Wednesday, July 2, 2014
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
The New Season Starts with The End of a Realignment
All Maps From Wikipedia Unless Otherwise Noted.
The 2014-15 college athletic season has officially begun and it has started with another round of conference realignment. Earlier today twelve teams either changed leagues or moved up from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to an FBS-level conference. Here is how today's changes occurred:
The American Athletic Conference added three teams (East Carolina, Tulane, and Tulsa) and lost two (Louisville and Rutgers). The changes give the American eleven teams for the 2014-15 season, but its football membership will increase to twelve when Navy joins in July 2015. Once Navy's move occurs, the American will split into two six-team divisions and will sponsor a championship game.
The Atlantic Coast Conference welcomed Louisville as its newest member. The Cardinals replace the outgoing Maryland Terrapins, a charter member of the ACC when it first began intercollegiate play in 1953.
The Big Ten Conference added Maryland and Rutgers as its thirteenth and fourteenth members respectively. In admitting these two teams, the Big Ten encompasses a geographic footprint stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Coast. It now has access to media markets in the Baltimore-D.C. area as well as metropolitan New York City.
ESPN's Adam Rittenberg has more information about the Big Ten's eastern expansion in the following video:
The BIG XII, the PAC-12, the Mountain West, and the SEC were not affected by this year's realignment. The Mid-American Conference will lose UMass in 2015, a departure which will reduce the MAC's roster to twelve teams. However, the BIG XII did unveil a new logo, which can be found on the conference's website.
As for Conference-USA, the league experienced five changes to its membership roster. While East Carolina, Tulsa and Tulane all left for the American Athletic Conference, C-USA admitted Old Dominion, which upgraded its football from FCS to FBS, and Western Kentucky from the Sun Belt Conference. For now, C-USA's football membership stands at thirteen until UNC-Charlotte is admitted in 2015 as a full member. More information can be found at Conference-USA's website.
Speaking of the Sun Belt Conference, the league has added four teams: Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Idaho, and New Mexico State. Both Idaho and New Mexico State played as FBS-level independents last year after the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) stopped sponsoring football after the 2012-13 season. Both Appalachian State and Georgia Southern upgraded their football programs from FCS to FBS-level as part of their move to the Sun Belt. It is also worth mentioning that these two former FCS teams have upset teams from major conferences at games played outside their home stadiums. Appalachian State defeated Michigan at Ann Arbor, 34-32, on September 1st, 2007, while Georgia Southern embarrassed Florida, 26-22, in Gainesville on November 23, 2013.
Excluding a couple more team movements (e.g., Navy's move to the American Athletic Conference) that will occur at the start of the 2015-16 season, the grand conference realignment which started in 2010 has largely concluded. I am not sure if anyone could have anticipated the nationwide effects of the Big Ten Conference's decision to add a twelfth member. But, four years after the Big Ten presidents voted to admit Nebraska, the geographic landscape of American college sports at the FBS-level has been significantly reshaped. The PAC-12, SEC, Big Ten, and the ACC have all expanded outside their historical geographic footprints; the BIG XII has shrunk to ten teams; the Mountain West is now a major regional conference; and two conferences, the Big East and the WAC, no longer exist as football leagues. Finally, the stability of a new association, the American Athletic Conference, is questionable after losing two of its charter members to larger, wealthier conferences.
Unfortunately, the end of the grand realignment only raises more questions about the current state of college football. One of which is whether or not smaller conferences like the American, Conference-USA, and the Sun Belt can endure in a game at risk of being controlled by the five "Power Conferences." Or if the new College Football Playoff system will lead to calls for more equal representation of all FBS-level conferences during the postseason. It may be a long time before we as fans find the answers to those questions. For now, let us wait and see what happens after the 2014-15 season begins in August.
The 2014-15 college athletic season has officially begun and it has started with another round of conference realignment. Earlier today twelve teams either changed leagues or moved up from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to an FBS-level conference. Here is how today's changes occurred:
The American Athletic Conference added three teams (East Carolina, Tulane, and Tulsa) and lost two (Louisville and Rutgers). The changes give the American eleven teams for the 2014-15 season, but its football membership will increase to twelve when Navy joins in July 2015. Once Navy's move occurs, the American will split into two six-team divisions and will sponsor a championship game.
The Atlantic Coast Conference welcomed Louisville as its newest member. The Cardinals replace the outgoing Maryland Terrapins, a charter member of the ACC when it first began intercollegiate play in 1953.
