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Around College Football: Top Stories From May 17th
West Virginia‘s athletic department mired through a year of forcing their way out of the Big East to join the Big 12 and then listened to rumors that the man who led that transition might be wanted in Palo Alto. Problem solved as Oliver Luck intends to remain the athletic director in Morgantown rather than [...]
TweetAround College Football: May 16th’s Top Stories
Police breaking up college parties happens daily and students being arrested does as well so when another athlete mouths off to an officer, it’s not breaking news. What is news is when a charge of “intimidation” is dropped on a linebacker for telling the cops slapping handcuffs on him, “my people will get you.” That’s [...]
TweetAround College Football: The Top Stories Of The Day
As conference commissioners and Notre Dame‘s athletic director continue their clandestine meetings throughout the summer, college football‘s four-team playoff is starting to take shape. And it doesn’t seem likely to include campus semifinal games. That’s courtesy of Michigan State’s athletic director Mark Hollis and a conclusion that seemed inevitable. Like everything else related to college [...]
TweetCould the Big 12 Add Florida State University as a Member School?
Recent rumblings in the media suggest the Florida State Seminoles may be considering a move to the Big 12 Conference, assuming, of course, there is mutual interest from new Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby and his staff as they continue the push back to 12 teams. The previous party line under interim commissioner Chuck Neinas [...]
TweetACC-ESPN Television Deal Won’t End Realignment Rumors
Completing a 15-year, $3.6 billion television deal with ESPN that pays each member school in the ACC $17 million annually should be cause for celebration, but even at those figures, it won’t quell the sentiment that the conference heavyweights have wandering eyes. By signing away their Tier 1, 2 and 3 rights, ACC institutions have [...]
TweetTexas Longhorn Football Stars Arrested in Austin
Most college football fans just want to get through an off-season without hearing about players from their teams getting into trouble with the law. Unfortunately for The University of Texas, three of their star football players were arrested early Monday morning in an incident that should not have been a big deal, but for whatever [...]
TweetKameel Jackson Announces Transfer From Oklahoma To Texas A&M, Aggies Aware?
Freshman wideout Kameel Jackson’s produced decent numbers (12 catches, 165 yards) for the Sooners in 2011 but it’s his use of social media that’s drawing headlines during the offseason. Jackson told the Oklahoma Rivals site that he was transferring and the destination was Texas A&M. He tweeted out confirmation: The move wouldn’t shock considering Jackson [...]
TweetBig 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby Meets His Makers
New Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby answered the tough questions during his introductory press conference, like whether he was in the bag for Texas. As long as DeLoss Dodds is the athletic director in Austin and the Longhorns continue printing money, there’s always going to be whispers about who runs the show. All the former [...]
TweetTexas Tech Looks To Join Texas, Oklahoma With Television Network
If a Big 12 member school wants to keep up these days, then your institution had better be researching the possibilities of a campus network. Texas and ESPN launched Longhorn Network last summer amid the riches of a $300 million contract and 17 people capable of viewing it. Oklahoma and Fox Sports agreed on a [...]
TweetBob Bowlsby Accepts Offer to Serve as Big XII’s New Commissioner
Earlier today, Rant Sports reported that the Big XII conference had extended an offer to the Stanford University athletic director, Bobby Bowlsby, to serve as the conference’s new commissioner. It has just been reported that Bowlsby has indeed accepted the offer. The Big XII has been looking to gain some stability after suffering a tumultuous [...]
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