When South Carolina kicks off the 2012 season against Vanderbilt — which (to me) already has the recipe for an upset — it’ll be doing so without projected starting cornerback Akeem Auguste. The school announced Monday that Auguste had a procedure on his right thigh muscle which will sideline him for the next four to…
Florida’s tight end depth has taken another hit with the announcement that freshman Colin Thompson will undergo foot surgery that should sideline him at least two months. Thompson will have a screw inserted into his right foot from an injury he sustained in high school which has never healed correctly. “I met with (head team physician) [...]
With less than two weeks left before the first game of the 2012 season, Dan Mullen has an unexpected hole on the offensive side of in his Mississippi State coaching staff. The Bulldogs acknowledged Sunday night that wide receivers coach Angelo Mirando has abruptly resigned his post at MSU. Other than personal issues, no reason…
Wednesday morning, Tobias Singleton decided to take his leave of the Ole Miss football program. Just a handful of days later, however, the wide receiver has found a new football home. Jackson State coach Rick Comegy has confirmed that Singleton has indeed decided to transfer into his FCS program. The receiver will be enrolling at [...]
The spate of transfers continues unabated Saturday, with a new member of the SEC gaining a player at the expense of one of the old members. As first reported by PowerMizzou.com, offensive lineman Mitch Hall confirmed on his Facebook page that he’s decided to leave Ole Miss and will transfer to Missouri. “It’s now official.…
Exactly one week after it was announced he was leaving Florida, Ja’Juan Story has already found a new football home. According to the Tampa Bay Times, one of the wide receiver’s former high school coaches confirmed that Story has decided to continue his playing career at TCU. The Horned Frogs were one of two finalists for [...]
While CFT didn’t necessarily agree, the coaches tapped LSU as their preseason No. 1 in the initial USA Today poll released earlier this month. As it turns out, we weren’t the only ones who respectfully disagree with the coaches either. In its initial poll, the Associated Press voters tapped USC, heading into its first season…
With the status of starting running back Fitz Toussaint very much up in the air for the opener against Alabama, Michigan can use any and all offensive weapons at its disposal against the defending BcS champs. Fortunately for the Wolverines, and with that opener a mere 15 days away, it appears very likely that an [...]
What started out as a temporary withholding has turned into a permanent loss for the Auburn Tigers’ backfield — at least for 2012. An investigation into a falsified transcript has resulted in freshman running back Jovon Robinson being ruled ineligible for this season. The NCAA found that at least one of Robinson’s grades at Wooddale HigH School in Memphis, [...]
One of the most heralded members of Houston Nutt‘s final Ole Miss recruiting class has left the building, the school confirmed this week. Wide receiver Tobias Singleton, first-year head coach Hugh Freeze told the media, decided Wednesday morning that he no longer wanted to be a part of the Rebels football team. No official reason for [...]
Any chance of former LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu playing at all this fall — anywhere — has been put on hold. Instead, Honey Badger will remain at Right Step drug recovery center in Houston, according to Mathieu’s father. Mathieu has been in drug rehab since Monday. WVUE in New Orleans first reported the news: The Honey [...]
Not that SEC. The Securities and Exchange Commission. Still, what a coincidence. Not so cool? The fraud charges former Georgia coach Jim Donnanis facing from the SEC related to an $80 million Ponzi scheme in which he participated with co-defendant Gregory L. Crabtree. You can check out the entire summary HERE, but Donnan (as one…
Well, this is certainly unexpected. And occasionally shirtless, as the situation would have it. In any case, Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin announced Wednesday evening that redshirt freshman Johnny Manziel will be the Aggies’ starting quarterback for the season opening game against Louisiana Tech over sophomore Jameill Showers. “Johnny has performed the best at this stage and…
Yesterday’s injury news surrounding Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel was, shall we say, a bit scattered. The injury was severe… then it wasn’t… then no one knew for sure. Now we do, and it’s not that serious. Gators coach Will Muschamp spoke with the media Wednesday — two days before he was scheduled to — so he [...]
Following up on reports from the Seattle Times and Northwest Arkansas Online from the past week or so, former Washington defensive coordinator Nick Holt is indeed heading to Arkansas. … And he’ll be taking Jessica Dorrell’s old job, now known as “on-campus recruiting organizer.” [/Dramatically fights urge for inappropriate jokes] “Nick Holt is a tremendous addition [...]
A coach for more than 20 years, Bill Curry will end his career after the 2011 season. Curry, starting his third year with Georgia State, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution he was done with stress and long hours, and that he wanted to spend more time with his family. “I do want to finish this contract…
Earlier this month, the so-called Champions Bowl sent out RFPs (Requests for Proposal) to a total of 10 cities across Southeast and Southwest to host the game, which will begin after the 2014 regular season. Those ten cities were [/deep breath in]: Atlanta, Jacksonville, Nashville, New Orleans (pictured), Orlando, Tampa, Dallas, Phoenix, San Antonio and Houston. Of [...]
Earlier this month, the so-called Champions Bowl sent out RFPs (Requests for Proposal) to a total of 10 cities across Southeast and Southwest to host the game, which will begin after the 2014 regular season. Those ten cities were [/deep breath in]: Atlanta, Jacksonville, Nashville, New Orleans (pictured), Orlando, Tampa, Dallas, Phoenix, San Antonio and Houston. Of [...]
Earlier this month, the so-called Champions Bowl sent out RFPs (Requests for Proposal) to a total of 10 cities across Southeast and Southwest to host the game, which will begin after the 2014 regular season. Those ten cities were [/deep breath in]: Atlanta, Jacksonville, Nashville, New Orleans (pictured), Orlando, Tampa, Dallas, Phoenix, San Antonio and Houston. Of [...]
The world of instant news — it can be a good and bad thing. The supposed injury news surrounding Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel floating through the interwebs on Tuesday was a prime example of the latter. So was the Michael Dyer story. Driskel, currently competing with Jacoby Brissett for the starting job, reportedly suffered what was [...]