Saturday, March 13, 2010

COLLEGE FOOTBALL / Oregon QB suspended for season (San Francisco Chronicle)


Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli was suspended Friday for the upcoming season by coach Chip Kelly after pleading guilty to second-degree burglary in the theft of a pair of laptops and a guitar from a campus fraternity. Masoli, who attended City College of...


Friday, March 12, 2010

Former Glenville football star on College Hall ballot (Charleston Daily Mail)


DALLAS, Texas -- Former Glenville State wide receiver Chris George is one of 24 all-time NCAA Division II greats on the 2010 College Football Hall of Fame ballot.The four-time All-West Virginia Conference selection from 1991-94 caught a league-record 430 p...


Football. Kramer Placed on College Football Hall of Fame Ballot (Rice Owls)


Tommy Kramer, who led a high-flying Rice passing attack that set school records that stood for nearly quarter a century, is one of 77 former players who comprise the 2010 Football Bowl Subdivision Ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame which was released today.


College football: Bohl introduces 3 new coaches (The Fargo Forum)


The modus operandi of hiring assistants has changed at North Dakota State. Head coach Craig Bohl officially introduced three coaches on Thursday who have no direct connection to Division I Football Bowl Subdivision programs.


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Head of BCS: 'Congress has more important things to do' than question football bowl system (Los Angeles Times)


WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of college football's Bowl Championship Series says Congress "has more important things to do" than look into his group's revenue distribution.


Three teens arrested in football player's beating (San Diego Union-Tribune)


Three teenagers were arrested Wednesday morning in connection with the beating of an 18-year-old Grossmont College football player.


Chadron St. football player dies in Ala. crash (San Diego Union-Tribune)


The Lee County coroner says a 19-year-old member of the Chadron State College football team in Nebraska has been killed in a highway accident in Auburn that seriously injured a teammate.


Salaries spike for college football assistants, successful coaches (USA Today)


The trend of rapidly accelerating pay for major-college head football coaches is being replicated and then some for their top assistants. With many contracts being negotiated or finalized, nearly a dozen schools in the NCAA's 120-school Football Bowl Subdivision have made deals under which they will be spending at least 38% more on their offensive or defensive coordinator in 2010 than they did ...


Salaries spike for college football assistants (USA Today)


The trend of rapidly accelerating pay for major-college head football coaches is being replicated and then some for their top assistants.


College Football: Notre Dame clings to its independence (Omaha World-Herald)


Notre Dame wants to remain independent in football, but that might not matter if the Big Ten and Pac-10 decide to expand and create sweeping changes to major college sports.


Former college coach to head-up Biloxi High football program (WLOX-TV Biloxi)


BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - John Shannon, who has spent more than three decades helping build winning programs on the college football level, has been named the new head football coach at Biloxi High School.


College Football Notes: NCAA gives Texas a reprieve on recruiting rule (Omaha World-Herald)


The NCAA has given Texas and Maryland a one-year reprieve from a new rule that limits off-campus football recruiting by a coach designated as the head coach-in-waiting. That will allow Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp...


College football: Maryland gets reprieve from new recruiting rule (Baltimore Sun)


Ruling allows Terps' Franklin to participate fully in off-campus evaluations The NCAA has given Texas and Maryland a one-year reprieve from a new rule that limits off-campus football recruiting by a coach designated as the head coach-in-waiting.


Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Texas college football coach apologizes for remark over newspaper removal (Deseret News)


COMMERCE, Texas (AP) — A Texas college football coach has apologized for applauding his players for removing campus...


Coaching in college football is constant revolving door (Orlando Sentinel)


Fellow blogger Matt Murschel did extensive research over the last several months to find the answers to several coaching questions, and the result is an outstanding look at college head coaching by the numbers:


College Football Capsules: Leach set to be deposed Friday in Lubbock (The Brownsville Herald)


LUBBOCK — Mike Leach is expected to return to Lubbock later this week to answer questions under oath from attorneys for Texas Tech handling the former football coach's lawsuit against the school.


Thoughts from the showcase camp at the University of Michigan: Maple Heights quarterback Shaq Washington's college ... (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)


Read the next installment in Shaq Washington's college football recruiting blog as the Maple Heights quarterback discusses the recent showcase camp at the University of Michigan, as well as sharing his latest scholarship offers.


Monday, March 8, 2010

LATEST NEWS: Three ink letters with Lon Morris to play college football (The Jasper Newsboy)


Three Jasper High School football players inked football college letters of intent Wednesday, Feb. 24. All three signed to play with Lon Morris. Kadarroe Rawls, Shane Savant and Cedric McGill all signed on with Lon Morris during a ceremony held at the Jasper High School library.


Obama Honors Alabama Football Team (ABC News)


President Obama honors Alabama football team for its national championship, undefeated season Alabama Crimson Tide football - Sports - College football - NCAA - Bleacher Report


Sporting News' college football All-Freshman Second Team (SportingNews)


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Football player injured in fight (San Diego Union-Tribune)


A Grossmont College football player is in critical condition Monday after a weekend brawl in La Mesa that involved two groups of people.


Football Player Critically Injured in Fight (NBC San Diego)


A Grossmont College football player is in critical condition after a fight in a local park.


Sunday, March 7, 2010

Honored commitment represents what is right in college football (The Maryville Daily Times)


Jake Nicolopulos had just finished his senior football season at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. At 6-foot-2 and 235 pounds, he was a hard-hitting linebacker who in his junior year committed to play college football at nearby Clemson University.


Montrose football player Kyle Miller signs with Southern Virginia University  (Montrose Daily Press)


MONTROSE — Montrose High senior football player Kyle Miller has signed his letter of intent to play college football for Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista, Va.


Plea to killing of former Hancock football player made ahead of trial (The Lompoc Record)


A Santa Maria man charged in the fatal shooting of a formerHancock College football team captain has entered a guilty pleaahead of his scheduled Monday trial.