The Big Ten Conference added Maryland and Rutgers as its thirteenth and fourteenth members respectively. In admitting these two teams, the Big Ten encompasses a geographic footprint stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Coast. It now has access to media markets in the Baltimore-D.C. area as well as metropolitan New York City.
ESPN's Adam Rittenberg has more information about the Big Ten's eastern expansion in the following video:
The BIG XII, the PAC-12, the Mountain West, and the SEC were not affected by this year's realignment. The Mid-American Conference will lose UMass in 2015, a departure which will reduce the MAC's roster to twelve teams. However, the BIG XII did unveil a new logo, which can be found on the conference's website.
As for Conference-USA, the league experienced five changes to its membership roster. While East Carolina, Tulsa and Tulane all left for the American Athletic Conference, C-USA admitted Old Dominion, which upgraded its football from FCS to FBS, and Western Kentucky from the Sun Belt Conference. For now, C-USA's football membership stands at thirteen until UNC-Charlotte is admitted in 2015 as a full member. More information can be found at Conference-USA's website.
Speaking of the Sun Belt Conference, the league has added four teams: Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Idaho, and New Mexico State. Both Idaho and New Mexico State played as FBS-level independents last year after the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) stopped sponsoring football after the 2012-13 season. Both Appalachian State and Georgia Southern upgraded their football programs from FCS to FBS-level as part of their move to the Sun Belt. It is also worth mentioning that these two former FCS teams have upset teams from major conferences at games played outside their home stadiums. Appalachian State defeated Michigan at Ann Arbor, 34-32, on September 1st, 2007, while Georgia Southern embarrassed Florida, 26-22, in Gainesville on November 23, 2013.
Excluding a couple more team movements (e.g., Navy's move to the American Athletic Conference) that will occur at the start of the 2015-16 season, the grand conference realignment which started in 2010 has largely concluded. I am not sure if anyone could have anticipated the nationwide effects of the Big Ten Conference's decision to add a twelfth member. But, four years after the Big Ten presidents voted to admit Nebraska, the geographic landscape of American college sports at the FBS-level has been significantly reshaped. The PAC-12, SEC, Big Ten, and the ACC have all expanded outside their historical geographic footprints; the BIG XII has shrunk to ten teams; the Mountain West is now a major regional conference; and two conferences, the Big East and the WAC, no longer exist as football leagues. Finally, the stability of a new association, the American Athletic Conference, is questionable after losing two of its charter members to larger, wealthier conferences.
Unfortunately, the end of the grand realignment only raises more questions about the current state of college football. One of which is whether or not smaller conferences like the American, Conference-USA, and the Sun Belt can endure in a game at risk of being controlled by the five "Power Conferences." Or if the new College Football Playoff system will lead to calls for more equal representation of all FBS-level conferences during the postseason. It may be a long time before we as fans find the answers to those questions. For now, let us wait and see what happens after the 2014-15 season begins in August.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Athlon Sports Preseason Top 25
Athlon Sports has released their 2014 preseason Top 25 rankings. This summer's #1 team is the Florida State Seminoles, which Athlon picks to win a second consecutive national championship. However, Florida State's road to a second championship will be more difficult since the 2014 season features the inaugural College Football Playoff, a system in which the top four teams will play in a three-game series to determine a National Champion. Unlike the defunct Bowl Championship Series, which relied on computer rankings and polls to determine the two teams that would play for the championship, the new College Football Playoff will rely on a selection committee to determine the four participants. As for the rest of the teams on Athlon's Top 25, one-third of them are from the SEC, with Alabama filling the #2 spot as the highest ranked team from that conference. Auburn, Georgia, and South Carolina take up the #5, #8, and #9 positions respectively in the top 10. The PAC-12, which was a very competitive conference in 2013, has six teams in Athlon's Top 25, with Oregon at #6 and UCLA at #7. USC, a team that has been in preseason top ten polls in past years, occupies the #14 spot. The BIG XII and The Big Ten each have four teams on this list, while the ACC only has two teams. Notre Dame, the only independent on this poll, has the #13 position. Teams ranked below #25 can be found on Athlon's main college football website. Enjoy the weekend, everybody!! The 2014 season starts in approximately three months.
