The NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee is looking at the possibility of making the season 14 weeks long. The current season is 13 weeks and allows for one bye week; a 14-week season would mean two byes. The NCAA release on the issue noted that “the elimination of two-a-day practices beginning with the 2017 […]
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The NCAA Division I Council is asking for input for possible changes to the transfer rules, including the idea that all transfers would have immediate eligibility. The “immediate eligibility” rule would be contingent on the athlete meeting certain academic requirements toward graduation. Another proposal would make it mandatory that an athlete sit out a year […]
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California has banned state-funded travel to Texas and seven other states. So what does it mean for college athletic teams — and are bowl trips in jeopardy? Schools still are evaluating the potential impacts of last week’s announcement by California attorney general Xavier Becerra, which targets travel to Texas, Alabama, Kentucky and South Dakota, as […]
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The second season of the popular Netflix documentary series “Last Chance U.” begins July 21, and the trailer for the season has been released. The show follows select players and coaches at East Mississippi Community College, the school that has produced, among others, former Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly and former Alabama defensive lineman Jarran […]
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The second season of the popular Netflix documentary series “Last Chance U” begins July 21, and the trailer for the season has been released. The show follows select players and coaches at East Mississippi Community College, the school that has produced, among others, former Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly and former Alabama defensive lineman Jarran […]
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The college football arms race takes us to Jonesboro, Arkansas to Arkansas State’s Centennial Bank Stadium – a stadium that soon will have waterfalls in its north end zone. The school says planned renovations for the stadium – which will “enhance our fan game day experience” – includes constructing waterfalls on each side of the north end zone. […]
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The Charleston RiverDogs didn’t go easy on Tim Tebow this weekend. During their Friday night game against Tebow’s Columbia Fireflies, the RiverDogs showed every player in the Fireflies lineup who wasn’t Tebow as “NOT TIM TEBOW” with an image of him crying in the background on the stadium scoreboard. Classic @ChasRiverDogs with the scoreboard lineup […]
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Nick Saban has sent Alabama gear to the family of a slain Texas teenager who had dreams of one day playing for the Crimson Tide. A photo surfaced Saturday on Twitter of the gear, which included a signed personalized Alabama jersey with the teen’s name and number on it. Very cool of Nick Saban & […]
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The Ole Miss football program reached out to pop star Justin Bieber via Twitter on Friday to pique the singer’s interest in wearing a custom Rebels’ jersey. We are biased, but we think our @Nike jersey looks cool… It’s coming your way @justinbieber! #HottyToddy 💯 pic.twitter.com/XGrRk8lpTu — Ole Miss Football (@OleMissFB) June 16, 2017 Bieber, […]
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A report says David Marmion, the executive senior associate athletic director at Texas, has been named chief financial officer for the College Football Playoff. ESPN.com reported that Marmion has been hired to replace Reid Sigmon, who left to become the executive associate athletic director at Tennessee. Marmion had been at Texas since May 2012. Before […]
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