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Verne Lundquist Will Straight Up Steal Your Lady
Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch dropped his annual media awards column today, and there's plenty of good stuff in there for anyone who wants to take a look back at the best and worst of sports media from the last year. But nothing in the column is as delightful as Verne Lundquist's story about ...
SIU Coach Blasts "Mama's Boys" Players In Exquisite Rant
After Southern Illinois's 73-65 loss at Murray State last night, Salukis coach Barry Hinson tore into his team with a six-minute rant that's right up there with history's best. Give a listen:...
Get Hourly Updates On Which NBA Team Is Tanking The Best
For fans of shitty NBA teams, the 2013 season is about little more than which team can manage to suck the hardest for a chance to draft Andrew Wiggins or Jabari Parker. Thankfully for those fans, TankingForWiggins.com exists....
Here Is A Lie
Raymond James Stadium will host the 2017 college football national championship game. Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan has a highly scientific prediction that it'll be the single greatest thing that's ever happened to Tampa's economy:...
A Syracuse Blog Is Sending Hundreds Of Underprivileged Kids To A Bowl
Who wants to travel from Syracuse all the way to Houston to watch the Orange take on Minnesota in the Texas Bowl? Not many people. So 'Cuse blog Troy Nunes is an Absolute Magician presented its readership with an idea: Fans donate money, and kids from local youth groups will attend the game in their...
Jameis Winston Wins 2013 Heisman Award
It took an hour, but we got the announcement we were all waiting for: Jameis Winston is the 2013 Heisman winner. Winston's was the fifth-largest margin of victory in Heisman history despite being left off 115 ballots....
Report: Mack Brown To Resign As Texas Head Coach
ESPN just came back to commercial in Kentucky-North Carolina to report that Mack Brown will resign as head coach of Texas. According the Longhorn Network (operated by ESPN) is reporting that Brown has informed his team and recruits that he will resign following the Alamo Bowl against Oregon....
Yeah, This Is Roughing The Passer
I don't know what Gary Danielson is talking about, Kyle Maxwell hits Keenan Reynolds right in the facemask with the crown of his helmet. ...
I Can't Stop Watching This Snowflake Dive Bomb The CBS Camera
Yeah, yeah, make adjustments and play four quarters and all that stuff. Whatever. Look at this snowflake crash right into the center of the camera lens between Tracy Wolfson's and Army head coach Rich Ellerson's heads. Like a field goal. It's mesmerizing....
Nick Saban Will Not Be Replacing Mack Brown At Texas
Nick Saban and Alabama have agreed on a contract extension and Kirk Herbstreit broke the news. All that's known at this point is that it is a long-term extension and his base salary will be somewhere between $7 and $7.5 million per year. None of this means anything. ...
Florida State Is Historically Dominant: 125 FBS Teams, Ranked
Each week during college football season we put the conventional polls to shame by ranking every FBS team from 1-125, by whatever standard we see fit. As always, last week's rankings were not consulted....
Kentucky Fan Says UK Needs To Emphasize More Sports, Less Education
The UK student section's been having a bit of trouble filling up this season. And Chester, one of Kentucky Sports Radio's favorite callers, has himself a theory....
Johnny Manziel Is Photobombing People At Disney World
Manziel is in Orlando for tonight's College Football Awards show, and spent yesterday wandering Disney World, taking photos with fans. He's apparently fond of the Miley Cyrus pose....
Why The Arguments Against NCAA Pay-For-Play Suck
NCAA president Mark Emmert, speaking Wednesday at the IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum, pooh-poohed the idea of paying collegiate athletes. "There's certainly no interest [among college presidents] in turning college sports into the professional or semi-professional," Emmert said. He added: "I th...
In Case You Didn't Already Know, Recruiting Is Insane
Sam Farmer has a great piece in the L.A. Times on the difference between coaching in college football and the NFL. He interviews guys who have done both, like Pete Carroll, June Jones, Barry Switzer, and Chip Kelly, but the breakout star is easily Jerry Glanville....
John Henson And His T-Shirt Think The NCAA Is A Scam
Milwaukee Bucks forward John Henson spent three years at the University of North Carolina before jumping to the NBA, and it looks like those three years as a Tar Heel left him with a pretty solid understanding of what the NCAA is really about. You're all right, John Henson....
Man Applies For UND Head Coach Job, Cites Playing <i>Madden</i> As Experience
Thanks to years of playing the Madden and NCAA Football franchises on Sega Genesis and Playstation, Christopher McComas feels confident he can lead the University of North Dakota to football immortality. His plan? "Chuck the pigskin" and then chuck it some more. Relentless defense. No mercy punting....
Mark Emmert Rowed Back On The One-And-Done Rule Today
NCAA president Mark Emmert spoke at a public forum earlier today, and he said some surprising things about the one-and-done rule that prevents high school basketball players from skipping college and jumping straight to the NBA. ...