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Ohio State Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer has apparently hit the portion of his career when mincing words is no longer needed. In the wake of the FBI inserting itself firmly in the realm of college basketball, potentially altering the sport forever, Urban Meyer has gone off on coaches who cheat. From the Columbus Dispatch: I always […]

Clemson Tigers coach Dabo Swinney used to play football for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Still, maybe the coach should be a little less honest when talking about the idea of replacing Nick Saban when the current Bama coach retires. In what will surely get a lot of attention, Dabo Swinney will not rule out replacing […]

Peyton Manning and Brett Favre will be both attending the same college football game this weekend. This is not a shocker, as the Tennessee Volunteers are set to do battle with Georgia. The reasons both are going, however, happen to be pretty different. For Peyton Manning, he is a strong supporter of Tennessee football. Having […]

The Iowa State Cyclones might not exactly have the uniform style of the Oregon Ducks, but the football program is about to debut some pretty sweet helmets. Enough of this talking tomfoolery. You did not enter this post to read words of some handsome Internet Scribbler. You came here to witness the new “Cyclone” helmet […]

Blame realignment for rivalries that made logistical sense going the way of the dinosaur. Do not, however, blame students at Texas for anything that involved wanting to play Texas A&M. Those kids are trying like all heck to get that in-state brethren battle reignited. In fact, the student body at Texas has voted to reinstate […]

The Tennessee Volunteers remain a fixture in college football news. The latest coming out of the program is concerning running back John Kelly, who would apparently like to play some defensive back as well. “I’m telling you, I know I can do it {play DB},” Kelly told The All-American. “I’ve been asking since I was a freshman. […]

Tim Tebow is a lot of things to a lot of different people. Some think he didn’t receive a fair shake in the NFL. Others believe he was continuously given too many chances just because he was Tim Tebow. Either way, he’s about to enter the Hall of Fame. No. No. Not that one, silly. […]

In what is the most shocking development in an incredibly stunning story, Rick Pitino is reportedly the unidentified Coach 2 in the FBI’s affidavit. Basically, if things were awful at Louisville as they are now, they are about to get worse 10 times over. According to CBS News and the Wall Street Journal, Rick Pitino […]

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are putting together a stellar 2018 recruiting class. The team’s latest commitment, Nate Laszewski, is a 4-star prospect out of that class. “Just sitting down and evaluating my options, it just felt right,” Laszewski said to SCOUT. “I felt like I had the best relationship with the coaching staff there. I […]

The Louisville Cardinals are currently in the middle of a rather historic scandal on the college basketball side of things. However, its impact might soon be felt in the land of college football. According to a report revealed by WDRB-TV in late February of 2014, Bobby Petrino has a buyout that would be $8.5 million if he were to […]

The felony charges won’t stop coming for Florida defensive lineman Jordan Smith. After having an absurd 18 third-degree felony charges levied against him previously this week, the Gainesville Police Department has recommended four additional charges to be tacked on. That’s unfortunate, obviously. If charged with four more felonies, it obviously doesn’t mean Jordan Smith would be convicted of […]

The Louisville Cardinals are in a bit of trouble. Not only is the FBI cornering in on the program’s connections to a shoe company, but Louisville was forced to fire Rick Pitino, and now two of the team’s top high school commitments — Courtney Ramey and Anfernee Simons — are bailing on them. For good reason, too. […]

It didn’t take a genius to figure out that the Miami Hurricanes were one of the 10 schools mentioned in the FBI’s affidavit released earlier this week. However, it was never officially official. Now it is. Only hours after Jim Larranaga’s lawyer released a statement denying any wrongdoing by the coach, Miami released its own in […]

The greatest trick Jim Calhoun ever did was convince kids to go play in freezing Storrs, Connecticut when he was the head basketball of the UConn Huskies. Now the retired basketball coach is hoping to accomplish a similar devilish act, as he will return to the sport… at the Division III level. The Division III university […]

Rick Pitino will not go into that good night without hurling some haymakers first. After having been effectively fired on Wednesday, only having a job for the semantics of 10 days needing to pass, Rick Pitino released a statement. In it, naturally, he once again claims he knows nothing of what happened within his basketball […]

Remember, this entire FBI thing is only starting. With several teams, coaches and players, having all already been snagged, it is only a matter of time before they role. And when they roll, even more will be named. The Alabama Crimson Tide have acknowledged that its program is now an official part of the FBI […]

The inevitable finally happened. The Louisville Cardinals have fired both head coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich in the wake of the FBI arrests on Tuesday. Coach Pitino leaving practice facility. Would not answer my or @mikelacett questions. @WDRBNews pic.twitter.com/Zm5RghAWn4 — Travis Ragsdale (@TravisRagsdale) September 27, 2017 Reportedly, Jurich was asked to fire […]

There is an expectation that University of Louisville men’s basketball head coach Rick Pitino will be fired on Wednesday after a report of the school’s involvement in an NCAA corruption scandal, according to Michael Eaves of ESPN. Pitino has told members of his coaching staff he believes he will lose his job. Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich could also be on his […]

The Auburn Tigers were near the center of the FBI arrests this week. As expected, now major fallout is being felt elsewhere in the program, as 5-star prospect EJ Montgomery has decided to take back his commitment to the university. “We are going to open EJ’s recruitment back up,” EJ Montgomery’s father told SCOUT. “He […]

