Monday, January 5, 2009

News for the day 1/5/08

Football playoff Salt Lake Tribune, United States - By that we mean it's time for a college football playoff to crown a national champion. The Bowl Championship Series is no way to decide the title, ...

Ohio State football: Two QBs start The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - As promised, Jim Tressel used two quarterbacks, right on the first play. Todd Boeckman under center and Terrelle Pryor split wide right. ...

Wake-up Call: Matt Millen, Ed Hochuli, Mark Sanchez, Erin Andrews ... Los Angeles Times, CA - First things first: Matt Millen, the recently fired director of football operations and the architect of the history-making 0-16 Detroit Lions, ...

On football: It's time for Dungy, Colts to part ways USA Today - This has been a mission of his for years; he even spoke of doing more important work than coaching a football team early in his tenure in Indianapolis. ...

SMU sets up football series with Wash. State for '09 & '10 Dallas Morning News, TX - The SMU football team has signed a home-and-home deal with Washington State for the 2009 and 2010 seasons. The Mustangs will visit the Cougars on Sept. ...

Will Boston College fire its football coach for Jets interview? USA Today - Boston College football coach Jeff Jagodzinski is scheduled to have an interview with the New York Jets today. That could end his career with the Eagles. ...

Utah football: Utes lose, gain coach Salt Lake Tribune, United States - By Lya Wodraska The Utes announced offensive line coach Charlie Dickey will join offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig on Kansas State's staff and announced ...

FOOTBALL NFL Ravens end Dolphins' renaissance season International Herald Tribune, France - But there was no avoiding the Ravens in the wild-card round of the American Football Conference playoffs on Sunday. With a rookie coach and quarterback, ...

Football Outsiders ESPN - The Falcons' run defense is particularly poor, which allowed the Cardinals' often nonexistent rushing attack to reappear from football purgatory. ...

Va. prep football standout fatally shot Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - By Staff Reports NORFOLK (AP) -- Norfolk police are investigating the fatal shooting of Maury High School football standout Charles Humphrey. ...

Brown's Plans Include More Than Football Hartford Courant, United States - He also provided a little more insight into the most decorated player in UConn football history, who became an All-American and remained one of the ...

2009 BCS Championship Predictions - Florida v. Oklahoma Football ... Locksmith Sports Picks, IA - Football odds makers have listed the Florida Gators as 3.5-point favorites with the total set at 70. There is no question in my mind that these two sides ...

Mike Leach: The Mad Scientist Of Football CBS News, NY - Turns out it can be true even in football. Last month the nation's college football coaches elected Mike Leach as coach of the year. ...

NFL ASSISTANT TO BE NAMED FOOTBALL COACH Yale Daily News, CT - Jacksonville Jaguars defensive assistant Tom Williams has been selected as Yale’s 33rd head football coach, the News has learned. Williams, 39, will become ...

A football fan's dream come true Le Mars Daily Sentinel, IA - The past week has been a football fan's dream come true. I can't even count how many games have been played - college bowl games, the NFL playoffs - and ...

UW Football Steve Sarkisian renews his pursuit of USC's Nick Holt Seattle Times, United States - New UW coach Steve Sarkisian confirmed Sunday night that he is talking with USC defensive coordinator Nick Holt about joining the Huskies. ...

Football: Bowl crowd was largest in three years Los Angeles Times, CA - The attendance at Home Depot Center on Dec. 20 for the CIF state Division III, II and open bowl games was 14122, the largest in the three years the event ...

LSU football coaching positions remain up in air The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA - ... surround the matter, LSU is expected to hold a press conference or make an announcement later today about new defensive coaches for its football team. ...

2009 GMAC Bowl Predictions - Ball State v. Tulsa Football Odds & Picks Locksmith Sports Picks, IA - NCAA football odds makers have listed Tulsa as the 2.5-point favorite with the total set at 75. Ball State head coach Brady Hoke has wasted no time moving ...

San Diego's Darren Sproles turns size deficit to his advantage Los Angeles Times, CA - In a game of brutes and behemoths, the biggest story in pro football right now stands 5 feet 6, weighs 180 pounds and stutters. ...

Utah football: Dickey joining Ludwig at K-State Salt Lake Tribune, United States - Utah coach Kyle Whittingham has another spot on his coaching staff to fill as offensive line coach Charlie Dickey will join offensive coordinator Andy ...

How could the football Gamecocks look so pathetic in the beginning ... Anderson Independent Mail, SC - By Brad Senkiw (Contact) The 2008 South Carolina football team pulled off another impressive late-season collapse — something that became too common the ...

BCS Title Game: Tebow’s Pledge Revisted New York Times, United States - The 2008 college football season is underway and there is plenty to discuss as teams fight for position in the polls. The Quad's Connor Ennis leads a panel ...

Possible Oklahoma Crown Stirs All-Time Debate Wall Street Journal - Do the Sooners, Notre Dame or another team deserve the title of college football's best program ever? By DARREN EVERSON Suppose Oklahoma defeats Florida ...

Florida’s Rowley Finds His Niche New York Times, United States - Butch Rowley’s charmed football life began poolside in the backyard of Kroy Crofoot, his football-crazed uncle. Interviews, insight and analysis from The ...

A football fan's dream come true Le Mars Daily Sentinel, IA - The past week has been a football fan's dream come true. I can't even count how many games have been played - college bowl games, the NFL playoffs - and ...

Assistant football coach Cooper leaves USC for LSU TheDigitel, SC - With USC since Lou Holtz last graced the sidelines in 2004, Ray Cooper, the Gamecock’s assistant coach, is leaving South Carolina for Louisiana. ...

Should he stay or should he go? Offensive lineNew Era Scouting, KS - 6 hours agoWidely considered one of the most important positions in football, the blind-side protectors are always sought after when the draft rolls around. ...

OU football notebook: Ravens’ Mark Clayton stops by NewsOK.com, OK - Some of the Gators didn’t pretend to know anything about Oklahoma, outside of football. "Nothing, honestly,” linebacker Ryan Stamper said. ...

Pennington's message is more than just football Huntington Herald Dispatch, WV - Chad Pennington's name is familiar to just about everyone in Huntington and anyone in the nation interested in football. He was a great quarterback for ...

Syracuse football introduces defensive coordinator The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com, NY - Frank Ordonez / The Post-StandardScott Shafer was introduced today as the Syracuse University football team's defensive coordinator. ...

Talking Football With AU's Newest Coach Kentucky Sports Report - Jay Boulware says he was hoping to get a call from Gene Chizik to come on down and join the football coaching staff at Auburn. This weekend that happened ...

Despite sour ending to season, Texas Tech football made big strides Dallas Morning News, TX - By BRANDON GEORGE / The Dallas Morning News The Red Raiders' 47-34 loss to Mississippi in the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic wasn't the way one of the best senior ...

Fla. man sues 2 former Tampa football players Fort Mills Times, SC - TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida man is suing two former Tampa Bay Buccaneers players, saying they attacked him at an International House of Pancakes restaurant in ...