College Football
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Ex-Mississippi State coach Davis dies (AP)
April 3, 2009Former Mississippi State head football coach Paul Davis, who led the Bulldogs from 1962-66, has died. He was 87. Davis died Tuesday at Bethany House, a hospice in Auburn, Ala., according to a hospice spokeswoman and an official at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home in Opelika, Ala. The cause of death was not given.
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Pelini contract has less bonus money (AP)
April 3, 2009Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini is sacrificing potential bonus income for guaranteed money in his new contract. Pelini’s annual base salary goes to .85 million, from .1 million, under the five-year contract he signed last month. His original contract promised an 0,000 bonus if the Cornhuskers won the national championship.
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Counting down college football’s most prestigious programs (16-20)
April 3, 2009Arkansas, Georgia Tech and Washington are included in the mix as the Prestige Rankings countdown rolls on with teams Nos. 16 to 20.
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Bruce Feldman: The highs and lows of the UCLA Bruins’ signing day
April 3, 2009When you’re UCLA and you’re competing against USC for the nation’s top talent, signing day could be a great day or a crusher, writes Bruce Feldman.
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Clemson staff to get $1.8M next season (AP)
April 3, 2009Clemson is paying its football staff more than .8 million next season, including 5,000 for new defensive coordinator Kevin Steele. The school’s athletic department released details of the assistant coaches’ contracts this week. Steele, coach Dabo Swinney’s choice to head the Clemson defense, received a three-year contract.
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East-West Shrine Game moving to Orlando (AP)
April 3, 2009The East-West Shrine Game, college football’s longest running all-star game, will be played at the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium in 2010. Florida Citrus Sports announced Wednesday that Orlando will be home to the Shrine Game for at least the next two years. The game got its start in the San Francisco Bay area in 1925, [...]
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Tennessee Volunteers DB Brent Vinson out for spring following shoulder surgery
April 3, 2009Tennessee defensive back Brent Vinson will be out for the rest of spring practice after undergoing shoulder surgery, but is expected to be back in the fall.
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Report: B.J. Raji of Boston College failed NFL combine drug test
April 3, 2009Former Boston College lineman B.J. Raji, who is considered the top defensive tackle eligible for this month’s NFL draft, reportedly failed a drug test at the NFL combine.
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Purdue quarterback Justin Siller dismissed for violating academic policy
April 3, 2009Purdue suffered a major blow at the quarterback position Friday when sophomore Justin Siller was dismissed from the school for violating academic policy.
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Purdue QB Siller dismissed from school (AP)
April 3, 2009Purdue quarterback Justin Siller has been dismissed from school through 2009-10 for an academic violation. The redshirt sophomore from Detroit was expected to compete with fifth-year senior Joey Elliott for the starting job next season. Siller started three games last year, including his first start against Michigan when he led the Boilermakers to a 48-42 [...]
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