Conference realignment ravaged tradition in both college football and basketball. The Big East had to reform under its Catholic Seven foundation, the AAC was born out of football greed, and we no longer have leagues abiding by logical regional standards. All of that, it might be happening again. In a column for CBS Sports — […]

The Miami Hurricanes, as well as head coach Jim Larranaga, were not mentioned by name in the FBI report that sent shock waves through the college basketball community, but social media sleuths have decided both are part of the unnamed entities described in the affidavit. Jim Larranaga’s attorney, however, wants everyone to hold their collective […]

Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh is the gift that keeps giving. Between giving political opinions to telling things how he sees it, if nothing else, he is at least honest. He is also not too thrilled about a hit that happened last weekend. Jim Harbaugh says it was an “egregious” hit that injured Wilton Speight […]

The details are not yet full out there, but reports have surfaced that at least two college basketball assistant coaches were arrested by the FBI for a corruption scheme. Lamont Evans of Oklahoma State, Emanuel Richardson of Arizona, and Chuck Person of Auburn University are two of the coaches charged in corruption scheme. Note: We will […]

The Purdue Boilermakers won the Big Ten last season. That is good news, as the featured image in this post of Matt Painter looking like an insane person would otherwise seem like a silly thing to have up there. Anyway, here is a video of the players receiving rings for their efforts. The guys were […]

Villanova Wildcats coach Jay Wright isn’t only one of the best dressed people in college basketball, he’s also good at his job. It is why it isn’t shocking as someone as talented as Omari Spellman would want to be with the program. According to Jay Wright, in an interview with Jon Rothstein, Omari Spellman already […]

The Purdue Boilermakers might be one of the most underrated basketball programs in the nation. No one tell Eric Hunter that, as the 4-star prospect has committed to play for Matt Painter. This is Purdue’s third verbal commitment for the 2018 class. A 6-foot-3 guard from Indianapolis, Eric Hunter joins forward Trevion Williams and center Emmanuel […]

Unless you have been living under a rock, you are aware that the Northwestern Wildcats made the NCAA Tournament last season for the first time in program history. Media members, all of whom apparently went to the school, covered the program making the Big Dance as if it were their child going out on a […]

The Tennessee Volunteers haven’t exactly been world-beaters during the era of Butch Jones. The head coach likely knows this. It is maybe why — or, at least, partially why — Butch Jones went absolutely bonkers at a press conference. Please note: He did the entire “fake news” bit, lashed out on the media in general, […]

The Florida Gators want to fix its sometimes inept offense. How it apparently attempts to go about it is interesting. The team has made a change at quarterback, as Luke Del Rio replaces Feleipe Franks as Florida’s starting gunslinger heading into a game against Vanderbilt. Florida coach Jim McElwain told Paul Finebaum on Monday morning that Luke Del Rio will be […]

The Kentucky Wildcats have one of the most passionate fan bases in the country. Oh, and its football fan base is pretty fine, too. Off to a 3-1 start on the season, Big Blue Nation has some real reason to cheer. However, over the weekend, a Kentucky cheerleader apparently had reason to go bonkers after […]

At least the Kentucky Wildcats are really good at basketball. That is a video by SEC Shorts (who you should follow on YouTube). In it, Kentucky hires an archaeologist to find evidence of the program’s last victory over the Florida Gators. For those unaware, while Big Blue Nation is known for its wonderful basketball program, […]

Chris Mack is going to be without a former top-150 prospect out of the 2017 recruiting class. Jared Ridder announced that he would be leaving the program on the mean streets of Twitter. The school also sent out a release to announce the news. “After much consideration and talking with my family, I have decided […]

Bill Self is one tricky fella. Despite recently saying he might retire when his contract is up, the Kansas Jayhawks coach is still landing top prospects on the recruiting trail. David McCormack, out of the 2018 talent pool, is the latest to announce his decision to join the program. David McCormack is a top-50 talent […]

In what is some of the weirder news coming out of Happy Valley this weekend, Penn State coach James Franklin claims he is not comedian Keegan-Michael Key. Wait… there’s some context to why this is a thing. And no, it isn’t as awful as you likely presumed it to be. Notable New York radio gasbag Mike […]

The SEC admits to making a mistake during the Texas A&M game over the weekend. The specific play that happened to be questionable was when Aggies quarterback Kellen Mond appeared to score a touchdown, but an official instead called him out-of-bonds. Here is a video of the play itself: rumble young man rumble pic.twitter.com/0IX21eFyIK — […]

The latest AP Poll is back with more vengeance than Bruce Willis in a Die Hard movie. Unlike Bruce making far too many sequels for the franchise to put out quality work, South Florida is one of a few teams climbing up the rankings. Let’s get the semantics out of the way first. No. I […]

The Florida State Seminoles have as many collegiate wins as you and I do. There’s a pretty big problem with that, as neither of us participate in the actual sport. Alas, through two games, Jimbo Fisher and company are 0-2. Asking if Jimbo Fisher is in trouble after the start is bluh. Wanting a coach […]

Alright there, readers. It is time we get to know each other. The best way we can do this, save for having a conversation (gross), is probably finding out who you guys believe to be the best quarterback in all of college football. This is by no means a scientific poll. We only have a […]

Penn State somehow managed to defeat Iowa despite the Hawkeyes playing the role of the better team for most of the game. How exactly did this all happen? A walk-off touchdown sure as hell helped. Before discussing the game, let’s look at the walk-off TD together: Just amazing pic.twitter.com/EkKWLaAo4Z — Jack Crosby (@JCrosbyCBS) September 24, […]