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Catching Up With University of Georgia Center Ben Jones

Filed: May 2, 2012 4:23 PM CDT by
Josh D. Weiss - US PRESSWIRE

Just a few days before this year’s NFL draft, I had the pleasure of speaking with University of Georgia center Ben Jones, and to find out more about how his weeks and days leading up to the NFL draft had been going. Jones was a four-year starter at Georgia, and ranks third all-time among UGA [...]

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NCAA Hands South Carolina Football Three Years Probation

Filed: April 27, 2012 3:38 PM CDT by
Jeff Blake-US PRESSWIRE

Over the course of the past few months, the University of South Carolina football program has been under the close watch of the NCAA for potential violations related to players living in a hotel funded by program boosters. South Carolina self-imposed certain restrictions on its football program, which included scholarship reductions, recruiting restrictions, an $18,500 [...]

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2012 NFL Draft: SEC Football On Top With 9 Players Taken in Round 1

Filed: April 26, 2012 11:28 PM CDT by
James Lang-US PRESSWIRE

With 12 SEC players present in the green room of Radio City Music Hall in New York City for the 2012 NFL Draft, the SEC was hoping to break their own record for most players selected from a single conference in round one of the NFL Draft. It was a record they set in 2007, [...]

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NFL Draft: 5 Biggest SEC Draft Busts of All-Time

Filed: April 26, 2012 5:46 PM CDT by
John David Mercer-US PRESSWIRE

The SEC is expected to dominate the first round of the NFL Draft later tonight, with as many as 12 players potentially being selected in the first round. Over the last several years the SEC has produced more NFL talent than any other conference in the nation; however, they’ve also produced some major busts, as [...]

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2012 NFL Draft: 5 SEC Sleepers Who Will Make An Impact

Filed: April 25, 2012 8:17 PM CDT by
Kim Klement-US PRESSWIRE

This year, a record 26 players are expected to be in attendance at the NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and 12 of those 26 will be from the nation’s most dominant collegiate football conference, the SEC. Over the last several years, the SEC has earned a reputation as a [...]

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Will Muschamp On A Jury; Law Suddenly More Scary

Filed: April 24, 2012 6:35 PM CDT by
Kim Klement-US PRESSWIRE

Will Muschamp endured a rugged first season as head coach at Florida. So what better way to distract the notoriously heated defensive maestro from rebuilding the Gators than by forcing upon him civic duty? Sitting among a room of Gators, Seminoles and Hurricanes fans probably grated on him. The monotony of legalese. The stupidity of [...]

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Arkansas Razorbacks Name John L. Smith Interim Head Football Coach

Filed: April 23, 2012 2:22 PM CDT by
Image Courtesy- Commercial Appeal

Since the recent firing of former head football coach Bobby Petrino, the University of Arkansas athletic department– most specifically, athletic director Jeff Long– has been looking to hire a new coach and turn the attention toward the future of the program and away from scandal. According to multiple reports, former Arkansas assistant John L. Smith [...]

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Father of Alabama Long Snapper Carson Tinker Broke the BCS Trophy

Filed: April 20, 2012 5:12 PM CDT by
Kelly Lambert-US PRESSWIRE

If anyone has earned a free pass in the state of Alabama it’s long-snapper Carson Tinker and his family. Nearly a year ago Tinker and his girlfriend Ashley Harrison were torn from Carson’s home by a violent tornado that claimed the lives of 53 people in Tuscaloosa alone. Tinker and Harrison were tossed into a [...]

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Bobby Petrino’s Affair Outlined in the Notes of Arkansas AD Jeff Long

Filed: April 20, 2012 4:26 PM CDT by
Beth Hall-US PRESSWIRE

God bless America and the Freedom of Information Act. Thanks to that juicy little piece of legislation, public universities are subject to inquiries into otherwise private records, like the notes from Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long’s investigation into Bobby Petrino and Jessica Dorrell’s affair. Here is the cliff notes version of what they said: Arkansas [...]

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Alabama WR DeAndrew White Hospitalized Following Late-Night Fight

Filed: April 19, 2012 4:54 PM CDT by
Marvin Gentry-US PRESSWIRE

Stop me if I’m starting to sound like a broken record. In an off-season which has already been filled with fights, injuries and arrests, yet another can be added to the list. According to reports, Alabama Crimson Tide sophomore wide receiver DeAndrew White was hospitalized overnight following an early morning fight where shots were fired. [...]

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