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July 28, 2011

Boise State Football Banned From Wearing All-Blue Uniforms For Home Games

Huffington Post, Dan Treadway
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/27/boise-state-banned-blue-uniforms-smurf-turf_n_910913.htmlCollege football is a sport of pageantry and traditions. Among these long traditions include "dotting the i" at Ohio ...


July 22, 2011

Ivy League Reduces Full-Contact Football Practices To Two Per Week

TheDartmouth.com, Angie Yang
http://thedartmouth.com/2011/07/22/sports/IvyThe Ivy League will adopt a new policy that limits the number of allowable full-contact practices to two per week during the football season, League officials announced on...


July 15, 2011

Boise State Close To Breaking Football Season-Ticket Record

Idaho Statesman, Chadd Cripe
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/07/15/1727156/broncos-nearing-season-ticket.htmlThe Boise State football program likely will break the school record for season-ticket sales during its first season in the Mountain ...


July 14, 2011

Georgia Tech Fined $100K, Stripped Of 2009 ACC Football Title

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Doug Roberson
http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-tech-sports/2011/07/14/tech-fined-100000-forced-to-vacate-2009-acc-title-by-ncaa/?cxntlid=brkng_nws_bnrGeorgia Tech was fined $100,000 by the NCAA, stripped of its 2009 ACC...


July 13, 2011

Former Texas Tech Football Coach Mike Leach Doesn’t Hold Back In New Book

MSNBC.com, John Taylor
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/12/mike-leach-comes-out-swinging-his-book-sword/
As he’s well-known for his fondness of pirates along with many other eclectic/meteorological leanings, it should...


July 12, 2011

Wyoming Seminary Suspends Football Program After 126 Years

Citizensvoice.com
http://citizensvoice.com/sports/wyoming-sem-suspends-its-grid-program-after-126-years-1.1174045#axzz1RuA8fkln
After 126 years of fielding a football team, Wyoming Seminary announced on Monday that it has suspended the Blue...


July 6, 2011

California Schools Exploit Loopholes, Earn More Summer Football Practice Time

The Daily Journal (San Mateo, Calif.), Nathan Mollat
http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=162415&title=Summer%E2%80%99s%20balancing%20act
Twenty-five years ago, a high school football program’s summer consisted of ...


July 6, 2011

Nebraska Football Self-Imposes Penalty For Extra Book Buying

Omaha World-Herald, Rich Kaipust
http://www.omaha.com/article/20110705/BIGRED/707059855
LINCOLN — Not knowing how or when the NCAA might punish Nebraska for recently self-reported violations, Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne sai...


July 5, 2011

Alabama H.S. To Open $3.8 Million Football Stadium Next Month

Al.com, Josh Bean
http://highschoolsports.al.com/news/article/-5840082372283150571/field-of-dreams-saraland-will-open-new-38-million-football-stadium-this-fall/
SARALAND, Alabama — Saraland will finally play a home football ...


July 5, 2011

Football Coach Trying To Beat Cancer In Final Year Before Retirement

Lake Forester, Bryan Bonato
http://lakeforest.suntimes.com/sports/6353580-417/story.html
Obviously, this is not a game. This is real life.Libertyville High football coach Randy Kuceyeski isn’t trying to beat the coach of the team on t...