Published on: 2nd September, 2010
OK, this much we know: Marvin Austin will not be suiting up for North Carolina this Saturday when the Tar Heels take on the LSU Tigers in Atlanta. And due to two ongoing investigations, one pertaining to possible illegal contact with an agent and the other to alleged academic impropriety, it’s ...Published on: 26th August, 2010
The University of North Carolina took another step forward in explaining alleged violations regarding its football program Thursday evening. UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp, athletic director Dick Baddour, and head coach Butch Davis held a press conference in regards to possible academic infractions as well as illegal contact with agents. “Academic ...Published on: 26th August, 2010
As the saying goes, everything’s bigger in Texas.Bigger stadium, bigger hype, bigger expectations. Owner Jerry Jones moved the Cowboys into a brand new, $1.25 billion stadium last season. Dallas sold out every home game despite having the league’s highest average ticket price, $160, to help offset the costs of their new ...Published on: 19th August, 2010
When Houston Texans' linebacker Brian Cushing was notified in May of a failed drug test he took last September, he refused to believe the results came out correctly. There was no way the test could be right. There must have been some mistake, Cushing thought. Cushing vehemently denied testing positive for HCG, ...Published on: 15th August, 2010
Deep inside Kenan Stadium on the campus of the University of North Carolina, puffy bellows of smoke engulf the entrance to the locker room tunnel just prior to kick off. North Carolina hasn’t taken the field yet as a video montage plays, the Carolina faithful rise to their feet to cheer, ...Published on: 15th June, 2010
The Longhorns saved the college sports world we have come to know and love by spurning Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott’s invitation to join his conference, and ultimately keeping The Eyes of Texas in, well, Texas. University of Texas President Bill Powers reportedly seriously considered ditching the Big 12 conference to head ...Published on: 2nd January, 2010
Urban Meyer’s smile said it all. As Tim Tebow jogged back to the Florida sideline after a four-yard touchdown run, his coach had nothing to say. Meyer simply stopped in front of Tebow, gave him two fist bumps, and smiled. He smiled because his Florida Gators were pummeling the Cincinnati Bearcats about ...Published on: 31st December, 2009
Mike Leach issued a statement Wednesday evening after being relieved of his duties as the head football coach at Texas Tech, lambasting the university and accusing the administration of adhering to lies regarding his alleged mishandling of a player. “Over the past several months, there have been individuals in the Texas ...Published on: 28th December, 2009
Whether the headaches and chronic chest pains are anything more than products of the job we will never know, at least not until Urban Meyer exposes more personal details about his health, but suffice it to say that the University of Florida football coach isn’t the only one. A day after ...Published on: 8th December, 2009
There is a right way and a wrong way to make transitions, and Brian Kelly is dangerously close to the latter. For a man that has seemingly done everything right at the University of Cincinnati, including heading the effort to build new, multi-million dollar practice facilities after taking the Bearcats from ...