Kain Colter to Kyle Prater: Big 10′s next big pass-catch combo?


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What a difference a year makes for Northwestern QB Kain Colter. Last season the backup QB to Dan Persa found himself making the stat sheet as a triple threat. You had to look in three areas of the box score: rushing, passing and receiving, to see the entire scope of his impact on the game.

This year, the starting signal caller job is all Colter’s and his main weapon will be Kyle Prater (if the NCAA waiver goes through). A lot of things have to go right in Evanston, but if they do, NU will have one of the best pitch and catch combos in the Big Ten, and the Wildcats offense could make some noise this college football season.

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Notre Dame QB derby: Andrew Hendrix, the dark horse


It’s a four way battle to start at quarterback in Notre Dame, perhaps the most high profile position in all of college sports. But after upon further inspection, it’s most likely a two way competition this college football season.

Last year’s starter Tommy Rees had the inside track to regain the position this year, but the charges he’s facing: underage drinking, resisting arrest and battery, means he’s likely fallen down the depth chart.

Discipline problems like these are hard to ignore, and that will open up the door for the more inexperienced signal callers.

Isn’t it time to get ‘experienced’ with Hendrix? Andrew Hendrix played some last year, throwing 18 of 37 for 247 yards, 1 TD, 2 picks. He also played in the Champs Sports Bowl loss to Florida State, going 3 of 8.  Is he the QB of the future?

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Convicted sex offender Buckeyes fan exposed by Ohio St. blog


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On Friday, THE Ohio State University sent out a letter via it’s school paper The Lantern warning athletes about a convicted repeat child sex offender, and to watch who they associate with in social media.

Since then, the pervert in question Charles Eric Waugh, has violated his probation (which could very likely lead to jail this time) and the #4 rated recruit in Pennsylvania de-committed from OSU (and possibly could enroll at Notre Dame) when this sleazebag was exposed.

And the reporting that led to this creep’s downfall? Not from ESPN or the MSM, but a Buckeyes blog!

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New 2012 Illini Football slogan unveiled


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Illinois football coach Tim Beckman revealed the 2012 Illinois “Loyal-Tee” shirt design Tuesday in front of Foellinger Auditorium in Champaign. 

The winning design, featured on the front of the shirt, was voted on by thousands of Illini fans out of four designs based on the winning fan-submitted slogan, “A New Era BECKons.”

Get it? Cuz of Tim Beckman, beckons…”STEAKS AND CAKES!”

“LASAGNA PANS!”

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YouTube video gets QB Alex Tanney a Buffalo Bills try-out invitation


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And another huge step forward for social media. Wanna get an invite to Buffalo Bills camp this summer and have a chance to try out for the team? Put together a really impressive YouTube video and put it out there.

Alex Tanney did, becoming an internet sensation with the self-titled “Trick Shot Quarterback” video showing he can hit a receiver in a moving vehicle and throw footballs from across the court and swish them into basketball nets. He even banged a pass off the crossbar of an upright from 50 yards out – from his knees.

Watch it after the jump
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Notre Dame QB Tommy Rees and sister both have alcohol arrest record


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Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees will held to court on May 17th, in which he’ll face four misdemeanor counts, including resisting arrest, battery and underage consumption. But he’s not the only Rees sibling who’s run afoul of the law via alcohol. His sister Meghan Rees was kicked out of the Purdue game last fall and arrested for an alcohol offense as well.

Is this is a new “record” in college football. Lots of starting quarterbacks have gotten arrested for booze-related activities, but how many have had a sister do the same? And just a few months apart at that? This is breaking new ground right? Let’s hope former South Carolina signal caller Stephen Garcia doesn’t have a sister.

Let’s review the situation:

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Heisman Trophy finalist Montee Ball arrested for trespassing


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Montee Ball returned to the Wisconsin Badgers for his senior season to further build on his already stellar legacy. Last season, Ball was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy as he tied Barry Sanders for the most touchdowns in NCAA single season history.

Early this morning however, Ball did something that won’t exactly help his legacy. This incident will only lead to notoriety, not fame.

Ball attended the Mifflin Street Block Party where he was on the wrong porch, and apparently just wouldn’t leave. He was arrested for trespassing.

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Wisconsin’s Travis Frederick: smartest man in college football?


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Last weekend in the NFL Draft, Wisconsin Badgers offensive linemen Peter Konz and Kevin Zeitler were taken in the first two rounds. Ricky Wagner should be a first round pick in 2013. In 2011, Gabe Carimi, John Mofitt, tight Lance Kendricks, and another guy who didn’t even start during his college football days in Madison were all drafted.

In short, if you make the starting five up front in Camp Randall, and you grasp the pro style offense of the Badgers, you’ll probably get your chance to in the NFL after your senior year. It’s an OL factory for the professional ranks. Another name you can count among them is guard/center Travis Frederick, an incoming junior.

But what makes Frederick so special is that he has the potential to have a very bright future even without football.

He may well be the smartest guy in not just the Big Ten, but all of college football.

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Ohio St. Athletes warned of Pedophile Buckeyes superfan


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Maybe sex offender with multiple convictions Charles Eric Waugh would fit in better at Penn State? The Ohio State Buckeyes fan has a Twitter page had a Twitter page which has since been deleted, voicing his proud allegiance to OSU, but considering his criminal history of possessing child pornography, maybe he should be a Nittany Lions fan.

Then again, I’ve met plenty of creepy Buckeye fans too. Penn State University may be the lowest form of life in the Big Ten, but OSU isn’t that all far behind. Making fun of the sliminess of both fan bases is just too easy.

via Deadspin:

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Notre Dame QB Tommy Rees arrested, jailed for multiple charges


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Off-the-field incidents continue to plague the Brian Kelly regime at Notre Dame. Last night brings another- this one involving the sort of starting QB Tommy Rees and a starting linebacker in Carlo Carlabrese.

Rees was jailed on a preliminary felony charge of battery on a police officer and misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest, minor consumption and public intoxication. Local law enforcement officials claim he ran from a police officer and then kneed him to the chest when confronted. Rees also allegedly registered 0.11 percent on a blood-alcohol test.

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Recruiting sites: future of college sports media or too much information?


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In the world of recruiting services, you have Rivals, Scout, ESPNU and Max Preps. And now there’s 247Sports.com, started last year and staffed by a number of former Rivals employees. They’re following the model of Scout and Rivals (who’ve both been around for over a decade) in producing team-specific coverage.

And then there are a ton of independent sites not affiliated with any major network but often act as big players in the local market.

When it comes to the team-specific sites, it’s very hard core. If you want to follow your college basketball and/or college football team year round in extreme detail, then these sites are for you. It’s all the information you can ask for, and some you didn’t.

These services are changing the way sports are covered on both the collegiate and high school level. To help make sense of all of it, I enlisted the help of the Northwestern site managers for both Rivals (owned by Yahoo!) and Scout (owned by Fox Sports): Louie Vaccherof WildcatReport.com and Chris Emma of PurpleWildcats.com

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2013 NFL Mock Draft 5-2-12


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It’s never to early. The draft order is utterly random, with consideration to how things might play out given what we know in today’s NFL. Team needs were sometimes, but not always considered, as this is highly subject to change. Let’s get to the 5 Ws of the players making the transition from Saturdays to Sundays.

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