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FSU star DB Greg Reid arrested for pot possession at home in GA?

 

[GDogg]

The Pac-12-B1G scheduling alliance is over before it got started:

Pac-12, Big Ten suspend scheduling plan

Posted by Bob Condotta

The Pac-12 just announced that it and the Big Ten have suspended plans for expanding their "scheduling collaboration'' --- here are details of the original plan. Here's a story from ESPN.com's Big Ten blog on today's news and from the Pac-12 blog.

Here's the statement from Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott:

"After extensive deliberation and consultation with member institutions, television partners and others, the Pac-12 and Big Ten have decided not to pursue the previously announced plans for enhanced scheduling collaboration across all sports at this time. While we continue to value our close relationship, particularly our partnership in the Rose Bowl, the Pac-12 came to the conclusion that it's in our best interests to maintain our 9-game conference schedule and maximum flexibility in out-of conference scheduling. Thus, the Pac-12 decided not to lock into the proposed mandatory 12-game

schedule in football."

And here's the statement from Big Ten Conference commissioner James E. Delany:

"We are disappointed to announce today that the Big Ten Pac-12 strategic collaboration announced jointly in December 2011 unfortunately will not be consummated. We recently learned from Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott that the complications associated with coordinating a non-conference football schedule for 24 teams across two conferences proved to be too difficult. Those complications, among other things, included the Pac-12's nine-game conference schedule and previous nonconference commitments.

"A great effort was made by both conference staffs to create football schedules that would address the variety of complexities, but in the end, we were just not able to do so.

"While everyone at the Big Ten is disappointed by the news, we look forward to continuing the historic partnership that we have with the Pac-12 and to working together on other matters in the future."

Link.

 

[The Commish]

Well, that sucks. I was wondering if the P12 would waiver on the 9 game conf schedule. This could come back to bite them both in the butt if the committee looks at OOC strength as a component to qualifying for the playoff. I wonder what happens to the games already scheduled? Do they still get played? Utah and Michigan were suppose to play the first Thurs game of the 2014 or 2015 season. Wonder if those games are still good?

 

[GDogg]

Well, that sucks. I was wondering if the P12 would waiver on the 9 game conf schedule. This could come back to bite them both in the butt if the committee looks at OOC strength as a component to qualifying for the playoff. I wonder what happens to the games already scheduled? Do they still get played? Utah and Michigan were suppose to play the first Thurs game of the 2014 or 2015 season. Wonder if those games are still good?

I agree. It does suck. I was really looking forward to those matchups.I think any games that have been scheduled will remain. UCLA and Nebraska are playing the next two years and that's not going to change. There is simply no longer a mandate from the conferences that the schools must schedule each other moving forward.

 

[prefontaine]

if the impetus to this was the playoff, I'm already annoyed at the playoff system.

Honest question but what can be done to encourage good interconference games? I know everyone has an agenda but imo conference champs is somewhat silly bc the conferences have gotten too large, too strong, and are too unequal for that model imo. But if the big conferences all only play tough games within conference, what good is SOS at all? How will you know until they lineup for bowls which conferences are good and which are paper tigers?

Given the realities of the cfb world, what can honestly be done?

 

[Christo]

Chick Fight!

12 Jul 2012 at 1:03 PM DRINKING, FOOTBALL, SPORTS, VIOLENCE

Nick Saban’s Daughter Accused Of Beating Up Her Sorority Sister

By ELIE MYSTAL

Is Kristen Saban going to have to choke a #####?

Did you hear the one about the sorority sisters who get drunk, start crying, and get into catfights that result in one of them needing a nose job? I know, it’s a tale as old as time, but this one has a fantastic twist. This time one of the alleged participants is the daughter of famous football coach Nick Saban.

In case you don’t follow sports, Nick Saban is one of the most hated men in college football. The one-time LSU coach has made slurs about Cajuns in Louisiana, and he cowardly walked out on the Miami Dolphins professional franchise. Most people outside of the University of Alabama would love to punch him in the face.

Inside the University of Alabama, he is a God. And according to a new complaint, it’s his daughter that allegedly does the punching of people in the face….

