Matthew Thomas, a Booker T. Washington product, was ranked as one of the best linebackers in the class of 2013. He was heavily recruited by every major program. Last week he announced and signed his LOI with the eagerly awaiting Florida State Seminoles. Now the youngster is having second thoughts, but FSU will not release the five-star prospect. FSU AD Randy Spetman stated that he has no intentions of releasing Thomas. This is where FSU is wrong. The NCAA...
The Alabama athletic department recently distributed the BCS National Championship rings to commemorate the 2012 national champion football team. The rings, which highlight the 42-14 smearing of Notre Dame are topped with three footballs presumably to represent the three national championships in the past four years. The rings are not diamond laden as they appear rather they are primarily glittering with cubic zirconium as NCAA regulations limit the value of championship rings to $415 per ring. Anyone associated with...
It’s not too often a Columbia University football player makes the news, but when he does, it’s usually not good. On Tuesday, defensive lineman Chad Washington (19) was charged with second degree aggravated harassment, a hate crime, for allegedly assaulting another student and taunting him with racial slurs. At approximately 1:45 a.m., the victim was leaving his dorm room with two women. Washington followed the group and started heckling the women. The victim jawed back with Washington and pushing...
When the Big Ten conference announced realignment plans for 2011, the new Legends and Leaders divisions were met with harsh criticism. With the addition of Rutgers and Maryland in 2014, the conference is looking to realign again with the hopes of positive feedback from fans. It is expected that the conference president and chancellors will approve new divisions and division names based on geography rather than competitive balance for the 2014 season. Currently, the conference is broken down into the...
Maryland’s move to the Big 10 is starting to payoff. Not only is Maryland going to make millions more in conference sharing, the Big 10 is giving the Terrapins between $20 – $30 million extra in travel subsidies. To put in perspective, as an ACC member, Maryland budgeted roughly $3 million for team travel. When the 2014-15 season commences, the university will have a projected $6 million for travel. With Maryland in the Big 10, the conference’s footprint extends...
A new rule is in place where football players could automatically be ejected from the game if they contact a defenseless player above the shoulders. Yesterday, the NCAA’s Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved this safety based rule per a recommendation by the NCAA’s Football Rules Committee. Hitting a defenseless player comes with strict penalties to include suspension. If a player is ejected in the first half, he will miss the remainder of the game. If a player is ejected...
Northern Iowa’s Terrell Sinkfield may be the fastest man in the upcoming NFL draft. During Monday’s pro day at the University of Minnesota, Sinkfield flaunted his blazing speed by blowing by the competition being manually clocked at 4.19 in the 40-yard-dash (to put in perspective, Chris Johnson’s NFL combine record was 4.24 in 2008). Scouts were so impressed with Sinkfield’s time that they had him run it again. He was clocked at 4.41. For his three 40-yard-dash attempts, Sinkfield...
