Fight In The Stands At The U
Last night the University of Miami beat Florida A&M 45-0 in it’s first shutout since 2006. However what is has become typical fashion down at the U there was some fighting in the stands. Talk about taking a tumble.
Primetime College Football: Wildcats vs Rockets
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This game goes down on the ESPN network and it features the University of Arizona Wildcats take on the University of Toledo Rockets at the Glass Bowl in Toledo. It’s also happens to be the first time that a Pac-10 school will travel to a school from the Mid-American Conference.
Head coach Mike Stoops shaped upped his Wildcats to a 8-5 record and 6-3 in the conference last season but suffered a humiliating loss against the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the Holiday Bowl to finish off last year. It was however the first time since 1997-98 that an Arizona squad went to back to back bowls.
Junior quarterback Nick Foles looks to put together another solid season under center after throwing for 2,486 yards 19 touchdowns 9 INTS. Foles top target Juron Criner, 45 catches 582 yards 9 touchdowns, returns but the rest of the receiving core looks bleak at this moment. The balance of Arizona’s offense is what made this unit dangerous last season and with the return of running backs Keola Antolin, 637 yards 4 touchdowns, and Nic Grigsby, 567 yards 5 touchdowns, give the Wildcats a solid one-two punch to compliment the passing attack.
Arizona’s defense was based on speed and the tandem at defensive end Ricky Elmore and Brooks Reed, who have each been the teams sacks leaders the last two seasons. Reed led the team in 2008 and Elmore took that honor last season. While the front line looks primed for a big season, the linebackers for Arizona are a big question mark.
On the Toledo side, head coach Tim Beckman, who is entering his second year, watched his Rockets finish the season 5-7 and 3-5 in the Mid-American Conference West Division. The Rockets started off stronger than 2008 but had nearly the same results when they dropped four of its last five.
The Rockets will have to overcome the loss of quarterback Aaron Opelt and turn to sophomore quarterback Austin Dantin, 962 yards 4 touchdowns 4 INTS, who saw very little time under center. Eric Page no doubt will be his go-to target as the he lead the team with 82 receptions 1,159 yards 7 touchdowns as just a freshman. It was top marks for all freshman in the country. Coach Beckman will also begin the season with a new starter at tailback in Morgan Williams, 444 yards 2 touchdowns, who is replacing DuJuane Collins.
The defensive side for Toledo was one for concern and coach Beckman will look to improve drastically in all aspects. The strength of this unit is up front where defensive end Alex Johnson returns and that of linebacker Archie Donald, 116 tackles.
The Wildcats have won the previous two matchups against Toledo, including a 41-16 victory in 2008.
PICK: University of Arizona Wildcats
Primetime College Football: Trojans vs Warriors
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This game goes down on the ESPN network and it features the University of Southern California Trojans and University of Hawaii Warriors. This ushers in a new ear of USC football as the school is under sanctions and cannot play in a bowl game as well a new head coaching regime under Lane Kiffin.
Kiffin, who came to take over after for Pete Carroll left for the NFL, had left Tennessee after one year and a record of 7-6 record 4-4 in SEC play. USC however finished 9-4 but was a mere 5-4 in the Pac-10 after being such a dominant force in the league for so many years. The team finalized the season with a win over Boston College in the Emerald Bowl, the first non-BCS bowl for the program since 2001.
The Trojans are lead by sophomore quarterback Matt Barkley, 2,735 yards 15 touchdowns 14 INTS and will be joined in the backfield by junior Marc Tyler, missed all but one game. One of Barkley’s main targets will again be Stanley Havli, a three-year starter who to this point already has made more catches than any other fullback in USC history. Ronald Johnson who also only played half the season is expected to put up strong numbers after catching 34 balls for 3 touchdowns.
