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Bryce Brown Gets Another Shot at Career with Philadelphia Eagles

Filed: 2nd May 12 12:07 pm by
Howard Smith-US PRESSWIRE

Usually the NFL draft is reserved for guys that have actually produced on the field during their college careers.  Usually, that is. Of course, there are always exceptions.  Count former Kansas State running back, Bryce Brown, as one of those exceptions after being drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the seventh round on Saturday. He [...]

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Purdue’s Ricardo Allen Undefeated Since Issuing Twitter Challenge

Filed: 28th Apr 12 8:45 am by
Andrew Weber-US PRESSWIRE

Ricardo Allen happens to be a pretty good football player.  So good in fact that he was named second team All-Big Ten after just his sophomore season at Purdue.  He finished fourth on the team in tackles with 81  and also came up with three interceptions in 2011. He also happens to be pretty good [...]

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Northwestern’s Dizzy Bat Race

Filed: 25th Apr 12 5:59 pm by
Greg M. Cooper-US PRESSWIRE

Spring football, the time of the year when players get back to learning the fundamentals and teams work on tweaking schemes while preparing for the upcoming season. I’m sure from a player’s point of view, the spring season can get a little monotonous.   After all, there’s no real game to look forward, too.  Just 15 [...]

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Big Ten Announces 14 Prime Time Games

Filed: 24th Apr 12 2:17 pm by
Brian Spurlock-US PRESSWIRE

The Big Ten announced today 14 games that will be broadcast in prime time.  Six of those games will be broadcast on a combination of ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2.  The remaining eight games will all be seen on the Big Ten Network. Here’s the complete list of games that were announced this morning. Date Game Time (ET) [...]

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Iowa to Wear Throwback Uniforms Against Iowa State

Filed: 23rd Apr 12 4:02 pm by
Reese Strickland-US PRESSWIRE

If you’re flipping through the channels on September 8th looking to watch Iowa’s annual Cy-Hawk showdown with Iowa State, you may have to slow down for a second as it’s likely you won’t recognize one of the teams on the field. That’s because Iowa announced it was going to wear throwback uniforms against the Cyclones [...]

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Former Husker Alfonzo Dennard Arrested for Assault on Officer

Filed: 21st Apr 12 3:49 pm by
Bruce Thorson-US PRESSWIRE

Former Nebraska cornerback Alfonzo Dennard had been projected to be selected anywhere from the late first round to the third round in next week’s NFL draft.  After last night, who knows when Dennard will get selected. The All-Big Ten cornerback was arrested  Saturday morning at 2AM on suspicion of assaulting a police officer, third-degree assault, [...]

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Can the Big Ten Ever Get Back in National Title Hunt?

Filed: 20th Apr 12 8:51 am by
Robert Mayer-US PRESSWIRE

There’s little doubt that the SEC has ruled college football over the past decade. The conference has won the past six national championships.  They’ve also won seven of the last 10 titles including LSU’s split national championship with USC following the 2003 season. During that same stretch, the Pac-10 picked up two titles thanks to [...]

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Saban Not Giving Michigan Any Pointers on New Offense

Filed: 17th Apr 12 5:53 pm by
Kelly Lambert-US PRESSWIRE

Alabama completed spring practice on Saturday with the White team knocking off the Crimson team, 24-15, with over 78,000 fans in attendance to witness it. It was also Alabama’s final spring practice under new offensive coordinator, Doug Nussmeier, who will call the plays this fall.  Nussmeier joined Sabin’s staff after serving as Washington’s offensive coordinator [...]

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Ohio State Adding New HD Scoreboard in The Horseshoe

Filed: 12th Apr 12 11:51 pm by
Andrew Weber-US PRESSWIRE

If you decide to leave the comforts of your own living room this fall to attend an Ohio State game at the Horseshoe, that doesn’t mean you have to give up watching the game in high definition. That’s because the Buckeyes announced this week they will be installing a new high definition screen in the [...]

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Bobby Petrino’s House Already Up for Sale

Filed: 12th Apr 12 2:48 pm by
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That didn’t take long.  It has barely been 48 hours since Bobby Petrino was fired as the head coach of the Arkansas football team and his house in Fayetteville is already on the market.  I guess he isn’t planning on making northwest Arkansas his permanent home.  I can’t understand why. If you have a cool [...]

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