Rivalry games tend to dial up the emotion and intensity level of athletes, especially in college football. The added adrenaline could often to lead to complications for the respective officiating crews of such games, thus having to sort out a potential mess or two. Baylor and TCU are no different. One of the more longer … Read more
Baylor University just can’t stay away from controversy. Brandon Washington, a newly hired strength and conditioning coach, was arrested on prostitution solicitation charges at a Waco-area hotel. The Class-B misdemeanor is punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine. Washington was immediately fired by Baylor upon learning the news. “When we … Read more
College football recruiting is an important part of the success of all top football programs. Both University of Michigan and Michigan State University are expecting solid classes this season. As always there are a few recruits remaining that have not yet declared where they will attend school next year. As the excitement builds towards National Signing … Read more
So on Thursday, the North Carolina Tar Heels, ranked No. 17 in the latest College Football Playoff polls, lost on the road to conference foe and arch-rival Duke, 28-27. On the surface of things, it just seems like another upset of a ranked team losing to an unranked opponent. But no, this loss by UNC goes … Read more
There has been no shortage of bad press for Baylor University in the wake of a sexual assault scandal that was reported by ESPN Behind The Lines over the summer. Former head coach Art Briles was fired as part of the University’s response to the sexual assaults. Baylor University also removed former President Ken Starr. Briles has remained a … Read more
Baylor University has dealt with it’s fair share of tragedy recently. This past Thursday night Baylor sophomore David Grotberg was killed in a hit and run accident. Grotberg was 19 years old, a trumpet player in the Golden Wave Band, president of the Campus Ballroom Dance Society, and part of the Honors Program at Baylor. Baylor football … Read more
We’re now ankle deep in the conference slate across college football. Hard to imagine we’re already a month through the regular season! This is about the time where we can learn a lot about a lot of teams that haven’t exactly been tested yet, whereas for other teams it is a chance to validate a … Read more
Hard to believe it’s already week 4 of the college football season, but here we are as the Big Ten and Pac-12 conference schedule gets underway this weekend. Meanwhile down South, ESPN College Gameday is taking a trip to Knoxville for yet another clash between the Gators and Vols. Can Tennessee snap its 11-game losing … Read more
Go play a game at Rice they said. Let Art Briles watch his former Baylor team from the stands they said. It’ll be fun the said. Maybe not when you lost your job for being involved in one of the biggest university scandals of our time. While the entire nation is disgusted by the acts … Read more
The USA Today Coaches Poll is out for the upcoming college football season. The ranking is decided by the votes of 64 FBS coaches. Here’s the official explanation from USA Today: The Amway Coaches Poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of head coaches at FBS schools. The panel is chosen … Read more
In 2015, it was the Oklahoma Sooners surviving the late-season gauntlet that is the regular season schedule of the Big 12. The Sooners, led by head coach Bob Stoops and senior transfer quarterback Baker Mayfield, earned one a highly-coveted spot in the College Football Playoff before falling short in the National Semifinals to the Clemson Tigers. There has been … Read more
The Baylor Bears have been on blast for the last week. The news came out of systematic cover-ups in regards to sexual assault allegations of their football players. This has caused firings, resignations, and re-evaluations throughout the athletic department and the university as a whole. Baylor’s football coach Art Briles was particularly targeted for his … Read more
According to sources close to the Baylor football program, the school has decided to part ways with head coach Art Briles following a slew sexual assault allegations against the program. Baylor dismisses coach Art Briles, source told @ESPN. Briles informed players via text, source said. Announcement expected at noon ET — Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) May … Read more
Baylor University and head football coach Art Briles have been in the news since 2007 when Briles was hired as coach. At the time, Baylor hadn’t had a winning football season in over a decade and was struggling to find an identity in the Big 12 Conference. Though the school has experienced a revival on the … Read more
It was a bit of a surprise that the Detroit Lions didn’t take a wide receiver at all in the 2016 NFL Draft. With Calvin Johnson now retired, you would have thought the Lions would have at some point snagged a wide out within the seven rounds of the draft, but that wasn’t the case. … Read more
The 2016 NFL Draft is over, but that does not mean the work for Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn is over. In fact, there is still a lot of work to be done including signing undrafted free agents who managed to slip through the cracks. The Lions wasted very little time as they have … Read more
