?

Is Saban clapping for his team or is he daydreaming about selling his first car?; Photo: USA Today Sports What's next for a college football head coach that has been named AP National Coach of the Year twice and has won four National Championships?  "I always wanted to be a car dealer" is probably not […]

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