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Sexual Assault, Not Harvard Game, Kept Yale Quarterback From Rhodes Scholarship

Sexual Assault, Not Harvard Game, Kept Yale Quarterback From Rhodes Scholarship

Yale star quarterback Patrick J. Witt announced several months ago that he turned down a Rhodes Scholarship interview to play in his teams rivalry match against Harvard University, now it turns out that a sexual assault claim ... continue
Joe Paterno’s Family Sets Memorial and Funeral Dates, Will Offer Two-Day Viewing

Joe Paterno’s Family Sets Memorial and Funeral Dates, Will Offer Two-Day Viewing

Penn State football legend Joe Paterno will be laid to rest this week and his family has announced that his funeral will be preceded by a two-day viewing and a public memorial this week on the Penn ... continue
Joe Paterno Finally Speaks Out About Penn State Sex Scandal

Joe Paterno Finally Speaks Out About Penn State Sex Scandal

Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is finally speaking out about the Jerry Sandusky sex scandal that has rocked the University and eventually led to Paterno being fired from the school where he led as head ... continue
Alabama Loses Trent Richardson, Dont’a Hightower and Dre Kirkpatrick To NFL Draft

Alabama Loses Trent Richardson, Dont’a Hightower and Dre Kirkpatrick To NFL Draft

Alabama on Thursday was dealt not one, not two but three blows when All-American underclassmen Trent Richardson, Dont'a Hightower and Dre Kirkpatrick announced that they would leave the school and try their luck in the 2012 NFL Draft. Speaking of his decision Richardson ... continue
Morris Claiborne Skips Senior Year, Leaves LSU for 2012 NFL Draft

Morris Claiborne Skips Senior Year, Leaves LSU for 2012 NFL Draft

All-American cornerback Morris Claiborne has announced plans to leave LSU before his senior year and enter the NFL draft. Claiborne announced his decision in a public forum on Thursday with coach Les Miles by his side. Morris said of his choice: "My ... continue
Baylor QB Robert Griffin III Declares Himself For 2012 NFL Draft

Baylor QB Robert Griffin III Declares Himself For 2012 NFL Draft

Robert Griffin III took Baylor to its first bowl victory in almost 20 years this past season and now he's hoping to continue that success as he takes his talent to the NFL as the leagues expected ... continue
Jay Paterno Leaving Penn State Months After Dad Joe Paterno Was Fired

Jay Paterno Leaving Penn State Months After Dad Joe Paterno Was Fired

Jay Paterno, son of Penn State legend Joe Paterno has announced that he will be cutting ties with the University after 17 years as an assistant under his dad's former regime. The quarterbacks coaches departure severs the last ... continue
New England Patriots Coach Bill O’Brien Takes Over At Penn State, Replaces Joe Paterno

New England Patriots Coach Bill O’Brien Takes Over At Penn State, Replaces Joe Paterno

Penn State is one head coach richer while the New England Patriots are one assistant coach poorer. Bill O'Brien, the teams offensive coordinator is rumored on Friday to be taking over for the scandal ridden Penn State ... continue
Oregon Ducks Claim First Rose Bowl Victory In 95 Years

Oregon Ducks Claim First Rose Bowl Victory In 95 Years

The Oregon Ducks and their entire student base have reason to celebrate today after the Ducks defeated Wisconsin to claim their first Rose Bowl victory in 95 years. The victory comes on the heals of Darron Thomas who ... continue
Heisman Trophy Winner Robert Griffin III Heading To NFL Draft [Dad Confirmed]

Heisman Trophy Winner Robert Griffin III Heading To NFL Draft [Dad Confirmed]

Heisman trophy winner Robert Griffin III is rumored to be entering the 2012 NFL Draft alongside Stanford #1 favorite Andrew Luck.  According to source close to the Baylor quarterback, including his own father, he'll file in time ... continue
Yale Football Coach Quits Over Rhodes Scholarship And NFL Contract Lies