ATHLON SPORTS PRESEASON TOP 25
ATHLON SPORTS PRESEASON TOP 25
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RANK
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TEAM
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CONFERENCE
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#1
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FLORIDA STATE
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ACC
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#2
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ALABAMA
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SEC
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#3
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OHIO STATE
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Big Ten
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#4
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OKLAHOMA
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BIG XII
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#5
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AUBURN
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SEC
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#6
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OREGON
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PAC-12
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#7
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UCLA
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PAC-12
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#8
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GEORGIA
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SEC
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#9
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SOUTH CAROLINA
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SEC
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#10
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BAYLOR
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BIG XII
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#11
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MICHIGAN STATE
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Big Ten
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#12
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STANFORD
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PAC-12
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#13
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NOTRE DAME
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INDEPENDENT
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#14
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USC
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PAC-12
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#15
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WISCONSIN
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Big Ten
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#16
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ARIZONA STATE
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PAC-12
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#17
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TEXAS
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BIG XII
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#18
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OLE MISS
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SEC
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#19
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LOUISIANA STATE
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SEC
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#20
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KANSAS STATE
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BIG XII
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#21
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CLEMSON
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ACC
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#22
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PENN STATE
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Big Ten
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#23
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FLORIDA
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SEC
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#24
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WASHINGTON
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PAC-12
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#25
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MISSOURI
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SEC
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Thursday, May 29, 2014
PAC-12 and BIG XII Conferences Release Television Schedules
This week's news stories:
Bleacher Report columnist Brian Leigh has posted a list of fourteen significant games in the upcoming 2014 season. Full story here.
An article from FBSchedules.com reveals that head coaches in the SEC are divided over whether their teams should schedule FCS-level opponents. Florida's Will Muschamp has already said that the Gators will no longer play FCS opponents. Full story here.
Big Ten Network's Tom Dienhart posted a column discussing how Penn State head coach James Franklin and his assistants plan to attend summer football camps at Georgia State and Stetson as "guest coaches." Since the camps in question are in the SEC's recruiting territory, coaches from that conference have raised objections to Franklin's decision. Full story here. ESPN has more information at this link.
BIG XII Commissioner Bob Bowlsby has proposed new recruiting rules. Full story here.
President Barack Obama opened an all-day summit at the White House which focused on concussions in sports. The summit featured representatives from professional sports leagues, coaches, parents, athletes, as well as medical professionals. Full story here.
Arizona Wildcats head coach Rich Rodriguez has agreed to a two-year contract extension which will raise his base salary to $1.9 million. Full story here.
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Earlier today two "Group of Five" conferences, the PAC-12 and the BIG XII, released their early season television schedules for the 2014 season. The BIG XII's schedule features sixteen games that will be televised on the FOX and ESPN networks. The PAC-12's preliminary television schedule at this time features thirty-eight games which will be televised on various networks. The PAC-12's own network will carry twelve of these games while NBC will televise the Stanford at Notre Dame game on Saturday, October 4th. CBS Sports Network will carry three games and the ESPN and FOX networks will televise the rest of PAC-12 games currently scheduled. The scheduled times for games that are not on either list will be announced six-to-twelve days before the day of the game. Are your favorite games on these lists? Comments are welcome.
