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Former Bowling Green lineman settles concussion lawsuit for $700K
A former Bowling Green football player who claimed he suffered permanent brain damage has settled a lawsuit with the university. According to the Toledo Blade, Cody Silk will receive a $712,500 settlement in the agreement reached between himself and BGSU.  As part of the agreement, the university did not admit fault and the former offensive […]

QB Nick Johns decides to transfer from Virginia
Seeing the writing on Virginia’s depth chart wall, Nick Johns has decided to take his leave of Charlottesville. As more and more kids are doing these days — especially the cool ones — Johns took to Twitter to announce that he has decided to leave the Cavaliers football program and transfer to an undetermined elsewhere. […]

Hogs WR Keon Hatcher undergoes second surgery on same foot
An injury that wiped out most of Keon Hatcher‘s 2015 season has resurfaced. On social media over the weekend, Hatcher posted a video which revealed his left foot encased in a post-surgery boot.  WholeHogSports.com subsequently confirmed through multiple sources that Hatcher had indeed undergone surgery recently. The website writes “[i]t’s unclear why Hatcher required the surgery […]

Kirby Smart, on competing against Nick Saban on recruiting trail: ‘I don’t look forward to that’
And, in related news, I don’t look forward to getting kicked in the testicles. One of the more fascinating storylines leading up to National Signing Day was Nick Saban and his former right-hand man.  After nine years with Saban at Alabama, including the last eight as defensive coordinator, Kirby Smart struck out on his own […]

Wyoming basketball player gives up hoops to play football
At the expense of its basketball team, Wyoming’s football team has made an early-May addition to its roster. Austin Conway, a Cowboys basketball player, expressed a desire to play football earlier this year and was given clearance by both head coaches involved, Craig Bohl on the football side, Allen Edwards on the basketball side, to […]

FSU student government requests ban on Native American headdresses at sporting events
If some students have their way, Florida State athletic contests, football in particular, would have a different look to them moving forward. According to FSView.com, the Florida State student government voted in favor of a resolution April 20 that “requests that the wearing of any Native American headdresses shall no longer be permitted into athletic […]

Report: Ohio State QB Stephen Collier has torn ACL
It appears the battle to back up J.T. Barrett at quarterback for Ohio State has been pared by one. While there’s nothing yet official from the school, elevenwarriors.com is reporting that Stephen Collier has a torn ACL in his left knee and will miss the entire 2016 season.  It’s believed Collier sustained the injury during […]

Jim Harbaugh, staff to be featured at satellite camp… in Ohio
With the NCAA’s edict that, at least for now, rescinds the banishment of satellite camps, college football coaches are free to move about the country in the pursuit of recruits away from their own campuses. The poster boy for these types of “controversial” camps, of course, has been Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh.  With the rescinding of […]

Hugh Freeze fuels Ole Miss win in Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl golf outing
It appears Ole Miss’ off-field issues laid bare for the country to see over the weekend had little or no impact on Hugh Freeze’s focus on a golf course. At the 2016 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl challenge in Greensboro, Ga., Freeze and his Ole Miss partner, former Rebel tight end Wesley Walls, pulled away from the […]

‘Sometime this week or next week,’ ex-Miami TE Jerome Washington should sign with Rutgers
In mid-April, former Miami tight end Jerome Washington confirmed that Rutgers will be his likely transfer destination.  Three weeks later, that move is coming closer to fruition. Speaking to nj.com, Washington stated that, when it comes to officially signing with the Scarlet Knights, “[h]opefully it’s sometime this week or next week.”  All indications are RU […]

Expansion rumblings once again swirling around Big 12
Expansion in major college football has been in hibernation for a couple of years now, but it appears movement on that front could be imminent.  Or it could not.  One of the two. Over the past 24 hours or so, a handful of stories have surfaced that, once again, have the speculation swirling around the […]

Minnesota losing DL Mose Hall to transfer
The transfer train continues its run down the tracks, with Minnesota the latest to see its roster hit with attrition. As all the cool kids are doing these days, Mose Hall took to social media confirm a change in his current situation, announcing on Twitter that he has decided to transfer out of the Gophers […]

Iowa State lands Duke grad transfer Evrett Edwards
Duke’s secondary loss will turn into Iowa State’s gain. In a tweet posted to his personal Twitter account Monday, Evrett Edwards announced that he will continue his collegiate playing career at Iowa State.  The defensive back visited Ames in the middle of April, pulling the trigger on a decision two weeks later. Maryland and Troy […]

