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With the projected starter at quarterback, Andrew Maxwell, sidelined due to injury for Michigan State’s spring game, all eyes were on backup Connor Cook and whether he could chip into the presumptive frontrunner’s lead coming out of the spring. It was another player, however, who was front and...

Over the weekend, it was reported by SportsByBrooks.com and later confirmed by the Arizona Republic that linebacker Vontaze Burfict was involved in a locker-room altercation with one of his teammates. Specifically, Brooks writes, Burfict “initiated a blindside attack on [wide receiver Kevin]...

When San Diego State takes the field for the 2011 season opener against Cal Poly, they’ll do without the services of a pair of players, including a starting member of their defense. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, first-year head coach Rocky Long has suspended*safety Brandon Davis and...

A Florida man was taken to jail on charges of DUI and habitually driving while his license was suspended over the weekend, which by itself is hardly newsworthy. But it’s what the suspect said to police while pulled over that grabs a headline on this football blog. According to a story from the...

To put it lightly, there has been a lot of fuss made over Texas’ Longhorn Network, with an extra special fussiness over the LHN and ESPN’s desire to air up to 18 high school sporting events annually. The college football power couple officially eloped back in January, and at the time, minor...

Already missing the 2010 season due to a back injury, Rutgers running back Jawan Jamison will now have to wait* a little bit longer to try and make an impact in the Scarlet Knights’ wide-open backfield. Specifically, seven to 10 more days, as a hamstring injury has sidelined Jamison once again...

Texas A&M begins their fall camp on Tuesday, which means that Aggie players have just a little bit more time to get into trouble before being officially placed back on lockdown for the next several months. It seems linebacker Kyle Mangan has taken full advantage of that opportunity. According to...

Since being suspended earlier this year for at least the fifth time during his time at South Carolina, Stephen Garcia spoke to the media for the first time Sunday. As expected, Garcia was asked the tough questions by the Gamecocks beat writers. *Just as expected, the bro-scious quarterback added...

The often oppressive summer heat has already claimed its first victim for fall camp — at least for South Carolina. According to the Charlotte Observer and other media outlets, freshman offensive tackle Brandon Shell was hospitalized yesterday for a heat-related illness. Team medical staff tended...

Twice in the past three years, Michigan wide receiver*Darryl Stonum has been*arrested and charged with drunk driving. As it turns out, the second one will cost the senior his availability for the upcoming season. According to a press release issued by the school Sunday evening, Stonum will...

There’s some scary news to come out of the Houston today as Rice redshirt freshman receiver/quarterback Jordan Taylor has been involved in a car accident and will be out at least six weeks. Coach David Bailiff said Taylor suffered a leg injury in the accident will keep him from participating...

In CFT’s preseason Top 25 countdown, one of the biggest reasons why Ohio State, even with all of their off-field issues, came in at No. 20 was the fact that I’m banking on new head coach Luke Fickell to realize sooner rather than later that true freshman Braxton Miller is the Buckeyes’ best...

Exiting spring practice, Jack Baucus was expected to take over for A.J. Simmons as Arizona’s (rarely-used) starting tight end. *Now, at the start of summer camp, however, the sophomore is on the move. By way of the Tucson Daily Citizen, head coach Mike Stoops announced Saturday that Baucus has...

After unexpectedly losing four wide receivers at various points the past two months, Texas had suddenly become a little thinner at the position than they were comfortable with. As a result of the attrition, a young member of the Longhorns’ defense will get a chance to see how life is on the...

Tennessee linebacker Austin Johnson has already been cleared by Vols coach Derek Dooley to practice with the team following a July 24th arrest for public intoxication and disorderly conduct. Now, it appears the charges against Johnson are being dropped as well. According to GoVolsXtra.com...

It’s been expected that, even as he’d yet to decide between a career in college football or one in major league baseball, Bubba Starling would be practicing with his future Nebraska teammates (?) when the Cornhuskers opened summer camp Saturday. Apparently, that hasn’t been the case all along...

Many a Florida fan’s fears were allayed late last month when Jeff Demps shot down rumors that he would be leaving the football program to concentrate his attention on a career in track & field. What’s interesting, however, is how close he actually came to ditching his football cleats for a pair...

By midnight Eastern Time on Aug. 15, Bubba Starling will have to make a decision that 99.99 percent of the country will never have to face: accept a scholarship to play quarterback at the University of Nebraska, or accept a contract from Kansas City Royals that would include a signing bonus of...

Not only was Marc Tyler suspended for USC’s season opener — at least — following, among other things, a hops-induced (allegedly) monologue in front of TMZ cameras last month, the senior running back was also indefinitely suspended from all team activities, including the start of summer camp...

Newly-minted football independent BYU will begin the first of their 28 scheduled summer camp practices this afternoon, but, when they do so, they’ll do it without a starting member of their defensive line. The Cougars announced several roster moves Friday ahead of camp, including defensive...

There’s some really awful news coming out of Cartwright, Oklahoma today, as former Texas A&M commit D.J. Jones died from gunshot wounds somewhere between 6 and 6:30 this morning, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations said today. Police are still looking for three suspects in the shooting and...

When UNC chancellor Holden Thorp fired former head coach Butch Davis last week, he explained that the nine NCAA allegations against the university had tarnished its reputation, part of the “cumulative effect” that led to Davis’ release. But in a slightly humorous turn of events, Thorp has also...

Already this offseason, Arizona State — the No. 23 team in CFT’s preseason poll, incidentally — has lost starting cornerback Omar Bolden and starting wide receiver T.J. Simpson to what will likely be season-ending knee injuries. *Additionally, last season’s second-leading rusher, Deantre Lewis...

Off-field legal incidents have come back to indefinitely bite two members of the Syracuse in their on-field backside, the Syracuse Post-Standard reports. At his media day news conference ahead of the Orange’s first practice of summer camp, head coach Doug Marrone announced that starting wide...

A little over a month after it was announced that he was leaving Florida,*Mike McFarland has found himself a new collegiate football home. In a press release, USF confirmed that the tight end has transferred to the Bulls and will work out with the team Friday. The release also states USF will...