BIG XII EARLY SEASON TELEVISION SCHEDULE - ALL TIMES EASTERN
Saturday, August 30th
North Dakota State at Iowa State – 12:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
West Virginia vs. Alabama – 3:30 PM, ABC/ESPN2
Florida State vs. Oklahoma State – 8:00 PM, ABC
Sunday, August 31st
Southern Methodist at Baylor – 7:30 PM, FOX Sports 1
Saturday, September 6th
Kansas State at Iowa State – 12:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Brigham Young at Texas – 7:30 PM, FOX Sports 1
Saturday, September 13th
Kansas at Duke – 3:30 PM, ACC Regional Sports Network (Check Local Listings)
Arkansas at Texas Tech – 3:30 PM, ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Minnesota at Texas Christian – 4:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Texas-San Antonio at Oklahoma State – 7:00 PM, Fox Sports Networks (Check Local Listings)
Tennessee at Oklahoma – 8:00 PM, ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
UCLA vs. Texas – 8:00 PM, FOX/FOX Deportes
Thursday, September 18th
Auburn at Kansas State – 7:30 PM, ESPN
Thursday, September 25th
Texas Tech at Oklahoma State – 7:30 PM, ESPN
Thursday, November 20th
Kansas State at West Virginia – 7:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Thursday, November 27th
Texas Christian at Texas – 7:30 PM, FOX Sports 1
PAC-12 EARLY SEASON TELEVISION SCHEDULE - ALL TIMES EASTERN
Thursday, August 28th
Idaho State at Utah – 7:30 PM, PAC-12 Network
Rutgers at Washington State – 10:00 PM, FOX Sports 1 (neutral site - CenturyLink Field)
Weber State at Arizona State – 10:30 PM, PAC-12 Network
Friday, August 29th
Colorado State vs. Colorado – 9:00 PM, FOX 1 (neutral site - Sports Authority Field)
UNLV at Arizona – 10:30 PM, ESPN
Saturday, August 30th
UCLA at Virginia – 12:00 PM, ESPN
Portland State at Oregon State – 4:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
California-Davis at Stanford – 4:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Fresno State at USC – 7:30 PM, FOX/FOX Deportes
Washington at Hawai’i – 8:00 PM, CBS Sports Network
South Dakota at Oregon – 10:30 PM, PAC-12 Network
Thursday, September 4th
Arizona at Texas-San Antonio – 8:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Friday, September 5th
Washington State at Nevada – 10:30 PM, ESPN
Saturday, September 6th
Sacramento State at California – 3:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Fresno State at Utah – 3:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Eastern Washington at Washington – 3:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
USC at Stanford – 3:30 PM, ABC
Michigan State at Oregon – 6:30 PM, FOX/FOX Deportes
Arizona State at New Mexico – 7:00 PM, CBS Sports Network
Memphis at UCLA – 10:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Oregon State at Hawai’i – 10:30 PM, CBS Sports Network
Saturday, September 13th
Wyoming at Oregon – 2:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Illinois at Washington – 4:00 PM, FOX
Army at Stanford – 5:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Portland State at Washington State – 8:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
USC at Boston College – 8:00 PM, ABC/ESPN/ESPN 2
UCLA vs. Texas – 8:00 PM, FOX/FOX Deportes (neutral site - AT&T Stadium)
Arizona State at Colorado – 10:00 PM, ESPNU
Nevada at Arizona – 11:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Thursday, September 25th
UCLA at Arizona State – 10:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Thursday, October 2nd
Arizona at Oregon – 10:30 PM, ESPN
Saturday, October 4th
Stanford at Notre Dame – 3:30 PM, NBC
Friday, October 10th
Washington State at Stanford – 9:00 PM, ESPN
Thursday, October 16th
Utah at Oregon State – 10:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Friday, October 24th
Oregon at California – 10:00 PM, FOX Sports 1 (neutral site - Levi's Stadium)
Thursday, November 13th
California at USC – 9:00 PM, ESPN
Friday, November 28th
Arizona State at Arizona – 3:30 PM, FOX
Stanford at UCLA – 3:30 PM, ABC
All times are subject to change.
Bleacher Report columnist Brian Leigh has posted a list of fourteen significant games in the upcoming 2014 season. Full story here.
An article from FBSchedules.com reveals that head coaches in the SEC are divided over whether their teams should schedule FCS-level opponents. Florida's Will Muschamp has already said that the Gators will no longer play FCS opponents. Full story here.
Big Ten Network's Tom Dienhart posted a column discussing how Penn State head coach James Franklin and his assistants plan to attend summer football camps at Georgia State and Stetson as "guest coaches." Since the camps in question are in the SEC's recruiting territory, coaches from that conference have raised objections to Franklin's decision. Full story here. ESPN has more information at this link.
BIG XII Commissioner Bob Bowlsby has proposed new recruiting rules. Full story here.
President Barack Obama opened an all-day summit at the White House which focused on concussions in sports. The summit featured representatives from professional sports leagues, coaches, parents, athletes, as well as medical professionals. Full story here.
Arizona Wildcats head coach Rich Rodriguez has agreed to a two-year contract extension which will raise his base salary to $1.9 million. Full story here.
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Earlier today two "Group of Five" conferences, the PAC-12 and the BIG XII, released their early season television schedules for the 2014 season. The BIG XII's schedule features sixteen games that will be televised on the FOX and ESPN networks. The PAC-12's preliminary television schedule at this time features thirty-eight games which will be televised on various networks. The PAC-12's own network will carry twelve of these games while NBC will televise the Stanford at Notre Dame game on Saturday, October 4th. CBS Sports Network will carry three games and the ESPN and FOX networks will televise the rest of PAC-12 games currently scheduled. The scheduled times for games that are not on either list will be announced six-to-twelve days before the day of the game. Are your favorite games on these lists? Comments are welcome.
