SEC coordinator of officials John McDaid made it official this week. The “Horns Down” taunt will not result in an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for teams in the conference. The celebration is directed at Texas Longhorns players across all sports, but mostly in football. The taunt was a penalty while the school was in the Big...
Utah State fired football coach Blake Anderson Thursday for what it called “significant violations of his contractual obligations.” The firing came more than two weeks after the school informed Anderson of its plans to terminate his contract due to actions in the spring of 2023 that violated “both his employment agreement and university policy.” The...
Tyler Van Dyke spent the past three seasons as the primary starting quarterback for the Miami Hurricanes. But Van Dyke entered the NCAA’s transfer portal in November. The next month, the 2021 ACC Rookie of the Year revealed his intentions to transfer to Wisconsin. After a largely successful six-year run at Cincinnati, Luke Fickell accepted...
Nick Saban’s thoughts about anything college football is taken as fact given his illustrious head coaching career, but especially when the topic involves the Southeastern Conference where his Alabama Crimson Tide play. During an appearance on the SEC Network’s “SEC Now” show Monday, Saban spoke about a newcomer to the conference — the Texas Longhorns....
March Madness afflicts millions of American sports fans each year during springtime. Victims of the fever exhibit spontaneous outbreaks of basketball jargon, cry over busted brackets and call in sick to work on Thursdays and Fridays. There is no known cure for March Madness. But basketballogists know its origin. The malady was first diagnosed in...
For the first time, Nick Saban was a member of the press when he attended SEC Media Days on Monday. To his surprise, however, he broke a cardinal rule and was denied entry, at least initially. Saban said on ESPN he forgot to wear his press badge upon entering the event. Essentially, Saban got a...
After becoming the biggest story in sports last year, Deion Sanders continues to talk the talk. Coach Prime joined the University of Colorado in December 2022 after his success with Jackson State, and no one knew what to expect. After his Buffaloes upset TCU, which had been fresh off a national championship appearance, in their...
Starting July 1, college sports conferences look a whole heck of a lot different. The Big 12 alone added four schools: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah. This is just Year 1 of the new-look college sports scene, and more realignment could be on the way sooner rather than later. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS...
South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley was awarded the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at Thursday night’s ESPY Awards. Staley joins a profound list of recipients, including Dick Vitale, Liam Hendriks, Jim Kelly and the late Stuart Scott and Craig Sager amid their cancer battles and Eric LeGrand after he was paralyzed following a...
It is safe to say it has been quite an 18-month stretch for the Colorado Buffaloes. Colorado was the talk of the college football world after hiring Deion Sanders, and the transfer portal had their name all over it. They did not have many expectations leading into the 2023 season, but after beating nationally-ranked TCU,...
