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Big 12 / SEC Champions Bowl Sends RFPs to Ten Major U.S. Cities
The newly minted Champions Bowl, set to pit the best-remaining, non-playoff college football teams from the SEC and Big 12 against one another on New Year’s Day 2014, has moved into full planning mode by sending requests for proposal to ten major U.S. cities which both conference feel fit the bill to host the premier [...]
TweetOn Why the Texas Longhorns Quarterback Competition Doesn’t Matter
It seems all anyone is talking about as we trudge through the dog days is the Texas Longhorns quarterback competition. What’s ironic about that, however, is in the grand scheme of things it doesn’t really matter. I know you’re thinking, “This guy is crazy as hell. Of course it matters!” Let me explain. David Ash [...]
TweetOklahoma Sooners’ Tyler Evans to Miss Season with Torn ACL
The Oklahoma Sooners will be without another one of their most experienced offensive linemen this season after guard Tyler Evans injured his knee during Monday’s practice. Evans suffered a torn right anterior cruciate ligament and will require season-ending surgery. He has not used a redshirt year, so he’ll have the option to rehab from surgery and [...]
Tweet2012 Big 12 Football Previews: Past, Present And Future Of The Iowa State Cyclones
Past: Predictability plagued the Cyclones in 2011 en route to a 6-7 record. That’s not to say teams knew exactly what Paul Rhoads‘ Iowa State squad was up to but the year occurred like this: three-game winning streak followed by a four-game losing streak followed by a three-game winning streak followed by a three-game losing [...]
TweetOklahoma Sooners Freshman OG John McGee Quitting Team
It’s not often that a player who takes his disgust with his team to Twitter if he doesn’t intend on greater action soon thereafter. This afternoon, that player is true freshman Oklahoma Sooners offensive guard John J. McGee who tweeted the following: It’s obvious the young man has decided not to play football any longer [...]
TweetNFL Draft: 2013 WR Rankings
You won’t hear anyone’s name on this list being called early in the draft, but it does have some nice depth to it and quality to be found in each round. Terrance Williams of Baylor and Elon’s Aaron Mellette could possibly find themselves in the first round depending on who declares and if they can continue their developmental process, but most likely seem like solid [...]
TweetNew Faces Will Fill in on Offense for Oklahoma Sooners in 2012
Four days into fall camp, the Oklahoma Sooners are still working through questions and changes on offense heading into the season. There have been some shake-ups at wide receiver and offensive line since 2011, but Sooners head coach Bob Stoops is confident new players will seize the opportunity to step up and make an impact for [...]
TweetIMG College: Quiet College Football Devil
Welcome to Tin Foil Cap Corner, where today we’ll discuss incredibly coincidental events that may or may not be nominees for “World’s Greatest Conspiracy Theories Lifetime Achievement Award.” Today, we dig into this thesis. “ESPN, in conjunction with IMG, wanted superconferences, and has done everything possible to make them a reality.” Ready? Consider these cobbled-together [...]
Tweet2012 Big 12 Football Previews: Past, Present And Future Of The Baylor Bears
Past: Baylor won 10 games in 2011. There’s no need for elaborate commentary or waxing poetic on Art Briles‘ talent because six words do the trick. Robert Griffin III claimed the Heisman Trophy and jetted off to Washington as the second pick in last April’s NFL Draft. Wide receiver Kendall Wright found a home in [...]
TweetGary Patterson, TCU Horned Frogs Dropped Ball on Casey Pachall Punishment
In the past few months, the world of college football has changed, but TCU Horned Frogs Football coach Gary Patterson must not have gotten that memo. Penn State University was handed down unprecedented sanctions for the sins of its administrators and UCF was just slammed for its use of third-parties in recruiting. Mark Richt, Jimbo [...]
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