The biggest reason for the Trojans fall last season was their defense which fell to 22nd in the nation and gave up 19.9 ppg. This unit has lost five of its top 10 tacklers from a year ago but do see a return of tackle Jurrell Casey, 59 tackles 9 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks. Michael Morgan, who led the team with his 13 tackles for a loss is also back.
Hawaii finished the year ranked 3rd in the country with 337 ypg through the air and a record of 6-7 and 3-5 in the WAC. Quarterback Bryant Moniz filled in and passed 2,396 14 touchdowns 10 INTS after Greg Alexander went down with an injury. Moniz will have the luxury of leaning on receiver Greg Salas again, 1st Team All-WAC. However really has no running game to speak off.
The Warriors are 19-15 in home openers at Aloha Stadium and are are kicking off a campaign against the Trojans for the third time since 1999, even though they are just 15-34 all-time against members of the Pac-10 Conference.
USC has taken all six previous encounters the most recent in 2005 when the Trojans posted a 63-17 blowout.
PICK: University of Southern California Trojans
Primetime College Football: Panthers vs Utes
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This game goes down on the Versus network and it features the University of Pittsburgh Panthers take University of Utah Utes. Clearly the pressure is on both teams to perform well coming out of the gate and live up to expectations.
Pittsburgh settled for its first bowl victory in seven years last season after being on the verge but missing out on a BCS Bowl game. The Panthers earned a victory over North Carolina in the Meineke Bowl to give them their first double-digit win season since 1981, 10-3 with a 5-2 record in the Big East Conference.
The Panthers are led on offense by sophomore running back Dion Lewis. He exploded onto the scene with a total of 10 100-yard rushing games as he averaged 138.4 ypg, ranking first in the Big East but also third in the nation. He had an average of 5.5 yards per attempt and a total of 17 touchdowns.
However, the success of the Panthers will rest on how quickly redshirt sophomore quarterback Tino Sunseri can replace Bill Stull, who has just 17 career pass attempts. The offensive line though is stocked with juniors and seniors and that should help keep Sunseri upright as well as open the necessary holes for Lewis to run through.
Head coach Dave Wannstedt will once again have his finger prints all over the defense which was 17th in the nation in stopping the run and was tops in sacks with 3.6 per outing. Tackles for loss was another highlight for the group, registering more than 7.5 to rank 9th in the country. The team returns two beasts on that play on that side in Greg Romeus, 8.5 sacks, and Mick Williams, 17 tackles for loss. The Panthers linebackers are no slouches either and might actually be their strenth with Tristan Roberts, Greg Williams and Dan Mason.
The Utes haven’t allowed a visiting team to win in their home stadium since Sept. 8, 2007, 17 consecutive. Head coach Kyle Whittingham picked up his first win with the program back in 2005 when he and the Utes won against Pittsburgh in the Fiesta Bowl. The Utes are looking to continue the momentum they finished off last season with win over California in the Poinsettia Bowl, finishing 10-3 and was 6-2 against the rest of the Mountain West Conference.
The Utes offense will be in the hands of sophomore quarterback Jordan Wynn who took over for Terrance Cain in the eighth game last year and threw for 1,329 yards with 8 touchdowns and 4 INTS. Coach Whittingham has two good running backs in Matt Asiata and Eddie Wide and they both will share the load. Wide put together 6 straight 100-yard rushing games, 1,069 yards and 12 touchdowns.
This is the second meeting between these teams. Utah defeated Pittsburgh 35-7 in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl to cap off a 12-0 season.
PICK: University of Utah Utes
Primetime College Football: Golden Eagles vs Gamecocks
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This game goes down on ESPN and it features Southern Miss and South Carolina who will be facing off for their first ever meeting at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia.
Southern Miss hasn’t suffered a losing season since 1993 and is coming off to back to back 7-6 finishes under third year head coach Larry Fedora. The Golden Eagles however lost to Middle Tennessee in the New Orleans Bowl to finish out the year.