BIG XII EARLY SEASON TELEVISION SCHEDULE - ALL TIMES EASTERN
Saturday, August 30th
North Dakota State at Iowa State – 12:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
West Virginia vs. Alabama – 3:30 PM, ABC/ESPN2
Florida State vs. Oklahoma State – 8:00 PM, ABC
Sunday, August 31st
Southern Methodist at Baylor – 7:30 PM, FOX Sports 1
Saturday, September 6th
Kansas State at Iowa State – 12:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Brigham Young at Texas – 7:30 PM, FOX Sports 1
Saturday, September 13th
Kansas at Duke – 3:30 PM, ACC Regional Sports Network (Check Local Listings)
Arkansas at Texas Tech – 3:30 PM, ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Minnesota at Texas Christian – 4:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Texas-San Antonio at Oklahoma State – 7:00 PM, Fox Sports Networks (Check Local Listings)
Tennessee at Oklahoma – 8:00 PM, ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
UCLA vs. Texas – 8:00 PM, FOX/FOX Deportes
Thursday, September 18th
Auburn at Kansas State – 7:30 PM, ESPN
Thursday, September 25th
Texas Tech at Oklahoma State – 7:30 PM, ESPN
Thursday, November 20th
Kansas State at West Virginia – 7:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Thursday, November 27th
Texas Christian at Texas – 7:30 PM, FOX Sports 1
PAC-12 EARLY SEASON TELEVISION SCHEDULE - ALL TIMES EASTERN
Thursday, August 28th
Idaho State at Utah – 7:30 PM, PAC-12 Network
Rutgers at Washington State – 10:00 PM, FOX Sports 1 (neutral site - CenturyLink Field)
Weber State at Arizona State – 10:30 PM, PAC-12 Network
Friday, August 29th
Colorado State vs. Colorado – 9:00 PM, FOX 1 (neutral site - Sports Authority Field)
UNLV at Arizona – 10:30 PM, ESPN
Saturday, August 30th
UCLA at Virginia – 12:00 PM, ESPN
Portland State at Oregon State – 4:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
California-Davis at Stanford – 4:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Fresno State at USC – 7:30 PM, FOX/FOX Deportes
Washington at Hawai’i – 8:00 PM, CBS Sports Network
South Dakota at Oregon – 10:30 PM, PAC-12 Network
Thursday, September 4th
Arizona at Texas-San Antonio – 8:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Friday, September 5th
Washington State at Nevada – 10:30 PM, ESPN
Saturday, September 6th
Sacramento State at California – 3:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Fresno State at Utah – 3:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Eastern Washington at Washington – 3:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
USC at Stanford – 3:30 PM, ABC
Michigan State at Oregon – 6:30 PM, FOX/FOX Deportes
Arizona State at New Mexico – 7:00 PM, CBS Sports Network
Memphis at UCLA – 10:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Oregon State at Hawai’i – 10:30 PM, CBS Sports Network
Saturday, September 13th
Wyoming at Oregon – 2:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Illinois at Washington – 4:00 PM, FOX
Army at Stanford – 5:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Portland State at Washington State – 8:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
USC at Boston College – 8:00 PM, ABC/ESPN/ESPN 2
UCLA vs. Texas – 8:00 PM, FOX/FOX Deportes (neutral site - AT&T Stadium)
Arizona State at Colorado – 10:00 PM, ESPNU
Nevada at Arizona – 11:00 PM, PAC-12 Network
Thursday, September 25th
UCLA at Arizona State – 10:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Thursday, October 2nd
Arizona at Oregon – 10:30 PM, ESPN
Saturday, October 4th
Stanford at Notre Dame – 3:30 PM, NBC
Friday, October 10th
Washington State at Stanford – 9:00 PM, ESPN
Thursday, October 16th
Utah at Oregon State – 10:00 PM, FOX Sports 1
Friday, October 24th
Oregon at California – 10:00 PM, FOX Sports 1 (neutral site - Levi's Stadium)
Thursday, November 13th
California at USC – 9:00 PM, ESPN
Friday, November 28th
Arizona State at Arizona – 3:30 PM, FOX
Stanford at UCLA – 3:30 PM, ABC
All times are subject to change.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
CBS Releases Preliminary 2014 SEC Football Schedule
Earlier today CBS Sports released its "SEC on CBS" football schedule for the 2014 season. CBS will nationally broadcast sixteen Southeastern Conference games, including the conference's championship game, which is scheduled for December 6th at 4:00 PM Eastern. All the games on this preliminary schedule will be televised on Saturdays except for one game scheduled for Friday, November 28th (i.e., Black Friday). As of today, only three games on this list have been announced as definite match-ups: September 13th - Georgia at South Carolina, November 1st - Florida vs. Georgia, November 28th - Arkansas at Missouri. The rest of the games will be announced six-to-twelve days before their broadcast date.
