Category Archives: College football

ML: More debate on Kentucky-Louisville football

Morning Links for Wednesday: My column on Andrew Wiggins, plus more Herald-Leader coverage can be found here. Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star says Bill Self got just what he needed. More debate on whether Kentucky should keep Louisville on its … Continue reading

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ML: Tennessee sex scandal, plus Andrew Wiggins Day!

Morning Links for Tuesday: Happy Andrew Wiggins Day! If Wiggins thinks there is scrutiny now, just wait. Looks like there’s a sex scandal at the University of Tennessee athletics department. More on the Tennessee scandal, which may involve Trae Golden. Orb’s … Continue reading

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Some more SEC numbers for Bob Stoops

Mark Stoops’ brother sure stirred things up this week. You remember Bob Stoops, coach at Oklahoma? Apparently feeling the frustration of watching the SEC capture the last seven BCS titles and eight of the last 10, Bob Stoops told a group … Continue reading

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Teddy Bridgewater rated No. 2 for 2014 Draft

ESPN’s Todd McShay has Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater listed as the No. 2 best player available for the 2014 NFL Draft behind South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. McShay’s top five: 1. Jadeveon Clowney DE South Carolina 2. Teddy Bridgewater … Continue reading

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UK’s Mark Stoops 11th in Twitter followers

Kelly Hines of the Tulsa World has researched which college football coaches have the most followers on Twitter. Despite having not coached a game yet, UK’s Mark Stoops is 11th on the list with 43,068 at the time of publication. … Continue reading

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NCAA suspends new recruiting rules

Well, that didn’t take long. You give some people an inch and they take a mile, so the NCAA Division I Board of Directors decided Thursday to suspend the new rule that would have allowed football coaches to send unlimited … Continue reading

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Mike Slive has thoughts on new football committee

The last piece of the College Football Playoff puzzle is a very important piece. The format is in place. The site of the first title game is in place. The name “College Football Place” is in place, despite criticism for … Continue reading

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Auburn review says Auburn did nothing wrong

An internal review into alleged academic fraud at Auburn failed to find any academic fraud at Auburn, the school announced Monday. A report by the website Roopstigo, run by former New York Times and Sports Illustrated columnist Selena Roberts, an … Continue reading

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Video: Bobby Petrino after spring game

With UK opening against Western Kentucky on August 31, I went to Western Kentucky’s Red-White Spring Game yesterday in Bowling Green. Here’s my column on the game. And here is part of Bobby Petrino’s press conference.

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Bjoern Werner’s trip from Germany to FSU to NFL

There is a good story on espn.com right now by Mark Winegardner of ESPN The Magazine about former Florida State defensive end Bjoern Werner, who is expected to be a first-round pick in next week’s NFL draft. Woerner’s defensive coordinator … Continue reading

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