Sunday, August 31, 2008

News for the Day 8/31/08

Terrelle Pryor looks good in Ohio State football debut, but big ...The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland,OH,USA... a thrower first and a runner by default - the opposite of Troy Smith, the Wonder Years - well, you can't blame Ohio State coach Jim Tressel for trying. ...

Week 1 not upsetting for college football powers FOXSports.com - The way the 2007 college football season left the rails and kept on going all willy-nilly every week, we weren't sure the 2008 season would know how to ...

Williams may be NFL drug policy's greatest success FOXSports.com - He's covered the NFL for 14 seasons as a beat writer and is the president of the Pro Football Writers of America. DAVIE, Fla. - Ricky Williams is a role ...

Dead football player's family awaits results of investigations Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - Michele Crockett was just leaving her job at Greenwood Elementary School to go pick up her 15-year-old son from football practice when she received a ...

College football notes: Ohio State's C. Wells injures foot Baltimore Sun, United States -Back in business: Playing its first football game in 48 years, Lincoln University beat a club team from George Mason, 34-7, in West Grove, Pa. ...

Utah football: Utes hang on to beat Michigan Salt Lake Tribune, United States - The Utah football team opened its season with an upset road win at Michigan on Saturday. The Utes had a 22-10 halftime lead and a 25-10 lead at the start of ...

What We Learned In College Football's First Saturday Bleacher Report, CA - Donald Fincher says that there were many things that were learned on opening weekend of College Football. by Donald Fincher (Analyst) We've waited all ...

BYU football: Cougars hold off Northern Iowa Salt Lake Tribune, United States - Sure, the 41-17 victory over a power from a lower college football division they were favored to beat by three touchdowns will look OK to those pollsters ...

Way Too Much College Football 1070 The Fan - Indianapolis, IN - This is college football overload. Of course, I watched IU trounce Western Kentucky yesterday. As any good Hoosier (especially one who is the program ...

Greene rushes for 109 yards as Iowa stomps Maine - NCAA College ... ESPN - Jhamal Fluellen ran for 104 yards to lead Maine, which lost its fourth straight to a Football Bowl Subdivision team after winning at Mississippi State 9-7 ...

Cerebral essays about football -- America's visceral sport Detroit Free Press, United States - BY CHRIS COLLINS • MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS Football season is just around the corner. All of us armchair quarterbacks and tailgaters would do ...

Atlantic Coast Conference football roundup Los Angeles Times, CA - ... pulling away from the Blue Hens, who have 14 starters back from the team that last year advanced to the Football Championship Subdivision title game. ...

Fla. high school football player dies after injury USA Today - (AP) — A Florida Panhandle high school football player has died after he collided with two other players during a game. Taylor Haugen, a sophomore wide ...

Arkansas nips Western Illinois in Petrino's debut - NCAA College ... ESPN - Western Illinois is one of the better teams in the Football Championship Subdivision, but that's still college football's second tier. ...

Major challeges for Rutgers football Newsday, NY - "To be competitive in our conference, you need to be able to run the football," said Teel, another Jersey native who has as much freedom as Peyton Manning ...

No Girls Allowed in High School Football League SportingNews.com - There are no girls allowed in football. Lady kicker Kacy Stuart got booted from her private school team after Georgia authorities ruled females aren't ...

San Jose St. 13, UC Davis 10 - NCAA College Football Recap ESPN -Daniel Alfaro pass complete to Bakari Grant for 54 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. Sean Kelley extra point GOOD. Kyle Reed pass complete to Terrance Williams for 3 ...

Disadvantages pile up for Western Michigan University in football ... MLive.com, MI - Less than 24 hours before Saturday night's game, Western Michigan University's football equipment sat in a modest rental truck on a dark side street just ...

Stony Brook 42, Colgate 26 - NCAA College Football Recap ESPN - AP STONY BROOK, NY (AP) -- Edwin Gowins ran for 147 yards on 12 carries and scored twice to lead Stony Brook to a 42-26 victory over Colgate on Saturday ...