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Nebraska Admits Extra Benefits Violations
Concluding an investigation that began last fall, Nebraska announced that they had reported the athletic department to the NCAA for violations of granting athletes benefits that were not permitted under NCAA rules. Nebraska will put themselves on probation for the next two years and will pay a...
The State of Oklahoma: The Cowboy Back Seven
How far the Pokes have fallen. They started out the season as a trendy "darkhorse" pick, and now you barely hear a peep about them. You won't again this week, as they play the great Grambling State. Still, they won't drop much more than they have if they keep winning, and for all we know,...
The State of Oklahoma: Tulsa, Miami, and OU's Defensive Back 7
The greatest QB in OU history, Landry Jones School work has saddled me a bit, so the State of Oklahoma will be coming in two parts today; Oklahoma this morning and OSU later this afternoon. Don't look now, but Oklahoma is now back in the Top 10. You can debate the merits of this, but while OU...
OBNUG Roster Update: Safeties
Spring football gets OBNUG in the mood to speculate, so over the next few weeks, we will be making blind guesses as to who will be starting for the Broncos in the fall. We’ll do it position-by-position. Today: Safeties.SafetiesIdeal candidate: The six-million-dollar manWorst candidate: Any kid from...
OBNUG Roster Update: Cornerbacks
Spring football gets OBNUG in the mood to speculate, so over the next few weeks, we will be making blind guesses as to who will be starting for the Broncos in the fall. We’ll do it position-by-position. Today: Cornerbacks.CornerbacksIdeal candidate: a young Deion SandersWorst candidate: Jabba the...
Ellis Powers joins secondary
Boise State's deep linebacker group has claimed its first victim.Ellis Powers, who was a blitzing linebacker and special-teams phenom last year, has moved back to safety this spring. Powers played safety his first three years at Boise State."He wanted to do it," defensive backs coach Marcel Yates...
What Excites You The Most About Cal Football? (2009 ed.)
A few weeks ago, we focused on the Debbie Downer side of Cal football. Would the sky fall on our team's chances from the opening kickoff? Would quarterback, quarterback, quarterback continue to torment us? Would one of those doomsday scenarios that chowder was thinking of here unfold? Yeah,...
Jaguars DB Coach Donnie Henderson is Out
After making a bold proclamation that no coaches would be relieved of their duties, another coach has left the team. At this time it is unclear whether Donnie was fired or if he resigned. Nevertheless, the Jags now have 7 coaching positions to fill. Def. Coordinator, Secondary, Special Teams,...
49ers-Seahawks Matchups #2: Who has the advantage
We started out discussion of 49ers-Seahawks matchups yesterday. Some of today's discussion centers on matchups that have been affected by injury, be it significant or otherwise. You never want to get too confident, but when you're facing a team that has been decimated by injury, your chances have...
Revisiting My Five Things
On Thursday last week, I wrote about five things I was looking for in Saturday's game.. Unfortunately, due to the time and channel change, I was unable to watch the whole game (we don't have ESPN Classic where I work), so this will be incomplete. Hopefully that will be a one-time occurence this...
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