The college football world will have to deal with Tim Tebow for one more season, at least in the electronic gaming world. Earlier today, EA Sports and Tim Tebow announced their pairing up as he signed a contract on the dotted line to be featured on the cover of EA Sports NCAA Football 2011. EA Sports wanted to memorialize the legendary college QB who completed his Gator career winning the Heisman trophy in 2007 sandwiched by two national championships...
The next time you see the William & Mary Tribe running into Zable Stadium onto Cary Field, you might be left with some questions. Today, the nation’s second oldest college introduced the fans to the school’s new bizarre mascot, the William & Mary Griffin (actual name is currently under vote). If you are asking yourself what in the world is a griffin, you are not alone. A griffin is a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of...
For the few fans who are still tracking the life of former Ohio State RB Maurice Clarett, today could be a day he will never forget. There is a small possibility that he could be released from county jail and transferred to a community based correction facility and ultimately released in 6 months. An Ohio judge will determine his fate later today as a hearing has been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Clarett has been a...
There is still question as to where Tim Tebow lands in NFL lore, but before he even has an NFL team to speak of, sponsors are lining up at the door trying to sign arguably the most popular college football player ever. The first major sponsor to nab Tebow is Nike. Nike’s clientele includes superstars such as Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods and Lance Armstrong. Tim Tebow may not belong in the same sentence as those...
Articles are a plenty regarding colleges getting hit hard by the recession. One way to curb the economic downturn is to raise ticket prices, parking fees, and concession stands. Louisiana State University is coming up with a creative idea to make some money. According to the school’s newspaper, LSU unveiled a proposal to build a microbrewery on campus at The Cook Hotel. That is correct, the chancellor, Michael Martin, would utilize the microbrewery to teach students and ultimately aspiring brewmasters...
Some criminal news is coming out of Marshall University. Two defensive backs, DeQuan Bembry and T.J. Drakeford, were both arrested last night for their extracurricular activities. Though details are unclear, the two ball players are currently residing in Western Regional Jail for felony assault of a police officer and misdemeanor public intoxication. First year head coach Doc Holliday issued the following statement: “We had two football players (DeQuan Bembry and T.J. Drakeford) arrested last night by Huntington Police. They have let...
There is tragic news to report out of the Notre Dame camp. The Irish’s top offensive lineman recruit, Matt James, tragically died this past Friday in Panama City, Florida while on his high school spring break. Early reports indicate that James fell from a third-floor hotel balcony in the resort city. James was with fellow teammate Luke Massa (another Notre Dame recruit) and his high school classmates at the Days Inn Front Beach Road when the incident occurred around 6:25...
It’s not too often we report about college football teams outside of the United States, but it looks like the University of Waterloo’s entire football team was tested by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sports for steroids. The investigation was spurned after Waterloo Police were investigating and searching a Waterloo football player for stolen goods from a breaking an entering. Rather than finding the loot, the police found a stash of steroids and human growth hormones. Upon finding...