The complaint is from Sarah Grimes, a student at Alabama. It arises out of events that took place in August 2010 between Grimes and her sorority sisters: Kristen Saban, McKinnon Moultrie, Hannah Muncher, and Meaghan Williams. You read that right, the girls are named: Sarah, Kristen, McKinnon, Meaghan, and Hannah MUNCHER. It’s like this complaint is brought to you by National Lampoon.

The girls are all part of the Phi Mu sorority. I don’t know anything about that one, but since it’s a sorority, I’m assuming a lot of drinking and drama goes down. The complaint does not disappoint:

Next, entirely predictable things happen:

Drunk and feeling unappreciated, Grimes alleges that the young Miss Saban went full-on poor little rich girl:

I’m not going to lie, the thought of Nick Saban’s daughter (Coach Saban is slated to make $5,316,666 this year for coaching football at a public university) lying on the floor and alternating between “woe is me” and “nobody likes you” amuses me greatly. I mean, I’m sure she’s right. I’m fairly certain that being Kristen Saban is no easy thing. She’s the daughter of the most important person on her campus. She must feel like everything she does reflects on her father, and maybe the integrity of the entire Alabama football program — and the only thing Crimson Tide fans care about more than the football team is God. It’s a lot of pressure, and she’s under it every day. I actually feel kind of sorry for her.

But the thought of her feeling sorry for herself all the time is kind of funny. And the thought of her snapping under that admittedly unfair pressure in the way Grimes alleges is, frankly, hilarious:

Who wrote this complaint? It reads like a very special episode of Hannah Montana.

Wait, it gets better:

And now I’m imaging Nick Saban “coaching up” his daughter:

IMAGINARY COACH SABAN: Now Kristen, we know GRIMES gets really bad migraines, so when she’s filing to the doorway, I want you rip through the chin and give GRIMES a solid forearm shiver. On my whistle!

IMAGINARY COACH SABAN: It’s not holding if the refs don’t call it. But try to keep your hands on the inside of the hair. Up and underneath, so the refs can’t see it. That’s it. Put your shoulder into it. Okay, go hydrate.

You can read the full complaint on the next page. Grimes’s own complaint makes it sound like Saban roundly whooped her ###. But there is a somewhat happy ending:

See, after all that, Sarah got her nose job. All’s well that ends well?

I asked our resident sorority expert, Staci Zaretsky (Kappa Alpha Theta; yep, that’s Staci with a heart over the “i,” fellas), to comment on the alleged shenanigans. She offered: “Sounds just like my sorority, but with fewer hematomas.”

No doubt. But I’ll posit that these allegations that Saban has a daughter who can get drunk and beat the stuffing out of another girl will actually add to the legend of Nick Saban. You can just hear people outside the Iron Bowl taunting Auburn fans: “Our coach’s daughter has a better right arm than Kiehl Frazier.”

We’ll keep you posted if the Saban girl responds to these allegations in court. I hope she files a two-word response to Sarah Grimes: Roll Tide!

http://abovethelaw.com/2012/07/nick-sabans-daughter-accused-of-beating-up-her-sorority-sister/You'll have to click the link to see the portions of the complaint, they didn't copy.

 

[Moe.]

if the impetus to this was the playoff, I'm already annoyed at the playoff system. Honest question but what can be done to encourage good interconference games? I know everyone has an agenda but imo conference champs is somewhat silly bc the conferences have gotten too large, too strong, and are too unequal for that model imo. But if the big conferences all only play tough games within conference, what good is SOS at all? How will you know until they lineup for bowls which conferences are good and which are paper tigers? Given the realities of the cfb world, what can honestly be done?

I don't see why the playoff would discourage this arrangement any more than the BCS did. I think logistically it's a lot harder than they thought it would be to actually put this together and come up with who plays who every year and where. With this agreement you'd have USC and a few other schools that would basically only have control over one game on their schedule every year, which I'm sure just wasn't acceptable to them. Neat idea but I'm not surprised it fell through, and I don't really think it's because of the playoff at all. We'll continue to see more and more marquee non-conf games because the fans/networks love them and they make money. I just don't think they want to force their teams into a situation where they have nine conference games and two really tough non-conf games. That's just too much.

