The Nebraska faithful have reason to worry as their top receiver can’t seem to stay out of trouble. This past weekend, senior WR Niles Paul was picked up for possession of alcohol by a minor and urinating in public in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. Some time around 1:23 a.m. on Friday morning a police officer spotted Paul, who reeked of alcohol, urinating on a fence near Centennial Mall. The officer tested Paul who blew a .104. He was immediately arrested,...
More good news is coming out of Tuscaloosa and the Mark Ingram camp. The Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA) has just named its Amateur Athlete of the year. RB Mark Ingram, Jr. will be honored this Sunday at the ASWA’s annual convention in Birmingham, Alabama. Ingram earned this award for his fantastic play last season garnering 1,658 rushing yards, 17 touchdowns, and 32 receptions en route to a Heisman Trophy and a BCS National Championship. The last Tide to win...
The most preeminent athletic program in the PAC-10 awaits its fate for alleged impropriety. The NCAA committee on infractions will release its findings of its investigation of both the University of Southern California’s basketball team and football team regarding NCAA violations. USC already addressed the issue surrounding basketball phenom O.J. Mayo and opted with self imposed sanctions. The school put a ban on postseason play, reduced scholarships, and vacated all wins from 2007-08. The football team is facing allegations...
5 star recruit Jerimy Finch has decided to leave another D-1 program. The heralded recruit from Indiana first headed to Florida, after decommitting from Michigan and Indiana. As a Gator, Finch played outside linebacker but suffered a terrible knee injury after an interception in the Tennessee game. The injury sidelined Finch for the rest of the 2007 season. The injury certainly had a lasting effect as his grades declined and his morale with it. After playing one season with...
As of late, the ACC has failed in producing a BCS championship caliber team with the possible exception of Virginia Tech. In 2009, only Virginia Tech (10-3) landed in the top 10 (#10) of the final AP Top 10 rankings. In 2008, no team from the ACC finished in the final AP Top 10. The highest ranked team was Virginia Tech (10-4) at #15. However, 2010 is the season in which the conference can regain that respect and prove all the doubters wrongs...
There is a blaze under Dan Hawkins seat and WR Markques Simas just added more fuel to the fire. The young Simas failed to add to his Outlook calendar that he had a criminal hearing on May 12, 2010 for his DUI charge. Simas never showed up to the courthouse. As customary practice, the court issued a bench warrant for his failure to appear. If you don’t recall, this all started when Simas was arrested back on Feb 12th upon being...
It is a sad day for the family of Rico Butler and the entire Hilliard Davidson community. Rico Butler, a top 200 junior RB from Hilliard, Ohio, drowned Tuesday night when he was swimming with his friends at a nearby quarry. The seventeen year old was a standout RB coming in at 5’7, 170 pounds. The speedster was clocked running the 40 yard dash under 4.5 seconds and benched 300 pounds. All signs were pointing to D-1 football as...
The Huskies have high expectations in 2010, and the fans got an early gift from their star quarterback that shows football is priority number one. QB Jake Locker is putting his passion before money. The Washington Huskies star QB and potential #1 NFL draft pick in 2011, is exclusively going to focus on football this summer and will not train with the MLB’s Angels as originally planned. Angels’ GM Tony Reagins was under the impression that Locker would play...