Also, FBschedules, via The Macon Telegraph, announced that Georgia and Notre Dame are making progress toward an agreement to schedule a home-at-home football series for sometime between 2017 and 2020. Though no deal between the two universities has been reached, the head coaches of both teams, Brian Kelly (Notre Dame) and Mark Richt (Georgia), support a future series. The two schools have not played each other since the 1981 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.
2014 "SEC ON CBS" PRELIMINARY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
All times Eastern and are subject to change.
Saturday, Sept. 13th
3:30 PM – Georgia at South Carolina
Saturday, Sept. 20th
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week
Saturday, Sept. 27th
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week
Saturday, Oct. 4th
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week
Saturday, Oct. 11th
12:00 PM – SEC Game of the Week #1
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week #2
Saturday, Oct. 18th
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week
Saturday, Oct. 25th
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week
Saturday, Nov. 1st
3:30 PM – Florida vs. Georgia
Saturday, Nov. 8th
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week #1
8:00 PM – SEC Game of the Week #2
Saturday, Nov. 15th
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week
Saturday, Nov. 22nd
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week
Friday, Nov. 28th
2:30 PM – Arkansas at Missouri
Saturday, Nov. 29th
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week
Saturday, Dec. 6th
4:00 PM – SEC Championship Game
Also, FBschedules, via The Macon Telegraph, announced that Georgia and Notre Dame are making progress toward an agreement to schedule a home-at-home football series for sometime between 2017 and 2020. Though no deal between the two universities has been reached, the head coaches of both teams, Brian Kelly (Notre Dame) and Mark Richt (Georgia), support a future series. The two schools have not played each other since the 1981 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.
2014 "SEC ON CBS" PRELIMINARY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
All times Eastern and are subject to change.
Saturday, Sept. 13th
3:30 PM – Georgia at South Carolina
Saturday, Sept. 20th
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week
Saturday, Sept. 27th
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week
Saturday, Oct. 4th
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week
Saturday, Oct. 11th
12:00 PM – SEC Game of the Week #1
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week #2
Saturday, Oct. 18th
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week
Saturday, Oct. 25th
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week
Saturday, Nov. 1st
3:30 PM – Florida vs. Georgia
Saturday, Nov. 8th
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week #1
8:00 PM – SEC Game of the Week #2
Saturday, Nov. 15th
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week
Saturday, Nov. 22nd
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week
Friday, Nov. 28th
2:30 PM – Arkansas at Missouri
Saturday, Nov. 29th
3:30 PM – SEC Game of the Week
Saturday, Dec. 6th
4:00 PM – SEC Championship Game
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
ACC Releases Early Season Television Schedule
This week's news stories:
A 40-foot sinkhole recently appeared at Austin Peay's football stadium. Full story here.
According to recently publicized federal tax records for fiscal year 2013, the Big Ten Conference earned more money than any other college sports league. In that fiscal year, the Big Ten earned $318.4 million. Full story here.
The State Employees Association of North Carolina, which is a union for public sector workers, will allow scholarship college athletes at public universities to join its organization as state employees. The decision affects athletes who play for seventeen public universities, including UNC and N.C. State, throughout North Carolina. Full story here.
The University of Oklahoma has announced plans to renovate Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Full story here.
Houston Cougars head coach Tony Levine has agreed to a new five-year contract. Levine will coach the Cougars through 2018. Full story here.
CBSSports.com reports that Big Ten teams have been recruiting more players from outside the league's nine-state geographic footprint. Full story here.
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Earlier today the Atlantic Coast Conference released its early season television schedule. Most of the games on this list will be televised on the ESPN family of networks. Some notable non-conference games on this list include Clemson vs. Georgia, Florida State vs. Oklahoma State, UCLA vs. Virginia, Virginia Tech at Ohio State, and USC vs. Boston College. On Monday, September 1st, Miami (FL) will play Louisville in the first league game of the ACC's 2014 season. Louisville will be admitted to the ACC on July 1st as a replacement for Maryland, which will leave to join the Big Ten on the same day.
