The hits just keep coming for the Oklahoma Sooners. All Big XII tight end Jermaine Gresham’s career as a member of the Sooner football team is over. Gresham will undergo season ending arthroscopic surgery on his right knee that will take at least 5 months to heal. He injured his knee during practice two weeks ago and missed OU’s season opener loss against the BYU Cougars. Gresham turned down potential millions by not entering this year’s NFL draft and decided to return to OU...
The mantra “Greed is Good” does not apply to Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder. Apparently, Jerry Jones was pushing for the Oklahoma State v. Georgia match-up to be played at the new Cowboy Stadium. Holder turned it down along with an additional $6 million. In commenting, Holder wanted his team to have a true home field advantage and opted to play the high profile game at Stillwater. He did it for the team, the fans, and for the...
Notre Dame’s impressive win against Nevada did have a drawback. Fullback James Aldridge injured his right shoulder in the second half of the Nevada game. As a result, he will not suit up against the Wolverines in the Big House this Saturday and is questionable for the following game against rival Michigan State. Since Aldridge handles kick return duties also, Charlie Weis will start tailback Robert Huges as fullback and run a kick return group by committee starting with...
Arkansas wide receiver London Crawford will be sidelined 4-6 weeks with a broken collarbone suffered in Saturday’s game against Missouri State. The 6’2, 205 lb., senior underwent surgery to repair the collarbone Monday morning. This comes as a hit to the Razorbacks as Crawford was expected to be a major focal point of the team’s offense this season. This is the second time in three weeks that an Arkansas wide receiver has suffered a collarbone injury. Fellow senior Lucas Miller broke...
Former Tennessee QB, and current Indianapolis Colt Peyton Manning, announced on Saturday that he will be donating 1 million dollars to the Tennessee Volunteers new athletic training facility.”This facility will allow UT athletes now, and in the future to train at the highest level possible. I want to continue to challenge others to be a part of this as well. I hope this will serve as a challenge to others who are considering making a pledge. It’s great that we...
Ohio State fans were treated to a visit from former astronaut John Glenn and his wife Annie. The two were awarded the rare honor of dotting the Ohio State Marching Band’s “i” during the halftime festivities. The Cambridge, Ohio native seemed to have a great time and was well received by the 105,000 fans. “This is great and we are enjoying it,” Glenn said. “I had to look up ‘tribble’ in the dictionary because I didn’t know that it is — the ‘dot...
The Matador received heavy criticism for his early preseason bashing of the ACC. If we learned anything from week 1, The Matador wasn’t too far off the mark. The two inexcusable beatings landed at the hands of Duke losing to Richmond 16-24 and lowly UVA being ousted by in-state rival William & Mary 14-26. Another game that set the conference back was Cal thumping Maryland 52-13. The ACC did have some close games that came down to 4th quarter...
