This Offseason Has Sucked

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Ben Boulware trolling OU Running Back

 

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Quarterback Connor Brewer transferring to Virginia Cavaliers

Quarterback Connor Brewer, formerly of Texas and Arizona, will play atVirginia this season, he told ESPN on Tuesday.

He has two years of eligibility remaining and can compete immediately as a graduate.

 

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Kansas football: RB Corey Avery, WR Rodriguez Coleman dismissed - College Football - SI.com

Kansas football has dismissed sophomore running back Corey Avery and senior wide receiver Rodriguez Coleman, the school announced on Tuesday.

The pair were dismissed for violating team rules. They were previously suspended indefinitely.

Additionally, senior linebacker Jake Love announced he has retired from football due to medical reasons. Long started 19 games for the Jayhawks over his career, recording 147 tackles and 4.0 sacks.

 

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Kansas football: RB Corey Avery, WR Rodriguez Coleman dismissed - College Football - SI.com

Will be hard for Kansas to maintain their recent success with stuff like this going on.

 

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Damn that's fast. Marlon Humphrey (RS Fresh CB @ Bama) ran like a 10.6 two years ago. Not sure where he's at now though. Can't wait to see that speed on the field this season.

 

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Damn that's fast. Marlon Humphrey (RS Fresh CB @ Bama) ran like a 10.6 two years ago. Not sure where he's at now though. Can't wait to see that speed on the field this season.

Yeah, I remember him. Think he was one of the 10 5-star DB's y'all signed.

Must be nice to be able to RS 5-star croots. :musky:

 

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Yeah, I remember him. Think he was one of the 10 5-star DB's y'all signed.

Must be nice to be able to RS 5-star croots. :musky:

Hopefully some of them have learned how to look for the ball this season.

 

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Michigan football staffer charged with drunken driving charge | CollegeFootballTalk

Michigan’s Jim Minick, associate athletics director for football, has already been reinstated by the university following his late night drunk driving accident last month, but now the legal trouble truly begins. Minick was charged with one count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated on Wednesday.

 

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Looking to stay closer to family, Notre Dame DE announces transfer | CollegeFootballTalk

Transfer season appears to be in mid-season form. Notre Dame is the latest to lose a player to a pending transfer, with the news defensive end Jhonny Williamswill look to continue his collegiate football career elsewhere.

Williams, a Michigan native, took to his Facebook page to announce his decision, as reported by our pal Keith Arnold over on Inside the Irish. Per that report, Williams could have a clear path to any program of his choosing, with no restrictions apparently being put on his transfer process. However, as with all transfers, if Williams moves to another FBS program then he will have to sit out the 2015 season due to NCAA transfer rules. He would do so after already sitting out his first year on a college campus. Williams was redshirted as a freshman last fall by the Irish.

 

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Looking to stay closer to family, Notre Dame DE announces transfer | CollegeFootballTalk

This wreaks of "oversigning." Another reason I don't like Brian Kelley.

 

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Michigan football staffer charged with drunken driving charge | CollegeFootballTalk

I don't see the point of refusing a breathalyzer when you know they are going to take a blood sample. I always thought that refusing was considered an admission of guilt, but obviously not.

 

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2014 Report: Passion for College Football Remains Strong > National Football Foundation > NewsDetail

The top highlights include:



Inaugural CFP National Championship and Semifinals Break Cable Records:The inaugural College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship between Ohio State and Oregon drew an average 33.4 million viewers and an 18.2 US household rating for ESPN, giving the game the largest audience and highest rating in cable history. The first-ever CFP semifinals on New Year’s Day delivered the second- and third-highest audiences in cable TV history. Ohio State’s upset over Alabama at the Allstate Sugar Bowl drew 28.27 million viewers, while Oregon’s win over Florida State in the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual drew 28.16 million viewers. ESPN’s broadcasts of the CFP Semifinals and National Championship game combined to average 29.8 million viewers and a 16.0 US household rating.

