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Lane Kiffin Denies Gas Pumping Comment
Lane Kiffin says a lot of crazy things, but he would never say that living in South Carolina is a one-way ticket to death by gasoline fumes. That's just not his style....
Play Football For Lane Kiffin Or Suffer The Minimum Wage Consequences
Tennessee's spring football practices begin today, but it's really hard to imagine how Lane Kiffin's tenure as head coach could get any more entertaining than it's been so far. (Fingers crossed!)...
Urban Meyer Is Nothing If Not Chivalrous
Florida coach Urban Meyer has a strict "no weapons" policy with his team, as you probably knew. But are you also aware that he insists that his players hold the door open for a lady?...
Florida State Punished For Cheating Scandal (But Not Really)
I know phrases like "four-year probation" and "vacated wins" sounds really bad for Florida State, but the truth is that their punishment is a weak response that doesn't fit the crime....
The Florida Gators Will Bury You
The University of Florida is trying to get special permission from the state to turn their campus into a cemetery, so that they can accommodate all the lunatic alumni who want to be buried there....
Momentum Gathering For A College Football Playoff?
Mountain West Conference submits proposal to NCAA for an eight-team playoff to determine the BCS champion. NCAA's likely response: "We have a Mountain West Conference?" [USA Today]...
Maurice Jones-Drew Might Be High Right Now
The lilliputian running back tells Dan Patrick that he's better than most of the running backs in the league. Oh, and he's also training in Egypt, you know, running the pyramids. What a rapscallion. [DP]...
The PapaJohns.com Bowl Doesn't Deliver To New Jersey
Rutgers University lost $184,000 by traveling to—and winning—the PapaJohns.com Bowl. But I'm sure the marching band had a lovely time in Birmingham. [Star-Ledger, via Bob's Blitz]...
Arkansas QB Drunk, Arrested, Internet-Slandered
Michigan transfer Ryan Mallett was arrested last night for the always popular "public intoxication" and, naturally, his Wikipedia page has already been defaced. It's the circle of life. [Friends of the Program + ArkansasSports360]...
Washington State QB Suspended Due To Suspicious "Bag Of Vomit"
Marshall Lobbestael was arrested after being found in a car parked in front of the Pullman police station, "allegedly passed out with a grocery bag of vomit between his legs." But it's all a frame up, see!...
Should God Be Allowed In The High School Locker Room? (Not Until I Find My Pants)
East Brunswick High football coach Marcus Borden has a big problem, and it has nothing to do with his team's uniforms (although it should). Welcome to the nation's least-controversial subject: Prayer in school....
Carl Joseph Elected To Florida High School Athletic Association Hall Of Fame
Which we probably wouldn't mention, except that the guy played football on one leg, with no prosthetic. [Pittsburgh Sports And Mini Ponies]...
Pete Carroll Is A Valuable Educator
The USC leader isn't just the highest-paid football coach—he is the highest-paid employee at any private college anywhere in the country. He makes more than any university president, doctor, or even Jim Calhoun. [NY Times]...
Notre Dame Desperately Wants To Beat <i>Someone</i> At Football
Lou Holtz will take a team of Notre Dame alumni to Japan to play against that country's national American football team. Does any part of the sentence make sense to anyone? [AP]...
Meet Tebow Sanford Crumley
Naming your children after Florida quarterbacks: Isolated case, or alarming worldwide trend? Tebow Crumley was born on Thursday, and can already bench press 200 pounds and sing all the lyrics to The Pirates of Penzance....
So TV Writers Do Have A Sense of Humor
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap....
Mike Leach, Texas Tech Finally Renew Their Vows
There were some dicey moments there when we all thought we were looking at the new head coach of Abilene Christian (or, you know, somewhere). But Mike Leach and Texas Tech have come to terms....
Locker Room Horror Stories: Colorado State Edition
Following are excerpts from an anonymous letter sent to school administrators at Colorado State, reporting harassment and abuse allegedly perpetrated by four Rams football players against another student in the men's locker room....
Ashton Kutcher To Ruin Football For An Entire Generation Of Kids
The "actor" will star in a comedy about "a superstar NFL quarterback and a 12-year-old geek who magically trade bodies, then learn valuable lessons about humility and courage." Sigh. [First Cuts]...
Mike Leach May Have Strong-Arm Negotiated Himself Right Out Of A Job
The popular Texas Tech coach didn't sign a contract extension that would pay him $12.7 million and now the university may consider moving on without him. [Dallas Morning News]...