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Joe Burrow is such a competitor that, although he threw six touchdown passes in the 2014 state championship game, he was still torn up by the fact that Toledo Central Catholic had downed his Athens squad 56-52. The worst day of his life, he called it. There weren’t many bad days his senior year. That’s for […]
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With Hunter Johnson reportedly set to transfer, as first reported by Larry Williams of Tiger Illustrated, Clemson’s quarterback race becomes much clearer. It also means: Heading in to fall camp, Kelly Bryant is still a contender, if not the leading candidate to start at quarterback Despite moving up the depth chart at the end of […]
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Tales of the 1986 LSU football coaching search have been told in press rooms and bar rooms all over Baton Rouge for more than 30 years. In some variation, the story goes that Steve Spurrier—then the head coach of the USFL’s Tampa Bay Bandits—was stood up at the airport by LSU brass. The Head Ball […]
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Dan Mullen appears to be settling in nicely as the new head coach at the University of Florida. While he hasn’t crowned himself king of football in the state of Florida yet, it appears he believes he created football in the state of Mississippi. Mullen came to the Gators after leading Mississippi State to a 69-46 […]
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The 2018 season hasn’t even started yet and excitement for 2019 has already been kickstarted for Seminole Nation. Willie Taggart and company left ACC spring meetings Wednesday to come to Jacksonville and announce next season’s opening game against Boise State. Taggart, Jacksonville Mayor Leon Curry, TaxSlayer Gator Bowl President Rick Catlett, FSU AD Stan Wilcox, […]
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LSU announced this week that Jerry Stovall will become only the 13th former athlete or coach to have his or her jersey retired by the school. It’s an honor that still has not sunk in for the 77-year-old former All-American and head coach of the Tigers. “You go into the stadium and you see the […]
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“If you don’t think South Florida is important to us…. as a coach at Wagner College, the first guy I ever signed, went on to be an All-American, went to Gulliver Prep (in Miami),” Dan Mullen. The most important state in the Union in terms of football recruiting is Florida. There is a wealth of […]
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Former Alabama players Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Amari Cooper, and Derrick Henry stopped by just in time for graduation and conversation on, among other subjects, finances and coming back to school to graduate. Nick Saban opens this episode of “Bama Cuts” by congratulating the players on keeping their promises of returning to school and earning their […]
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Former Ohio State quarterback Joe Burrow is not your normal graduate transfer. He has two years of eligibility remaining. Go get him, Dan Mullen. When I first heard reporters speculating that Florida could be a contender for Burrow, I was less than thrilled. At some point, the Gators have to develop quarterbacks. Florida brought in […]
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The rivalry between Wenger and Ferguson cannot be forgotten easily and is known worldwide. If one is the Boss of the Manchester United then other is fondly known as The Teacher who revolutionized football in the United Kingdom and transformed the Arsenal club. The long lasting rivalry was finally put to rest and the lid […]
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