For the Mountain West faithful, the dream of attaining automatic qualifying (AQ) status for the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) has ended. On Tuesday, the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee denied the conference’s request for a waiver that would have given the Mountain West an automatic bid for post-season play in the lucrative BCS for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. Though it was considered a long shot for the conference to attain AQ status, it was a disappointment considering the recent...
In the world of college sports, Twitter is a divisive subject. Many coaches go so far as to ban their players from using the social networking site for fear it will distract players or be used as a vehicle for trash talking. Then there’s the ambivalent group, the coaches who don’t block players from using Twitter, but will probably go to their graves without ever sending a tweet themselves. But some forward-thinking coaches have embraced Twitter as a way...
The conference shuffle continues to get messy with the Big East suing Texas Christian University (TCU) seeking $5,000,000 for breach of contract. On November 29, 2010, TCU agreed to leave the Mountain West Conference for the Big East. This move was to take place before the 2012 football season. In the contract, TCU agreed that if it failed to join the Big East by July 1, 2012 it would pay the conference $5,000,000. TCU never joined the conference. On October 11, 2011, TCU informed the Big East...
You say you want sports, and you want them now? Then navigate thine iPhone, Android phone, Windows phone, or Blackberry to your app market and start downloading. No matter where you go, you’ll never be more than an arm’s length away from news, scores, highlight reels, talk, and more regarding your favorite college sports teams. These are our picks for the coolest cats of the bunch. 1. Tablegaters: For those times when you can’t be at the stadium to...
Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino not only crashed his coaching career back in April, but he took down his recruiting coordinator as well, 25-year-old Jessica Dorrell. To recall, Dorrell was forced to resign because of coach Petrino’s inappropriate relationship with her. After the dust settled, Arkansas posted a want ad for a new on-campus recruiting coordinator. During Dorrell’s absence, football staff members have been picking-up the slack, but with the season right around the corner, the university feels its...
Notre Dame fired head coach Charlie Weis on November 30, 2009 after five turbulent seasons. Upon termination, Weis received $6,638,403 to serve as severance payment for his 10-year contract extension that he signed back in 2005. According to tax returns obtained by the Chicago Tribune, Weis received an additional $2,054,744 of buyout money from Notre Dame to cover the period of July 2010 to June 2011. To date, Notre Dame has paid Weis $8,693,147 and it doesn’t stop here. ...
First, it was star receiver Sammy Watkins who was arrested for possession of marijuana. Now, Clemson’s top running back prospect, Mike Bellamy, is no longer a Tiger as he has been ruled academically ineligible. The speedster announced that he will be transferring this summer with aspirations of playing football for a junior college. Last season, Bellamy came to Clemson with great expectations, but his tenure was anything but smooth. As a true freshman, Bellamy turned heads with his lightening...
