Podcast: Bobby Petrino’s return to coaching

One of the key stories to the 2013 season in the Sun Belt Conference will be the return of Bobby Petrino to the sidelines at Western Kentucky. Petrino figuratively saw his coaching career crash before him in the blink of an eye at Arkansas but he is back now looking to restore his image and […]

NCAA dodges bullet for now, federal judge throws out PA anti-trust lawsuit

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett attempted to build some good will in the state by filing a lawsuit challenging the NCAA on the sanctions brought on Penn State last summer. Thought to be somewhat doomed from the start by many, Corbett's lawsuit has now been thrown out by a federal judge. BREAKING:Federal judge throws out lawsuit […]

Sun Belt Preview: Ranking the Strength of Schedules

  The Sun Belt is not that deep right now. The conference lost one of its better teams when Middle Tennessee State University departed for Conference USA. Florida International and Florida Atlantic also have transitioned out of the league. In their place, the Sun Belt has added Georgia State and Texas State-San Marcos for this […]

ESPN gives a lesson in the new normal

September 14 is one of those dates that college football fans already have circled on their calendars. That’s the day when the defending national champions from Alabama travel to College Station, Texas, seeking revenge against Texas A&M for the Crimson Tide’s lone loss of 2012. Imagine the millions of eyeballs that will be glued to […]

College Football’s Ultimate Road Trip for 2013: August-September

Have you ever wondered how many people are sitting on a bleacher, or in a luxury box on a Saturday during football season? The passion of fans from Division III programs like Mount Union all the way to Ohio State is simply amazing. For many of these fans they respect what their counterparts do around […]

Report: ESPN close to re-upping with Herbstreit

(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) College football's favorite television dreamboat isn't going anywhere. ESPN and Kirk Herbstreit are closing in on a contract extension that will keep the forever youthful college football analyst in the Worldwide Leader's fold until 2022,

Miami player calls real cops on amateurism police

(Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports) As the NCAA investigation into allegations of improprieties within the Miami Hurricanes football program drags on, the case continues to take bizarre turns. In the strangest development yet, defensive end Dyron Dye has filed a complaint with the local authorities charging that the Association's investigators coerced him into giving them […]

New Pac 12 safety plan calls for less contact in practice

Photo: USA Today Sports Safety in football has become a growing topic of concern and interest over the recent years, both at the collegiate and professional level and beyond. With so many players suffering from concussions and other injuries and the effects of smash mouth football now becoming more visible through players well beyond their […]

The Sun Belt Preview: A year of upsets, upstarts and letdowns

Western Kentucky's Antonio Andrews returns for 2013 after leading the Sun Belt in rushing yards in 2012. Photo: USA Today Sports Crystal Ball Run will be previewing each conference for the 2013 season with week-by-week coverage. Today we continue our 2013 conference previews with a look at the Sun Belt Conference. A new year brings […]

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