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January 6, 2011

Penn St.’s Tom Bradley On Verge Of Becoming Pitt’s Next Football Coach

The Sporting News
Penn State assistant coach Tom Bradley has sent text messages to at least two Penn State players to inform them he intends to accept an offer to become the new coach at Pittsburgh.Citing a team source, PennLive.com reported Wed...


January 3, 2011

UConn’s Edsall, Not Leach, Takes Over Maryland Football

BaltimoreSun.com
Maryland reached out to a number of high-profile candidates about its top football job before selecting University of Connecticut head coach Randy Edsall, a longtime defensive specialist who grew up a Terps fan and was this seas...


December 30, 2010

Football: Complementary plays to the wishbone triple option

The wishbone triple option play is the base play within the greater wishbone-triple-option offensive philosophy. As its name indicates, it's actually three plays in one. There is a dive option to the fullback; a quarterback-keeper, off-tackle option;...


December 30, 2010

Miami of Ohio Rents U of Cincy’s Indoor Football Practice Bubble

Cincinnati.com
Miami University quarterback Austin Boucher and his teammates are all warm and fuzzy these days, thanks to the indoor comfort of the new University of Cincinnati practice bubble.Miami is headed to a bowl and UC is not, so the RedH...


December 27, 2010

Ohio State A.D. Defends Football Punishments

The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)Acknowledging the critics who wonder why the six players who broke NCAA rules are not suspended for the Sugar Bowl on Jan.4, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith argued that those players are paying a heavy price, regar...


December 27, 2010

Winningest New England H.S. Football Coach Retires

Seacoastonline.comDOVER — Rod Wotton spent the better part of five decades mentoring, teaching and coaching thousands of students and athletes. He’ll dedicate the rest of his years to loving and nurturing seven youngsters.The venerable co...


December 23, 2010

Did Ohio State Football Players Get Free Tattoos?

Cleveland.comCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State is investigating whether several players could be suspended for the Sugar Bowl, the Columbus Dispatch reported, for receiving free tattoos from a Columbus tattoo parlor. Ohio State held its last practice...


December 23, 2010

Temple Hires Addazio As Football Coach

OwlSports.comPHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Steve Addazio [a-DAHZ-ee-oh], who helped the University of Florida win two BCS National Championships (2006, 2008) in the last five years, has been named Temple University’s 25th head football coach. He m...


December 22, 2010

Vermont HS Football Coach Embezzles Sweatshirt Money

NECN.comBENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont high school football coach who pleaded guilty to embezzling money he collected for players’ sweat shirts says he expects to be exonerated eventually.Forty-eight-year-old Steve LaLonde of Bennington...


December 21, 2010

Boston College Extends Football Coach Spaziani

Boston.comWhile the coaching turnstile is spinning in the Atlantic Coast Conference, with both Miami and Maryland making changes, Boston College yesterday made certain there would be no revolving door at the Yawkey Athletic Center.BC athletic directo...