 

[The Commish]

if the impetus to this was the playoff, I'm already annoyed at the playoff system. Honest question but what can be done to encourage good interconference games? I know everyone has an agenda but imo conference champs is somewhat silly bc the conferences have gotten too large, too strong, and are too unequal for that model imo. But if the big conferences all only play tough games within conference, what good is SOS at all? How will you know until they lineup for bowls which conferences are good and which are paper tigers? Given the realities of the cfb world, what can honestly be done?

No...I don't think it was because of the playoff. They were having issues before that was announced. The P12 wanted to continue to play 9 conference games. I know the B1G has been talking about playing 9 conference games as well, but was holding off on the idea until they figured out what they were going to do with the P12. It's quite possible that now the B1G will go to a nine game conference schedule as well.

 

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I noted here last week that Wisconsin and Alabama are trying to work out a game or games....seems the writing was on the wall with the PAC 12 alliance.

 

[GDogg]

if the impetus to this was the playoff, I'm already annoyed at the playoff system. Honest question but what can be done to encourage good interconference games? I know everyone has an agenda but imo conference champs is somewhat silly bc the conferences have gotten too large, too strong, and are too unequal for that model imo. But if the big conferences all only play tough games within conference, what good is SOS at all? How will you know until they lineup for bowls which conferences are good and which are paper tigers? Given the realities of the cfb world, what can honestly be done?

No...I don't think it was because of the playoff. They were having issues before that was announced. The P12 wanted to continue to play 9 conference games. I know the B1G has been talking about playing 9 conference games as well, but was holding off on the idea until they figured out what they were going to do with the P12. It's quite possible that now the B1G will go to a nine game conference schedule as well.

I think it was partly about the playoff. And, I think the playoff is what pushed it over the edge.Yeah, if you are on a 9 game conf schedule, then you only have 3 games for OOC. As we all know, most schools already have games lined up out as far as 2017, and many of them are against other "BCS" conference schools (supposedly "tougher" comp). So, then forcing them to schedule another one against strong competition, and you only get to schedule one other game (for the P-12 South teams against teams like SJSU, SDSU, etc.). While I would love to see it, I can see how the schools were saying that they were essentially cutting off their own feet in terms of finally getting a playoff, but most likely setting themselves up for more losses with the tougher schedules they were creating. I would guess it would be a rare instance when a 2 loss P12 or B1G team would get into the playoffs (lose one game against your tough team and then only lose 1 conference game and you're done). Who knows, though.

 

[The Commish]

if the impetus to this was the playoff, I'm already annoyed at the playoff system. Honest question but what can be done to encourage good interconference games? I know everyone has an agenda but imo conference champs is somewhat silly bc the conferences have gotten too large, too strong, and are too unequal for that model imo. But if the big conferences all only play tough games within conference, what good is SOS at all? How will you know until they lineup for bowls which conferences are good and which are paper tigers? Given the realities of the cfb world, what can honestly be done?

No...I don't think it was because of the playoff. They were having issues before that was announced. The P12 wanted to continue to play 9 conference games. I know the B1G has been talking about playing 9 conference games as well, but was holding off on the idea until they figured out what they were going to do with the P12. It's quite possible that now the B1G will go to a nine game conference schedule as well.

I think it was partly about the playoff. And, I think the playoff is what pushed it over the edge.Yeah, if you are on a 9 game conf schedule, then you only have 3 games for OOC. As we all know, most schools already have games lined up out as far as 2017, and many of them are against other "BCS" conference schools (supposedly "tougher" comp). So, then forcing them to schedule another one against strong competition, and you only get to schedule one other game (for the P-12 South teams against teams like SJSU, SDSU, etc.). While I would love to see it, I can see how the schools were saying that they were essentially cutting off their own feet in terms of finally getting a playoff, but most likely setting themselves up for more losses with the tougher schedules they were creating. I would guess it would be a rare instance when a 2 loss P12 or B1G team would get into the playoffs (lose one game against your tough team and then only lose 1 conference game and you're done). Who knows, though.

Right...we don't know. It's not like this was a done deal to begin with. If I'm being honest, I was surprised an announcement was even made at the time it was. There was a lot of uncertainty in the P12 when the announcement was made and it never got cleared up.

 

[The Commish]

New Rose Bowl Deal

ESPN has agreed to pay an average of $80 million per year for TV rights to the Rose Bowl, a deal that runs from 2015-26. That's a 167-percent jump from the $30 million that ESPN currently pays, according to the report.

