Sunday, July 27, 2008

News of the Day 7/27/08

Right now, Big Ten football stinksThe Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com, MI - Many of Zook's Big Ten coaching counterparts didn't particularly agree with him at last week's Big Ten football media days. They also are the ones coaching ...

Football News and Notes Conquest Chronicles, CA - by Paragon SC in Football Regardless of how good some may think this team it doesn’t mean that there aren’t some questions. ...

Arena Football League gaining credibility phillyBurbs.com, PA - And one guy they'll be bird-dogging is second-year Soul wide receiver Larry Brackins, the intriguing kind of Arena Football League player who fell through ...

Full-strength Tyrell Sutton sees big things for Northwestern football Chicago Tribune, United States - By Shannon Ryan Chicago Tribune reporter Tyrell Sutton's teammates do not hesitate to search for memories that reflect the Northwestern running back's ...

Cerebral Chiefs center puts med school aside USA Today - The NFL seemed to be telling him the odds against a future in football were long, very long. Whether he would thrive in the academically stimulating ...

Phoenix ready to rise in Frankfort Chicago Sun-Times, United States - Athletic director Matthew Lyke holds a Lincoln-Way North football helmet. Like the Pittsburgh Steelers, the North helmets only have the logo on one side. ...

Kansas State Wildcats Big 12 Preview 2008 College Football Predictions Sports-Odds.com, FL - Kansas State Wildcats Big 12 Preview 2008 College Football Predictions: Not being able to improve from the 2006 season, Kansas State regressed in 2007 by ...

Thirty-two days and counting Charleston Post Courier, SC - By Ken Burger (Contact) SOMEWHERE ON I-20 ” The past week was spent driving up and down this preseason highway to the college football season. ...

Time's not awasting for Davis and North Carolina football Chapel Hill News, NC -Carolina football coach Butch Davis has said "never again" to such behavior. More than a year ago, he underwent chemotherapy for cancer. ...

Brett Favre has a rash. And the only ointment is football. Bleacher Report, CA - by Casey Fenton (Member) Rumors are circulating that retired Packers QB Brett Favre is interested in returning to play professional football once more. ...

Register now for Savage flag football Baltimore Sun, United States - The Savage Boys and Girls Club is accepting registration for its fall Flag Football Season for children ages 6-14. Registration closes at midnight Aug. 31. ...

NFL Opens Up a Bit: To Webcast Sunday Games With NBC; Other ... Washington Post, United States - The National Football League, which has been very protective of its online usage rights, has opened up a bit, and is going to webcast 17 regular-season ...

McAlister, McClain and Washington activated from non-football ... Baltimore Ravens, MD - He was activated from the non-football injury list after passing his conditioning test, a series of 150-yard timed shuttle runs. What was the problem? ...

UK football notebook: Arrests create QB quandary Kentucky.com, KY - ”I feel that Coach Brooks has recruited people who are good football players that also have great character.“ Kentucky received a commitment last week from ...

Football Vols pick up two more commitments WVLT, TN -(WVLT) -- The WVLT Sports Overtime team has learned that Tennessee picked up two more commitments Saturday. The two commitments are Zach Rogers, ...

Football gets the call for Horton NewsOK.com (subscription), OK -A star tailback on the football team, the top guard on the basketball team and an individual state champion in track. This fall at the University of Tulsa, ...

NFL: Four Dolphins say LDS Church missions steeled them for hardships Salt Lake Tribune, United States - And they couldn't be prouder of those two years or how it helped them grow as people, and even as football players. ''People always talk about testing ...

23rd Annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival 2-mile ... Canton Repository (subscription), OH - You must be a registered user to post comments. Your comment will be published at the bottom of the story. Once a comment is submitted, you will not be able ...

Arkansas team wins Hoover 7-on-7 football tournament The Birmingham News - al.com, AL -Saturday's thunderstorms had stopped, but a rain-soaked football still played a role in the outcome of the National Select 7-on-7 Championship at Hoover ...

