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Entries for June 10th, 2010

College Football Conference Expansion: West Virginia to the SEC?

Conference expansion is quickly becoming an annoying subject. It’s right up there with the hysteria-causing, nausea-inducing final week before National Signing Day. Yet, this expansion talk, which most of it has turned out to be, just talk, has the potential to rock the college football landscape. The past week has set into motion what could be the largest sweeping change to college football in …

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Analysis: SEC keeps eye on changing landscape

From their perch above college football, the 12 Southeastern Conference schools are sitting back and quietly surveying the landscape. For a few months, the talk of conference expansion and realignment has centered around the Big Ten, Pac-10 and the…

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Baseball: FSU has six players drafted

The final rounds of the Major League Baseball Draft concluded Wednesday afternoon with two more Florida State players being selected. Outfielder Taiwan Easterling, also a receiver on the football team, was taken in the 31st round by the Florida…

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Commentary: The New World Of College Football

You know, now I realized why I never liked the Nebraska Cornhuskers. True, they were never a natural rival of my FSU Seminoles (since we beat them in a big bowl every time like they were muffin mix), but there was something about them that I could never stand. Now, I have a perfect reason: They have officially brought about the end of college football.

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UM tops in state in academic progress for football

The University of Miami led the way among schools in Florida in academic progress rates for its football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams, with UF and UCF posting strong showings as well.

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College Football Expansion Begins

It looks like the earthquake that’s been brewing in college football will finally hit as early as Thursday.The University of Colorado officially accepted an offer to become part of the Pac-10; thereby making the new conference the Pac-11 for the time being. After that, a wild round of conference realignment will likely begin.

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ACC’s lunchtime links

Another one bites the dust … Before his ACC football career even began, Georgia Tech recruit Jake Skole chose baseball. Heck, for a $ 1.5 million bonus , I would, too. The ACC may soon have no choice but to react to expansion news. There are two ways the ACC can improve its image nationally, says Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson, and I agree completely with both of them. Bobby Bowden was a …

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USC, FSU, Big Ten, Pac-10: The Perfect NCAA Examples for the Knight Commission

Oh, greed. What funny things you cause. Like a Big Ten Conference with more than 10 teams. Or a Pac-10 Conference with schools thousands of miles away from the Pacific Ocean. Instead of teaching student -athletes proper math and geography, they’re learning the foundation of greed. It’s something the Knight Commissionformed in response to collegiate scandals during the 1980shas been researching …

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