Digital Expansion:The 2014 college football season signaled more people than ever are now watching games through means other than just their televisions. The 517 FBS games on WatchESPN generated 1.2 billion live minutes viewed, an 80 percent increase over 2013. Overall, 2014 produced WatchESPN’s 10 largest average minute audiences for regular-season college football games ever. The simulcast of ESPN’s main telecast of the CFP National Championship on WatchESPN attracted 1.16 million unique viewers, 82 million minutes viewed and an average minute audience of 366,000. The usage represents increases of 110 percent, 144 percent and 128 percent, respectively, over the 2014 BCS National Championship.

Major Networks See Steady Growth in Viewership:CBS averaged a 4.0 rating for SEC football this season, making it the highest rated regular-season college football package on any network for the sixth consecutive year. The weekly series Saturday Night Football on ABC averaged 5,106,000 viewers and a 3.2 rating, producing 7 percent increases over 2013 in each. In addition to the weekly ABC telecast, ESPN’s Saturday night games generated larger audiences than 2013, averaging 4,397,000 viewers for a 24 percent increase. ESPN averaged 11,680,000 million viewers on New Year’s Day, making it the most-viewed day ever in the network’s 35-year history. The ESPN outlets alone reached more than 185.7 million viewers during the telecasts of its regular season games.

Week Two of FOX College Football delivered FOX its highest-rated, most-watched regular-season broadcast ever with a 3.5/7 household rating/share and 6.0 million viewers who tuned in Sept. 6 to see Oregon defeat Michigan State. The 2014 season was the most watched college football season in the history of the Pac-12 Networks as viewership of live game coverage increased by 39 percent over 2013, and digital viewership for the network more than doubled over last year.

NCAA Programs Attract More than 49 Million and SEC Sets Attendance Record:The SEC set an all-time record across all conferences of 7,769,362 fans in 2014, leading all FBS conferences in average attendance for the 17th consecutive year with 77,694 fans per game. The 655 NCAA football programs drew 49,072,591 fans at home games, neutral-site games and postseason games in 2014. The numbers symbolize a phenomenal increase of 156 percent from the 19,134,159 fans that the NCAA reported when they first started collecting attendance figures in 1948*. The 39 bowl games this season (including the CFP National Championship) attracted 1,730,254 spectators to the stands (44,365 per contest), slightly less than the record mark of 1,813,215, which was set after the 2010 regular season, and 13 bowl games had crowds in excess of 50,000.

The game has benefited enormously from the commitment of every major media sports outlet, including the American Sports Network, Big Ten Network, BYUtv, CBS, CBS Sports Network, ESPN, ESPN Classic, ESPN on ABC, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNews, ESPNU, FOX Sports, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2, FOX College Sports, FOX Sports Net, the Longhorn Network, NBC, NBC Sports Network, Pac-12 Networks, Root Sports, SEC Network and multiple regional and local outlets. Throughout the regular and bowl seasons these outlets continue to capitalize on college football’s ever-increasing popularity to produce an increasingly dynamic product that engages fans on new levels.

The growth trajectory for the sport appears likely to continue in the 2015 season. The FBS will feature 128 teams, with the addition of Charlotte to Conference USA. The number of bowl games will increase to a record 41 contests with the addition of the Arizona Bowl (Tucson, Ariz.) and AutoNation Cure Bowl (Orlando, Fla.). And the College Football Playoff will look to expand upon its record-breaking success it experienced during its inaugural season.

Regular Season Attendance Highlights

· The 655 football programs across all NCAA divisions drew 49,072,591 fans at home games, neutral-site games and postseason games in 2014.

· The Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) drew 37,913,238 spectators or an average of 44,603 fans per game. The Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) pulled in 5,764,490 fans, followed by Division II with 2,992,837 and Division III with 2,402,026.

· The SEC led all FBS conferences in average attendance for the 17th consecutive year with an all-conference record 77,694 fans per game. The SEC also set an all-conference record with a total 2014 attendance of 7,769,362.

· The top-five conferences for average attendance included the SEC (77,694), Big Ten (66,869), Big 12 (58,102), Pac-12 (52,702) and ACC (50,291). The Independent schools in the FBS (Army, BYU, Navy and Notre Dame) averaged 52,882 fans.



· Others setting conference records in 2014 total attendance included the Mountain West in the FBS with a 1,868,773 fans and the Missouri Valley Football Conference in the FCS with 724,064.



