The Auburn Tigers have named Chris Todd their starting quarterback for the 2009 football season. This news ends the speculation for Auburn fans of who wondered who their QB was going to be. Todd beat out 4 other quarterbacks, including incumbent Kodi Burns. Todd originally started the 2008 season as Auburn’s QB but was sidelined with a shoulder injury. Burns took over for Todd after the injury but was very pedestrian with a 2-5 record as the starter. Questions filled...
15 Duke football players have been infected with the infamous swine flu. The Blue Devil football team is currently staying at a hotel off campus for summer workouts and the infected have been quarantined for now. Duke spokesman, Art Chase, had this to say concerning the situation: “Like many other schools and summer camps, Duke has had students diagnosed with influenza that is presumed to be H1N1. The cases involving our football program have been very mild, with illness...
Red Raider starting running back, Baron Batch is expected to miss between 3-6 weeks with some type of arm injury, according to ESPN‘s Joe Schad. This comes as very bad news for the Red Raiders, who will start with a new quarterback under center this season. Batch was expected to take some of the pressure off of Taylor Potts, who replaces Graham Harrell. Batch led the Red Raiders in rushing last year with 758 yards and 7 TDs. The...
The Biletnikoff Award goes to the nation’s top wide receiver every football season. The award was first given to Penn State’s Bobby Engram during the 1994 college football season. Previous award winners include: Randy Moss, Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, and Michael Crabtree. Last season’s winner, Michael Crabtree, was the award’s only two-time winner. The players on the 2009 Biletnikoff Watch List are:
Big things come in small packages. Just ask the Kansas State Wildcats. Wildcat WR Brandon Banks only stands 5’7 but he plays like he’s much bigger. The speedster from North Carolina burst onto the scene last season with impressive numbers and snatched up Big XII Offensive Player of the Year honors as a result. He’s been compared to the likes of Reggie Bush, Percy Harvin, and Noel Divine. His road to Manhattan, KS was a non-traditional one that included a...
Brandon Jacobs, (no, not the bulldozer Giants RB) has spurned Auburn University for the Boston Red Sox. The 6’0, 237 lb. RB from Georgia is hanging up his football cleats in favor of baseball spikes. Jacobs originally committed to the Auburn Tigers as a running back. However, he changed his mind when the Red Sox drafted him in the 10th round of the MLB draft and signed him to a $75,000 contract that has the potential to end up...
The almighty NCAA cracked down on Clemson University last week, claiming that Clemson violated rules. Charges of “improper attire” were thrown against the Tigers, and head coach Dabo Swinney agreed to cancel two practices as a punishment. Today, we at The Matador learned what the great transgression was that forced the NCAA to crack down on the Tigers. Girdles. Yes, girdles. For those unfamiliar with the term, Webster’s dictionary offers a definition: “something that encircles or confines: as a : an article of...
There was some hitting on and off the field at UNC last month. Donte Paige-Moss, UNC’s highly touted recruit, was arrested last month for punching fellow teammate Hunter Furr during a dorm room altercation. Paige-Moss was charged with simple misdemeanor assault. Furr was treated at a Chapel Hill hospital the next day for injuries sustained during the fracas. Tar Heel coach Butch Davis has been pretty secretive about how he plans on handling the situation by saying, “We’ve talked about...
