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Montana Player Leaves Game After Being Shoved Headfirst Into Wall
Montana wide receiver Ellis Henderson was forced from Saturday's game against North Dakota State University after being shoved headfirst into the wall. A 4th and 2 play in the third quarter saw Henderson catching the ball in the flat and attempting to get out of bounds for the first down, but he was...
Napping Reveille Saved From SMU WR By Cadet's Key Block
The most important block in the Texas A&M-SMU game this afternoon didn't spring a running back for a big gain. It didn't open a hole for a punt returner. It didn't turn an interception into a pick six. No, the most important block in the Texas A&M-SMU game was made by the handler for Reveille, the T...
Today's Florida-Alabama Game Thus Far, In One Vine
I believe the word is "madcap."...
Michigan State Beats EMU So Badly They Forget How To Play Football
Earlier, we brought you a halftime update from a very uncompetitive intrastate matchup between Eastern Michigan and Michigan State. It seems the beating got into the Eagles' heads, as at one point the center forgot to snap the ball entirely....
Georgia Tech Wins On Last-Second FG, Swallows Own Kicker
Fellas! There's a person under there! Watch yourselves....
Georgia's Isaiah McKenzie Returns Bounced Punt For Touchdown
Georgia is already out here beating Troy down, and freshman punt returner Isaiah McKenzie decided he wanted to get in on the fun. Not content to make the safe play, with the first touch of his college career according to ESPN, McKenzie picked the ball up and took it 52 yards to the house. Let's cool...
Jameis Winston's Status Revised, Now Suspended For Entire Clemson Game
Florida State's administration suspended Jameis Winston for the first half of tomorrow's Clemson game earlier this week after engaging in the public execution of a meme. Now, after having time to think about it, interim FSU president Garnett Stokes and AD Stan Wilcox have decided to bench the Heisma...
ESPN Reports, Then Unreports, That Casino Gave Rice Tape To The NFL
So ... this is very strange....
We'll Never See Another Player Quite Like Devin Hester
No one would've blamed you if, before watching him take a reverse to the house and then Prime Time his way to a record-setting 20th return TD last night, you had forgotten that Devin Hester was even in the league at all. It's been a few years since he's done anything notable, but his brief re-emerge...
Cops: Vols Fan Made Teen Son Drink Until He Passed Out
A Tennessee man was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a child and aggravated child abuse and neglect for allegedly making his 15-year-old son play a drinking game with him as they watched the Volunteers' game against Oklahoma Saturday....
NFL Issues Press Release Through <em>USA Today</em> On How Hard It's Working
The NFL wants you to know it's working hard on the issue of domestic violence. It hasn't actually changed anything since the video of Ray Rice slugging his wife was released. But why should that get in the way of a good press release, also known as an exclusive interview, as Tim Marchman explained y...
BC Coach Steve Addazio's Vine Account Is A Wonderful Relic
Boston College head football coach Steve Addazio hasn't uploaded anything to his Vine account in over a year. That is very sad, because before abandoning the medium, Addazio spent one fateful day in June of 2013 creating some of the best Vines I have ever seen....
Friday Night Lights
Longform has been killin' it these days. Yesterday, they reprinted this classic from Buzz Bissinger:...
Texas QB David Ash Gives Up Football Due To Concussions
Texas coach Charlie Strong announced today that quarterback David Ash has given up football after suffering multiple concussions over his career. Ash is the second college football quarterback in a little over a week to give up the game because of concussions. ...
The NFL's Useful Idiots Want Roger Goodell To Get Tough; They're Wrong
The bad thing about the corruption in NFL reporting is that there's literally no way for a league higher-up to fuck up badly enough to be held to account by the people best positioned to do so. The good thing is that if you want to know what the NFL wants you to think, all you have to do is read w...