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Penn State Blue-White game: new coach, same old QB problems

April 22, 2012
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Penn State Blue-White game: new coach, same old QB problems

It’s been 63 years since Joe Paterno was not present for a spring game, but the Nittany Lions still suffered from the same old issues during the annual Blue-White game. There is no clear starter at the quarterback position. Six gunslingers were rotated in-and-out throughout an enthusiastic Beaver Stadium but all failed to deliver. Though new head Coach Bill O’Brien is known for his high powered New England offense, the defense stole the show. The blue-clad defense forced five interception and...

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Get your Bobby Petrino Motorcycle Club t-shirt

April 11, 2012
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Get your Bobby Petrino Motorcycle Club t-shirt

In the wake of Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino’s firing, the Fayetteville faithful can memorialize the good ‘ole ball coach’s brief albeit successful tenure with a vintage Bobby Petrino Motorcycle Club t-shirt.  For $31.99 you can proudly own your very own Petrino t-shirt which sports a motorcycle on the front and “Fayetteville, AR 2008-2012” on the back.  This vintage apparel comes in both grey and cotton blue.  In case you missed the press confernece, here is Petrino’s statement: The...

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Students rally to save Coach Petrino’s job

April 9, 2012
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Students rally to save Coach Petrino’s job

Despite what happens off the field, if you win 21 games in two seasons, fans will support you wholeheartedly, at least if you are Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino.  Ever since the infamous motorcycle accident in which Petrino was anything but truthful, the university placed him on administrative leave causing a stir amongst the Razorback Nation. So much so, loyal fans have cried out to save Petrino’s job. As the facts surrounding the motorcycle accident and inappropriate relationship with...

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Lauren Luttrell’s kick falls short

April 1, 2012
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Lauren Luttrell’s kick falls short

In the wake of LSU’s soccer sensation Mo Isom failing to make the cut to kick for the Tigers, Virginia Tech’s Lauren Luttrell also fell short in her quest.  Yesterday, the Hokies held kicking tryouts in which Luttrell was one of 10 kickers trying to make the team.   The former high school star athlete, made seven of eight field goal attempts and advanced to the second round beating out three male counterparts.  Unfortunately, at the end of the day,...

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Justice Department settles with Midget Football League

March 21, 2012
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Justice Department settles with Midget Football League

The Justice Department stuck its foot in the game to ensure children with disabilities are offered an equal opportunity to play midget football.  This case stems from the Mountain Valley, Pa., Midget Football League’s refusal to allow a seven-year-old boy with ocular albinism from wearing a tinted visor on his helmet while playing football.  The league specifically ruled that though the seven-year-old boy has this serious eye condition, league policy does not allow for tinted visors during game play....

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Penn State alumni magazine pays tribute to Joe Paterno

March 9, 2012
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Penn State alumni magazine pays tribute to Joe Paterno

Say what you want about Joe Paterno, but when he passed away on January 22, 2012, the college football world lost an icon.  The Penn State alumni magazine finally took appropriate action by paying tribute to the legendary coach. The March/April 2012 issue of The Penn Stater is fully dedicated to coach Joe Paterno and all the lives he positively affected. In the words of former PSU QB Todd Blackledge, “no one individual has ever done more for a university...

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Sheriff fires officer who turned on Mississippi State

March 7, 2012
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Sheriff fires officer who turned on Mississippi State

Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson fired correctional officer Rodricus Hurst for releasing truthful information about a player arrest that embarrassed the Mississippi State football program.  Earlier this year, a reporter contacted Lee Country Jail once word got out that 22-year-old star MSU wide receiver Chad Bumphis was in jail for his involvement in a physical altercation during a friend’s birthday party at a Tupelo bar.  Hurst told a North Mississippi Daily Journal reporter that Bumphis was arrested but released on...

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Texas to unveil 8-foot, 1000-pound Ricky Williams statue

February 24, 2012
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Texas to unveil 8-foot, 1000-pound Ricky Williams statue

Ricky Williams was one of the greatest running backs and most decorated player to come out of Texas winning the Heisman Trophy (‘98), Doak Walker Award (’97 & ’98), Jim Brown Trophy (’97 & ’98), Walter Camp (’98), Maxwell Trophy (’98), and the AP College Player of the Year (’98). His accomplishments will forever remain at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium as the university will erect an 8-foot, 1000-pound bronze statute to memorialize Williams’ success. The statue will be unveiled during...

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