The Rotary Club of Houston announced the 12 semifinalists for the 42nd annual Rotary Lombardi Award (RLA) awarded to the best college football lineman or linebacker. There are eight defensive players and four offensive players who made this year’s cut. The RLA will be awarded on December 7, 2011 at the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas. Last year’s winner was Auburn’s Nick Fairley. Though there are no Auburn players on the list this year, the SEC does lead with...
The Beef O’Brady Bowl featuring Louisville and Southern Mississippi just got a little more interesting. Yesterday, during the informal Beach Bash dance competition at the Tradewinds Island Resort, a huge brawl almost ensued between the two teams. During a friendly poolside dance-off, a Louisville player, who was presumably a better break dancer than any of the Golden Eagles, started poking fun at Southern Mississippi, their horrible dancing, and the fact that they play in the inferior Conference USA. Of...
Houston WR Patrick Edwards is doing what every American does when things turn south, file a lawsuit. The WR filed a civil suit against Marshall, Conference USA, and the game day referee for maintaining an unsafe playing field during their 2008 match-up. During the 3rd quarter, Edwards was running full speed going for a long pass from QB Blake Joseph when all of a sudden CRASH. The freshman stud ran right into a metal service cart that was improperly...
Marshall defensive back DeQuan Bembry has been dismissed from the football team following his fourth arrest since March of last year. His most recent run in with the law occurred this past Sunday when police arrested and charged him with DUI. Bembry along with T.J. Drakeford was also arrested on April 5th after an altercation at a Huntington, WV bar. Bembry was charged with assault on a police officer and underage consumption. He was serving a suspension for the April incident....
Alonzo Lawrence was once a Parade All-American and the southeast region’s 8th ranked recruit according to the Mobile Press-Register. In 2008 Lawrence signed a letter of intent and headed off to Tuscaloosa to play college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Expectations for the defensive back were high in ‘Bama country, but Lawrence redshirted his first year on campus and never saw playing time for the Tide. After that, things went downhill for Lawrence and ultimately ended with him transferring...
The University of Houston has announced plans to build a new football stadium to replace Houston’s current home of Robertson Stadium. The new stadium, which has yet to be named, will be placed on the same site as Robertson Stadium and is expected to cost around $120M to build. The stadium will feature 22 luxury boxes, a capacity of 50,000 fans, a hall of fame, and stunning views of downtown Houston. Plans for the new stadium are still in...
The Armed Forces Bowl has reached an agreement with Army that will pave the way for the Black Knights to play in the bowl game next season. Currently the Armed Forces Bowl has a contractual obligation to pick between Conference USA and Mountain West Conference teams that are bowl eligible at the end of the season. With this new agreement, Army, an independent team, will join the Air Force Academy and the Naval Academy as potential teams for the bowl...
For the past few seasons, Cinderella has been living in Boise, Idaho. Boise State has been the Madonna of the college football world for the last 4 seasons, you either love them or hate them. But beware Bronco haters, a heavy dose of Boise State love is in store for the 2010 college football season as they’ll more than likely enter the season in the top 5 of the AP poll. Boise State finished their 2009 campaign with a...
