0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/3/2012
Other than a football playoff, no topic has gotten the college sports world buzzing these last few months quite like the NCAA’s outdated- and at times unfair- transfer policy. The story hit home in college football circles when Tennessee coach Derek Dooley played a tug-of-war with receiver DeAnthony Arnett earlier this winter, and became a […]
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Tommy Rees put himself in a bad situation with Notre Dame and Brian Kelly, but will he get another chance? There is an old saying that suggests nothing good ever happens after midnight. Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees and linebacker Carlo Calabrese can probably vague for that. Early this morning the two junior Fighting Irish […]
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One of the first recorded intercollegiate athletic conferences to form was called the “Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest.” It existed for two football seasons, disbanding after the 1893 football season was played. The four member schools for that league would come together with some other friends a few years later and form the […]
ESPN’s Andy Katz is reporting that Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby is likely to accept an offer to be the new Big 12 commissioner. Names of heavy hitters like ESPN’s Burke Magnus and television industry titan Dick Ebersol had been floated earlier this year as potential candidates. Bowlsby’s candidacy, however, appeared to pick up steam […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 5/2/2012
In this edition of “Five Burning Questions” our good friend
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The sad reality of the sports world in 2012 is that too often, the good stories outweigh the bad. That for every one about a player, athlete or coach overcoming adversity, there are 10 thrown at us that have to do with arrests, misconduct or some kind of other inappropriate behavior. Thankfully, we can focus […]
With Baylor’s Robert Griffin III, Texas A&M’s Ryan Tannehill and Oklahoma State’s Brandon Weeden going in the first round, the pros bet big on Big 12 quarterbacks in this year’s NFL draft. Yet, for all the statistical eye candy that the league has pumped out behind center, Big 12 QBs have enjoyed little success on […]
Ever since the LSU Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide played for the national championship in New Orleans in January, a game that landed with a thud among the general public, we’ve heard that big changes are coming to the college football postseason. That hasn’t stopped the national media from hanging on every morsel doled out […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 4/26/2012
It’s going to be year two without Cam Newton at Auburn, so the Tiger fans have probably come to grips with it now. With the spring game in the rearview mirror it’s time for Gene Chizik and his crew to go into offseason mode. That’s why we reached out to one of go-to blogs for […]
0 comments by Aaron Torres on 4/25/2012
Of every school in the SEC, it’s no secret that one of the hardest places to recruit to is Ole Miss. Alabama has its tradition. Auburn has the War Eagle. LSU provides four years of Les Miles fueled entertainment. But Ole Miss? Sure Ed Oregeron had some success at the school, but otherwise, the Rebels […]
Brett McMurphy of CBSsports.com is reporting that college football’s cadre of decision makers have, in effect, narrowed down their options for a new postseason format to three. To save you the trouble, we’ve spelled out who likes which option and why. Plus-one Who likes it: *Coaches If you were like Bob Stoops, Nick Saban and their brethren, […]
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As I’ve argued many times before, Trooper Taylor may be America’s greatest natural resource. Ok, maybe that’s taking it one step too far. But at the very least, Auburn’s towel-wavin’ chest-bumpin’, occasionally wide-receiver coachin’ assistant, is the single most entertaining man in college football. But sometimes, even Trooper Taylor outdoes himself. Like today for example, […]
