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Junior receiver Da'Rick Rogers is suspended indefinitely for violation of team rules, per UT....
posted by Year2, Aug 23, 2012
Junior receiver Da'Rick Rogers is suspended indefinitely for violation of team rules, per UT. Dooley will address situation after practice.
— From Evan Woodberry of GoVolsXtra
Woodberry also says that Rogers' status for the rest of the year is unknown according to the school. This is a big blow for a team that was looking to have a breakout season finally.
Saban said during the Dan Patrick Show on Tuesday, "LSU wasn't winning when I went there. Michigan...
posted by Year2, Aug 22, 2012
Saban said during the Dan Patrick Show on Tuesday, "LSU wasn't winning when I went there. Michigan State wasn't winning when I went there. Toledo wasn't winning when I went there. And Alabama really wasn't winning when I came here. I guess I gotta go someplace else. I don't know."
He added, "I think it's great, I love Steve. I'm always anxious to hear what he has to say - it's always funny."
— Saban responds to Spurrier
Not a bad comeback to Spurrier's line about him from April, all things considered, but he completely missed (or avoided) Spurrier's actual point. Hit the link if you're lost on the exchange.
CBS Sports Network announces Houston Nutt will serve as studio analyst this year. He'll be joined...
posted by Year2, Aug 14, 2012
CBS Sports Network announces Houston Nutt will serve as studio analyst this year. He'll be joined by Ron Zook.
— From Brandon Marcello
Goodness, this makes CSN must-watch TV. For the first time, I feel like I'm going to miss out on something by not getting this channel.
As experts predicted, ESPN will pay $80m/year for the Champions Bowl per SBD this morning. Same...
posted by Year2, Jul 30, 2012
As experts predicted, ESPN will pay $80m/year for the Champions Bowl per SBD this morning. Same money as Rose Bowl.
— From ESPN's Kristi Dosh
It's odd to see ESPN's sports business reporter passing on a report on ESPN by the Sports Business Daily, but the big four-letter really does keeps its business and journalism sides separate.
Anyway, this is a huge payday for just one bowl game. If the pot gets split up evenly all around, that's $40 million to each conference, $4 million to each Big 12 school, and $2.86 million to each SEC school. Incidentally, that kind of math is what argues against Big 12 expansion in the future.
'Big Ten, Pac-12 suspend plans for scheduling collaboration' - well, there's a disappointing email...
posted by Year2, Jul 13, 2012
'Big Ten, Pac-12 suspend plans for scheduling collaboration' - well, there's a disappointing email subject line.
— From George Schroeder
Remember the plan for Big Ten and Pac-12 to play each other in the regular season every year? It's off now.
The Pac-12 began setting the stage for this a few weeks ago as the playoff was taking shape. With nine conference games, the Pac-12 has every team in the league committed to more tough games than any conference that doesn't have nine-game schedules. Adding this arrangement would basically mean a 10-game conference schedule (only one of them doesn't matter towards the league title).
The Pac-12 only wanted to go forward with this if there was going to be a firm strength of schedule component to the playoff selection process. With this agreement being put on ice, it likely means that no such restriction will be put on the committee. They will consider strength of schedule, of course, but it appears that no independent SOS measure will compel them to do anything. Thus, the Pac-12 bailed.
Here's your press release from both conferences. Each cites the Pac-12's nine-game schedule as the main issue.
"We didn't want the top four teams to just come out of the blue at the end of the season."
posted by Year2, Jun 28, 2012
"We didn't want the top four teams to just come out of the blue at the end of the season."
— Swarbrick Speaks
The college football selection committee will release a weekly top 20 ranking beginning in the middle of the season according to Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick. If they agree to televise its unveiling, then I will be very pleased.
Swarbrick also revealed that only teams in the top 12 of the committee's ranking will be eligible for at-large spots in the four major bowls that are part of the semifinal rotation but that aren't hosting semifinals in that particular year. Tie-ins for conference champions that don't make the playoff will determine how many at-large spots are open.
From the NCAA infraction database "A SA received an impermissible extra benefit of a birthday card...
posted by Year2, Jun 21, 2012
From the NCAA infraction database "A SA received an impermissible extra benefit of a birthday card from an academic mentor."
— Surprise!
Today's reminder that NCAA rules are insane comes from Brad Barnes of Texas A&M's compliance department. You can't make this stuff up.
"Did I do it? Yes," Updyke said outside of an elevator on the second floor of the Lee County...
posted by Year2, Jun 19, 2012
"Did I do it? Yes," Updyke said outside of an elevator on the second floor of the Lee County Justice Center in Opelika.
— There it is
With this, Harvey Updyke has apparently confesed to poisoning Toomer's Oaks in an interview with the Auburn Plainsman. Not that there was any doubt, mind you, as a quick intervention from his lawyer is all that kept him from confessing live on Finebaum's show last year.
He says he's concerned he's not going to get a fair trial. Perhaps, but confessing ahead of time when you're entering not guilty pleas can't help the cause.
Ole Miss AD Ross Bjork: "I think the SEC Network will be every bit as big as the Big Ten Network"
posted by Year2, May 30, 2012
Ole Miss AD Ross Bjork: "I think the SEC Network will be every bit as big as the Big Ten Network"
— From CBSSports.com's Brett McMurphy
Actually Ross, I think the SEC Network will be bigger. The new SEC will have a lot more people in its footprint, and you won't find a conference with a more rabid collective fan base than the SEC. Can you imagine how many people will be tuning into football replays over the off season? It'll be huge. And furthermore, I...
Oh, wait. That's an AD saying an SEC Network "will" be coming. I don't see an "if" or a "possibly" or a "potentially" in that sentence. This doesn't constitute an official announcement, but it sounds like Bjork just confirmed that a TV network is on the way.
"I don't think [the Big 12] needs to expand," Dodds told CBSSports.com's Dennis Dodd. "It certainly...
posted by Year2, May 22, 2012
"I don't think [the Big 12] needs to expand," Dodds told CBSSports.com's Dennis Dodd. "It certainly can expand because there will be people that will want to be a part of it. That's another good thing." ...
"We could expand to some number," Dodds said. "You name the number -- 12, 14, 16. We could expand but the question is 'do we need to expand?' In my mind 10 is perfect because you play everybody in football and there is a double-round-robin in basketball.
"When we get into whatever system we get in for a championship, I think those coaches that play in a conference championship are going to say 'What in the world are we doing?' "
— DeLoss Dodds talks to CBSSports.com
No tea leaves to read here; Texas is plainly not in favor of expanding the Big 12. As long as that's the case, then there is a chance the Big 12 stays at 10 teams. Nothing is a done deal yet.
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