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S. Alabama reels in Hokie transfer Dewayne Alford
Back in March, it was announced that Dewayne Alford was one of a handful of players no longer listed on Virginia Tech’s roster. Three months later, the defensive end has a new home. South Alabama...
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Dismissed FSU LB Ukeme Eligwe moves on to Georgia Southern
Booted by Jimbo Fisher back in November of last year, Ukeme Eligwe is getting a fresh start about 250 miles north of Tallahassee. Eligwe’s high school coach, Dante Ferguson, has confirmed to the...
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Lafayette college football player killed in car accident
It is not often we dig into the news coming out of the Patriot League, but today we do so with some somber news from Lafayette. Brian Keller, a senior tight end fo the Lafayette Leopards, has succumbed...
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USF losing assistant to… Appalachian State?
This is something you don’t really see every day, especially this close to the start of summer camp and a new season. A month or so prior to the start of that camp, Thayer Evans of SI.com is reporting,...
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USF stays in-house to fill coaching vacancy
That certainly didn’t take long. Or very far to look, for that matter. Wednesday, we noted reports surfaced that Willie Taggart had lost one of his USF assistants to a Sun Belt Conference school. A...
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South Alabama begins exploring possible on-campus stadium options
South Alabama began playing college football just seven years ago in Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, and now the Jaguars are looking for a place to more appropriately call home. The university...
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All three Buckeye QBs make Maxwell Award preseason watch list
One of the most prestigious awards in college football became the latest to toss its hat into the preseason watch list ring, and this particular honor carries a decidedly Ohio State tinge to it. The...
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Mackey Award, Rimington Trophy release watch lists
Yep, more watch lists, although that essentially means we’re all one day closer to the start of a brand-new college football season. Regardless, the latest to release their preseason watch lists are...
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NCAA commends S. Carolina for Confederate flag removal
While not the intent, South Carolina’s move on a divisive and lightning-rod issue earlier today has put the state back in the good graces of the governing body of collegiate athletics. Thursday...
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Groza Award watch list headlined by last year’s winner
Brad Craddock was the winner of the 2014 Lou Groza Award. He returned for the 2015 season. Not surprisingly, he’s earned a spot on a watch list. Given annually to the nation’s top placekicker, the...
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2014 winner Tom Hackett one of 25 Ray Guy Award watch listers
Kicking Day at CFT continues, with punters next up in the watch list spotlight. Unlike some other watch lists, the Ray Guy Award released its initial cut with just 25 punters listed, the fewest of any...
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SEC lands 16 of 81 linemen on Outland Trophy watch list
Watch list season continued Friday with the release of the Outland Trophy watch list by the Football Writers Association of America. A total of 81 interior linemen (offense and defense) were named on...
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2014 winner Scooby Wright III headlines Nagurski Trophy watch list
There has only ever been one repeat winner of the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, but Arizona’s Scooby Wright III is hoping to become the second. The 2014 Nagurski Trophy winner was among the 88 players listed...
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Surprise! Mountain West leads all conferences on Jim Thorpe Award watch list
Today may be the beginning of college football’s media day season, but it also marks the continuation of watch list season. Today’s watch list reveal came from the Jim Thorpe Award, which named 42 of...
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145 — yes, 145 — players on Lombardi Award watch list
Most in the media, and many a fan, scoff in the general direction of preseason watch lists every time one’s released. For those who fall into that category, here’s additional ammunition for your...
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Butkus Award throws hat in watch-list ring, too
While not nearly as extensive as the other one released Tuesday, an award honoring outstanding linebacking play is the latest indicator that the start of a new season is right around the corner....
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A mere two dozen QBs placed on O’Brien watch list
“You call that a watch list? The Lombardi Award scoffs in your general direction.” — the Lombardi Award, speaking in the third person. Be that as it may, the Davey O’Brien Award released the shortest...
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Ezekiel Elliott one of 69 on Doak Walker watch list
Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliott was the hottest running back exiting the 2014 season, and that momentum carried into the offseason as he’s one of the wagering favorites for the 2015 Heisman Trophy and...
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Sun Belt putting expansion talks on table, will revisit in offseason
The Sun Belt Conference is sitting on an 11-school membership entering the 2015 season. It is too late to add any new members to the fold now, but the conference is not going to close the book on the...
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Karl Benson’s Catch-22 with Sun Belt programs and big money games
It is time for the Sun Belt Conference to start breaking away from depending on big money payouts from power conference opponents, according to Sun Belt Conference commissioner Karl Benson. Benson, the...
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