Florida State’s sophomore LB Maurice Harris is ruled out for the remainder of the season. Harris suffered a cervical burn in last week’s game against Georgia Tech and his MRI confirmed the inevitable. The 6’0 200 pound stud was the fifth leading tackler (15 tackles) on the team and played an integral role on special teams. This is a big loss for the Seminoles as their defense is already suspect. Bowden may have to shuffle some personnel to fill...
Penn State’s former top RB Austin Scott is laying down the law after being kicked-off the team and dealing with an alleged sexual assault charge back in 2007. On Tuesday, he filed a civil suit against Penn State, Penn State Police, and Centre County, alleging that the sexual assault charges filed against him damaged his reputation and NFL career. Back in October 0f 2007, a woman reported that she was sexually assaulted at Scott’s on-campus residence. Criminal charges where filed...
New Mexico continues to knock itself out of contention. First, Mike Locksley is serving a one game suspension for punching assistant coach George Barlow. Second, New Mexico’s AD punches the team by throwing a two game suspension to freshman wide receiver Ty Kirk for violation of team rules. The knock out punch is for the fans, because Kirk is the second leading receiver on the team, amassing a team high 206 yards and 1 TD. Now what on earth...
Starting next season, the Big 10 will have a few new bowl games to consider. The conference signed with the Gator, Texas and Dallas bowls. The conference also extended an eight year contract with the Rose Bowl. In response to adding the new bowls, the Big 10 dumped its affiliation with the Alamo, Champs and Motor City bowls. This is a strong move for the Big 10 as the conference has a lot to prove based on its poor...
Georgia’s back-up CB Vance Cuff decided to take a shortcut after a long day at the football facility, but his quest to save time proved to be costly. After practice, Cuff jumped on his scooter and cut through a street that was closed for construction. Unfortunately, his little scooter caught the eyes of University of Georgia police. Upon pulling over Cuff, it was discovered that his driver’s license was suspended. He was arrested on misdemeanor charges to include driving on a...
Ohio State’s Daniel “Boom” Herron’s ankle sprain continues to haunt the star running back. As you recall, Boom suffered a high ankle sprain earlier in the season when the Buckeyes trounced the Illini back in September. Unfortunately, he missed the next game and then returned against Wisconsin. However, during his victorious efforts, he aggravated the ankle injury in the second quarter and did not return. The AD just announced that Boom will not be playing this weekend against Purdue...
What is going on over at Vandy? First, the team lost a heart breaking game to Army this past weekend. Yes, the mighty SEC lost to Army. Now Vandy is dealing with another loss. Vanderbilt just announced the indefinite suspension of sophomore RB Jermaine Doster following his arrest by Nashville police the day before the Army game (Doster wasn’t on the traveling team). Coach Bobby Johnson confirmed the suspension today. Apparently, Doster was in a late night melee in...
Iowa’s gunning to be #1 in the Big 10, but they will now be without their #1 kick returner in Paul Chaney, Jr. Unfortunately, Iowa just reported that Chaney will miss the rest of the season after he injured his knee in last Saturday’s 30-28 win over the Michigan Wolverines. Though there isn’t a lot of detail, but due to the length of his absence, it’s possible Chaney tore his ACL. Meanwhile the team will have to find someone to replace the...