The Golden Eagles return both quarterbacks Austin Davis, 1,665 yards 10 touchdowns, and Martevious Young, who filled in during Davis’s foot injury to throw for 1,861 yards 16 touchdowns. Will coach Fedora rotate the quarterbacks or simply stick with one and ride him all season long is a definitely a question I will be watching all season to. Who ever is under center will have a play-maker in wide receiver DeAndre Brown, 6-6 231-pound who had 114 catches for 1,902 yards and 21 scores through two years. That’s about where all the positives stop for Southern Miss on the offensive side as they lost four starters on the line and the school’s all-time leading rusher.
The defense though returns all seven starters are on the front, more importantly tackle Anthony Gray, 40 tackles, and end Cordarro Law, 14.5 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks. At linebacker they return Korey Williams, 121 tackles, Ronnie Thornton, 114 stops, and Martez Smith, 82 tackles.
Steve Spurrier starts his sixth season as the Gamecocks head coach compiling a 35-28 record so far but a far cry his success as Florida’s head man. The Gamecocks finished 7-6 return an experienced quarterback in Stephen Garcia, 2,862 yards and 17 touchdowns with 10 INTS. Garcia will once again look to hook up with sophomore Alshon Jeffery, 46 catches for 763 yards and 6 touchdowns. The Gamecocks suffered a setback on the offensive side when senior tight end Weslye Saunders was suspended indefinitely.
Where as a Spurrier coach squad is thought to be all about offense the Gamecocks defense is now his strength. South Carolina returns seven starters back from a defense which ranked 15th in the nation. Defensive end Cliff Matthews is back after posting 7 sacks. Shaq Wilson the top returning linebacker will go from the inside spot, where he had 85 tackles, to outside. The defense as a whole last season also only allowed 163 ypg through the air to rank 8th nationally.
PICK: University of South Carolina Gamecocks
Primetime College Football: Gophers vs Blue Raiders
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This game goes down on ESPNU and it features the University of Minnesota and Middle Tennessee who will be facing off for their first ever meeting at Floyd Stadium in Tennessee.
Minnesota is the more recognizable school since they play in the Big Ten but are coming off yet another disappointing season in which they finished 6-7, 3-5 within conference, and lost to the Iowa State Cyclones in the Insight Bowl.
The Golden Gophers return senior quarterback Adam Weber, 2,582 yards 13 touchdowns 15 INTS, and will look at his leadership to carry the majority of the offensive side since their running game only averaged 99 yards a game last year. That’s not very good, especially in a conference that relies heavily on the run in the winter months of the season. Minnesota used a running back by committee that saw no single running back produced more than 400 yards rushing.
Minnesota wasn’t just 6-7 because of the offense they struggled in many areas of the game on the defensive side as well. The Golden Gophers couldn’t much run the ball and they definitely couldn’t stop it in 2009. Opposing running backs were able to rush for over 150 yards per game on the ground and 19 touchdowns.
Middle Tennessee is coming off of one of the best seasons in program history after recording a 10-3 record and 7-1 in the Sun Belt Conference. The Blue Raiders went on to defeat Conference USA Southern Miss in the New Orleans Bowl.
Middle Tennessee uses a high power offensive attack that averaged 32 points per game, and showed skill in both the passing and ground attacks. The Blue Raiders running backs were able to get into the end zone 22 times while averaging 186 yards per game. The air game of Middle Tennessee was just as productive as they found the end zone 25 times at just a little over 235 yards per game.
The biggest blow to Middle Tennessee was finding out on August 27 that quarterback Dwight Dasher, 2,789 23 touchdowns, has been ruled ineligible.
PICK: Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
Primetime College Football: Herd vs Buckeyes
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It’s that time of year again and I’m back for another year of Primetime College Football posts. For those that weren’t regular visitors of this site during this time last year, you might not be familiar with the whole objective of these posts. First, breakdowns only come of Primetime games during the season. Bowl season is a different story and every bowl game will get it’s own moment. Second, I don’t root for any particular college team just a fan of all 120 Division 1A and no I won’t call it Football Bowl Subdivision. Third, these are just observations I collect throughout the year and notes I’ve compiled through the years on players. I did somewhat OK last year going 66-27 and slightly above .500 during the bowl season.