2014 ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE EARLY SEASON SCHEDULE
All Times Eastern. Game dates and times are subject to change.
Thursday, Aug. 28
Wake Forest at Louisiana-Monroe – 7:00 PM, ESPNU
Friday, Aug. 29
Villanova at Syracuse – 7:30 PM, ESPN3
Saturday, Aug. 30
Boston College at Massachusetts – TBA
Clemson at Georgia – TBA
Delaware at Pittsburgh – Noon, ESPN3
Elon at Duke – 6:00 PM, ESPN3
Florida State vs. Oklahoma State – 8:00 PM, ABC (neutral site, Arlington, Texas)
Georgia Southern at NC State – 12:30 PM, ACC Network
Liberty at North Carolina – 6:00 PM, ESPN3
UCLA at Virginia – Noon, ESPN
William & Mary at Virginia Tech – 3:30 PM, ESPN3
Wofford at Georgia Tech – 12:30 PM, RSN
Monday, Sept. 1
Miami (FL) at Louisville – 8:00 PM, ESPN
Friday, Sept. 5
Pittsburgh at Boston College – 7:00 PM, ESPN
Saturday, Sept. 6
Duke at Troy – 7:00 PM, TBA
Florida A&M at Miami (FL) – 7:00 PM, ESPN3
Gardner-Webb at Wake Forest – 6:30 PM, ESPN3
Georgia Tech at Tulane – TBA
Murray State at Louisville – 7:00 PM, ESPN3
Old Dominion at NC State – 6:00 PM, ESPN3
Richmond at Virginia – 3:30 PM, ESPN3
San Diego State at North Carolina – 8:00 PM, ESPNews
South Carolina State at Clemson – 12:30 PM, ACC Network
The Citadel at Florida State – 7:30 PM, RSN
Virginia Tech at Ohio State – 8:00 PM, ESPN
Saturday, Sept. 13
Arkansas State at Miami (FL) – 3:30 PM, ESPNU
East Carolina at Virginia Tech – Noon, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
Georgia Southern at Georgia Tech – Noon, RSN
Kansas at Duke -3:30 PM, RSN
Louisville at Virginia – 12:30 PM, ACC Network
NC State at USF – TBA
Pittsburgh at FIU – TBA
Syracuse at Central Michigan – TBA
USC at Boston College – 8:00 PM, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
Wake Forest at Utah State – 7:00 PM, CBS Sports Network
A 40-foot sinkhole recently appeared at Austin Peay's football stadium. Full story here.
According to recently publicized federal tax records for fiscal year 2013, the Big Ten Conference earned more money than any other college sports league. In that fiscal year, the Big Ten earned $318.4 million. Full story here.
The State Employees Association of North Carolina, which is a union for public sector workers, will allow scholarship college athletes at public universities to join its organization as state employees. The decision affects athletes who play for seventeen public universities, including UNC and N.C. State, throughout North Carolina. Full story here.
The University of Oklahoma has announced plans to renovate Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Full story here.
Houston Cougars head coach Tony Levine has agreed to a new five-year contract. Levine will coach the Cougars through 2018. Full story here.
CBSSports.com reports that Big Ten teams have been recruiting more players from outside the league's nine-state geographic footprint. Full story here.
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Earlier today the Atlantic Coast Conference released its early season television schedule. Most of the games on this list will be televised on the ESPN family of networks. Some notable non-conference games on this list include Clemson vs. Georgia, Florida State vs. Oklahoma State, UCLA vs. Virginia, Virginia Tech at Ohio State, and USC vs. Boston College. On Monday, September 1st, Miami (FL) will play Louisville in the first league game of the ACC's 2014 season. Louisville will be admitted to the ACC on July 1st as a replacement for Maryland, which will leave to join the Big Ten on the same day.
2014 ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE EARLY SEASON SCHEDULE
All Times Eastern. Game dates and times are subject to change.
