I remember sitting in Jeff Long‘s office last fall. Two things about our conversation struck me: His sincere belief in the importance of his student-athletes’ academic development and his unwavering support of Bret Bielema. With Long’s ouster, Bielema has lost his most ardent supporter and should prepare himself for being out of work shortly as […]
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I live in Florida. When rumors began surfacing about Jimbo Fisher being a candidate for the likely head coaching vacancy at Texas A&M, Seminole fans greeted the speculation with a mixture of mockery and dismissal. Why would Jimbo Fisher leave FLORIDA STATE – emphasis intended – for texas a&m – de-emphasis intended – Seminole fans […]
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Legendary Tennessee defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth has been vocal the past couple months about his displeasure with the way Butch Jones has run the Volunteers’ football program. He’s posted many of his complaints to Twitter. A tweet he sent on October 30th at 4:50 PM about the future of the Tennessee football program should leave […]
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Heath Evans played fullback at Auburn from 1998-2000. Following the Tigers’ loss to LSU, Evans wants to return to the Plains – as head football coach. #WAREAGLE pic.twitter.com/2Qp0Dm3Zt5 — Heath Evans (@HeathEvans44) October 14, 2017 While it’s only a tweet, I suppose you can consider it an application, as well, even though the job isn’t […]
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Bloomberg reports that Walt Disney Co. and Altice USA Inc. have “reached a preliminary programming agreement” which will put the SEC Network and yet-to-launch ACC Network into the homes of Altice’s 2.4 million cable subscribers. Carriage of SEC and ACC networks were part of a sweeping arrangement between the two heavyweights which also included ESPN, […]
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I’m not going to defend Tom Jurich. I’m not going to argue against his being put on administrative leave. I’m not going to write about how he shouldn’t be fired following the latest in a too long and too recent string of scandals connected to his tenure overseeing the University of Louisville athletic department. I’m […]
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In its 25 years of broadcasting college football’s signature pregame show, “College GameDay,” live on location, ESPN had never taken the broadcast off campus or away from a city hosting a major college football showdown. Until Saturday. On September 23rd, the show broadcast live from Times Square in New York City without a significant college […]
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For the first time in its 25 years of on-location broadcasts, ESPN’s “College GameDay” is headed to the Big Apple. ESPN would like you to belive taking its signature college football studio show to Times Square is simply an attempt to reach underserved fans. “New York City is a melting pot of college football fans […]
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One of the most widely debated topics this past summer in the SEC was which conference coach was second best? Nick Saban is obviously the best, but who’s next? Dan Mullen has answered that question definitively in his favor. In fact, through the first three weeks of the 2017 season, what has taken place around […]
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One of the most widely debated topics this past summer in the SEC was which conference coach was second best? Nick Saban is obviously the best, but who’s next? Dan Mullen has answered that question definitively in his favor. In fact, through the first three weeks of the 2017 season, what has taken place around […]
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