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Baylor Hires Temple's Matt Rhule As New Head Coach
After reports trickled in all morning, Baylor made the announcement of their new football head coach official. God speed, Matt Rhule....
Here Are Your College Football Playoff Matchups
ESPN has revealed the matchups for the third annual College Football Playoff. No. 1 Alabama will face No. 4 Washington, and No. 2 Clemson has No. 3 Ohio State. Both games will be played on December 31, with the final on January 9 in Tampa....
Gus Johnson Calls Penn State Win "A Milestone In The Healing Process"
As time expired on Penn State’s win over Wisconsin in tonight’s Big Ten championship game, Fox announcer Gus Johnson tried to capture the gravity of the moment—and the Nittany Lions’ first conference title since 2008—but managed to utter some regrettable words about it being a “milestone in the heal...
Report: Kevin Wilson Mistreated Multiple Injured Players While At Indiana
Before being forced to resign this week, Indiana football coach Kevin Wilson had mistreated multiple injured players, according to new reporting from the Indianapolis Star and ESPN. ...
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Houston Denies ESPN Report, <em></em>Wants Nothing To Do With Former Baylor Coach Art Briles
Less than a week after one of the Baylor officials directly involved in the sexual assault scandal landed a job, another seemed primed to possibly snag one of his own—until the school in question said “fuck that.”...
Oregon To Investigate Athletic Department For Response To Reports Of Violence By Football Player Pharaoh Brown
The University of Oregon’s president has called for an investigation of “free-speech policy violations” by the school’s athletic department—two weeks after department officials threatened to pull credentials from the student newspaper for an article on reported acts of violence by a football player....
Your Next Browns Quarterback, Everyone
There are tougher ways to earn $20,000, I guess....
NCAA Punishes Ex-Appalachian State Football Coach For Sending 416 Texts To Prospect's Mother
The NCAA has punished a former Appalachian State assistant football coach who violated bylaws by texting a prospect’s mother 416 times....
Report: Indiana To Fire Coach Kevin Wilson For Player Mistreatment
According the a report from the Indianapolis Star, Indiana will announce the dismissal of football head coach Kevin Wilson at a 6:00 p.m. press conference this evening. Both the Star and ESPN have reported that Wilson’s forthcoming termination is the result of off-the-field issues. Shortly after the...
Judge Awards Mike McQueary Additional $5 Million In Whistleblower Lawsuit
Penn State chose not to stand by whistleblower Mike McQueary when he brought forward allegations of child sex abuse and later served as a witness in the case against Jerry Sandusky and the university. Now, the school is paying the price. ...
Mark Helfrich Fired By Oregon, Which Makes Sense
As a rule, Oregon doesn’t fire coaches. The last time they fired one was in 1976, instead choosing to promote from within. That’s a perfectly noble system to adhere to if you’re the sort of school that’s accepted lower expectations or manages to find a flawless in-house successor for every coach and...
Dabo Swinney Thinks Reporters Should Be Fired For Doing Their Jobs
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney has a bone to pick with all those unethical reporters out there who don’t cover his team exactly the way he wants them to. ...
Colorado Player Arrested For Drug Possession After Allegedly Being Knocked Out By Teammate
In the hours following Colorado’s Pac-12 South title-clinching victory against Utah, two Buffalo players got a little out of hand. ...
Big Ten Fines Michigan For Jim Harbaugh's Postgame Rant Against Officials
Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines have been steaming mad ever since they lost The Game to Ohio State by three points last Saturday. The matchup was incredibly close throughout, and it hinged on a replay review on the penultimate play of the game which went Ohio State’s way and extended their ...
Liberty Hires Ex-Baylor Athletic Director Ian McCaw
Liberty University announced Monday that Baylor’s former athletic director Ian McCaw has been hired as the school’s new AD. McCaw will assume the spot left open by Jeff Barber’s Nov. 17 resignation. McCaw is the first of the major three ex-Baylor officials publicly disgraced for their role in the sc...
Dabo Swinney Denies Allegations That His Players Used Racial Slurs
According to South Carolina players, rivalry week allegedly took an ugly, racist turn on Saturday; Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney believes otherwise....
Fuck Whoever Made This Sign
The bar for college football fans is really low, and yet, this joke about the water crisis in Flint, Mich., wiggles under it....
Indiana's Zander Diamont On Quitting Football: "I Need My Brain"
Indiana backup quarterback Zander Diamont didn’t specify how many concussions he’s had due to football, but he ballparked it at “a lot.” The junior has decided to step away from the sport after the Hoosiers’ bowl game. Diamont’s reasons were simple and sound. From the Indianapolis Star:...