The Gravitational Pull of Football Strengthens with AgeYardbarker, CA - 2 hours agoBut for we 30-somethings the power and promise of weekend football viewing in the fall seems to beckon in a louder voice with each passing year. ...

ImprovingAPR score big key for SU football TheAdvocate, LA - AP Page ABC Sports By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN As Southern gets ready to welcome back its football players to the practice fields this week, the program’s ...

Nate Ulrich column: Gavit needs football coach now Times, IN - By Nate Ulrich The Region has its own football personnel issue that is causing more drama than a reality TV show. It all started July 15 when Gavit football ...

Ville Platte football focusing on field after reprieve TheAdvocate, LA - AP Page ABC Sports By WILLIAM WEATHERS When Ville Platte football coach Roy Serie returns to work Monday, he’s expecting to see a few more smiling faces ...

PREP FOOTBALL RECRUITING NOTEBOOK The Birmingham News - al.com, AL -The Mountain Brook rising senior is a superb runner out of his team's one-back set. Marsh ran for 1500-plus yards in 2007. He averaged more than six yards ...

Jenkins bringing a family feeling with him to his new football family Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - or wherever — to go to school, play football and be away from the tough realities of his youth. He grew up with a mother who was fighting diabetes and high ...

John Madden Football video game is a hit with fans Central Maine Morning Sentinel, ME - But playing Madden can also make you a better football player. That's what Jordhan's father, Richard Levine, believes has happened to Jordhan, a football ...

A new era begins in Washington ... again FOXSports.com - He is one of 44 selectors to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Jim Zorn never spent a lot of time networking and he was never one of those self-promoting NFL ...

The package, not punches, sells WNBA San Diego Union Tribune, United States - The most astounding thing I've heard lately is that San Diego State's football team last year actually had 15 minutes of excessive practice time. Ah-ha! ...

Blue bloodied Chicago Sun-Times, United States - BY JIM O'DONNELL jodonnell@suntimes.com e is hero and varmint, Mountaineer football savant and bubbling-crude charlatan, pigskin carpetbagger and the next ...

Nebraska Cornhuskers Big 12 Conference Preview 2008 College ... Sports-Odds.com, FL - Nebraska Cornhuskers Big 12 Conference Preview 2008 College Football Predictions: After a disastrous 2-6 Big XII Conference record last year, Bill Callahan ...

It's football season, but Bears roster full of holes Aurora Beacon News, IL -Haas is an unknown and Hester can fly once he figures out to grab the handles on the football. Tight ends Desmond Clark and Greg Olsen are the best ...

He's spent his life running to daylight San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Just to be sure, the family decided McFadden wouldn't enroll at nearby Central High School, even if it was a state powerhouse in football. ...

Ranking The Best Fantasy Football Guides FakeTeams - by faketeams on Jul 27, 2008 3:00 PM EDT in Football Here is a ranking of the various fantasy football magazines on the market. Personally, I have Rotowire, ...

SIU football coach knows it's important to stay true to yourself The Southern, IL -Dale Lennon has taken over the reins as head football coach of the SIU Salukis. Before coming to SIU, Lennon was the head coach at North Dakota, ...

5 Questions for West Charlotte football coach Aaron Brand Charlotte Observer, NC -By Dan Tierney Last season, West Charlotte's football team earned 13 wins and trip to the NC 4AA semifinals, while restoring the spirit of a fan base ...

Dilfer's next play: Trent Dilfer looks ahead to a busy post-NFL career San Jose Mercury News, USA - Within a week of saying he was stepping away from football, it was announced that Dilfer will continue to be part of our NFL viewing experience each weekend ...

Clinic enlightens women about football, Austin Peay Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, TN - By JIMMY TRODGLEN • The Leaf-Chronicle • July 27, 2008 Each year more women are filling the bleachers at NFL, college and high school football stadiums

The next play for Rutgers football The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - The withering series on the costs of Rutgers football--written by my colleagues Ted Sherman and Josh Margolin--is a welcome change from the usual ...

