Florida wide receiver Frankie Hammond ran the WR jet streak a little too well early this morning in Gainesville, Fl. The 20 year old sophomore from Hollywood, Fl, was arrested at 2:09am and was apprehended and taken to the Alachua County jail. Gainesville’s finest pulled Hammond over after he was observed going 45 mph in a 20 mph zone, and was driving uncontrollably on UF campus streets. Upon pulling Hammond over, police discovered two opened bottles of wiskey in the...
After nine years in the Western Athletic Conference, Boise State says farewell. The Broncos have accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West Conference earlier today. The news of Boise’s defection from the WAC comes on a week where rumors of a potential historic college football shake-up have been as rampant as Justin Beiber’s hair. Mountain West officials are beaming from ear to ear to have Boise State sitting at their table as this bodes well for their conference’s...
The University of Houston has announced plans to build a new football stadium to replace Houston’s current home of Robertson Stadium. The new stadium, which has yet to be named, will be placed on the same site as Robertson Stadium and is expected to cost around $120M to build. The stadium will feature 22 luxury boxes, a capacity of 50,000 fans, a hall of fame, and stunning views of downtown Houston. Plans for the new stadium are still in...
Jacob Charest has transferred from the University of Illinois a week after Illini head coach Ron Zook named Nathan Scheelhaase the starting QB for the 2010 season. This news doesn’t really come as that much of a shocker as Charest had become buried in the depth chart over the course of spring practices. Charest is currently at home in North Carolina and hasn’t yet decided if he will enroll at another Division 1 football program where he’d have to...
Clemson quarterback Kyle Parker was taken with the 26th pick in the first round of this year’s MLB draft earlier this evening. Parker was drafted by the Colorado Rockies and became the school’s 10th first round draft pick. While this is a great accomplishment by Parker, the redshirt sophomore will have to make a decision to either return to Clemson and play football in the fall, or leave school for a career with the Colorado Rockies. Clemson thrived last...
Braxton Miller, arguably the best QB recruit in the 2011 class, announced this week that he’s headed to Ohio State. The 6’2, 185 lb signal caller from Huber Heights, Ohio, was heavily sought after by Florida, Georgia, Notre Dame, and a plethora of other elite Division 1 programs. Some recruiting experts are calling Miller the best QB recruit the Buckeyes have had in the past 10 years. While current Ohio State trigger man Terrelle Pryor was the most hyped...
Kentucky’s Derrick Locke will be put on the disabled list after sustaining injuries from a moped accident yesterday night. The do-it-all tailback for the Wildcats fell from his moped last night and broke a bone in his forearm while trying to catch his balance. UK spokesman Tony Neely told the Louisville Courier-Journal that Locke will not need surgery to repair the damage done to the arm, and that he expected Locke to be fully recovered by the time the...
Life after Juice Williams is underway in Champaign, IL. 6’3, 195 lbs., redshirt freshman Nathan Scheelhaase was named the starting QB for the Fighting Illini for the 2010 football season and will make his debut when Illinois travels to St. Louis to play Missouri on September 4th. Scheelhaase redshirted in 2009 but head coach Ron Zook has full faith that he can run the offense. “Following spring ball, our coaching staff had some time to review the quarterback situation and...
