Jan 01
From SportsGrid The 2012 NFL Draft won’t have Matt Barkley, but those teams who need a quarterback and don’t find themselves with Andrew Luck on draft day will apparently have another pretty damn good one to pursue. This report from ESPN’s Chris Mortensen cited “sources” as saying Griffin will enter the draft, but also included …
Dec 22
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Texas A&M senior offensive lineman Joseph Villavisencio has been killed in a car accident, according to the university. Witness reports say that Villavisencio swerved to avoid a buzzard and veered head-on into the path of an 18-wheeler near the town of Normangee about 40 miles from College Station, on Thursday. Villavisencio spent part …
Dec 12
From SportsGrid Robert Griffin III is coming off the ultimate high, having won the 2011 Heisman Trophy this weekend. Now, it’s time for him to do the whole media circuit, which includes a spot on tonight’s “Late Show With David Letterman,” where he will present a Heisman-related Top 10 list. The list is officially called, “The Top …
Dec 04
From SportsGrid In perhaps the most ingenius instance of Gatorade soaking we’ve ever seen, TCU players showered coach Gary Patterson after initially faking him out with an empty bucket on Saturday. The Horned Frogs clobbered UNLV, 56-9, and won their third consecutive outright Mountain West championship. If the Frogs move into the top 16 of the …
Dec 02
From Larry Brown Sports Kevin Sumlin is one of the hottest names when it comes to head coaching vacancies in college football. Between Arizona State, UCLA, and Texas A&M (who just fired Mike Sherman), someone is going to pay him a lot of money to be their coach. He may turn out to be a …
Nov 08
From Sports Grid Remember a week ago, when a comment frenzy erupted below an ESPN.com post about Tim Tebow with a near-constant flow of “[x] > Tebow comments,” to the point people started calling it OccupyTebow? Well, we might never see a comment torrent of that magnitude again, but we couldn’t help but think of it …
Oct 09
From Sports Grid So far LSU has dominated Florida today. It looked like the Tigers were going to jump ahead 21-0 in the 1st quarter when Les Miles called for what was at the time a successful fake punt resulting in a touchdown run by punter Brad Wing. The score was called back for taunting, …
Oct 03
From Larry Brown Sports: More often than football fans would like, exhuberance is often mistaken for unsportsmanlike behavior. Egregious celebrations aside, players should have a little wiggle room to be excited. The good news is that they usually get it. Unfortunately that was not the case for Navy quarterback Kriss Proctor. The great fourth …
Sep 07
From Sports Grid The latest chapter in the inevitable “Texas A&M leaves the Big 12 goes to the SEC” saga happened this morning, when the SEC officially announced it voted to let Texas A&M in as the conference’s newest member. The move can’t be complete, however, until the SEC is assured no legal action will …
Aug 27
Apparently, there was less than expected viewership when the Longhorn Network debuted last night. The controversial Longhorn Network launched Friday night with much fanfare and a limited audience due to an inability line up distribution partners. Verizon was the main carrier to sign on before the debut evening that featured an introduction by actor Matthew …
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