UNC Football Position Preview: Defensive Linemen Bleacher Report, CA - Thats your 2008 UNC Football defensive line. Up next, the biggest question mark for the Tar Heel's defense, the linebackers.

Texans linemen enjoy Hollywood spotlight Houston Chronicle, United States - Not just football stars, either. Way bigger than that. It’s one thing to block for a game-winning run. It’s another to tell your life story to 97 million ...

Lambuth plans for new football stadium Jackson Sun, TN - By MATT VINES While Lambuth might find a new home in the NCAA's Gulf South Conference in 2010, the Eagles' football team will have new facilities to host ...

Tagliabue should not impact hall San Diego Union Tribune, United States - By Jerry Magee Paul Tagliabue endorsed Jack Kemp for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 2006 file photo / Getty Images A touchy matter, this. ...

Spotlight may blind Browns Boston Herald, United States -The practice facility in Berea, Ohio, will be a popular stop for national writers making their summer rounds, especially with the Pro Football Hall of Fame ...

JC Football Notebook: Harbor, El Camino are on the move Daily Breeze, CA - By Dave Thorpe, Staff Writer When the El Camino and Harbor college football teams embark on the 2008 season the first week of September, they will do so in ...

Fearless Finnegan: Titans CB emerging as one of NFL’s best Titansonline.com -Finnegan caught Petrowski and whacked the football to the grass. “Nobody gets into it with Cortland,” said a fan, unable to resist a ‘my football player can ...

Shockey, Colston give Saints passing game one-two punch Houma Courier, Louisiana - Parks was a good football player on a bad football team in New Orleans. Until this past week, the Saints never invested so much in a tight end like they did ...

Ohio State Football Preview -2008 Covers, Canada - By ALEX SMART comments The Buckeye's start their 2008 campaign in search of completing at least one hat-trick but not wanting to ...

Cal Poly may meet Fresno State soon in football San Luis Obispo Tribune, CA -By Tristan Aird The Cal Poly and Fresno State football programs have not yet finalized a contract for a game in 2010, but a deal is in the works and ...

Record must include bowl for Sanders Tulsa World, OK - By JOHN KLEIN Senior Sports Columnist It would seem inevitable that in the near future, some of college football's most hallowed records from Barry Sanders' ...

Programs dealing with off-the-field trouble Tuscaloosa News AL - But around the country, people didn't give another college football player being named in a police report a second thought, even if it was mostly a case of ...

BYU football: Mendenhall tweaks things in quest for perfection Deseret News, UT - By Dick Harmon Back in 2005, on the first day of rookie BYU football coach Bronco Mendenhall's spring football practice, Cougar recruiting coordinator Paul ...

Who says Vol Nation doesn't have Fulmer's back ESPN - The last time I checked, a group of disassociated boosters were the ones who landed Alabama's football program on NCAA probation, sending the Crimson Tide ...

Star-Telegram/Sharon M. Steinman Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - Among major-college football programs, Texas has the nation’s longest active streak of double-digit victory seasons. The Longhorns, with 103 wins, ...

Lewis: Lessons learned Bengals.com, OH - "There's a little bit of a changing of the guard, which is natural in the National Football League,' Lewis said. "You've got a guy like Andrew going into ...

Polk Sports In OK Shape Despite Cuts The Ledger, FL - The county spent $376000 on officials, security for football games and athletic insurance. Polk County's athletic budget faces a 13.6 percent reduction this ...

Hype building slowly for UK-Louisville game Kentucky.com, KY - This summer has been largely devoid of buzz about the season-opening Kentucky-Louisville football game. ”I can't get anybody to talk about it,“ said Hall, ...

Castaways: Jobless black QBs wonder if race is issue Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - "I've been working out and waiting in anticipation," said Brooks, who spent last year out of football. "I'm kind of shocked and surprised I'm not on a team. ...

News of the Day 7/26/08

Arena Football League Approves Purchase of New York Dragons by New ... FOXBusiness -NEW ORLEANS, July 25, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----The Arena Football League Board of Directors has approved the purchase of the New York Dragons by a ...

