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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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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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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If you are a football fan who has not watched “Last Chance U” on Netflix, you’re missing out. The first season was a hit and the second season is coming your way on July 21. This exciting news was released on Twitter by East Mississippi Community College’s former athletic academic adviser, Brittany Wagner. Excited to […]
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Netflix announced Friday that the second season of “Last Chance U” will be released on July 21. The hits keep coming. Season 2 of Last Chance U arrives July 21 pic.twitter.com/06GjTCBWF8 — Netflix US (@netflix) June 9, 2017 “Last Chance U” is a documentary series that spotlights the East Mississippi Community College football team, one […]
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In another sign that the 2017 college football season is close at hand the ESPN “College GameDay” crew has been filming new commercials. Judging from the Twitter accounts of the show’s hosts, it looks like they’re having a good time. This is @MariaTaylor7 Twitter takeover the boys are really working on their thespian skills @DesmondHoward […]
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Move over “Auburn to the SEC East” as an off-season talking point and let’s welcome in “whether or not Tennessee needs to play Alabama every year.” This was a topic brought up in a recent column by John Adams of the Knoxville News-Sentinel. “The Opening Drive” on WJOX-FM in Birmingham wanted to hear the opinion […]
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