Oregon has dismissed WR Jamere Holland following a rant on his Facebook page. If this isn’t a sign of the times, then I don’t know what is. The rant began when Oregon linebacker Kristian Kiko Alonso was arrested early Saturday morning on driving under the influence of intoxicants charges. Holland assumed that Alonso was kicked off of the football team and voiced his strong displeasure of the move. He then later updated his Facebook status by posting: “I wish I...
It’s Monday morning and I’m still recovering from the exciting USA v. Canada hockey game. So while I regroup, I thought I would leave you with some interesting news from this past weekend. First off, a moment of silence for Minnesota State University’s Ben Bundy, a sophomore offensive lineman who passed away at age 20. A message to all athletes–NEVER, and I do mean NEVER, post comments about your head coach on a public social networking site. Oregon’s Jamere...
QB Ryan Mallett’s road to gridiron fame just hit another bump. This time, a broken bone in his left foot is sidelining the gunslinger during spring practice. As a top prospect in 2007, Mallett was supposed to shine for Michigan’s Lloyd Carr and did show signs of greatness while backing up then future NFLer Chad Henne. However, after Carr retired and Rich Rodriguez stepped in and introduced his spread offense to the maize and blue, Mallett quickly left the...
Another tragedy struck the SEC today. Not even 48 hours removed from the murder of Vandy recruit Rajaan Bennett, Ole Miss lost saftey Bennie Abram after collapsing during the first day of the team’s workouts. Details of Abram’s death are still coming in but school officials say that the 20 year old appeared to be having trouble shortly after the first workouts began. Ole Miss trainers called 911 and Abrams was transported to Baptist Memorial Hospital North-Mississppi where he died...
Georgia Tech QB Josh Nesbitt is expected to miss 6 weeks after undergoing ankle surgery earlier this week. Unfortunately for Nesbitt, he likely will not make a full recovery in time for Tech’s spring practices which begins on March 29th. Nesbitt passed for 1,000 yards and rushed for another 1,000 during Georgia Tech’s ACC championship run last season. The Georgia Tech coaching staff have to be a little disappointed with this news as they were planning on spending the...
Vandy commit Rajaan Bennett was killed Thursday morning in an apparent murder-suicide. The 18 year old RB from Powder Springs, GA, was shot by Clifton O’Neal Steger, his mother’s ex-boyfriend. The incident occurred around 2:30am Thursday morning. Police were called to the scene where they uncovered the gruesome discovery of the two dead bodies. This random act of senseless violence is sending shock waves throughout the college football community. Bennett, a standout running back for McEachern High School, committed to Vandy...
From the day Jimmy Clausen enrolled at Notre Dame, he has been scrutinized from head to toe. For those of you who don’t know him personally, his image and reputation is somewhat skeptical and arrogant. Rolling onto campus in a Hummer limousine to announce that he is going to Notre Dame and will win four titles with the Irish was one of his many antics that rubbed people the wrong way. What made matters worse was the team’s W/L record with Clausen...