Yale Football Coach Quits Over Rhodes Scholarship And NFL Contract Lies

Last month I reported that Yale quarterback Patrick Witt missed his Rhodes Scholarship interview so he could play in his teams rival game against Harvard, now that decision has inadvertently led to the departure of football coach ... continue
Matt Barkley Will Finish Senior Year With USC Trojans

Matt Barkley Will Finish Senior Year With USC Trojans

Good news for USC fans on Thursday as star QB and upcoming senior Matt Barkley has bypassed a potential top-10 selection in the NFL draft to chase down a championship with the Trojans. Barkley announced his intentions while ... continue
Ohio State Football Receives One-Year Bowl Ban

Ohio State Football Receives One-Year Bowl Ban

Jim Tressel and his Ohio State football team broke NCAA rules when eight players accepted cash and tattoos worth $14,000 in exchange for jerseys and other Buckeyes memorabilia and although they were still allowed to play in the Sugar ... continue
Heisman Trophy Goes To Baylor’s Robert Griffin III

Heisman Trophy Goes To Baylor’s Robert Griffin III

Baylor has their first Heisman Trophy winner thanks to Robert Griffin III. Known as RG3 the schools star quarterback surprised many analysts this season when he outplayed preseason favorite Andrew Luck of Stanford University. Before his name was ... continue
Texas A&M University Hires Head Coach Kevin Sumlin

Texas A&M University Hires Head Coach Kevin Sumlin

Coach Kevin Sumlin is taking his top-notch Houston offense from Conference USA to the Southeastern Conference as the new head coach of the Texas A&M football team. Sumlin replaces former Aggies coach Mike Sherman who was fired nearly ... continue
Ohio State To Play Florida In Gator Bowl

Ohio State To Play Florida In Gator Bowl

  The Florida Gators will take on the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Gator Bowl which quite possible could be better named the Urban Meyer bowl since he will be helping face off against his former school and ... continue
Oklahoma State Football Riot Injures 13 Spectators

Oklahoma State Football Riot Injures 13 Spectators

13 fans were injured on Saturday when a 44-10 victory over rival Oklahoma sent Oklahoma State students onto the field where they celebrated and tore down goalposts. According to reports at least two of the injuries left spectators ... continue
Texas A&M Coach Mike Sherman Fired

Texas A&M Coach Mike Sherman Fired

Texas A&M has fired men's football head coach after the Aggies ended the season with a .500 record (6-6). In a statement about the school's decision Athletic director Bill Byrne announced: "I appreciate coach Sherman's selfless service to Texas ... continue
Arizona Wildcats Hire Rich Rodriguez, Make The Announcement Using Twitter

Arizona Wildcats Hire Rich Rodriguez, Make The Announcement Using Twitter

The Arizona Wildcats have hired former Michigan and West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez as their new head coach for men's football. Making the announcement on Twitter of all places was athletic director Greg Byrne who tweeted: "And the ... continue
Yale QB Turns Down Rhodes Scholarship To Play In Harvard Football Rivalry

Yale QB Turns Down Rhodes Scholarship To Play In Harvard Football Rivalry

Yale football quarterback Patrick Witt realized he had a scheduling conflict when his Rhodes Scholarship interview fell on the same day as his universities rival game against Harvard so he did what any good leader would do, ... continue
Penn State Sex Scandal Causes Sponsors To Flee

Penn State Sex Scandal Causes Sponsors To Flee

The Jerry Sandusky sex scandal that has rocked Penn State has now caused at least six sponsors to pull their support from programs involved with the university. Among those sponsors are Cars.com who pulled out of Saturday's game ... continue
Penn State Rocked By Sex Scandal And Cover Up

Penn State Rocked By Sex Scandal And Cover Up

Penn State administrators are being forced to deal with a big blow to their institutions image this week after a longtime member of their men's football program was arrested on dozens of sexual abuse charges. Former defensive coordinator ... continue