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Report: Ohio State self-reported 46 violations

Posted on May 18, 2012, in BCS Football, with 0 Comments

Updated: May 18, 2012, 10:35 AM ET By Adam Rittenberg | ESPN.com Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer and athletic director Gene Smith acknowledged having committed secondary NCAA violations in recent months, according to a report in The (Cleveland) Plain.

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Big Ten Friday mailblog

Posted on May 18, 2012, in Big Ten, with 0 Comments

Hoping everyone has a great weekend. Ben from Columbus, Ohio, writes: “Hi Adam!” WAIT!!!!!!! You can’t say a word back to me or its an NCAA violation!! Are you kidding me? Sounds like Meyer was between a rock and a.

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Big 12 and SEC Agree to Participate in a Game They Will Never Play

Posted on May 18, 2012, in BCS Football, with 0 Comments

A very odd announcement came out today from the Big 12 and the SEC. Starting in 2014, the year the current BCS system ends and the four team playoff begins, the two conferences have agreed to pit their conference champions.

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Morris: Canes not worried about NCAA

Posted on May 18, 2012, in ACC, with 0 Comments

Miami quarterback Stephen Morris said he and the players aren’t concerned about the highly-publicized NCAA investigation that is still looming over the program. “Today was the first day I’ve been asked about it, and I told everybody, ‘We’re not worried.

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Meyer, Smith admit to secondary violations

Posted on May 18, 2012, in Big Ten, with 0 Comments

Secondary NCAA violations happen with every FBS program on a semi-regular basis, but at Ohio State, after the past year, every error is magnified. The [Cleveland] Plain Dealer recently obtained a list of all Ohio State‘s NCAA violations since May.

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B1G launches concussion research initiative

Posted on May 16, 2012, in Big Ten, with 0 Comments

CHICAGO — The Big Ten is bringing together its brainpower to help gather more information about the effects of concussions in sports. Commissioner Jim Delany announced Wednesday that the league members will launch a research initiative about how head injuries.

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Heisman favorite Barkley sticks with USC to be part of rescue mission

Posted on May 15, 2012, in BCS Football, with 0 Comments

LOS ANGELES — Matt Barkley hustled to an appointment recently in a tux and T-shirt, sporting a walking cane and a loosely-worn, what-the-hell bow tie. Basically, USC’s quarterback looked like a mugged groomsman. The campus barely blinked even as a.

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B1G ADs: Playoff will bring more tumult

Posted on May 15, 2012, in Big Ten, with 0 Comments

CHICAGO — Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith has chaired the NCAA basketball tournament selection committee, so he knows a thing or two about difficult decisions and fan backlash. While a four-team playoff in college football will please most fans.

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Big Ten among NCAA’s biggest spenders

Posted on May 15, 2012, in Big Ten, with 0 Comments

This isn’t exactly surprising news, but Big Ten schools are among the biggest spenders — and earners — in all of college athletics, according to a new database compiled by USA Today. The newspaper collected the expenses and revenues for.

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Virginia waiting to hear on Sims’ case

Posted on May 15, 2012, in ACC, with 0 Comments

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — Virginia has filed all the necessary paperwork to get Alabama transfer quarterback Phillip Sims eligible for the 2012 season. Whether he gets his hardship waiver approved by the NCAA or not, coach Mike London reiterated Tuesday.

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