The Rose Bowl has reportedly inked a new TV deal with ESPN that is worth an average of $80 million annually.

The Big Ten and Pac-12, the game's partners, keep all of that revenue in years it doesn't serve as host for a playoff game, according to SBJ. When it does host a playoff game, the revenue will be divvied among the FBS conferences.

 

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interesting move by ESPN....so what happens if they don't win the Playoff Bid, and one of those games is the Rose Bowl?

 

[The Commish]

interesting move by ESPN....so what happens if they don't win the Playoff Bid, and one of those games is the Rose Bowl?

Not sure I am following you or maybe I missed some new information. Are they going to "bid" on playoff games? I thought it was just the championship game that was going to be bid out and the playoff games would be rotated through the 6 bowls.

 

[BigJohn]

interesting move by ESPN....so what happens if they don't win the Playoff Bid, and one of those games is the Rose Bowl?

Not sure I am following you or maybe I missed some new information. Are they going to "bid" on playoff games? I thought it was just the championship game that was going to be bid out and the playoff games would be rotated through the 6 bowls.

This is how I understand it.

 

[Moe.]

interesting move by ESPN....so what happens if they don't win the Playoff Bid, and one of those games is the Rose Bowl?

Not sure I am following you or maybe I missed some new information. Are they going to "bid" on playoff games? I thought it was just the championship game that was going to be bid out and the playoff games would be rotated through the 6 bowls.

This is how I understand it.

We don't yet know which bowls the semifinals will rotate between, they are going to have to put bids together to get in on that.

 

[The Commish]

interesting move by ESPN....so what happens if they don't win the Playoff Bid, and one of those games is the Rose Bowl?

Not sure I am following you or maybe I missed some new information. Are they going to "bid" on playoff games? I thought it was just the championship game that was going to be bid out and the playoff games would be rotated through the 6 bowls.

This is how I understand it.

We don't yet know which bowls the semifinals will rotate between, they are going to have to put bids together to get in on that.

Really? I thought they had determined that the semis would be rotated among the four existing BCS bowls plus two new ones (people guessing the Cotton and Chick-fil-a) I thought the only question was who the two new one were going to be.

2. Where will the games be played?

The semifinal games will be played in a rotation among six bowl sites and the championship game will be offered to the highest bidding city, like the NFL does with the Super Bowl. At this point, only two games are guaranteed a spot in the semifinals rotation: the Champions Bowl (which will pit the Big 12 against the SEC) and the Rose Bowl (which pits the Big Ten versus the Pac-12). The ACC is close to finalizing an agreement with the Orange Bowl, which would also become one of the three contract games included in the rotation.

The commissioners will take bids to host the other three bowl games that will be part of the semifinals mix. The Fiesta Bowl and Sugar Bowl will probably be considered, but a source told ESPN.com that commissioners probably favored having the additional games in the Southeast, Texas and the West Coast.

Under the 12-year agreement approved by the presidents on Tuesday, each of the six bowl games would host a semifinal game four times. But a source told ESPN.com that there might be one or two more opportunities for hosting semifinals because the Rose Bowl might prefer to host its traditional Big Ten-Pac-12 matchup, instead of being included in the semifinals rotation four times.

Link

 

[Raider Nation]

Cuse... wait!

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- The Big East has reached an agreement with Syracuse University, allowing the Orange to leave the league a year early for the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Syracuse announced last fall its intention to join the ACC, but under Big East bylaws the school needed to serve a 27-month exit period. Instead, the Orange will now be allowed to leave on July 1, 2013 and will have to pay a fee of $7.5 million to depart. That's $2.5 million more than specified in the conference bylaws.

''Both sides thought the deal was truly reasonable, and it was done in a most collegial way,'' Syracuse athletic director Daryl Gross said. ''We're excited that we were able to negotiate and that sophisticated minds came into play and we were able to get it done.''

Under the terms of the agreement, a vote will be taken the next time the Big East Conference presidents meet, likely via teleconference. That session has not been officially scheduled yet, according to associate commissioner John Paquette, but it's a mere formality now.

