College Football

LSU kicks quarterback Perrilloux off team

LSU head football coach Les Miles finally had enough of Ryan Perrilloux’s off-field issues had decided to kick the quarterback off the team.
“Ryan was given every opportunity to be a part of this football team,” Miles said in a release Friday.
Perrilloux, who was suspended by the Tigers last summer, was on the fringe of a […]

BCS rejects 4-team playoff proposal

The geniuses at the BCS have officially rejected a proposal that would have eventually given college football (and its fans) a 4-team playoff format.
The conference commissioners who manage the Bowl Championship Series opted Wednesday to end their brief consideration of a new plus-one format, which would have built a four-team playoff into the current five-game […]

SI.com 2009 NFL Mock Draft

The college football season isn’t even close to kicking off, but hey, it’s never too early to put together a NFL mock draft right? SI.com put together its mock for the 2009 NFL Draft.
1. Chiefs (via trade with Falcons) — Matthew Stafford, QB, Georgia * — A quarterback has gone No. 1 overall six out […]

Bowden clearly not shy about his feelings for player

Clemson head football coach Tommy Bowden recently sat down with Scout.com to discuss a bevy of topics. One of those topics was how attractive freshman two-sport athlete Kyle Parker is…seriously.
On freshman Kyle Parker, who is having a really good season with the baseball team:
“I’ve watched him practice and I’ve watched him play (baseball). He’s really […]

Top HS recruit Pryor heading to OSU

Terrell Pryor has finally decided where he’s going to play college football next year and it won’t be at the Big House in Ann Arbor.
After a Feb. 6 news conference when Pryor announced that he had no announcement, the nation’s No. 1 high school quarterback said in a noon press conference today that he […]

Just what are you whining about?

Pete Fiutak of FOX Sports is doing a “20 Questions” piece dedicated to the upcoming college football season and his ninth question is a great one: What are you complaining about? (The “you” is referring to college football fans.)
Ohio State
No, Ohio State isn’t the Buffalo Bills of the early 1990s — it actually won a […]

Who’s the next Kansas in college football?

Q: When is it officially too early to talk about college football?
A: Trick question – it’s never too early to talk about college football.
Pete Fiutak of FOX Sports.com lists the top five programs that could essentially be this year’s version of Kansas and Illinois. (In other words, teams that didn’t make a bowl game the […]

High school player duped in recruiting scandal

Kevin Hart, a football player at Fernley High School in Nevada, claims someone calling himself Kevin Riley represented himself as a recruiter and offered bogus scholarships in order to dupe families into giving him money.
(Deputy Dan) Lynch declined to say how much money the Hart family paid Riley, or how the purported recruiter kept in […]

Top recruit Pryor to wait on announcement

Despite saying he would make a decision today, Terrelle Pryor, the nation’s top high school football recruit, has decided not to make a commitment to any collegiate on National Signing Day.
National Signing Day is the first day high school players can formally sign paperwork and declare their intent to enroll at a specific college, […]

Second coming of Vince Young to decide future Wednesday

The nation’s top high school recruit, Terrelle Pryor, is expected to announce which college he plans to attend on Wednesday. He has apparently cut his choices down to three: Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State.
That leaves Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State, according to Pryor. His quarterbacks coach, Roy Hall, told the Plain Dealer […]

Bobby Petrino talks to a recruit about commitment

ESPN.com’s Gene Wojciechowski did a mock conversation between new Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino and a recruit’s dad. It’s hilarious if you know anything about Petrino and his decorative past.
Petrino: “Before we start, can I just say one thing from the bottom of my heart? This is by far the best Chex Mix I’ve […]

NBC getting hurt by Notre Dame

BusinessWeek reports that Notre Dame’s lame football team is putting a real dent in NBC’s revenues.
The rest of us can just smile.

College players pissed that there’s no playoff, too

It seems that every morning another highly touted underclassman declares eligible for the NFL draft. Arkansas’ Darren McFadden, Rutgers’ Ray Rice, UCF’s Kevin Smith, WVU’s Steve Slaton and Vernon Gholston of Ohio State are just some of the more well-known prospects that have decided to forego their senior seasons and enter the NFL draft.
That […]

McFadden hancuffed after bar incident

Well it’s that time of year again. The bowl season has wrapped up, the NFL playoffs are in full swing and with the draft just a few short months away, one of the top prospects is hurting his stock by getting into trouble.
Heisman Trophy runner-up Darren McFadden was handcuffed by police and then released […]

Bush book may bring down USC program

SPORTSbyBROOKS.com posted an interesting piece about Don Yager’s new book, “Tarnished Heisman”. The book is about Reggie Bush’s behind-the-scenes dealings at USC, including him and his family accepting up to $291,000 from future business clients.
The jacket of Don Yaeger’s “Tarnished Heisman”: “With the explosive information revealed in Tarnished Heisman, Bush stands to be ruled […]

Mallett walks on Michigan

In the wake of Michigan hiring former West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez (and his spread offense), quarterback Ryan Mallett has decided to leave the school after only his first year.
“He’s on his way home,” Jim Mallett told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “We don’t know where he’s going to go yet, but we […]

BCS “exploring” modified playoff

An article in the LA Times sheds some light on the BCS’ short-term postseason plans.
Despite continued resistance from two conferences and a major bowl, incoming Bowl Championship Series coordinator John Swofford says college football leaders will continue to explore a modified playoff.
“I think the subject deserves that,” Swofford, commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference, said […]

Ohio State president not in favor of “plus-one”

In the wake of the Buckeyes’ 38-24 loss to LSU in the BCS title game, Ohio State president Gordon Gee felt the need to make it public knowledge that he’s not in favor in of a “plus-one” playoff format for college football.
Gee said he hasn’t had formal discussions on the matter with other Big […]

Speed difference? No, LSU was just better

Thanks in large part to quarterback Matt Flynn’s three touchdown passes and another stifling performance by their defense, LSU soundly defeated Ohio State 38-24 in Monday night’s BCS National Championship Game.
The Tigers didn’t give the Buckeyes different looks or rely on secret magic that only a SEC team possesses. They just lined up […]

Let the game begin

Well the bowl season concludes tonight with the BCS National Championship Game. After the past couple of weeks, I’m just praying for a decent bowl game. I watched the Tulsa-Bowling Green game last night (Tulsa won 63-7 by the way) and I don’t want college football to wind down the season with another freaking blowout.
Succumbing […]