All I expected was an autograph from Earl Campbell, the 1977 Heisman Trophy winner at Texas. But after signing my full-size Heisman helmet during a special autograph show in Canton, Ohio, during Hall of Fame festivities, the Tyler Rose was in a chatty mood. When you spend good money for a signature there’s nothing you […]

  Well, we almost got out of the week without hearing from the Paterno family. Oh so close, but oh so far. This time the Paterno family is formally going after the NCAA. According to Onward State, lawyers representing the Paterno family sent an official appeal letter to the NCAA offices responding to the sanctions handed […]

A true Wild Hog. In the wake of Bobby Petrino's joyride gone awry, Arkansas has had one of the more eventful offseasons of any college football program in the country. Even with Petrino banished from Hogland, Arkansas will start the season at No. 10 in the Coaches Poll. We caught up with Razorbacks diehard Jordan […]

With SEC Preview Week drawing to a close, we thought it would be a good idea to check in with our buddy Chadd Scott of ChuckOliver.net to get his take on what's in store for the conference in 2012. 1. Maybe the biggest story entering 2012 is the arrival of Texas A&M and Missouri. By […]

LSU may have lost last year's war with Alabama for No. 1, but college football’s coaches – or at least their SIDs – are making the Tigers the favorites for the national championship this year over the Crimson Tide. The Bayou Bengals topped a preseason USA Today Sports Coaches Poll resplendent with SEC teams. A […]

Missouri enters the SEC with the best newcomer — Dorial Green-Beckham — but will anyone really notice? See, when it comes to SEC football these days, the only division that matters is the West. The Tigers are joining the East where almost everyone assumes the winner of the division will be easily dispatched by Alabama, […]

On the same day that Silas Redd declared his intention to transfer to USC a former Trojan and five star wide receiver recruit, Kyle Prater, became immediately eligible for his new team, the Northwestern Wildcats.  He had applied for a waiver because his return to the Chicago area was made to be closer to his […]

Florida St. has officially dismissed senior cornerback and special teams ace Greg Reid from the program, head coach Jimbo Fisher announced this morning. A statement from FSU said Reid got dinged for the always nebulous "violation of team rules." Bud Elliott at Tomahawk Nation notes that Reid has been a frequent guest in the Seminoles' […]

With CBR previewing the SEC this week, we wanted to talk to a true expert in the conference to explain the ins and outs of Southern football. Who better to fill us in than "SEC Guy," who joins CBR's Allen Kenney for a podcast previewing the upcoming season in the SEC. SEC Guy pontificates on: […]

Ever since the sanctions handed down by the NCAA just over a week ago there's been a lot of speculation as to who may go and who may stay at Penn State, but no one drew as much attention as Junior running back Silas Redd. The junior running back was clearly the star of the […]