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Eric LeGrand Leads Rutgers Onto Field Against West Virginia
An emotional day at Rutgers saw LeGrand return to the field with his teammates for the first time since a tackle left him paralyzed from the neck down on October 16, 2010. The crowd chants "fifty-two" as the team makes its way out....
There's A New Leader In The Dirtiest Hit Of The Year Contest
How art thee a dirty play? Let me count the ways:...
The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party: Your College Football Late Games Open Thread
College football trundles on, and so do we. Chat about it below....
Erin Andrews Has Something On Her Mind: Your College Football Early Games Open Thread
The marquee game, at least according to the tiny numbers next to their names, is Michigan State at Nebraska. Stop on by and chat about it....
Deadspin's College Football Top 25 Or So: Later, Sooners
It's time for a new installment of Deadspin's college football rankings. As always, the teams are ranked according to the logic and values of college football, no matter how bizarre or contradictory they may be. ...
This Is What Happens When Old Drunk Alumni Trash And Poop A Vanderbilt Frat House On Homecoming To The Tune Of $12,000
Vanderbilt held its homecoming weekend last week, and as is tradition, the fraternities hosted alumni brothers for a Saturday night party. At Sigma Alpha Epsilon, they are still surveying the damage....
Mizzou Will Join The SEC On Monday, According To SEC's Premature, Accidental Announcement
Missouri became will become the 14th member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), according to an announcement posted from the future on the conference's website last night that was almost immediately removed....
Memphis Now Has One Sports-Talk Radio Station For Every Vacated 2008 NCAA Tournament Victory
Or, a total of five. [Commercial-Appeal]...
Rice's Newest Football Player Is 4-Foot-9, 135 Pounds
Jayson Carter put up some big numbers in high school, rushing for 1,233 yards and 18 touchdowns at Kipp, a charter high school near Houston. He also excelled on defense. A freshman, he recently earned a spot as a walk-on at Rice, where coach David Bailiff sees him getting an opportunity to get on t...
Stuck At A Rainy Big East Football Game On A Wednesday? Pass The Time By Powerlifting Coeds
Your morning roundup for Oct. 27, the day we could swear she was trying to break in. Photo via Mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
This Evening: Toddler Derek Dooley, Who Has Just As Many SEC Victories This Season As The Real Derek Dooley
Your p.m. roundup for Oct. 26, the day those old recordings totally creeped us out. Photo of Toddler Derek Dooley, which recalls the legend that was Baby Mangino, via Outkick the Coverage. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Meet Sgt. Stripes, One Very Unsettling Bowl Mascot
Let me tell you about the worst football game I've ever been to: it was Temple vs UCLA at RFK Stadium, in the 2009 EagleBank Bowl (the forerunner to the Military Bowl). It was well below freezing, it was windy, the stadium was empty, there were rats in the bathroom, my team lost, and I actually paid...
The Big 12 Is Already Cheating On West Virginia With Louisville
So much for this. From The New York Times:...
The Longhorn Network Launched Two Months Ago, And Still Nobody Can Watch It (Also, They Had An Anchor DWI)
It was two months ago today that we ran a sky-is-falling story on ESPN's Longhorn Network going live without having lined up cable companies to actually broadcast the channel. We thought that was just last-minute posturing and ESPN's muscle would get the deals done before long. But here we are, half...
Today In Well-Intentioned But Terribly Misguided Promotions
Depression is a serious problem, but tying the fight against it to a Wednesday night football game involving two teams from the Big East probably isn't the most ideal marketing strategy. [via @PantherLair]...
Penn Tries To Reconcile NCAA Tourney Tradition With Fact That They Don't Make The NCAA Tourney Anymore
Back in 1969, UPenn began "The Line." The day before season tickets would go on sale, thousands of students would camp out overnight in the Palestra to be first in line. On Friday night, for the 2011 edition of The Line, 50 fans showed....
Christian Laettner Is Still Trolling The State Of Kentucky, Even In Charity Games
Christian Laettner is not particularly popular in the state of Kentucky. Indeed, it's argued he's the most hated man in the state, a characterization that reflects both Kentucky's basketball-first attitude and its long memory (it's been nearly 20 years since Laettner hit the buzzer-beater that led...
West Virginia To The Big 12 Means The Big East Might Be Coming After Your Grade School
So much for all of that Big East solidarity talk in the wake of Pitt's and Syracuse's departures. Here it is one month later, and word is out that the Mountaineers have "applied and are accepted" as members of the Big 12. Pete Thamel of the New York Times played it straight by adding this: "The onl...
Is This Petition The Beginning Of An Athlete Revolt Against The NCAA?
More than 300 football and men's basketball players from major, Division I NCAA programs have added their names to a petition drawn up and circulated by the National College Players Association (NCPA), which is headed by a former UCLA linebacker named Ramogi Hamu. The NCPA solicited player support f...