Oh and if you have any pictures of TALENT decked out in school gear,doesn’t matter which school, feel free to send them my way. So let’s kickoff the 2010 NCAA Division 1-A Football Season.
The Big Ten Network kicks off the first game of this years Primetime College Football and it’s between Ohio State Buckeyes and Marshall University Thundering Herd. A lot of experts have the Buckeyes in contention to play for a BCS National Championship Game this year but it all starts here.
Marshall starts the year off with new coach Doc Holliday, who inherits a Thundering Herd squad that finished 7-6 a year ago, including 4-4 versus Conference USA competition. Marshall’s last victory was a 21-17 win over Ohio in the Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl. Holliday a longtime assistant and regarded as one of colleges best recruiters returns 13 starters. Senior quarterback Brian Anderson is one of them after throwing for 2,646 yards and 14 touchdowns 13 INTS last year. Anderson main target is Antavious Wilson, who lead the team in catches with 60 catches for 724 yards and 3 touchdowns as a freshman.
On the defensive side of the ball for Marshall they will have to lean heavily on defensive end Vinny Curry, 59 tackles and 3.5 sacks as a sophomore, and senior linebacker Mario Harvey, 117 tackles and 7 sacks. The Thundering Herd will have to go about this season without one of their best play-makers in the secondary after DeQuan Bembry, 3 INTS, was kicked off the team after being charged with assault on a police officer.
Jim Tressel is currently 9-0 in season openers at Ohio State and will watch as junior quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate Terrelle Pryor looks to guide the Buckeys to their 6th consecutive Big Ten title. Ending the season Pryor had one of his best games when he threw for 266 yards and 2 touchdowns while rushing for 72 yards in a Rose Bowl victory over Oregon.
Two of Pryor’s favorite targets in DeVier Posey, 60 catches for 828 yards and 8 touchdowns, and Dane Sanzenbacher 36 catches for 570 yards and 6 touchdowns are back. The offense firepower doesn’t stop with Pryor and his favorite wide receivers as running back tandem of Brandon Saine, 739 yards, 5.1 ypc, 4 touchdowns, and Daniel Herron, 600 yds,7 touchdowns also are back. The offensive line also returns four starters.
The headlines might read all about Pryor and the offesne but it’s the Buckeyes defense that should dominate the 2010 college football. The defensive unit that was among the nation’s best last year, ranking 5th in total defense and scoring defense brings back most of its starters. Defensive lineman Cameron Heyward is the real star on the defensive side of the ball as he led the team with 6.5 sacks and 10 tackles for loss last year. Top tacklers Ross Homan and Brian Rolle also have returned for their senior seasons.
The only previous meeting between Ohio State and Marshall occurred in 2004 with a narrow 24-21 win by the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes haven’t dropped a home opener since a 19-0 loss to Penn State in 1978.
PICK: The Ohio State University Buckeyes
Penn State Nittany Lion Mascot Suspended 30 Days
Even Joe Paterno Couldn't See That Coming
The Penn State University Nittany Lion mascot, Clint T. Gyory, was issued citations charging him with underage drinking, public drunkenness and criminal mischief for incidents that occurred early the morning of August 1, the day after his 20th birthday. Penn State officials said Gyory has been suspended from performing in the mascot costume for the entire month of September.
The citations say that Gyory broke a rearview mirror off of a vehicle and took it, and was intoxicated to the point that he crawled into the bed of a pickup truck and passed out.
