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Grambling Wants Paterno Wins Vacated

July 19, 2012
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Grambling Wants Paterno Wins Vacated

According to ShreveportTimes.com, the city of Grambling filed a formal petition to the NCAA requesting that the college governing body vacate some of Joe Paterno’s record 409 Division I victories.  In doing so, this would allow for Grambling’s Coach Eddie Robinson to reclaim college football’s winningest coach crown.  Joe Paterno surpassed Robinson’s 408 victory mark just two weeks before he was fired for his part in the Jerry Sandusky debacle.  Now that the Freeh report exposed Paterno’s role, the city of Grambling wants the record restored to honor...

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Former Football Player Wins Pepper Ball Appeal

July 12, 2012
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Former Football Player Wins Pepper Ball Appeal

The outcome was not what most sports betting sites were predicting, but former UC Davis linebacker Timothy Nelson won a decisive victory in the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.  Earlier this week, the court ruled that Nelson can sue the university for injuries sustained by UC Davis police who claimed legal immunity. Back in April 2004, Timothy Nelson was shot in the eye by a pepper ball projectile fired by campus police who were trying to...

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Mountain West Denied Automatic BCS Bid

June 27, 2012
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Mountain West Denied Automatic BCS Bid

For the Mountain West faithful, the dream of attaining automatic qualifying (AQ) status for the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) has ended.  On Tuesday, the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee denied the conference’s request for a waiver that would have given the Mountain West an automatic bid for post-season play in the lucrative BCS for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. Though it was considered a long shot for the conference to attain AQ status, it was a disappointment considering the recent...

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Big East Sues Texas Christian University For $5 Million

June 12, 2012
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Big East Sues Texas Christian University For $5 Million

The conference shuffle continues to get messy with the Big East suing Texas Christian University (TCU) seeking $5,000,000 for breach of contract.  On November 29, 2010, TCU agreed to leave the Mountain West Conference for the Big East.  This move was to take place before the 2012 football season.  In the contract, TCU agreed that if it failed to join the Big East by July 1, 2012 it would pay the conference $5,000,000.  TCU never joined the conference.  On October 11, 2011, TCU informed the Big East...

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Notre Dame is Paying Heavily for Charlie Weis

May 16, 2012
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Notre Dame is Paying Heavily for Charlie Weis

Notre Dame fired head coach Charlie Weis on November 30, 2009 after five turbulent seasons.  Upon termination, Weis received $6,638,403 to serve as severance payment for his 10-year contract extension that he signed back in 2005.  According to tax returns obtained by the Chicago Tribune, Weis received an additional $2,054,744 of buyout money from Notre Dame to cover the period of July 2010 to June 2011.  To date, Notre Dame has paid Weis $8,693,147 and it doesn’t stop here. ...

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Clemson Faces Another Off-field Blow

May 16, 2012
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Clemson Faces Another Off-field Blow

First, it was star receiver Sammy Watkins who was arrested for possession of marijuana.  Now, Clemson’s top running back prospect, Mike Bellamy, is no longer a Tiger as he has been ruled academically ineligible.  The speedster announced that he will be transferring this summer with aspirations of playing football for a junior college. Last season, Bellamy came to Clemson with great expectations, but his tenure was anything but smooth.  As a true freshman, Bellamy turned heads with his lightening...

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Former Vols DB wants his 1998 Championship ring returned

May 10, 2012
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Former Vols DB wants his 1998 Championship ring returned

After being wrongfully apprehended, beaten and incarcerated for 18 months by Pennsylvania authorities, former Tennessee Vols defensive back Steven Johnson filed a multi-million dollar civil suit seeking, among other things, his 1998 NCAA football championship ring. In Johnson’s 25-page complaint, he alleges the entire incident was based off of an erroneous warrant and seeks compensatory and punitive damages for his pain and suffering.    The facts of his case are quite disturbing. On May 30, 2010, Johnson was at...

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Obama strikes Heisman pose

April 23, 2012
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Obama strikes Heisman pose

President Barack Obama struck a Heisman pose for the winners of the 2011 Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy.  The Air Force Falcons won the annual award for the second straight year and 18 overall against fellow service academies Army and Navy.  Today, the team visited the White House to meet the boss. The Falcons gathered in the East Room of the White House to receive its hardware from Obama.  In return, Defensive back Jon Davies presented Obama with a game used ball and a Falcons...

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