In an attempt to find harmony between academics and athletics, former Secretary of State and current Stanford political science professor, Condoleezza Rice, is taking on an additional position as a Cardinal recruiter. Dr. Rice is poised to attract top blue-chip recruits for all Stanford sports but most importantly, football. Dr. Rice is no stranger to Stanford or football and she should be a natural fit in her new position. During Dr. Rice’s Stanford years, she immediately got involved with...
Football and politics go about as well together as Oprah Winfrey and Lean Cuisine. One does not have to look further than the current United States Senate vs. BCS spat going on right now to see this. Most recently, Paul Finebaum, a regionally well-renowned Alabama sports talk show host and columnist, may have thrown a wrench in Alabama gubernatorial hopeful Tim James’s election bid. During yesterday’s afternoon edition of the Paul Finebaum Show, Finebaum announced on-air that there was a rumor circulating that James (an...
Auburn’s backfield got trimmed this weekend with the surprising dismissal of redshirt freshman Dontae Aycock. The RB was a Florida 5-A high school QB and top prospect by most major rating services. The 5’10 218 pound athlete played RB during spring practice and was set to fall into the Tigers’ backfield rotation. The university announced that Aycock was dismissed from the program for violating team rules. Though the school did not provide further comment, there is speculation that prior to...
A common trend in college football is to schedule neutral site games to generate income and to expand each school’s exposure. Notre Dame is scheduled to play at Cowboys Stadium and Yankee Stadium in the coming seasons. FedEx Field, home of the Washington Redskins, will host Virginia Tech v. Boise State and Indiana v. Penn State in 2010. It now looks like the football championship subdivision wants to cash in on the action. UMass and UNH have just penned...
Flint, Michigan is getting ready to welcome their native son. Alabama junior running back Mark Ingram is set to return home to central Michigan this upcoming Saturday and the whole Flint community will honor Mark’s return with a Heisman Homecoming Celebration. The fiesta will be held at Flint’s Atwood Stadium, a historic venue that Jackie Robinson and Jessee Owens once played in. The Heisman Homecoming Celebration will be held from 12-2pm EDT and will feature Ingram’s HS band and...
San Diego State just sold its soul for a shade over $1 million dollars. The Aztecs agreed to travel to Ann Arbor to play the Michigan Wolverines in 2011. To date, this will be the largest payout in Aztecs history and will certainly cover a significant portion of the school’s football expenses. It is no secret that the Aztecs have had financial difficulties in the last few seasons and were aggressively seeking a big payday. The AD would have...
Former University of Cincinnati star wide receiver and 4th round NFL draft pick (by the St. Louis Rams) Mardy Gilyard was robbed at gunpoint Monday night on the 2600 block of Jefferson Avenue right off Cincinnati’s campus. Gilyard was with his bodyguard around 9:30 p.m. at a BP gas station when two armed men yelled “give me your chains! give me your chains!” and at gunpoint took over $300 in cash and $1,000 in jewelry. The 23 year old...