Women’s College Soccer Fight
Elizabeth Lambert is an inspiration to the women of the University of Oregon and Oklahoma State University soccer team. Oregon’s Mercedes Walters and Oklahoma State’s Kyndall Treadwell started to fight in the 63rd minute. Walters pushed Treadwell to the ground and the referee immediately gave both of them red cards. The Cowgirls eventually won the game 1-0.
Former NFL Player Tim Couch To Be Analyst For Fox Sports South
Bust
Tim Couch the one-time University of Kentucky star and former NFL quarterback bust is returning home to begin a weekly gig as an analyst on Fox Sports South’s SEC Gridiron Live, devoted to hitting the topics on Southeastern Conference football. Couch will also work this fall as color analyst for the SEC football games shown on beginning September 4 with Arkansas State at Auburn. Couch’s early view of the SEC is, the West is best and in the East, figures the path to the title runs through Florida.
In 1999 the Cleveland Browns made Couch the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft and now is working in the television industry after lasting only five years in the NFL.
I love how this Sports Illustrated features Couch and Akili Smith and asks if this is the best quarterback class since the infamous 1983 NFL draft class. So I thought I would list the quarterbacks drafted in order for you and ask you to judge for yourself where 1999 compares. Starting with the bust that is Couch, Donovan McNabb, Akili Smith, Daunte Culpepper, Cade McNown, Shaun King, Brock Huard, Joe Germaine, Aaron Brooks, Kevin Daft, Michael Bishop, Chris Greisen, and Scott Covington.
Ex-NBA Player Rumeal Robinson Faces Federal Fraud Charges
Mr. Destiny Your Not
Back on October 6 2009, we posted the story of former NBA player Rumeal Robinson who tricked his foster mother into signing over the deed to her own home and transferred the property to people unknown to her to hold the home as collateral has now a court date on federal fraud charges. Robinson is charged with 13 counts, including eight counts of wire fraud, three counts of bank bribery and one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. The trial on the federal charges is scheduled to begin on August 30 and is expected to run for at least a week.
According to the indictment, Robinson and his girlfriend, Stephenie Hodge, worked with a loan officer at Iowa-based Community State Bank to take out nearly $1.4 million in loans by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises. The money was allegedly meant to help finance the development of a Jamaican luxury vacation resort to be known as Harmony Cove. Robinson and Hodge used the money from the fraudulent loans for items related and unrelated to the Harmony Cove project.
Donald Barrows, Robinson’s adopted brother, says that his Rumeal is a “strip club addict” who would spend up to $20,000 a night on exotic dancers.
Robinson, a former NBA player who was drafted in 1990 by the Atlanta Hawks, is most famous for hitting two crucial free throws in the 1989 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship game for the University of Michigan Wolverines against Seton Hall University.
Former Arkansas RB Michael Smith New Razorback Reporter After Florida Cap Firing
Sooooooooooie
Back on August 17, we posted the story of Renee Gork who was fired from her Arkansas radio station for wearing a Florida cap to a press conference as now found a replacement. The station hired former Razorback running back Michael Smith, who was once arrested and suspended for using a stolen credit card. Smith was arrested on felony charges of forgery and theft by receiving. His only radio experience was only helping out with the spring game but he did rush for 2,018 yards for Arkansas between 2006-09 after being reinstated to the team.
University Of Minnesota Golden Gophers Get Into The Act Of Hazing
Haircut hazing has officially reached epidemic status. The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was inspired by the Denver Broncos, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Oakland Raiders haircut hazing that they felt their fellow teammates should be humiliated as well.
Great to see a little team bonding but will that improve on a defense that ranked 113th out of 120 in sacks allowed and last in rushing in the Big Ten?
New Mexico Lobo Elizabeth Lambert Reinstated
I like my women to have some hood in them and that’s why we are revisiting the story of University of New Mexico Lobos soccer player Elizabeth Lambert because she has just that. Lambert was served a two-game suspension for her gritty style against BYU and now has been reinstated and is eligible to play as a senior this season.
That’s a girl bad and me have always liked. A lot!
