Florida State cornerback Avis Commack was arrested by university police over the weekend for third-degree felony grand theft of an iPad he told investigators he found. The recent FSU grad allegedly stole an iPad in the school’s computer lab from an unsuspecting student. The incident occurred on December 6 at University Center D, where the victim stated she got up from her work station to grab a drink and upon returning she noticed her backpack, which included her iPad,...
The bowl season is right around the corner, so that means it’s that time of year to highlight all the goodies and freebies players receive courtesy of the bowl committees. There are 35 bowl games for the 2011 season, and every player from every bowl game is set to receive a variety of gifts to include rings, watches, electronics, and apparel. Regardless of the prestige of the bowl game, gifts such as iPods, Xboxes, and PS3s are found all...
If you are one of the lucky few to win your fantasy football league, there is nothing like receiving prize money at the end of the season. Unfortunately, if you played in any of the Gridiron Fantasy Sports high-stakes fantasy leagues (“Gridiron,” d/b/a World Championship of Fantasy Football, d/b/a World Championship of Fantasy Baseball) winners were not necessarily paid. As of today, Gridiron failed to pay out more than $151,261 in prize money. For players who won their 2010...
Virginia Tech is having difficulties in selling its allotment of 17,500 tickets for the 2012 Allstate Sugar Bowl. As of Monday evening, Tech only sold about 9,500 tickets. This is considerably low considering Tech’s reputation of traveling well and garnering strong fan support. In a desperate attempt to boost ticket sales, Tech’s top brass asked, if not guilted, fans to purchase proxy tickets. “The Athletics Department is asking Hokie fans that cannot make this year’s Allstate Sugar Bowl to...
Boston College linebacker Luke Kuechly had an unprecedented 2011 campaign sweeping the trophy ranks going 4-4 in which he was named a finalist. The 6’3, 237 pound junior took home four of the nation’s top accolades for his superb individual efforts on-and-off the field. Last night, he completed the trophy sweep when he was honored with the Bronko Nagurski Trophy awarded to the nation’s top college defensive player. Kuechly beat out Penn State’s Devon Still, LSU’s Morris Claiborne, Alabama’s...
Dylan Favre is transferring from Mississippi State. Head coach Dan Mullen confirmed the third-string quarterback’s intentions of transferring and stated there will be no restrictions on his transfer. “Dylan has decided to transfer, and we wish him the best,” Mullen said. “He has our full support in everything and did a great job for us during his time here.” The nephew of legendary NFL QB Brett Favre, saw very limited playing time in four games as he sat third...
With such a tumultuous college football season, nothing should come as a surprise anymore. However, in a somewhat desperate move, Kansas just named Florida offensive coordinator and former Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis as the 37th head coach of KU football. Not only did this come as a surprise to the college football nation, but Florida head coach Will Muschamp had no idea this deal was even in the works. Muschamp had no reason to believe Weis was even...
