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Jaz Reynolds, Trey Franks among 4 Sooners suspended indefinitely for breaking team rules
Four Oklahoma football players have been suspended indefinitely for violating team rules, the athletic department announced late Wednesday night. OU coach Bob Stoops said defensive back Quentin Hayes and wide receivers Trey Franks, Kameel Jackson and Jaz Reynolds were suspended. He did not say why.
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Is Florida State Big 12 bound?
It’s happened again: Florida State is rumored to leave the ACC for a conference with a heavier focus on college football and one that will provide more lucrative benefits for the University. Last year, FSU was supposed to join the SEC—that didn’t happen.
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The high cost of Oregon’s Rose Bowl win
Bowl season is a special time of the year. It caps off every football season with fun matchups that fans rarely get to see and it allows those teams that have done well a chance to prove they’re the nation’s best.
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Column: Sex offender’s involvement in Ohio State recruiting a sign of the times
A registered sex offender in the state of Kentucky played a role in Ohio State’s 2013 football recruiting class. Bizarre? Yes. Disturbing? Absolutely. Surprising? No, not really. Let me explain.
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Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick discusses potential college football playoff
Since its inception in 1998, the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) has been the subject of much scrutiny. The long-awaited news of its demise came out of a late-April meeting between Notre Dame Director of Athletics Jack Swarbrick and 11 conference commissioners.
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Big 12 stabilizes after yearlong conference realignment drama
The Big 12 Conference survived a tumultuous conference realignment situation in 2011. Barely. The conference, already unstable from Colorado and Nebraska’s June departures, was shaken again when the Southeastern Conference extended an official invitation for membership to Texas A&M in August.
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Column: Seau’s death shows real danger in NFL bounty programs
The NFL made big news Wednesday when it levied suspensions against four players who were involved in the New Orleans Saints’ bounty program which rewarded players for big hits that injured opponents.
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Oklahoma offensive lineman Austin Woods diagnosed with lymphoma
Oklahoma sophomore offensive lineman Austin Woods now has bigger things to worry about than blocking assignments and preseason workouts. Woods, a 2011 Academic All-Big 12 selection, is battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of lymph tissue.
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Notre Dame QB Rees, LB Calabrese arrested early Thursday morning
Irish junior quarterback Tommy Rees and senior linebacker Carlo Calabrese were arrested early Thursday morning by the South Bend Police Department, St. Joseph County police spokesperson Sgt. Bill Redman said.