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Washington Suspended Indefinitly
Missouri star tailback and captain, Derrick Washington, has been suspended indefinitely from the team, but that could be the least of his concerns soon.
Missouri Tigers coach Gary Pinkel announced the indefinite suspension Thursday night, but declined to give reporters any details as to why Washington is being suspended.
“He’s indefinitely suspended for disciplinary reasons,” Pinkel told the media Thursday. “As I’ve done for 10 years, I don’t ever talk about those issues. I tell my players, when something happens, I don’t do that.”
But sources confirmed to the Kansas City Star that an off-the-field incident involving Washington occurred this summer. The Columbia Missourian went a step further and found court documents stating that Boone Circuit Court Judge Leslie Schneider issued an order of protection in June for an unnamed Columbia woman after she made claims of being sexually assaulted by Washington. In the order, Washington was to have no contact with the woman. Read More >>
Are You Ready for Some Football?
I absolutely love the summer season and never want to see it end, so it’s a good thing that the dawn of autumn also brings a bevy of benefits. Not only do I get to send my kids back to school—thank god—but the coming of fall also marks the beginning of football season. When the weather is beautiful during the summertime, I don’t mind that baseball is the only sport to watch. But when it gets dark and gloomy, I need steady diet of football to keep my occupied inside.
It’s during the football season when I really appreciate living on the West Coast. Every Saturday my son and I put on our NCAA football jerseys and dig in for a daylong football extravaganza. We can roll out of bed a 9am and the Big Ten games are already on. Then on Sunday, we only have to wait until 10am for the first morning game, plus the night games are over by 9 so I can get to bed at a reasonable hour.
Hopefully Conference Expansion into Pac-12 Is What The Fans Want
NCAA fans have been unhappy with the ranking/bowl system for what seems to be an eternity. With the expansion of conferences though, it seems like there is finally some ice on the pain.
The Pac-10′s massive remodel launched Tuesday with the debut of the conference’s new logo and its re-designed website. The website launch came at the same time the Pac-10 football coaches were starting the East Coast leg of their media tour with a press conference in New York City at the W Hotel.
The big early news to come out of the Big Apple was Commissioner Larry Scott’s reported acknowledgment Tuesday at the kickoff event that the conference will indeed become the “Pac 12″ when Colorado and Utah join the conference.
The conference sent a few emissaries east ahead of the coaches — the league’s top four quarterbacks in Washington’s Jake Locker, Stanford’s Andrew Luck, Arizona’s Nick Foles, and USC’s Matt Barkley. All four passers spent the day at ESPN’s Bristol campus. They’ve already appeared on “SportsCenter”, “College Football Live” and “First Take.” Read More >>
Saturdays at the Sports Bar
I graduated from a Big Ten university several years ago and promptly moved across the country to the West Coast. It’s been virtually impossible to watch my alma mater’s football team on a regular basis without paying exorbitant fees for a cable package. Luckily I found a bar downtown that’s owned by a fellow graduate from my old school. The whole place is decorated in college football jerseys, and he’s just as crazy about the game as I am.
It’s been a down year for the Michigan State Spartans; they lost an embarrassing early game to lowly Central Michigan and then fell short in the annual rivalry matchup against Notre Dame. Despite the team’s brutal mediocrity, it’s comforting to have found a kindred spirit out West who has shared many of my college experiences. Besides, there’s always next year.
NFL Players Putting themselves On the Line When Found Online
Just when you were hoping that social media was going to take off you realize that your once all too personal life now requires an alias online. popular in many professional circles background checks may very well entail checking up on an applicants Facebook or other online profiles.
Not really a big deal for those who already know to use aliases so their girl can’t check up on all their sleazy free time activities. Apparently some just have to learn the hard way.
One question, where does it stop?
Recruiting Partnership Helps High School Players
PrepChamps and Sports International team up to give High School players more exposure to coaches and recruiters as well as fans. PrepChamps is set to feature player profiles for recruiting coordinators and fans online that participate in Sports International’s already respected summer camps.
By creating the link between players and college football recruiters PrepChamps and Sports International surely have a recipe for a lot of exposure to their businesses as they help players in their cross promotional efforts.
Information provided through a PrepChamps press release offers some information about both companies and what they have been providing individually before this partnership.
Stealing the Monday Night Spotlight
With the undeniable importance of this years presidential race both Barack Obama and John McCain have been doing their best to gain the trust of this nations voters. With that being said what better way to capture the spotlight then utilizing the viewer base of Monday Night Football.
So on the eve of this years election both presidential candidates were asked to comment on the one thing they would change in sports – not that we need the government involved in more of our decisions.
“I think it is about time that we had playoffs in college football. I’m fed up with these computer rankings and this and that and the other,” Obama said. “Get eight teams—the top eight teams right at the end. You got a playoff. Decide on a National Champion.”
Barack seems an avid college sports fan as his answer brought a very understandable point to an otherwise confusing system called the BCS or Bowl Championship Series system that bases team rankings by a computer algorithm. Perhaps with the implementation of this notable change the NCAA will attribute his involvement by naming the College national championship game, the Obama Bowl. During the inaugural ceremony fans of both champoinshop teams would adorn Obama custom college jerseys.
McCain on the other hand seemed to have a more objective or politically based answer stating that he would “take significant action to prevent the spread and use of performance-enhancing substances. I think it’s a game we’re going to be in for a long time. What I mean by that is there is somebody in a laboratory right now trying to develop some type of substance that can’t be detected and we’ve got to stay ahead of it. It’s not good for the athletes. It’s not good for the sports. It’s very bad for those who don’t do it, and I think it can attack the very integrity of all sports going all the way down to high school.”
Although not a change per say performance-enhancing substances has been a highly touched upon topic in the world of sports, however I was slightly disappointing at this answer as it did not seem like the first thing that would come to mind from a genuine sports fan.
The Impact of a Referee
Just when you break away from your blockers and find an angle to avoid the persuit of your opponents there comes a time when a referee has to make an impact on the game and step in to make the right call.
Some how and for some reason, a referee’s job is never done, so as quarterback Garcia of the South Carolina Gamecocks scrambles for a couple yards it would appear that a referee of the game would do what is necessary to avoid interfering with the payers path. This is a must see to believe video as the referee actually appears to staulk Garcia and intentionally lay the hat, as he leans into a strategically placed hit.
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