Big 12 ADs Meet With Learfield Sports To Discuss Cable Network
Est. 1996
Eight Athletic Directors from the Big 12 Conference met with Learfield Sports on Friday to discuss forming their own cable network, according to Dennis Dodd of CBSSPORTS.com. The ADs from Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M and Texas Tech were part of the discussions about the net, which is not related to any conference shifting, but is seen as a new revenue stream.
Texas A&M AD Bill Byrne, who has “talked and tweeted about the meeting publicly,” said of the net, “It’s something I’m quite interested in. … It’s something that our fans are going to be demanding sooner rather than later.”
Dodd reported experts have indicated that the success of a college sports cable net is dependent on the number of football and men’s basketball games it can broadcast. FOX, ESPN and ABC own those Big 12 rights, but there could be some flexibility in new negotiations.
Dodd noted it wasn’t immediately clear what Colorado was doing at the meeting if it is soon leaving the league. Texas rights are not handled by Learfield, and the school has made it clear it wants to develop its own channel or network.
This also comes on the heels of a NCAA report shows that just 14 of the 120 Division 1-A schools made money from campus athletics in 2009, down from 25 the year before.
Alabama, Florida, Ohio State, Texas and Tennessee are among the select group that made money. So is Missouri, which reported generating $2 million in profits from campus athletics in 2009.
The largest reported amount of revenue generated by an athletics program was $138.5 million — nearly three times the median of $45.9 million. The top-spending program reported $127.6 million in annual expenses, with a similarly sized gap from the median. 68 schools reported turning a profit on football, with a median value of $8.8 million. The 52 schools that lost money on football reported median losses of $2.7 million.
In Iowa, the Board of Regents voted unanimously to order school presidents at Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa to come up with plans to scrap or dramatically decrease such sports subsidies.
Oregon State Football Player Dismissed After Trying To Tackle Cops Naked
No Need To Get Naked
Tyler Thomas an Oregon State University football player was dismissed from the team following an arrest in which he tried to tackle the local police while naked. Thomas, 19 of Kalispell, Montona, was arrested on charges of first-degree criminal trespass, second-degree criminal mischief and resisting arrest.
According to information from the Corvallis Police Department, at about 4:51 a.m., police were called to 519 N.W. 14th Street after a 32-year-old woman reported there was a naked man in the upstairs office of her residence.
When officers arrived, they ordered him to get on the ground several times, but he refused. Then Thomas, who had reportedly been drinking, got into a “three-point stance” and lunged at the officers, who Tased him.
Monday, Oregon State coach Mike Riley dismissed the Montana native saying it wasn’t the first incident for Thomas who had been involved in a minor possession of alcohol incident this spring.
University Of Alabama Rob Ezell Imitates Head Coach Nick Saban
In honor of Calvin Casey, who won’t be on today’s show as he attends to a personal matter, here’s this video of University of Alabama Crimson Tides walk-on quarterback turned wide receiver R ob Ezell doing a spot on impression of his favorite college coach Nich Saban.
Stay in the moment.
Dorothy Davidson Photoshops Herself With Nick Saban For Political Race
WTF
If your alright with University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban than your alright with the state of Alabama. That’s why Bessemer mayoral candidate Dorothy Davidson decided to photoshop herself with Saban and used it to post onto fliers declaring his endorsement of Davidson around town. But the University of Alabama athletics officials said there is no such endorsement.
“Coach Saban has not been contacted for a political endorsement of any kind,” Associate Athletics Director Jeff Purinton wrote in an e-mail.
Davidson at first said the image of her and Saban together was real and taken about three weeks ago. However, when presented later with a 2007 photo of Saban and his wife that appears to be the base photo onto which Davidson’s image was added, the candidate acknowledged that her image was digitally added to the 2007 photo.
