Tuesday, December 9, 2008

News for the Day 12/9/08

Lions' Marinelli: "I believe in the invisible."The Associated Press - Marinelli deflects non-football questions such as how he spent a long weekend after the Thanksgiving game or how his experience in Vietnam shaped his life ...

Mike Locksley becomes fourth black coach in major-college football Los Angeles Times, CA - llinois offensive coordinator Mike Locksley was hired as New Mexico's coach, becoming the fourth black football coach at a major school. ...

BYU football: Hall is eager to show US his true game Salt Lake Tribune, United States - By Jay Drew PROVO - When BYU quarterback Max Hall was a senior at Mountain View High in Mesa, Ariz., he didn't lose as a starter until the state ...

Ute football: Ute fans face high cost of travel Salt Lake Tribune, United States - By Lya Wodraska Spending thousands of dollars for airline tickets to New Orleans to see their beloved Utah Utes play in the Sugar Bowl for the first time ...

Missouri Tigers Football Recruiting 2009 ESPN - He keeps inside-out leverage on the football when coming up on run support. He's not afraid to fight the receiver for the football when going up to make the ...

WR Broadway kicked off Oklahoma St. football team International Herald Tribune, France - Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy kicked junior receiver Jeremy Broadway off the football team for breaking team rules. Broadway was formerly a starter for ...

Utah State football: Aggies' Andersen hires 2 Weber St. assistants Deseret News, UT - LOGAN — A pair of Weber State defensive assistants, Kevin Clune and Chad Kauha'aha'a, have been added to the Utah State football staff, new Aggies head ...

Study: Grad rates up for bowl-bound teams The Associated Press - (AP) — More bowl-bound black football players are graduating, but still at lower rates than their white teammates. And overall, football players from Bowl ...

Top football prospect shoots self in traffic stop WXVT, MS - (AP) - Authorities say a George County High School football star died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound early yesterday after being pulled over ...

College Football Jacquizz Rodgers, Rey Maualuga win Pac-10 awards Seattle Times, United States - Tailback Jacquizz Rodgers of Oregon State was selected Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year by conference coaches. ...

Trio of assistants, including Groh's son, leaving UVA football Seattle Post Intelligencer - Charlottesville, VA (Sports Network) - The University of Virginia announced Monday that three assistants on its football team will not be with the school ...

High School Football Hartford Courant, United States 1 team in The Courant's final state football ratings Monday after winning its third consecutive Class MM title Saturday. Class LL champion Glastonbury ...

UCF freshman running back Brandon Davis (UCF football media guide ... Orlando Sentinel, FL - "Since I learned of what occurred, I have held discussions to consider the best course of action for our university, football program and student-athletes. ...

Kemp lessons all academic now Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA - Whistleblowers may catch the occasional corrupt academic counselor, or the football coach whose car keys somehow keep winding up in a recruit’s pocket. ...

BSU football coach on Letterman tonight Indianapolis Star, United States - The BSU football team finished the season 12-0 (8-0 in the MAC), then lost 42-24 Friday to

College football: Florida's Tebow named SEC Offensive Player of ... Naples Daily News, FL - The University of Florida football team had four players earn first-team All-SEC Honors, announced Monday by the Associated Press. Junior all-purpose player ...

BYU football: Cougars say they will be ready for Arizona Salt Lake Tribune, United States - By Jay Drew PROVO » Meeting the media for the first time since their 48-24 loss to Utah more than two weeks ago, the BYU Cougars stressed on Monday morning ...

SEC FOOTBALL: Three Bulldogs earn first-team All-SEC honors Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA - By Chip Towers Georgia placed two sophomores and a freshman on The Associated Press All-SEC first team, which was released Monday. ...

The bowl game guide for the casual football fan Examiner.com - How can you consider yourself a college football fan and NOT watch the most anticlimactic hour of TV of the year? I don't blame you for missing the BCS ...

Skyline's Jake Heaps named PI offensive football MVP Seattle Post Intelligencer - By MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN Skyline junior Jake Heaps remembers his first football tryout was when he was 7 years old and the scout who knew immediately he was ...

Steve Sarkisian revives the promise of Washington's football program Seattle Times, United States - The new leader of Washington football stirred excitement Monday not by professing his own brilliance, but by articulating an aw-shucks merriment about the ...

Arena Football League on shaky ground San Jose Mercury News, USA - By John Ryan Amid reports that the Arena Football League is on the verge of collapse, a SaberCats spokeman said Monday that the team continues with plans to ...

UCF football player OK in hospital after collapse ESPN - A University of Central Florida football player is recovering after he collapsed during training and was hospitalized. Brandon Davis, a freshman running ...

UB Bulls Football Team Plays for MAC Championship WBFO, NY - The UB football team will play for the championship of the Mid-American Conference at Ford Field in Detroit. The Bulls will take on heavily favored Ball ...

Coaches like new football format, but suggest tweaking St. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - November 29, 2008 - Hazelwood Central's Kameron Williams rushes the ball around Blue Springs South defenders at the MSHSAA Class 6 championship football ...

Big East Football Preview: BlueGoldNews.com - Four BIG EAST players have accepted invitations to play in one of college football’s best known postseason all-star events, the East-West Shrine Game. ...

Jo Byrns finds spot on the football map My Tennessean.com, TN - Until Jo Byrns beat McKenzie in last week's semifinals, it was on a short list of other varsity football-playing schools in the state that never have ...

Pickup, Masuk football team bus collide Connecticut Post, CT - By AARON LEO A truck collided with a bus carrying the Masuk High School varsity football team Thursday evening on Route 111 in Trumbull. ...

Lines drawn for GW-South Charleston football faceoff Daily Mail - Charleston, WV -by Jake Stump Moms, dads and grandparents aren't the only folks getting pumped up for the Class AAA state title football game between the South Charleston ...