· Inaugural CFP National Champion Ohio State averaged 106,296 fans per home game, ending Michigan’s 16-year run atop the attendance charts. Five other programs also averaged more than 100,000: Texas A&M (105,123), Michigan (104,909), LSU (101,723) Penn State (101,623) and Alabama (101,534). Seven programs averaged more than 85,000 fans at each home game: Tennessee (99,754), Texas (94,103), Georgia (92,746), Nebraska (91,249), Auburn (87,451), Florida (85,834) and Oklahoma (85,162).

· Ohio State led all teams with 1,304,138 fans attending 15 games in 2014. Ten other teams also eclipsed more than one million spectators during the season: Alabama (1,268,385), LSU (1,195,540), Texas A&M (1,118,202), Tennessee (1,117,276), Michigan (1,095,856), Penn State (1,058,388), Georgia (1,048,408), Auburn (1,028,828), Florida State (1,025,951) and Nebraska (1,006,253).

- See more at: 2014 Report: Passion for College Football Remains Strong > National Football Foundation > NewsDetail

 

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Nebraska announces departure of three players | CollegeFootballTalk

A memo sent from the football office this morning in Lincoln announced safety LeRoy Alexander and wide receiverJariah Tolbert will transfer to another football program for the fall. In addition, Nebraska has confirmed linebackerDavid Santos is no longer with the program.

 

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If allowed, Maryland ready to let the booze flow at football games in 2015 | CollegeFootballTalk

Maryland fans will likely be given the opportunity to drink a beer while watching their beloved Terrapins take on opponents in Byrd Stadium this fall. The university has approved a trial plan to sell alcohol at athletic events, including home football games, starting this fall. All that stands in the way now is approval from the Prince George’s County liquor control board. That could be a tricky hurdle for the Terps to clear though.

 

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I don't see the point of refusing a breathalyzer when you know they are going to take a blood sample. I always thought that refusing was considered an admission of guilt, but obviously not.

Depends on how good your lawyer is.

If you have a really really good lawyer, they will tell you not to take one if you've been drinking at all. If you don't have a really good lawyer, best take your chances and blow.

I'm betting this guy was just dumb.

 

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Five years ago today, Nebraska kicked off realignmageddon | CollegeFootballTalk

Looking back on everything that happened during the realignmageddon (I made that word up, and it fits well in this discussion) phase of college football, it is still crazy to think about how much changed. Nebraska’s move to the Big Ten was just one domino in the process that eventually led to expansion in every conference, the destruction of one in football and the near dismantling of another. It was a crazy time we all lived in, yet here we are to tell the stories of how it all went down.

The Big Ten became a conference with 12 14 members while the Big 12 managed to play with 10. Maryland and Rutgers are now Big Ten members alongside Nebraska.

The Pac-10 was on the verge of becoming the Pac-16, depending on how much you trust some of the reports at the time. But just days after Nebraska joined the Big Ten, Colorado was added to the Pac-10 as the 11th member.

The Big East was a temporary home to three members that never played a single game in the conference; Boise State, San Diego State and TCU. Meanwhile, the conference underwent a complete makeover by becoming the American Athletic Conference after the core of its basketball membership left and took the Big East banner with them.

Texas A&M and Missouri were expected to be nothing in the almighty SEC, but A&M benefitted as Johnny Manziel became a household name and the Tigers reached two straight SEC championship games in short time. It’s even more ironic because Missouri once attempted to take the lead in keeping the Big 12 together and rejected multiple SEC rumors before giving in and accepting their fate.

Florida State and Clemson to the Big 12 never panned out, nor West Virginia to the ACC or SEC. But the Mountaineers did claw their way out of the Big East and to the Big 12. UConn meanwhile, well, at least they have their new rivalry with UCF to look forward to.

We were talking about Congress getting involved with saving the Big 12. Some lawmakers did get involved elsewhere.

The WAC, at least in football, was given an obituary courtesy of their regional neighbors from the Mountain West Conference, which managed to add and hold on to two BCS busters (Boise State and Hawaii — you forgot Hawaii played in a Sugar Bowl, didn’t you?) while losing two others (Utahand TCU). BYU also decided to celebrate its independence as a program as well after being left out of the power conference expansion phases in the west and southwest.

 

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