Friday, January 27th, 2012
The Ivy League was founded on a bunch of hoity-toity ideals that include not giving out athletic scholarships and not allowing its football champion to play in the Division I-AA (aka FCS) playoffs.
Turns out the Ivies are just as morally challenged as the rest of college football, though that probably ...
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Friday, January 27th, 2012
The University of Texas hasn't done so well in football over the past two seasons. The Longhorns have gone 13-12 in that span including a 6-11 record in the Big 12. After back-to-back disappointing seasons some believed long-time head coach Mack Brown's job could be in trouble.
Clearly that's not the ...
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Monday, January 16th, 2012
Five-star recruit Gunner Kiel from Columbus, Indiana has backed out of yet another commitment, this time on a much bigger stage. It is being reported that he did not show up to a meeting for January enrollees at LSU and will commit to Notre Dame. SBNation is reporting that he won't ...
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Monday, January 16th, 2012
With the news that Indiana Hoosier quarterbacks Dusty Kiel and Ed Wright-Baker have left the program coming on the heels of former IU commit Gunner Kiel's commitment to LSU, you'd think things are pretty bad in Bloomington. But that's a tricky statement because things are always bad in Bloomington when ...
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Friday, January 13th, 2012
Bryce Brown was once the most sought-after high school prospect in the country. Back in 2009 as a 6-foot, 215-pound running back out of Wichita, Rivals.com ranked him as the nation's top player. Everyone wanted him.
My how things have changed.
Today it is being reported that after a disappointing, tumultuous college ...
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Thursday, January 12th, 2012
The Rich Rodriguez Era at Michigan did at lot to screw up the standing of college football's winningest program. After a year of hindsight, Denard Robinson seems to be the only positive thing Rodriguez actually did while in Ann Arbor. Now everyone seems relieved that new coach Brady Hoke was ...
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
After getting fired from his post as offensive coordinator of the New York Jets earlier this week it appears that Brian Schottenheimer may be landing on his feet. Alabama head coach Nick Saban has been known for some out-of-nowhere assistant coaching hires in the past and apparently now he is ...
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Sunday, January 8th, 2012
Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy has agreed to the framework of an eight-year contract that extends his current deal by four years. The school's president Burns Hargis and athletic director Mike Holder announced the extension on Saturday, though details are still being finalized. Gundy's contract is still subject to the ...
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Thursday, December 29th, 2011
When I was a young lad, I always aspired to make it big in Boise. Or at least Pocatello. It looks like I've made it.
The Occupy The BCS movement, which we will claim to have started at Rumors and Rants because the evidence allows us to, has at least caught ...
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Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Any chance of Indiana football becoming relevant in my lifetime went kaput on Tuesday when top quarterback recruit Gunner Kiel of Columbus, Ind. committed to LSU.
Kiel had originally given Hoosier fans their first glimmer of hope since the Anthony Thompson Era -- or at least since the death of Terry ...
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