Missouri athletics cell phone goof

According to the Kansas City Star newspaper, Missouri made a big mistake when it sold off a bunch of used athletic department cell phones. They forgot to erase the phones of text messages and other information. Missouri’s athletic department sold 25 cell phones at a surplus auction and made a whopping $190 bucks off [...]

Gerald Jones not happy with the way things are going on Rocky Top

Oops, he did it again!
This time it wasn’t riding dirty, but it was being dirty towards the offense Tennessee is trying to execute that’s landed Gerald Jones in some hot water.  Jones was quoted in the Knoxville News Sentinel as saying that he wasn’t pleased with the amount of touches he’s gotten thus far this [...]

Tim Tebow not allowed to read or watch television

The Gainesville Sun reported today that Florida quarterback Tim Tebow has rejoined his teammates yesterday… sort of. According to the Gainesville Sun, Tebow can’t practice outdoors because of the bright light, read or watch television as he recovers from the concussion he suffered at Kentucky over the weekend. If this were anyone other than the [...]

NSFW: Problem on the pitch and funny English writing

Uhhh…. this is just funny.  We’ve all seen this happen- well, at least most of us have witnessed a vandal’s work on an athletic field.  Most vandals write their team’s name on an opponent’s field or write something juvenile on the field.  Some, however, draw something you might find in a biology textbook in Oxford.  [...]

Will Sam Bradford start against Miami?

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops is encouraged with the work Sam Bradford has been able to get in so far this week.  Might we see the Heisman winner back soon?  Perhaps soon enough for the game against Miami?
Stoops, from ESPN (link has SportsCenter Report as well):
“He has picked up his number of throws, the distance and [...]

Meyer believes Tebow will be back for LSU

Florida coach Urban Meyer believes in the power of positive thinking… he’s of the belief that Tim Tebow will be ready to go next week when Florida faces LSU.  According to wire reports:
Florida coach Urban Meyer said yesterday he thinks quarterback Tim Tebow will play in the top-ranked Gators’ next game, against No. 4 LSU [...]

Sources: Crompton snubbed Manning week of Western Kentucky

What do you get when you put Peyton Manning and Jonathan Crompton in the same room? A ticked off former UT quarterback, that’s what.
At least that’s what some are saying from their last meeting with each other.
Remember when Manning was in town recently? Think back to the weekend Tennessee played Western Kentucky at Neyland Stadium- [...]

Texas Tech coach bans Twitter after team tweets his tardiness

Texas Tech coach Mike Leach loves Pirates. What he doesn’t love is being called out on Twitter for failing to show up on time. Leach, according to the Sporting News, banned the social networking tool after one of his players, linebacker Marlon Williams, wrote and published the following tweet:

Not very smart, but very [...]

Boise State breaks the AP/Coaches top five

Boise State got some good news this week with the release of the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls- they’re number five this week.  Their signature win was over No. 16 Oregon on the blue turf.
They have back-to-back wins on the road over Fresno State and Bowling Green by a combined 100-48 margin.  They’ve [...]

FOX-TV in Chicago told not to air negative story on Olympics

This is disturbing at the highest level- or at least it should be to any journalist. Drudge is reporting that Chicago’s FOX television affiliate was told not air a report that some residents of the city are against the municipality’s bid to host the Olympics. The report has aired once, but the news [...]

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