''This closes a chapter and opens a new one filled with exciting possibilities for the Big East's future,'' interim commissioner Joe Bailey said. ''With the recent addition of eight schools to the Big East, the future for the conference has never been brighter.''

Pitt will also leave the Big East for the ACC, but its departure date remains uncertain. The school filed a complaint in a Pennsylvania court in early May, claiming the Big East had waived its right to enforce its 27-month withdrawal notice and that the Panthers should be allowed to move to the ACC without further penalty by the 2013-14 conference year.

While that case is still pending, Syracuse's future is no longer in doubt.

''We look forward to the new academic and athletic partnerships and the extraordinary competitive opportunities that membership in the ACC offers,'' Gross said. ''We are excited about both our final season in the Big East and our long-term future with the ACC.

The Big East was formed in 1979 with Syracuse as one of seven original members. Moving to a new conference will be a bittersweet moment for the Orange and men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim, the all-time winningest coach in league history with 393 victories.

''We have tremendous memories in the Big East,'' Gross said. ''Next year will be a year we know we'll reflect upon as we go through it. It's actually nice that we have this year to transition.''

Syracuse and Pittsburgh announced last September they were jumping to the ACC, and the Big East initially announced it would hold both schools to their league membership through the 2014-15 season. Pitt paid half its $5 million exit fee at the time of the announcement and agreed to remain in the conference until July 1, 2014.

That move prompted Big East member West Virginia and TCU, which had agreed to join the Big East in 2012, to instead bolt for the Big 12, and the Big East extended membership offers to Boise State and San Diego State, among others.

Pitt argued since the Big East allowed West Virginia and TCU to exit the conference immediately that Pitt was no longer required to abide by the 27-month waiting period. The school and the Big East appeared to be making progress toward a resolution earlier this year when former commissioner John Marinatto hinted the conference was open to letting Pitt leave a year early.

When Pitt does get its release from the Big East, the ACC will go to a nine-game conference schedule in football. ACC Commissioner John Swofford said all 14 schools would play in both the men's and women's conference basketball tournaments.

''The ACC looks forward to the arrival of Syracuse as a playing member on July 1, 2013,'' Swofford said. ''Syracuse will be an outstanding addition to the ACC. We've been preparing to welcome them into our membership and I'm pleased that Syracuse and the Big East were able to come to an agreement.

''As a league, we continue to be excited about our future.''

 

[The Commish]

New Rose Bowl Deal

ESPN has agreed to pay an average of $80 million per year for TV rights to the Rose Bowl, a deal that runs from 2015-26. That's a 167-percent jump from the $30 million that ESPN currently pays, according to the report.

The Rose Bowl has reportedly inked a new TV deal with ESPN that is worth an average of $80 million annually.

The Big Ten and Pac-12, the game's partners, keep all of that revenue in years it doesn't serve as host for a playoff game, according to SBJ. When it does host a playoff game, the revenue will be divvied among the FBS conferences.

This sheds a bit of light on why the B1G was willing to "let go" of playing the playoff games at home sites.

 

[The Commish]

Spurrier: "Do you think I make the schedule? If I were making the schedule, Georgia would be playing LSU and we'd be playing Ole Miss"

 

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Spurrier: "Do you think I make the schedule? If I were making the schedule, Georgia would be playing LSU and we'd be playing Ole Miss"

He also said 'it's easier to win the National Championship than the SEC....just ask Nick Saban."He's a classic.

 

[The Commish]

Spurrier: "Do you think I make the schedule? If I were making the schedule, Georgia would be playing LSU and we'd be playing Ole Miss"

He also said 'it's easier to win the National Championship than the SEC....just ask Nick Saban."He's a classic.

awesomeI missed that one. It's a real zoo at SEC media day apparently. Holy crap.

 

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Spurrier: "Do you think I make the schedule? If I were making the schedule, Georgia would be playing LSU and we'd be playing Ole Miss"

He also said 'it's easier to win the National Championship than the SEC....just ask Nick Saban."He's a classic.

awesomeI missed that one. It's a real zoo at SEC media day apparently. Holy crap.