Former Texas Tech Head Coach Mike Leach Hired By CBS
The Pirate's Ship Has Risen
Former Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach will call games on television as he pursues a lawsuit over his firing from the school. Cable network CBS College Sports announced that Leach will work as an analyst this season. Leach will work with play-by-play announcer Roger Twibell on CBS College Sports, which airs Mountain West, Conference USA and service academy games.
Leach sued the school claiming he is owed $9 million because of breach of contract.
New Orleans Saints Reggie Bush Never Apologized To USC
Over Hyped Flop
This past week reports had come out that New Orleans Saints Reggie Bush apologized to new USC athletic director Pat Haden in a 15-minute phone conversation. However the Los Angeles Times has learned that the former Heisman trophy winner in fact did not apologize.
“Never did he say I’m sorry or I apologize. Never did he say, ‘I lied to the NCAA or I took stuff,” USC athletic director Haden said.
USC removed Bush’s 2005 Heisman trophy from display and the team is banned from playing in bowl games for the next two years. In June, the NCAA stripped USC of its victory in the 2005 National Championship game and vacate the entire 2005 season.
Texas A&M Jerrod Johnson Has Future In Singing If Football Doesn’t Work Out
Texas A&M Aggies Jerrod Johnson was a stud at quarterback last year, throwing for 30 touchdowns and while adding 8 more TDs on the ground while just throwing 8 interceptions. If football doesn’t work out for him after this year, his senior, he surely has a future in signing.
You know that ‘No Diggity’ is a classic and you where mouthing along. Thank you Blackstreet or should I just say thank you Teddy Riley
Isiah Thomas Won’t Be Coming Back To New York Knicks
Jokes On Us?
Isiah Thomas will not be returning to the New York Knicks after all. Thomas said in a statement he was declining a position as a consultant with the franchise he ran for 4 1/2 years because it may not be legal.
“After speaking with commissioner David Stern and Knicks executives, it has become apparent that my new agreement violates certain NBA bylaws,” Thomas said. “Because of this, I have decided to rescind my contract with the team.”
The Knicks announced the agreement with Thomas on Friday and it was quickly criticized. League personnel are not allowed contact with players who are not yet eligible for the draft, which Thomas would have in his role as Florida International University coach.
The decision should calm members of the basketball community who questioned the partnership. Among them was Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, who said he would decline an offer to be a paid consultant of an NBA team.
“I don’t think you can be in both worlds, in an official basis. I think that makes people in both worlds somewhat angry about it, or concerned,” Krzyzewski said. “You’re getting a leg up, and in college we definitely shouldn’t do that.”
Your First Look At Jimmy Johnson & The Cast Of Survivor
Doesn't Make It To The Merger
Back on July 22, we posted the story of former NCAA and NFL coach Jimmy Johnson being a contestant on the CBS show Survivor and now he is your first look at the cast of the show. This will be the last post I put up on this subject because I’m a huge fan of the show. Instead of letting the drama unfold on my TV screen as I do every season I’ve already spoiled some of the luster for myself by finding out Johnson is on the show and their is a chick that will compete with an artificial limb.
For those that need a little help, Johnson is the old guy on the top row second from the right.
Tim Tebow Nike Shoe Sells Out In 15 Minutes
Nice
When Nike announced that the EA Sports NCAA Football 11 version of its Nike Trainer 1.2 sneaker designed after former Florida Gators now Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow in mind would go on sale on Friday, Aug. 6 at NikeStore.com, fans clamored to find out what lengths they would have to go to in order to get one of the 500 limited edition pairs.
Ironically they only had 15 minutes to try and get their hands on the $120 sneaker as they quickly sold out. Nike claims they sold out the shoe in exactly 5 minutes though. The limited edition sneaker is up there with some of the fastest sellouts.
The Tim Tebow Trainer 1.2 features Tebow’s “Promise” speech from Sept. 27, 2008, along with a blue and orange color scheme, and EA Sports and NCAA Football 11 logo and can now be bought on eBay for over $1,000.
