Oregon Ducks QB Jeremiah Masoli has been suspended by head coach Chip Kelly for the 2010 season following his guilty plea of second degree burglary. Masoli and former Ducks WR Garrett Embry stole two laptops and a guitar from a campus fraternity. Embry had been kicked off the team prior to the theft. Each faces 12 months of probation, 140… Read more »
Turns out the guy in those Old Spice commericials used to play football for the Sun Devils. (Helmet tip: Ted Miller.)
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With all the talk about potential Pac-10 expansion, Buster Sports’ Nick Daschel has an intriguing proposal: Pac-16. He proposes not simply adding 2 teams, but a whopping 6, and when you think about it, it’s a pretty great idea. He advocates wooing Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Colorado and Baylor out of the Big 12, and Utah out of the… Read more »
Check out this awesome time lapse of University of Phoenix Stadium being made ready for the Cardinals-Packers game on January 3, then being transformed overnight into the site of the Fiesta Bowl on January 4: There was also some sort of band event the day before the Cardinals game, if you’re wondering what’s going on around the 0:10 mark. (Hat… Read more »
Heisman runner-up (despite being the clear better choice) Toby Gerhart of Stanford has decided to forgo his final season and has declared for the NFL Draft. Stanford’s schedule just got that much harder, and the rest of the Pac-10’s got that much easier.
Did I miss anything while I was out at the movies? Heh. Actually, I was in the loop, thanks to a barrage of text messages from friends near and far. It started while I was waiting in line for popcorn, with a trio of text messages at 6:34 PM from a Notre Dame classmate and a Denver co-worker, all telling… Read more »
Tennessee head coach and former USC assistant Lane Kiffin is going to be the next head coach at the University of Southern California after only one season at the helm of the Volunteers. His father, Monte Kiffin, will be joining him as the Defensive Coordinator. Also returning with him is Ed Orgeron. Norm Chow is rumored to be a possibility… Read more »
[Bumped to top of page — again! — and new content added; see below. -ed.] When something bad happens to Michigan football, MGoBlog posts photos of kittens. For Pete Carroll’s resignation from USC and impending introduction confirmed hiring as coach of the Seahawks, I think another type of animal would be more appropriate: Photo attribution: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anita__greg/ / CC BY-NC 2.0… Read more »
As Andrew Sullivan would say, Know Hope: The Seahawks still do not have an agreement [with Pete Carroll] despite widespread reports, but are closing in on a coaching contract, according to a league official with direct knowledge of Seattle’s coaching search. The official told The Associated Press Saturday the team is in “discussions” with Carroll and does not plan on… Read more »