Thursday, Aug. 28
Wake Forest at Louisiana-Monroe – 7:00 PM, ESPNU
Friday, Aug. 29
Villanova at Syracuse – 7:30 PM, ESPN3
Saturday, Aug. 30
Boston College at Massachusetts – TBA
Clemson at Georgia – TBA
Delaware at Pittsburgh – Noon, ESPN3
Elon at Duke – 6:00 PM, ESPN3
Florida State vs. Oklahoma State – 8:00 PM, ABC (neutral site, Arlington, Texas)
Georgia Southern at NC State – 12:30 PM, ACC Network
Liberty at North Carolina – 6:00 PM, ESPN3
UCLA at Virginia – Noon, ESPN
William & Mary at Virginia Tech – 3:30 PM, ESPN3
Wofford at Georgia Tech – 12:30 PM, RSN
Monday, Sept. 1
Miami (FL) at Louisville – 8:00 PM, ESPN
Friday, Sept. 5
Pittsburgh at Boston College – 7:00 PM, ESPN
Saturday, Sept. 6
Duke at Troy – 7:00 PM, TBA
Florida A&M at Miami (FL) – 7:00 PM, ESPN3
Gardner-Webb at Wake Forest – 6:30 PM, ESPN3
Georgia Tech at Tulane – TBA
Murray State at Louisville – 7:00 PM, ESPN3
Old Dominion at NC State – 6:00 PM, ESPN3
Richmond at Virginia – 3:30 PM, ESPN3
San Diego State at North Carolina – 8:00 PM, ESPNews
South Carolina State at Clemson – 12:30 PM, ACC Network
The Citadel at Florida State – 7:30 PM, RSN
Virginia Tech at Ohio State – 8:00 PM, ESPN
Saturday, Sept. 13
Arkansas State at Miami (FL) – 3:30 PM, ESPNU
East Carolina at Virginia Tech – Noon, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
Georgia Southern at Georgia Tech – Noon, RSN
Kansas at Duke -3:30 PM, RSN
Louisville at Virginia – 12:30 PM, ACC Network
NC State at USF – TBA
Pittsburgh at FIU – TBA
Syracuse at Central Michigan – TBA
USC at Boston College – 8:00 PM, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
Wake Forest at Utah State – 7:00 PM, CBS Sports Network
Saturday, May 17, 2014
CALIFORNIA CHROME WINS PREAKNESS STAKES
California Chrome, this year's winner of The Kentucky Derby, has won the 139th Preakness Stakes. The Preakness, which takes place two weeks after the Kentucky Derby at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, is the second "jewel" in The Triple Crown of American Thoroughbred horse racing. The third and final race in this series, The Belmont Stakes, will take place at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, three weeks from today. Only eleven horses have won the Triple Crown, and the last horse to do so was Affirmed back in 1978. In the past thirty-six years twelve horses have won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness but failed to win the Triple Crown. Can California Chrome win the Belmont Stakes? We will find out on June 7th. The video of the 139th Preakness Stakes is now available on The Howell Report courtesy of Youtube. The list of the Triple Crown "near-misses" since 1978 is available below.
FAILED TRIPLE CROWN BIDS SINCE 1978
Winners of that year's Belmont Stakes are in parentheses.
1979 - Spectacular Bid (Coastal)
1981 - Pleasant Colony (Summing)
1987 - Alysheba (Bet Twice)
1989 - Sunday Silence (Easy Goer)
1997 - Silver Charm (Touch Gold)
1998 - Real Quiet* (Victory Gallop)
1999 - Charismatic (Lemon Drop Kid)
2002 - War Emblem (Sarava)
2003 - Funny Cide (Empire Maker)
2004 - Smarty Jones (Birdstone)
2008 - Big Brown (Da'Tara)
2012 - I'll Have Another** (Union Rags)
*Real Quiet only lost to Victory Gallop by a nose.
**Did not start in Belmont Stakes. Retired because of injury.
FAILED TRIPLE CROWN BIDS SINCE 1978
Winners of that year's Belmont Stakes are in parentheses.
1979 - Spectacular Bid (Coastal)
1981 - Pleasant Colony (Summing)
1987 - Alysheba (Bet Twice)
1989 - Sunday Silence (Easy Goer)
1997 - Silver Charm (Touch Gold)
1998 - Real Quiet* (Victory Gallop)
1999 - Charismatic (Lemon Drop Kid)
2002 - War Emblem (Sarava)
2003 - Funny Cide (Empire Maker)
2004 - Smarty Jones (Birdstone)
2008 - Big Brown (Da'Tara)
2012 - I'll Have Another** (Union Rags)
*Real Quiet only lost to Victory Gallop by a nose.
**Did not start in Belmont Stakes. Retired because of injury.
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