Friday, November 16th, 2012
Texas Tech has enjoyed a rapid return to football relevance under head coach Tommy Tuberville. The former Auburn coach is in his third season as the head coach of the Red Raiders and has a record of 20-15 there, including a 7-3 mark this season. But he may not be ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
Texas Tech head coach Tommy Tuberville caused quite a stir on Saturday when he angrily ripped a headseat off of graduate assistant Kevin Oliver during the Red Raiders' overtime win against Kansas. Tuberville was publicly reprimanded by the Big 12 conference for the incident, but there is a chance he ...
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Monday, November 12th, 2012
Sometimes you wish teams would listen to sportswriters. Not so much because sportswriters are always right or even often right. Rather, because you want to see some one try out whatever crackpot idea a sportswriter threw out there in a column trying to be provocative. Case in point: this piece ...
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Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Less than a week ago, I mused about whether USC head coach Lane Kiffin's job was in trouble after their debacle at Arizona last Saturday. The loss was an ugly one that knocked the Trojans out of contention for anything but the Pac-12 title and maybe an at-large BCS berth ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2012
It turns out the Indiana-Iowa clash this Saturday might actually be a meaningful football game in several ways. Kirk Ferentz's Hawkeyes are a very mediocre 4-4 on the season, and a loss to Indiana would all but end Iowa's shot at bowl eligibility. The Hawkeyes would need to win two ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
The Illinois Fighting Illini football team isn't doing so hot. Currently, the team is 2-5 and coming off a 31-17 loss to Indiana at home. In 2011, former head coach Ron Zook's final season, the Illini were 7-6 and made a bowl game.
The current situation would put any coach on ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore's knee injury Saturday made national news not just for the cringe-worthy video but also for the outpouring of love from celebrities, professional athletes, fans and even coaches of USCe's in-state rivals.
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney's praise for Lattimore was unexpected but very nice of ...
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