Category Archives: Football Around the Web
Black Coaches in NCAA Football – A Look During Black History Month
Black Coaches in NCAA Football, taking a look at the current state of College Football during Black History Month. Tony Dungy weighs in on Black Coaches in the NCAA. Continue reading
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Tagged Black Coaches in NCAA Football, Black Coaches in NCAA Football - A Look During Black History Month, Black Football Hall of Fame, Black Football Hall of Fame’s First Inductees, Black History Month, Charlie Strong, College Football Breaking News, College Football News, Deacon Jones, East Carolina, Eddie Robinson, Florida Gators, Jerry Rice, Joker Phillips, Kansas Jayhawks, Kevin Sumlin, Larry Porter, Louisville Cardinals, Martin Luther King, Miami Hurricanes, NCAA Football, Randy Shannon, Ruffin McNeill, Tony Dungy, Turner Gill, Turner Gill Kansas Head Coach, Walter Payton, Willie Taggart
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Pac-10 Rumblings of Expansion Rattle Mountain West Conference
The commissioner of the PAC-10 mentioned that they might be interested in expanding its membership at some point. Possibly when their current TV deals expire in 2012 Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, basketball season, Bear Bryant, Boise State, Bowl Championship Series, College Football Breaking News, College Football News, ESPN, Fiesta Bowl, Mountain West Conference, Mountain West had three teams ranked among the Top 25, Pac-10, Pac-10 Expansion, Utah
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Who will win the 2011 BCS College Football Championship?
Who will win the 2011 BCS College Football Championship? The Top Ten candidates are the Alabama Crimson Tide, Oregon Ducks, Ohio State Buckeyes, Boise State Broncos, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Miami Hurricanes, Florida Gators, TCU Horned Frogs, Nebraska Cornhuskers, and the Wisconsin Badgers.
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Tagged 2011 BCS College Football Championship, Alabama Crimson Tide, BCS, Boise State Broncos, Bowl Chamiponship Series, College Football, Florida Gators, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Miami Hurricanes, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oregon Ducks, Recruiting, TCU Horned Frogs, Who will win the 2011 BCS College Football Championship?, Wisconsin Badgers
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National Signing Day in College Football – Time for Prep Stars to Decide
National Signing Day in College Football is the Collegiate equivalent of the NFL Draft, and time for high school prep stars to sign the national Letter of Intent. Continue reading
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Tagged College Football, College Football News, College Football Recruiting, Letter of Intent, LOI, National Signing day, National Signing Day in College Football, National Signing Day in College Football - Time for Prep Stars to Decide, NFL Draft, recruiting expertise, Wonderlic
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Where will top uncommitted College Football Recruits sign?
Where will top uncommitted College Football Recruits sign? With National Signing Day less than a week away, there are several High School prep stars yet to decide. Continue reading
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Tagged College Football, College Football Breaking News, College Football News, College Football Recruiting, College Football Recruits, Da’Rick Rogers, five-star high school prospects, high school prospects, Jackson Jeffcoat, Jordan Hicks, Keenan Allen, Latwan Anderson, Marcus Lattimore, National Signing day, Owamagbe Odighizuwa, Rivals.com, Seantrel Henderson, Top 10 Recruits, uncommitted College Football Recruits, Where will top uncommitted College Football Recruits sign?
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Craig James, ESPN Analyst, Threatened to Sue Texas Tech Reportedly
Craig James, of ESPN, threatened to sue Texas Tech if Tech did not investigate Mike Leach, according to a memo released Wednesday. He is the father of Adam James Continue reading
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How the College Football Recruiting Calender Works Year Round
How the College Football Recruiting Calender Works. The Class of 2010 can sign national letters of intent beginning Feb. 3, 2010. Important dates in CFB Recruiting. Continue reading
Expectations shift as College Football Coaches’ Move Around
Expectations shift as College Football Coaches’ Move Around. Mark Mangino, Mike Leach and Jim Leavitt all stand accused of player abuse. Coaches Take the Money and run. Continue reading
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East Carolina Hires Ruffin McNeill as Holtz’s replacement
East Carolina Hires Ruffin McNeill as Holtz’s replacement. They will hold a news conference Friday morning with McNeill, a former Texas Tech assistant and ECU Alum. Continue reading
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Tagged College Football, College Football Breaking News, College Football News, East Carolina, East Carolina Hires Ruffin McNeill, East Carolina Hires Ruffin McNeill as Holtz's replacement, ECU, ECU Hires Coach, Former Texas Tech assistant, former Texas Tech defensive coordinator, Mike Leach, Mike Leach FIRED, Pirates, Red Raiders, Ruffin McNeill, Ruffin McNeill former ECU Alum, Skip Holtz, Texas Tech, Texas Tech Red Raiders
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Judge says Leach’s lawsuit against Texas Tech can go forward
The lawsuit Mike Leach filed against Texas Tech will go forward, a judge ruled in favor of the former Red Raiders coach on Wednesday. Leach is claiming Damages. Continue reading
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Tagged Adam James, Adam James Video, College Football Breaking News, College Football News, Craig James, ESPN, ESPN announcer Craig James, Guy Bailey, Judge says Leach's lawsuit against Texas Tech can go forward, Kent Hance, Law and Football, Leach alleges disruptive behavior, Leach Files Lawsuit, Leach’s attorney Ted Liggett, Mike Leach, Mike Leach FIRED, Mike Leach lawsuit, Mike Leach releases Satement, school chancellor Kent Hance, State District Judge William Sowder, Ted Liggett, Texas Tech, Texas Tech President Guy Bailey, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Tommy McVay
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Michigan’s Rich Rodriguez battles negativity and time in Big Ten
Michigan Coach Rich Rodriguez battles negativity and time in Big Ten! Almost nothing has gone right for the Coach of the Wolverines since leaving West Virginia. Continue reading
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Tagged American Football Coaches Association, Ann Arbor, Big Ten, Big Ten Football, College Football, College Football Breaking News, College Football News, Michigan NCAA Investigation, Michigan Wolverines, Michigan's Head Coach Rich Rodriguez, Michigan's Rich Rodriguez teams have won eight games and have endured consecutive losing seasons for the first time since the 1962 and 1963 seasons, Michigans Two straight losing seasons, NCAA Investigation, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State football, renovation of the Michigan program, Rich Rodriguez, Sporting News, the NCAA is wrapping up an investigation that Rodriguez and his staff allegedly exceeded the number of hours for mandatory workouts, West Virginia, West Virginia Mountaineers, Wolverines
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Miami Hurricane Coach Randy Shannon to get new Deal?
