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Deadspin 25: Central Florida Is No. 1 In Our Poll Because You Guys Are Jerks

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. Now, ...

Baylor And Boise State Won't Stop Playing The Blame Game On Sam Ukwuachu

Last Thursday, a Waco jury found Baylor football player Sam Ukwuachu guilty of sexual assault. Since then, the two universities that had him on their teams—first Boise State, then Baylor, which took him as a transfer—haven’t bothered themselves with much public reflection. There have been no apologi...

Florida State RB Dalvin Cook Found Not Guilty Of Misdemeanor Battery

Florida State RB Dalvin Cook, who was accused of punching a woman at a Tallahassee bar in June, has been found not guilty of misdemeanor battery by a Florida jury. Cook is currently suspended from the 10th-ranked Seminoles, but presumably will be reinstated to the team. ...

Deadspin 25: Florida State Is Still Pretty Good, Unfortunately

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. Now, ...

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....

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...

Central Florida Football Player Shot Outside Orlando Hookah Bar

University of Central Florida defensive back Chris Williams was shot outside an Orlando hookah bar early Saturday morning, reports WFTV. ...

Florida State’s president met with Seminoles players and told them to stop doing those things they’ve been doing. ...

Report: Bars Now Off Limits For Florida State Football Players

After a meeting with head coach Jimbo Fisher on Saturday morning, Florida State football players have been told bars are off limits, according to Jim Henry of The Tallahassee Democrat. The school will also bring in “professionals” to meet with players, per Henry....

FSU's Dalvin Cook Will Be Charged With Battery [UPDATE]

A second Florida State player has been accused of hitting a woman at a Tallahassee bar. This time, it’s running back Dalvin Cook, who just a few days ago was named to the watch list for the Maxwell Award for the nation’s top player. According to police records, this incident happened on June 23, one...

De'Andre Johnson's Lawyer: Woman Who Was Punched Used Racial Slur

Florida State dismissed quarterback De’Andre Johnson yesterday after video from a Tallahassee bar showed why he was arrested in June for battery. Johnson’s lawyer Jose Baez is now attempting to do damage control, calling the punch an “experience” and also claiming that the woman used a racial slur t...

Video Shows FSU QB De'Andre Johnson Punching Woman In Face At Bar

Police charged Florida State quarterback De’Andre Johnson with battery last month after he allegedly punched a woman in the face at a Tallahassee bar. Legally, it’s still “alleged,” but today the state attorney’s office released a portion of the surveillance footage. It does indeed appear to show Jo...

FSU Seminoles QB Suspended: Allegedly Punched Female Student [UPDATE]

ESPN is reporting Florida State quarterback De’Andre Johnson has been suspended indefinitely, and cites sources that the suspension is due to allegations the freshman football player punched a female student at a Tallahassee bar Wednesday night....

<i>OTL</i> Report: How College Athletes Avoid Criminal Charges

College athletes at major schools across the country often avoid charges in criminal cases. They have access to high-profile lawyers; the athletic departments play major roles in the investigations; and witnesses are intimidated, indirectly or otherwise, according to an investigative report by ESPN’...

UConn Football Coach Bob Diaco Might Not Understand How A Rivalry Works

Did the UCF Knights want a new college football rival? Probably not, but UConn head coach Bob Diaco started one anyway....

The Player Whose Bell Stayed Rung

On the same day a federal judge approved a billion-dollar settlement in the NFL concussion litigation, Rickie Harris told me a story I’d wanted to hear for a long time. It’s a legend from his days with the Florida Blazers, possibly the worst-managed franchise in professional sports history....

Florida Pitchers Hit With Felony Charges; Allegedly Climbed A Crane

Two pitchers from the tenth-ranked Florida baseball team spent Sunday night in the Alachua County Jail after being charged with felony trespassing charges. Cops say the pair climbed a crane inside a marked construction zone on campus in Gainesville just a day after they pitched the Gators to a 12-5...

Florida Gators Wide Receiver Charged With Dating Violence

The Gainesville Sun reported today that University of Florida wide receiver Chris Thompson was charged last week with “misdemeanor simple battery/dating violence.” The charge concerns an argument Thompson had with an ex-girlfriend over text messages:...

P.J. Williams To Cop In DUI Arrest: I Played For FSU And Wanna Go Home

Police arrested P.J. Williams today and charged the former Florida State cornerback with one count of driving under the influence. Williams has declared for the upcoming NFL draft and, until today’s news, expected to be selected in an early round. You might also remember him from his starring role i...