Alabama schedules 2018 game with The Citadel
Let the cupcake talk commence in three… two… one… Tuesday morning, The Citadel announced that it’s reached an agreement with Alabama on a game during the 2018 regular season.  The game is scheduled for Nov. 17 and will, obviously, be played at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa. The 2018 meeting will mark the first-ever between the […]

Saban or Bear? Bobby Bowden would side with current Tide coach
Thanks to Alabama’s run to yet another national championship this past season, an old debate has once again been stirred up: Nick Saban or Bear Bryant. Suffice to say, both head coaches, one a Hall of Famer and the other soon to be one, carry as impressive a résumé as there is in the profession. […]

Dalton Santos announces decision to transfer from Texas
An injury kept Dalton Santos from taking the field for Texas for all of 2015.  Now, a personal decision will prevent him from doing the same in 2016 and beyond. The Longhorns linebacker took to Twitter Monday to announce that he has decided to leave UT and finish up his playing career elsewhere.  The fifth-year senior […]

Marshall DB Tiquan Lang arrested on DUI, weapons charges
There’s a combination you don’t see very frequently. According to the Huntington Herald-Dispatch, Marshall defensive back Tiquan Lang was arrested on multiple charges early Saturday morning.  Those charges include driving under the influence, possession of a concealed deadly weapon and possession of a controlled substance.  All three of those charges are misdemeanors. The situation began when […]

Utah State dismisses starting guard Tyshon Mosley
Expected to compete for All-Mountain West honors this season, Tyshon Mosley will instead be searching for a new college football home. In a press release, Utah State announced that Mosley has been dismissed from the Aggies football program.  The only reason given was the standard violation of unspecified team rules. In early August of last […]

Even before Kenny Chesney concert trashed it, plan was to replace Jordan-Hare turf
On April 23, country music star Kenny Chesney performed at Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium — and it’s fair to say that he tore the place up. Chesney and various guests performed at the “Music and Miracles Festival,” one of the first concerts ever at Jordan-Hare. The goal was to raise a million dollars to fight hunger […]

Four Auburn Tigers arrested for pot possession
With another weekend in the books, it’s time to, once again, reset ye olde arrest ticker. The latest football program to send the tracker back to double zeroes is Auburn, with the Opelika-Auburn News reporting that four Tigers football players, defensive end Byron Cowart, defensive back Carlton Davis, wide receiver Ryan Davis and defensive back […]

Mark Dantonio ‘disappointed’ watching Connor Cook’s draft free fall
Every year a player falls unexpectedly in the draft, and this year’s poster boy, aside from Laremy Tunsil‘s gas mask bong and Confederate flag imbroglio, on that front was Connor Cook. The former Michigan State quarterback was thought by some to have a chance at landing toward the end of the first round, with most […]

Abner Logan, projected starting LB, announces departure from Terps
Not long after putting spring practice 2016 to bed, Maryland’s linebacking corps has taken a significant and unexpected hit. On Instagram over the weekend, Abner Logan announced that he has decided to transfer out of the Terrapins football program.  As Logan will be leaving the Terps as a graduate transfer, he would be eligible to […]

ESPN tabs seven Big Ten games for primetime kickoffs
Mark your calendars, because these are only five months away! (/sobs) ESPN on Monday announced seven Big Ten games that’ll kick off in primetime, either on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2, this upcoming season. Not surprisingly, six of the seven feature either Ohio State or Michigan. The list: Oct. 8: Michigan at Rutgers (7 p.m. or […]

ECU transfer QB Kurt Benkert moves on to Virginia
On April 25, East Carolina announced that Kurt Benkert had decided to transfer out of the Pirates football program.  Less than a week later, the quarterback has found himself a new football home. On Twitter Sunday afternoon, Benkert confirmed that he will be enrolling at Virginia and continuing his collegiate playing career with the Cavaliers. […]

Ohio State draftees to sign contracts worth in excess of $110 million
Forget about going shirtless at a satellite camp or a sleepover or climbing up a tree or any of the like; this is what you call a recruiting pitch. During the course of the three-day NFL draft, a dozen former Ohio State Buckeyes were drafted.  While OSU failed to break its own record for most picks in […]

Mark Richt continues to be the classiest of acts in college football
In my seven-plus years at CFT, I’ve never been shy in expressing my absolute and utter respect for Mark Richt, whether it was for an honorable against-the-grain stance on transfers or honoring a high school football player who tragically drowned before he could become a walk-on at Georgia or myriad other things.  Sunday, Richt solidified that […]