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Deadspin 25: Penn State, Which Will Hopefully Suck A Little Less
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. We st...
Illinois Defensive Back Eric Finney Is Really Good At Taking Surveys
The Champaign-based News-Gazette is surveying Illinois football players before the season to learn fun facts about them. On Sunday, Illini defensive back Eric Finney filled out an entry. He did a really good job....
How To Throw A House Show Without Getting Evicted
Getting bands to play at your house might seem like a hackneyed plot only plausible within the confines of movie-fantasy college parties. But grimy, do-it-yourself house shows hold a key quality that makes them far superior to those ridiculous cinematic ragers, wherein models take shots from ice lug...
Florida State Takes Team Photos With, Without Dalvin Cook
Florida State football held their media day this morning, which included a pair of team photographs, one with and one without sophomore running back Dalvin Cook. Cook was suspended indefinitely on July 10 when he was charged with battery after allegedly punching a woman in the face several times. Hi...
Pants-Shitting Florida Running Back To Transfer
Florida running back Adam Lane, who won the Birmingham Bowl MVP trophy amidst a pants-shittingly terrific performance, has been granted release to transfer closer to home....
Angelo State Football Player Killed By Police
Early Friday morning, Christian Taylor was shot and killed by Arlington, Tx. police at the Classic Buick GMC Dealership. Taylor, 19, was set to begin his sophomore season at Angelo State University in San Angelo—a DII school that is part of the Texas Tech system—where he played defensive back for th...
Dammit, Vanderbilt Football
Sure, football players are supposed to be relentless, tough, and intelligent, but that last part of Vanderbilt football’s motivational tweet seems poorly worded, considering that whole—you know....
The Pac-12 Will Be Great, So Try To Stay Up Past Your Bedtime
Welcome to our college football conference previews, in which we will tell you what you need to know about various conferences, with an emphasis on watchability. First up is the Pac-12....
UConn's Bob Diaco Has A New Name For That Rivalry That Doesn't Exist
UConn football coach Bob Diaco introduced the world to a new rivalry, unilaterally dubbed the Civil Conflict, between the Huskies and the Central Florida Knights in June. It had a trophy and everything, and yet, no one bothered to tell UCF, or head coach George O’Leary. In fact, it wasn’t clear that...
Vote In The Only College Football Poll That Matters—The Deadspin 25
Preseason polls are inherently stupid. But instead of wasting our time arguing with the power-mad beat writers of America, Deadspin proposes that it’s time for the right to determine college football’s best teams—or perhaps just its most interesting—to be taken away from the idiot writers and given ...
Craig James Sues Fox Sports For Religious Discrimination
Befitting a man who espoused homophobic beliefs during a failed Senate run, believes himself to be Christian martyr, and has been dogged by allegations that he killed five hookers while at SMU, Craig James sued Fox Sports on Monday for religious discrimination, alleging that he was fired because of ...
Tim Beckman, My Man, What Are You Even Saying?
Illinois head football coach Tim Beckman took the podium at Big 10 media days today, and the beginning of his speech was amazing. It was like watching one of Bill Brasky’s friends try to explain a complicated math problem....
NCAA: Donnie Tyndall Hired Assistants To Do Players' Homework
Men’s basketball coach Donnie Tyndall lasted one season at Tennessee before the school canned him, but his firing wasn’t due to the Volunteers’ 16-16 record. Allegations surfaced that Tyndall had been directly involved in multiple NCAA academic violations at his previous employer, Southern Mississip...
Cardale Jones And Other Buckeyes Fooled By Living Mannequin Prank
The living mannequin prank is always a good one, especially when you can get Cardale Jones—no stranger to pranks himself—to execute an army cover-and-roll to get out of the way. I also like the dude that just keeps on walking like nothing happened. ...
Report: Five Big 12 Teams Considered Jumping To The Big Ten
Realignment was the wildest time in college football, but with the exception of the Big East, the power conferences all came through OK. But according to a report from the Omaha World-Herald, the Big 12 was nearly eviscerated in 2010, with five of its stronger programs sniffing around the greener pa...
Cardale Jones Doesn't Like Being Told To Stick To Sports
Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones speaks his mind on Twitter—that’s how everyone learned that he didn’t join the Buckeyes’ program to “play SCHOOL”—so today, he talked about something that wasn’t football. Some lout named Dan told Jones to stay in his lane, and ended up getting the business....
There's A Not-So-Hidden Message In The ACC Football Media Guide
At a previous job, I spent a depressingly large chunk of my life poring through media guides. It was hell. There is too much information, and it is rarely complete, not always accurate, and its placement feels specifically designed to be in the last place you look for it. It worsened my vision and t...
Judge Approves $60 Million Settlement For NCAA Athletes In Lawsuit
For the first time ever, NCAA athletes will be compensated for their name, image and likeness after U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken approved a $60 million settlement for athletes who were featured in EA Sports’s NCAA Football video game series. ...
Plaxico Burress Blasts Nick Saban, His College Coach
Alabama lost to Ohio State 42-35 in the Sugar Bowl, and at SEC Media Days yesterday Nick Saban advanced a bizarre theory to explain that loss. He says that team chemistry was harmed by players learning about their NFL Draft grade in the days leading up to the game, and that somehow hurt preparation....