Posts Tagged ‘ EyeOnCollegeFootball ’

The 10 Most Embarrassing Moments In NCAA History

August 1, 2012
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The 10 Most Embarrassing Moments In NCAA History

We all love to see the embarrassing “Not Top 10″ plays where a player, say, picks up a football and runs it into the wrong endzone. It’s lighthearted fun that no doubt leaves the player feeling a bit sheepish for a little while. But sometimes, sports programs find themselves embroiled in much deeper, much more disgraceful scenarios of their own design. These highly public embarrassments can ruin lives, cost schools thousands or millions of dollars, and leave the entire...

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Former Heisman Finalist Arrested in Hawaii

July 30, 2012
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Former Heisman Finalist Arrested in Hawaii

Quarterback Colt Brennan would have more luck playing at partybingo.com than he would at living life as he was arrested last week in Kailua, Hawaii for felony drug possession and drunk driving.  The former Hawaii superstar who owns college football’s single season touchdown passing record (58 TDs) was pulled over for driving 10 miles over the speed limit.  This infraction led to him being charged for DUI and for promoting a dangerous drug, a 3rd degree felony.  Brennan was ultimately released from...

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The 10 Most Controversial College Athletes Today

July 26, 2012
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The 10 Most Controversial College Athletes Today

Now that players like Tim Tebow, Cam Newton, and Terrelle Pryor have moved on to the pros, college sports have been kind of short on controversial players. These days it seems to be the coaches who are taking up the torch of scandal and fueling the debate and gossip. However, there are still some amateur athletes who are pros at stirring the pot. 1. Tyrann Mathieu: Both on and off the field, Tyrann “Honey Badger” Mathieu is a one-man...

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Grambling Wants Paterno Wins Vacated

July 19, 2012
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Grambling Wants Paterno Wins Vacated

According to ShreveportTimes.com, the city of Grambling filed a formal petition to the NCAA requesting that the college governing body vacate some of Joe Paterno’s record 409 Division I victories.  In doing so, this would allow for Grambling’s Coach Eddie Robinson to reclaim college football’s winningest coach crown.  Joe Paterno surpassed Robinson’s 408 victory mark just two weeks before he was fired for his part in the Jerry Sandusky debacle.  Now that the Freeh report exposed Paterno’s role, the city of Grambling wants the record restored to honor...

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10 Colleges With the Most Powerful Coaches

July 18, 2012
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10 Colleges With the Most Powerful Coaches

Ideally, colleges should be well-known, desirable, and popular because of the high quality of educational resources they offer students and other members of the community. Yet, here in the U.S. that’s not always the case. Many schools’ academic programs are eclipsed by the overwhelming popularity of their sports teams, and for better or worse that has made the coaches and head administrators of these teams incredibly powerful figures that dominate what has now become a billion-dollar industry for colleges...

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The 20 Coolest Smartphone Apps in College Sports

June 5, 2012
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The 20 Coolest Smartphone Apps in College Sports

You say you want sports, and you want them now? Then navigate thine iPhone, Android phone, Windows phone, or Blackberry to your app market and start downloading. No matter where you go, you’ll never be more than an arm’s length away from news, scores, highlight reels, talk, and more regarding your favorite college sports teams. These are our picks for the coolest cats of the bunch. 1. Tablegaters: For those times when you can’t be at the stadium to...

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Get your Bobby Petrino Motorcycle Club t-shirt

April 11, 2012
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Get your Bobby Petrino Motorcycle Club t-shirt

In the wake of Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino’s firing, the Fayetteville faithful can memorialize the good ‘ole ball coach’s brief albeit successful tenure with a vintage Bobby Petrino Motorcycle Club t-shirt.  For $31.99 you can proudly own your very own Petrino t-shirt which sports a motorcycle on the front and “Fayetteville, AR 2008-2012” on the back.  This vintage apparel comes in both grey and cotton blue.  In case you missed the press confernece, here is Petrino’s statement: The...

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Students rally to save Coach Petrino’s job

April 9, 2012
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Students rally to save Coach Petrino’s job

Despite what happens off the field, if you win 21 games in two seasons, fans will support you wholeheartedly, at least if you are Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino.  Ever since the infamous motorcycle accident in which Petrino was anything but truthful, the university placed him on administrative leave causing a stir amongst the Razorback Nation. So much so, loyal fans have cried out to save Petrino’s job. As the facts surrounding the motorcycle accident and inappropriate relationship with...

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