2008 World Championship of Women's Football Houston Chronicle, United States - Some used to play tackle football for the Houston Energy in the Women's Professional Football League, which folded recently for financial reasons. ...

Homer seeking football coach MLive.com - By Mike Pryson With 16 days remaining until the official start of football practice, Homer High School is looking for a new coach. ...

Indiana football gaining respect Indianapolis Star, United States - By Kyle Neddenriep Kirk Herbstreit likes to brag on his native Ohio when it comes to the best high school football in the country. ...

Yellow Springs names Jones football coach Springfield News Sun, OH - The Bulldogs' new head football coach served as a varsity assistant for two seasons and coached the middle school team for two seasons before that. ...

Fantasy football player rankings Dallas Morning News, TX -By JOHN McFARLAND / AP 1. Tom Brady, New England: 4806 yards, 50 touchdowns, 8 interceptions, 2 TDs rushing, eight 300-yard games. ...

Area college teams get lofty football preseason rankings Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - By Bruce Wald If The Sporting News College Football 2008 magazine (formerly Street & Smith's) prognostications prove correct, the upcoming football season

GHS assistant football coach resigns after players vandalize his car Greenwich Time, CT - By Neil Vigdor A Greenwich High School assistant football coach has quit after several of his players were arrested for throwing eggs at his cars, ...

WVC coaches tab Shepherd as preseason football favorite Charleston Gazette, USA - Shepherd, the four-time defending champion, is seeking its fifth straight West Virginia Conference football championship this season but the gap seems to be ...

ESPN puts spotlight on Paterno, Nittany Lion football Centre Daily Times, PA - "Still, many involved with the university feel that the criminal activity among Penn State football players is one that needs to be addressed. ...

Follow the Dallas Diamonds' title march here Dallas Morning News, TX - The Football Chick has chronicled the Dallas Diamonds' journey to the Independent Women's Football League championship game. Now that the 42-year-old ...

4 players cut from La Tech football roster Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - Coach Derek Dooley says academic problems will keep two freshmen and a redshirt freshman from playing football for Louisiana Tech, and he has suspended a ...

Former Bishop Montgomery standout playing for 5th Arena football title Daily Breeze, CA - By Andrew Howard, Correspondent Bishop Montgomery graduate Omarr Smith will try to win his fifth Arena Football League championship Sunday when he and his ...

Former football player sentenced in brawl The Associated Press - NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former Tulane University football player convicted of attempted manslaughter for his role in a brawl outside a Bourbon Street nightclub ...

LSU loses football commitment from Florida The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA - Florida offensive lineman Henry Orelus has switched his verbal commitment from LSU to Florida State. Orelus could not be reached for comment Saturday after ...

Carroll relishing chance with Jets International Herald Tribune, France - Whether it's the Arena Football League or the NFL, whatever, you've just got to take every snap and every read that you see as your last play because, ...

Talent impresses Heights new football coachIndianapolis Star, United States - 22 hours agoBy Ted Schultz It will be a new era in Hamilton Heights football when the Huskies open the season Aug. 22 against Tipton. Curt Trout, a former Brownsburg ...

Tougher turf: UM installing new, more durable surface in football ... The Missoulian Sprinturf, the manufacturer, hired local company Design Turf Technologies to rip up the old and install a new surface for UM's football team. ...

Fantasy Football's Top-Five Players at Each Position Bleacher Report, CA - My favorite part of the year, Fantasy Football season! So, to help my fellow fantasy footballers out, I am going to give you the top-five players at each ...

SEC FOOTBALL: Hogs' Petrino deals with his past Montgomery Advertiser, AL - After coaching Louisville to 41-9 record in four seasons, Petrino proclaimed his love for the Falcons, calling it the "best job in the National Football ...

Clubline Football Launches Mitre Team Wear on New 'Everything ... PR Web (press release), WA - West Midlands based Football Team Wear and Equipment Supplier, Clubline Football, has just launched a new and updated version of their 'Everything Football' ...

