For the few fans who are still tracking the life of former Ohio State RB Maurice Clarett, today could be a day he will never forget. There is a small possibility that he could be released from county jail and transferred to a community based correction facility and ultimately released in 6 months. An Ohio judge will determine his fate later today as a hearing has been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Clarett has been a...
QB Demetrius Jones just can’t find a home. It only seems like yesterday that Jones was under center taking snaps for the Fighting Irish. In 2007, he was given the starting nod when the team faced Georgia Tech to kick-off the season. After a horrendous effort by Jones, in comes heralded recruit Jimmy Clausen to take over the signaling calling duties. When then Coach Charlie Weis benched Jones, he had no other choice but to quit the team and...
There is still question as to where Tim Tebow lands in NFL lore, but before he even has an NFL team to speak of, sponsors are lining up at the door trying to sign arguably the most popular college football player ever. The first major sponsor to nab Tebow is Nike. Nike’s clientele includes superstars such as Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods and Lance Armstrong. Tim Tebow may not belong in the same sentence as those...
Articles are a plenty regarding colleges getting hit hard by the recession. One way to curb the economic downturn is to raise ticket prices, parking fees, and concession stands. Louisiana State University is coming up with a creative idea to make some money. According to the school’s newspaper, LSU unveiled a proposal to build a microbrewery on campus at The Cook Hotel. That is correct, the chancellor, Michael Martin, would utilize the microbrewery to teach students and ultimately aspiring brewmasters...
The buzz is in the air and time seems to be moving at a snails pace as we wait for tonight’s championship basketball game featuring heavily favored Duke v. Butler. In the meantime, Duke’s longtime coach (and rumored to be courted by the Nets) Mike Krzyzewski had a few things to say about the Bowl Championship Series in comparison to March Madness. Coach K believes that a team like Butler would never make it to the championship game in...
Some criminal news is coming out of Marshall University. Two defensive backs, DeQuan Bembry and T.J. Drakeford, were both arrested last night for their extracurricular activities. Though details are unclear, the two ball players are currently residing in Western Regional Jail for felony assault of a police officer and misdemeanor public intoxication. First year head coach Doc Holliday issued the following statement: “We had two football players (DeQuan Bembry and T.J. Drakeford) arrested last night by Huntington Police. They have let...
There is tragic news to report out of the Notre Dame camp. The Irish’s top offensive lineman recruit, Matt James, tragically died this past Friday in Panama City, Florida while on his high school spring break. Early reports indicate that James fell from a third-floor hotel balcony in the resort city. James was with fellow teammate Luke Massa (another Notre Dame recruit) and his high school classmates at the Days Inn Front Beach Road when the incident occurred around 6:25...
There is no word on how long Nick Saban will actually coach in Tuscaloosa as his track record indicates he likes to move around a lot (since 2000, he has coached for Michigan State, LSU, Miami Dolphins, and Alabama). However, the University of Alabama has found a way to immortalize Coach Nick Saban by the form of bronze. The University will unveil a bronze statue in his honor for winning the national championship game against Texas. The statue will...
