Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

The MTSU Blue Raiders have suspended star quarterback Dwight Dasher indefinitely and now some facts are starting to surface as to what in fact caused the suspension.
An insider within the MTSU program says that Dasher took a $1,500 loan from a bookie.
He likely isn’t done playing for the Blue Raiders unless the NCAA says otherwise, [...]

2010 USA Today Preseason Coaches’ Poll

RK
TEAM
RECORD
PTS
PVS

1
Alabama (55)
0-0
1469
1

2
Ohio State (4)
0-0
1392
5

3
Florida
0-0
1245
3

4
Texas
0-0
1240
2

5
Boise State
0-0
1215
4

6
Virginia Tech
0-0
1052
10

7
TCU
0-0
1051
6

8
Oklahoma
0-0
1035
NR

9
Nebraska
0-0
1001
14

10
Iowa
0-0
952
7

11
Oregon
0-0
940
11

12
Wisconsin
0-0
778
16

13
Miami (FL)
0-0
728
19

14
Penn State
0-0
508
8

15
Pittsburgh
0-0
492
15

16
LSU
0-0
476
17

17
Georgia Tech
0-0
455
13

18
North Carolina
0-0
445
NR

19
Arkansas
0-0
438
NR

20
Florida State
0-0
374
NR

21
Georgia
0-0
312
NR

22
Oregon State
0-0
263
NR

23
Auburn
0-0
260
NR

24
Utah
0-0
169
18

24
West Virginia
0-0
169
22

Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 135, Houston 76, Brigham Young 66, Arizona 65, Mississippi 48, Clemson 44, Stanford 41, Connecticut 40, Notre Dame 38, South Carolina 38, Washington 26, Missouri 23, Navy 12, Oklahoma State 11, Boston College 10, [...]

Tennessee Vols head football coach Derek Dooley stated tonight that he won’t release stud RB Bryce Brown from his scholarship.
Brown had asked to be released from his scholarship via text message.
Dooley laid out the criteria for why he rejected Brown’s request:
“As with the other players who have asked for a release, I went through the [...]

The watered down Pac-10 will be changing its name next year to the Pac-12 with the new additions of Colorado and Utah.
Colorado and Utah will be joining USC, UCLA, Oregon, Oregon State, California, Washington, Washington State, Arizona, Arizona State, and Stanford.
Pac-10/12 commissioner Larry Scott held the conference media day(s) in New York City this year.
They [...]

Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow, who won 2 National Championships while the quarterback for the Florida Gators and recent 1st round pick by the Denver Broncos, has signed on to be the next celebrity athlete endorser of Jockey underwear.
Tebow’s Jockey ‘Staycool’ line will launch in the Spring of 2011 nationally.
Press Release from Jockey Announcing Mr. [...]

Former Ohio State Buckeyes running back Maurice Clarett, who had one of the best freshman rushing seasons in NCAA history in 2002, is back at Ohio State taking classes after serving 3 1/2 years in prison for armed robbery.
“This is a surreal feeling to be back at Ohio State in such a supportive environment,” Clarett said [...]

The Tennessean is reporting that the Tennessee Titans have filed a lawsuit in Davidson County against USC Trojans head coach Lane Kiffin and USC, claiming that running backs coach Kennedy Pola breached his contract by inducement from Kiffin.
The lawsuit states “as a result of USC and Kiffin’s tortuous conduct, Tennessee (Titans) football has been damaged [...]

USC Trojans head football coach Lane Kiffin continues to piss off most everyone in Tennessee.  Kiffin caused an uproar in the state earlier this year when he left the Tennessee Volunteers after just one season to replace Pete Carroll as the head coach at USC.
Now he has irked Tennessee Titans long-time head coach Jeff Fisher, [...]

Which former two-time Super Bowl winning coach and Fox Sports pregame show analyst to try to outlast a bunch of 20-30 year olds in Survivor?
Next season’s Survivor will be taped in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua and sources say that Jimmy Johnson will be one of the several contestants battling out for the top prize.
I pretty [...]

The Vanderbilt Commodores have called a news conference for today to announce that their head football coach Bobby Johnson is stepping down.
Johnson said at the press conference that he was retiring for “personal reasons.”  Things that make you go hmmm!
The Commodores have not named a replacement as of yet.