Why MLS Can't Exist As a Major Football League...Yet Bleacher Report, CA - I would be in full support of merging MLS with USL to create a tiered Football League with relegation and everything. The whole landscape would benefit from ...

Arean Bowl Championship journey: Philadelphia Soul's Mike Mabry ... Orlando Sentinel, FL - By ILIANA LIMÓN SENTINEL STAFF WRITER Former UCF center Mike Mabry (right) has had a nomadic pro football career. He found a home with the Philadelphia ...

Glover named new JCM football coach Jackson Sun, TN - By MATTHEW BORENSTEIN New Jackson Central-Merry football coach Jim Glover waited - more than two weeks - for the paperwork to go through and his hiring to ...

Lawyer for former football player: 'Take a deep breath' Iowa City Press Citizen, IA - An attorney for one of the former Hawkeye football players accused of sexual assault warned that the public shouldn't put too much stock in the two letters ...

Zaktansky on fantasy football: Manage your own team of NFL players Danville News, PA -Fantasy leagues usually include between eight to 14 members, who each draft a team of professional football players. Each week throughout the season, ...

COLUMN: Coach offers wisdom from Mountaineer football past Times-West Virginian, WV - If the Mountaineers have in Pat White the best quarterback in college football — and they may, Tim Tebow not withstanding — then Appy State last year had ...


SEC FOOTBALL NOTES: LB Harris leaves Tigers Montgomery Advertiser, AL - "I think we have accomplished some things at Kentucky that I think are fairly significant in Kentucky football history. But in the grand scheme of things, ...

SEC FOOTBALL COMMENTARY: Here are the best of Media Days Montgomery Advertiser, AL -Best Dressed: Arian Foster and Robert Ayers, Tennessee football players. With 12 multimillionaires strolling in and out for three days, it's tough to ...

NSU football has eyes on the prize in MEAC The Virginian-Pilot, VA - The Spartans were picked to finish third in the MEAC preseason football poll by the conference's coaches and sports information directors. ...

Intensity rises as camp gears up for the Ravens ~ Baltimore Ravens, MD - Everybody is excited to be out here, and that's what you want in a football team. That's what makes a championship football team, all 80 guys coming out ...

Kevin Wilson, Offensive Coordinator, University of Oklahoma

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The 2006 offense was balanced with 2,480 rushing yards and 2,682 passing yards. Three different running backs logged 100-yard games and QB Paul Thompson put up numbers that ranked among the top 10 in school history for passing yards, touchdown passes, and completion percentage. OU ranked No. 19 nationally in scoring offense; No. 17 in rushing offense.

The 2005 line produced consensus All-Big 12 pick Davin Joseph as Adrian Peterson again eclipsed 1,000 rushing yards. Three freshmen were integrated as starters.

In 2004, the line, featuring Outland winner Jammal Brown and Walter Camp All-American and Rimington Award finalist Vince Carter, cleared the way for Heisman runner-up Adrian Peterson's 1,925 rushing yards while allowing a Big 12-low nine sacks.• The 2004 Sooners, featuring Wes Sims, a sixth-round draft choice by the Chargers, and All-Big 12 pick Joseph, were No. 8 in total offense and averaged 34.8 points.

The 2003 team ranked No. 3 nationally with 42.9 points/game and No. 19 with 439.4 yards of total offense/game.

In 2002, the line had four honorees as Quentin Griffin fell 13 yards shy of OU's season rushing record.

As Northwestern's offensive coordinator, the 2001 Wildcats led the Big 10 in total offense and QB Zac Kustok was conference leader in that same category.

In 2000, Northwestern set 25 school marks while ranking No. 3 nationally in total offense. The co-Big Ten champs were led by Damian Anderson, who rushed for a Big Ten record 193.6 yards per game.

Finalist for the 2000 Broyles Award.• Has helped produce 14 1,000-yard rushers. At OU, both Peterson (1,925 yards in 2004, 1,024 in 2005) and Griffin (1,884 yards in 2002) worked under Wilson.