Hyundai, known for manufacturing cars, is trying their hand at the college football arena. The Sun Bowl will be sponsored by Hyundai for the next four seasons. With Hyundai as the bowl’s new sponsor, the bowl is getting a new face-lift as well. The Sun Bowl will now get the third ranked Pac-10 and ACC teams after the respective conference’s BCS selections. Team payouts to play in the game have also been upped to $2 million. The Sun Bowl has...
In 2003, DE Nick Larkin was forced to redshirt his freshman season as he was still recovering from an injury suffered while playing at Saint Xavier. Though he was unable to play that year, his passion for football and dedication to the game landed him back on the field in 2004. In a much anticipated debut, Larkin finally saw action as BC took the field against Ball State at Scheumann Stadium on September 2nd, 2004 in which BC won...
N.C. State’s QB/OF Russell Wilson had an exciting MLB draft day yesterday as he was picked in the 4th round/140th pick by the Colorado Rockies. As the starting QB for North Carolina State, the rising junior has quickly made a decision regarding his future. He has agreed to return under center for the upcoming season much to the delight of Coach Tom O’Brien. However, he will be playing baseball this summer in the Rockies’ farm system up until August when the...
Clemson quarterback Kyle Parker was taken with the 26th pick in the first round of this year’s MLB draft earlier this evening. Parker was drafted by the Colorado Rockies and became the school’s 10th first round draft pick. While this is a great accomplishment by Parker, the redshirt sophomore will have to make a decision to either return to Clemson and play football in the fall, or leave school for a career with the Colorado Rockies. Clemson thrived last...
As of late, the ACC has failed in producing a BCS championship caliber team with the possible exception of Virginia Tech. In 2009, only Virginia Tech (10-3) landed in the top 10 (#10) of the final AP Top 10 rankings. In 2008, no team from the ACC finished in the final AP Top 10. The highest ranked team was Virginia Tech (10-4) at #15. However, 2010 is the season in which the conference can regain that respect and prove all the doubters wrongs...
This time last year, Clemson’s Kyle Parker was a redshirt freshman who was entrenched in a heated quarterback competition with Willy Korn. Fast forward to 2010, Parker is set to enter the 2010 season as Clemson’s #1 QB on the depth chart while Korn has left Clemson for the greener pastures of Marshall. Parker led the Clemson Tigers to an ACC Atlantic division football title last season and hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down. While Parker demonstrated that he...
Virgina Tech football received a crushing blow this past week. No, no members of the football team were arrested, but rather, head coach Frank Beamer tore his bicep after falling while exiting Va. Tech’s private plane upon landing at a stop on the team’s Orange and Maroon tour. Beamer, ever the good sport, laughed off the incident: “It just chucked me,” said Beamer, laughing. “I thought I was being careful and the next thing that hit was my shoulder...
FedEx announced today that it was ending it’s twenty-one year long sponsorship of the Orange Bowl. FedEx executives decided that it was not in the company’s best financial interest to continue sponsoring the bowl game. The change of heart from FedEx stems from the result of ESPN taking over broadcasting rights of BCS games from FOX Broadcasting Company beginning in 2011. ESPN purchased the BCS rights to sell sponsorship and advertising for the football games at the price of...
