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Impostors Posing As USC Reps Reach Out To Potential Football Coaches
So you know those reports that say USC has reached out to Tony Dungy and (possibly) Jack Del Rio to replace Lane Kiffin? Yeah, well, those overtures never happened. Oh, someone claiming to be from USC did call Dungy and a member of the Denver Broncos coaching staff. Whoever it was just wasn't actual...
HS Punt Returner Breaks So Freaking Many Tackles For A Touchdown
Fuck it, it's High School Football Monday. Via MaxPreps, here's Cliff Kurker,of Needham (Mass.), turning in a 71-yard punt return with the highest possible degree of difficulty. PLAY TO THE WHISTLE, FRAMINGHAM....
Here's A Thrice-Tipped Game-Winning Circus Catch
To complete the day's trilogy of "crazy shit that happened in high school football over the weekend," we check in with Fairfield (Conn.) Ludlowe HS, and WR Mike Arman hauling in a ridiculous catch for what would be the game's go-ahead and last touchdown....
The Best Part Of This High School Hail Mary Is The Run After The Catch
Via MaxPreps, here's Elk Grove (Ill.) with the miracle finish against Rolling Meadows on Friday. Props to QB Adam O'Malley for the scramble and the heavy, but the dirty work was done by WR Mike Bischoff, who went many of the final 15 yards with a defender wrapped around him....
High School Football Player Runs Over Entire Defense For 50-Yard TD
This is what happens when a defense made up entirely of kids who can't tackle try to take on a running back who has a little Bo Jackson in him. ...
There's No Crying At The Pee Wee Super Bowl
A new magazine story from Jeanne Marie Laskas is good reason to be excited. Her latest for GQ, "There's No Crying at the Pee Wee Super Bowl" looks like another sure shot:...
The Texans' Worst Defender Is Matt Schaub
The Houston Texans' defense has been very good this year. The unit ranks tops in the league in passing yards allowed per game, total yards allowed per game, and is ranked as the fifth-best defense in the league by Football Outsiders' DVOA statistic. These marks are made all the more impressive by th...
<em>SNL's</em> Jay Pharoah Does A Tremendous Shannon Sharpe Impression
Jay Pharoah is SNL's master impressionist, and although his Barack Obama may be a bit uninspiring, his Shannon Sharpe leaves nothing to be desired. Our only complaint has to do with his tie knot. That sucker needs to be much, much bigger....
<em>Hard Knocks</em> Parody Puts The Show In A Pee Wee Football Training Camp
This, from Funny or Die, is the first episode of Little Knockers, a Hard Knocks parody that gives us what we've always wanted: a Rex Ryan-inspired football coach screaming and cursing at a bunch of 11-year-old boys. It's worth watching just for the chance to see Jerry from Parks and Rec point at kid...
Buckeyes' Last-Minute Cover Had Brent Musburger Chuckling His Ass Off
Ohio State covered the spread last night against Northwestern in the most bizarre and unlikely way that Brent Musburger, couldn't help giving voice to the cursing masses across the country. ...
Ohio State Blocking A Northwestern Punt, In Extreme Slow Motion
We're not entirely sure how, but as of this writing Ohio State's only put up one touchdown tonight—and they got it on a punt block that exhibited such dominance you wonder how they're losing to Northwestern....
Tennessee Ties Game On Blocked Punt, UGA Immediately takes Lead Back
Man, this was really exciting there for a second. Tennessee had tied the sixth-ranked Bulldogs and Knoxville was fired up heading into the fourth quarter....
Banner Plane Crashes On Flavet Field Before Florida-Arkansas Game
Around 4:00 pm this afternoon, a plane carrying an advertisement for Geico Insurance McDonald's crashed on an unoccupied car in Flavet Field, an open field at the University of Florida that, from the look of it, serves as a tailgating site for Florida games. The Gators are playing the Arkansas Razor...
Scott Shafer: Charter Member Of The Dabo Swinney Fan Club
Just before the half, Dabo Swinney's Clemson Tigers were thumping Syracuse 35-7. On fourth-and-goal inside the Cuse 1o, he went for it rather than just kicking the field goal. The Syracuse defense held them out of the endzone and head coach Scott Shafer pledged his everlasting love for Dabo....
Jonathan Johnson Narrowly Avoids Running Into Brick Wall
This, minutes into the second quarter in Tennessee, was almost a disaster. Jonathan Johnson stretches out for an overthrown fade pass in the back corner of the endzone and winds up running head first into the wall. Luckily, there was still some padding on that portion of the wall, but less than a fo...
SMU Ties Rutgers With Minute Remaining On Insane Two-Point Conversion
Somehow, today's Rutgers-SMU battle in Dallas is a conference game, and the two teams (okay, mostly the Mustangs) are doing their best to make it a worthy matchup. SMU tied it with a bit more than a minute left thanks to this two-point conversion they had absolutely no business completing....
'Bama Fans Made An Elephant-Float Out Of A Volkswagen
Warren: Hey Joel, know what I think I'm gonna do?...
ESPN Cameras Catch Nebraska Player Appearing To Relieve Himself
Can't a guy get a little privacy/patriotic whizzing?...
Jerry Kill Has Another Seizure, Will Miss Michigan Game
Jerry Kill suffered a seizure this morning—his second of the season—and will miss game action for the fourth time since joining the Gophers. The Gophers head coach was not feeling well Friday and did not accompany his team to its hotel in Dearborn, Michigan. He planned on traveling Saturday to join...