Miami Hurricane Coach Randy Shannon to get new Deal. He will enter the 2010 season in the final year of his contract. Athletic director Kirby Hocutt says that will soon change.
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Tagged athletic director Kirby Hocutt, College Football Breaking News, College Football News, Hocutt said that the two sides have been talking about a contract extension, Miami Herald, Miami Hurricane Coach Randy Shannon, Miami Hurricanes, Randy Shannon, Randy Shannon Contract, Randy Shannon getting new contract
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Football Coaches Come and Go, Not Penn States Joe Paterno!!
Almost all coaches leave, sooner rather than later. Except at Penn State, where the man with thick eyeglasses keeps going, Joe Paterno, without a major scandal. Continue reading
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Joe Namath Has His Own Memories of ’65 Orange Bowl
Joe Namath Has His Own Memories of ’65 Orange Bowl, But I didn’t score. That’s the sportsmanlike logic of Coach Bear Bryant, and it is the way Namath remembers. Continue reading
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Tagged 1965 Orange Bowl National Championship, 1969 Super Bowl III, 2010 BCS Championship Game, Alabama Crimson Tide, Alabama Head Coach Bear Bryant, Bear Bryant of Alabama had won the unofficial national title that season with the final vote taking place before the bowl games, Goal Line Stand, Joe Namath Has His Own Memories of ’65 Orange Bowl, Joe Willy Namath Responds to Pete Lammons, Mack Brown, Namath insists he crossed the goal line with the ball, Nick Saban, No doubt about it Joe Namath said Wednesday he states emphatically he crossed the goal line with the ball on that fateful New Year’s Day of 1965, Paul "Bear" Bryant, Rose Bowl, Texas Coach Darrell Royal, Texas Longhorns, That was the sportsmanlike logic of Coach Bear Bryant on the sideline that evening and it remains the way Namath looks at the play 45 years later
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Texas Longhorns-Alabama Crimson Tide: Rematch 45 Years in the Making
Texas Longhorns-Alabama Crimson Tide: BCS 45 Years in the Making. Lammons was Namath’s tight end in the 1969 Super Bowl. Texas beat Bama in the 1965 Orange Bowl, 21-17
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Alabama Crimson Tide’s, McClain and Jackson leaving Early?
According to Gentry Estes, Mobile Press-Register, Linebacker Rolando McClain and Cornerback Kareem Jackson are leaning towards declaring for the 2010 NFL draft. Continue reading
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Tagged 2009 Butkus Award, 2010 NFL draft, According to Gentry Estes of the Mobile Press-Register Linebacker Rolando McClain and Cornerback Kareem Jackson are leaning towards declaring for the 2010 NFL draft, Alabama Crimson Tide's Rolando McClain and Kareem Jackson leaving Early?, Both players submitted their paperwork to be evaluated by the NFL's draft advisory board, cornerback Kareem Jackson, Gentry Estes, Kareem Jackson, linebacker Rolando McClain, McClain and Jackson submitted their paperwork to be evaluated by the NFL's draft advisory board but will not make a final decision known to the public until some time after the national title game Thu, Mobile Press-Register, Rolando McClain, Rolando McClain the 2009 Butkus Award winner
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Crunching numbers to determine if top 100 recruits lead to BCS bowls
David Biderman analyzed this year’s 1,496 bowl starters & their bowl destinations: Conclusion – recruiting highly ranked players doesn’t help teams reach BCS bowls. Continue reading
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Tagged An analysis of the Rivals100 for the past four years proves the site's analysts are just as good as most college coaches or NFL general managers at projecting which players will shine after moving up , Author David Biderman, Author David Biderman analyzed this year's 1496 bowl starters and their teams' bowl destinations and concluded that recruiting highly ranked players doesn't necessarily help teams reach BCS bowls, Boise State, Crunching numbers to determine if top 100 recruits lead to BCS bowls, neither Boise State nor TCU starts a single player ranked in the top 100, Rivals.com, Rivals.Com 2009 Freshman All American Team., Rivals.com Defensive Freshman of the Year honors, Rivals100, Rupert Murdoch, SI.com, Some of the rankings get goosed for commercial reasons, TCU, www.livefromthepressbox.com
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