"Days'....it runs from Mon to Thurs...and it is a zoo. Last year the focus was on Auburn and the NCAA rumors. This year it seems to be on the new members TAMU and Mizzou...plus Spurrier's continuing complaints about UGA's schedule and other various topics.Today is a really full day:8:30 Florida 9:40 Mississippi State 10:50 Arkansas Noon Kentucky 2:20 Auburn 3:30 LSU Alabama, UGA, UT, and Ole Miss round out tomorrow.

 

[The Commish]

Rule Changes for 2012

It looks like they onside kick is all but dead

 

[Slapdash]

Spurrier: "Do you think I make the schedule? If I were making the schedule, Georgia would be playing LSU and we'd be playing Ole Miss"

He also said 'it's easier to win the National Championship than the SEC....just ask Nick Saban."He's a classic.

 

[Tiger Fan]

Rule Changes for 2012

It looks like they onside kick is all but dead

Kickers will kick from the 35-yard line and not the 30 and a touchback will now be brought to the 25-yard line and not the 20-yard line. This is, in part, to eliminate collisions on kickoffs, part of the wave of player safety sweeping through football.

After a kickoff hits the ground — specifically on a one-hop onside kick — the receiving team gets an opportunity to fair catch that ball. "A lot of our coaches," Shaw said, "have said that will almost take that one-hop (onside) kick out of the game."

Awful rules

 

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Spurrier: "Do you think I make the schedule? If I were making the schedule, Georgia would be playing LSU and we'd be playing Ole Miss"

He also said 'it's easier to win the National Championship than the SEC....just ask Nick Saban."He's a classic.

Saban's turn today:Saban on Missouri coach Gary Pinkel : “I know he was up here bragging about the fact that he's younger than me. But, you know, there are other coaches in this league, like Steve Spurrier, that are older than me, that I look up to, that are my mentors, that I really learn a lot from, that I really want to try to be like. In fact, I was even going to consider wearing a visor on the sidelines this year."

 

[Raider Nation]

JONESBORO, Ark. — Former Auburn running back Michael Dyer has been dismissed from the Arkansas State squad for violating team rules.Arkansas State coach Gus Malzahn announced the decision Saturday, saying: “I am truly disappointed that it didn’t work out here at ASU for Mike. I wish Mike nothing but the best in the future.”

 

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JONESBORO, Ark. — Former Auburn running back Michael Dyer has been dismissed from the Arkansas State squad for violating team rules.Arkansas State coach Gus Malzahn announced the decision Saturday, saying: "I am truly disappointed that it didn't work out here at ASU for Mike. I wish Mike nothing but the best in the future."

I've seen rumors this summer that he was still using and possibly dealing drugs....after being dismissed from Auburn for drug use and possibly his involvement in an armed robbery.Not sure who would touch him with a 10-foot pole now.

 

[The Commish]

RB decommits from Oklahoma

 

[The Commish]

And while we're at it...can one of our LSU faithful explain LSU's acceptance of Bolden? Do they plan on changing his position or something?

 

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RB decommits from Oklahoma

AU....

 

[The Commish]

RB decommits from Oklahoma

AU....

You need to ditch the iPad

 

[Tiger Fan]

And while we're at it...can one of our LSU faithful explain LSU's acceptance of Bolden? Do they plan on changing his position or something?

Admittedly, been out of touch a bit this offseason; but everything I've read is that Miles wants more depth at QB2. The 2 freshman aren't there yet.I've seen a bit of Bolden's stats....and if he can't do much vs. Big10 defenses, how's he going to hold up in the SEC. That being said, maybe a good OL and great running game could help

 

[The Commish]

And while we're at it...can one of our LSU faithful explain LSU's acceptance of Bolden? Do they plan on changing his position or something?

Admittedly, been out of touch a bit this offseason; but everything I've read is that Miles wants more depth at QB2. The 2 freshman aren't there yet.I've seen a bit of Bolden's stats....and if he can't do much vs. Big10 defenses, how's he going to hold up in the SEC. That being said, maybe a good OL and great running game could help

He's worse than Jefferson. You'd have to have a RR level defense to have him shine in a good way. That's why I was asking. I just can't believe they want him at the QB position. He'd be an awesome WR or defensive back (safety etc).

 

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RB decommits from Oklahoma

AU....

You need to ditch the iPad

But its seamless! Other than the 20 small things....most of which I use regularly.....

 

[The Commish]

RB decommits from Oklahoma

AU....

You need to ditch the iPad

But its seamless! Other than the 20 small things....most of which I use regularly.....

and intuitive

 

[madhatter]

RB decommits from Oklahoma

AU....

Glad to see Danny S hasn't deterred our bagmen from doing their jobs.

ETA: spelling can be a real ##### sometimes.

 

[Slapdash]

RB decommits from Oklahoma

AU....

You need to ditch the iPad

But its seamless! Other than the 20 small things....most of which I use regularly.....

It just works!

 

[prefontaine]

New Rose Bowl Deal

ESPN has agreed to pay an average of $80 million per year for TV rights to the Rose Bowl, a deal that runs from 2015-26. That's a 167-percent jump from the $30 million that ESPN currently pays, according to the report.

The Rose Bowl has reportedly inked a new TV deal with ESPN that is worth an average of $80 million annually.

The Big Ten and Pac-12, the game's partners, keep all of that revenue in years it doesn't serve as host for a playoff game, according to SBJ. When it does host a playoff game, the revenue will be divvied among the FBS conferences.

This sheds a bit of light on why the B1G was willing to "let go" of playing the playoff games at home sites.

Looks like ESPN matched this deal for the "Champions Bowl". Not surprising I don't suppose. Given the prices being paid here, the numbers for the actual championship are going to be insane. Meanwhile, the Big East is looking at starting it's own "champions bowl"

 

[The Commish]

New Rose Bowl Deal

ESPN has agreed to pay an average of $80 million per year for TV rights to the Rose Bowl, a deal that runs from 2015-26. That's a 167-percent jump from the $30 million that ESPN currently pays, according to the report.

The Rose Bowl has reportedly inked a new TV deal with ESPN that is worth an average of $80 million annually.

The Big Ten and Pac-12, the game's partners, keep all of that revenue in years it doesn't serve as host for a playoff game, according to SBJ. When it does host a playoff game, the revenue will be divvied among the FBS conferences.

This sheds a bit of light on why the B1G was willing to "let go" of playing the playoff games at home sites.

Looks like ESPN matched this deal for the "Champions Bowl". Not surprising I don't suppose. Given the prices being paid here, the numbers for the actual championship are going to be insane. Meanwhile, the Big East is looking at starting it's own "champions bowl"

Yep. I heard this on my way home yesterday. We're at $160 million and haven't even gotten to the playoff or championship games.

 

[shader]

RB decommits from Oklahoma

AU....

You have to hand it to Auburn, they are recruiting well. Overall, they still are pretty fair behind Bama and LSU, but this recruiting class should have them secure that 3rd spot, especially with Petrino's absence.

 

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FSU star DB Greg Reid arrested for pot possession at home in GA?

Reid has been kicked off the team.Im not knowledgable about FSU, but that has to be a huge loss for the BCS contender.

 

[The Commish]

What the hell has gotten into these kids? Every time I go to espn or cbs, there's another one getting in trouble.

 

[boubucarow]

Montee Ball jumped by 5 men

 

[Moe.]

What the hell has gotten into these kids? Every time I go to espn or cbs, there's another one getting in trouble.

Home stretch for the Fulmer Cup race.

 

[gump]

Oklahoma center, preseason All-Big12, calls it quits after neck surgery:

http://tracking.si.com/2012/08/01/oklahoma-center-ben-habern-calls-it-quits/?sct=hp_t2_a10&eref=sihp

Was this a surprise? OU seems have had some bad injury luck lately.

 

[Premier]

FSU star DB Greg Reid arrested for pot possession at home in GA?

Reid has been kicked off the team.Im not knowledgable about FSU, but that has to be a huge loss for the BCS contender.

Big loss on special teams. He may be the best punt returner in the country. He was a really terrible corner though.

 

[Christo]

Oklahoma center, preseason All-Big12, calls it quits after neck surgery:

http://tracking.si.com/2012/08/01/oklahoma-center-ben-habern-calls-it-quits/?sct=hp_t2_a10&eref=sihp

Was this a surprise? OU seems have had some bad injury luck lately.

Crap. That's going to hurt.

 

[The Commish]

Rumblings that Levenberry is wanting to reopen his recruitment after committing to FSU a couple months ago.