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Fisher signed a deal last year that paid him more than $4 million per season. The deals of this contract are not available yet, but its safe to assume Fisher earned a raise. This just a day after Jameis Winston was relieved of any wrongdoing by the university for a alleged sexual assault dating back to Winston's freshman season. Florida State is ranked No.3 in the college football playoff and will play No.2 Oregon in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. No.1 Alabama faces off against No.4 Ohio State in the other semifinal matchup. Read More »
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are close to — temporarily, of course — fixing their quarterback issues. All they need to do is lose another game. What's one more loss? The Bucs already have the worst record in the league at 2-13 and play in the worst division, the NFC South. One more loss could clinch the No. 1 pick in next year's NFL Draft, according to CBS Sports. But who will the Bucs choose? The consensus seems to be Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota, who will lead Oregon against last year's Heisman winner Jameis Winston in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. Mariota had a historic junior season on his way to becoming the first Oregon Duck to win the Heisman, awarded to the nation's top player. Mariota won in a landslide after tossing 38 touchdowns against two interceptions and leading the Ducks to the No. 2 overall seed. But could Winston be an option also? The in-state product led Florida State to an undefeated run to the National Title last season, and the Seminoles are 13-0 again this year. Read More »
In a scary moment Monday night, Dec. 22, San Diego State forward Dwayne Polee II collapsed during a game against UC Riverdale and stayed on the ground for more than 10 minutes before regaining consciousness and being taken to the hospital, according to "The Sporting News." The "News" reported that Polee appeared to suffer a seizure on the court and that his parents rushed from the crowd to tend to his side. Polee appeared to wave to the crowd while being taken off the floor. According to heavy.com, he was alert, allowing fans and spectators to breathe a sigh of relief. Read More »
Calling a football game a battle borders on the definition of hyperbole, but the Miami Beach Bowl, played Monday, Dec. 22, between BYU and Memphis, turned out to be exactly that. The teams fought for 60 minutes, then two overtimes and then actually fought themselves off the field thanks to a huge midfield brawl that broke out amid frustration and exhaustion. "It wasn't always pretty," Memphis coach Justin Fuente told ESPN. Call that the understatement of the bowl season. Reviews of the footage show wind-up, right-handed hammers; helmet throwing; stomping; and other awesome —um, ugly — cases of sportsmanship. The fight broke out after Memphis began celebrating its 55-48 win on the field. BYU was obviously upset they fell short in the two-overtime heartbreaker, and obviously didn't take lightly to Memphis rubbing it in their faces. There were times when the action on the field was just as exciting as the postgame antics. Read More »
Kansas falling gives the Big 12 its first truly embarrassing loss of the season. It still has a long way to go to catch up to the Big 10, which also proved the joke of the Power 5 football season. In hoops, the conference already has "nine lopsided losses at the hands of newly-minted Division I programs and directional schools," according to Sporting News. Read More »
All three players have a ton of size and make scouts salivate with crazy upside. The final decision may depend on what the team drafting prefers — whether they favor a post player or a point guard, and whether or not they favor polish. Let's dig deeper into each candidate. Read More »
Your initial reaction to the news that former Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini has signed on to coach at Youngstown State, an FCS school, after leading the Cornhuskers to 67 wins in seven seasons may be ... confusion? Surely being fired means the next job will be a step down. But why did one of the best coaches in college football go a whole level down? Read More »
The junior tossed 38 touchdowns against just two interceptions in 13 games, leading Oregon to a 12-1 record (8-1 in conference) and the No.2 seed in the inaugural College Football Playoff.The Ducks will take on No.3 Florida State, led by last year's Heisman winner, Jameis Winston, on New Year's Day in the Rose Bowl, which will serve as the semifinal round. Read More »
During an interview with ESPN's Colin Cowherd, Obama said the league's missteps constituted "blind spots" when handling the case, which involved a video of Rice punching his then-fiancée in an elevator, according to Sports Illustrated. The league experienced widespread backlash when it suspended Rice for only two games after speculation that it had seen the video before the general public. The incident put a very public face on the issue of domestic violence. Read More »
Alabama was named the No.1 seed in the first College Football Playoff Sunday, Dec. 7, after the Crimson Tide spent Saturday defeating No. 16 Missouri 42-13 in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta. The win gave No.1 Alabama its 24th conference title and assures the Crimson Tide will make this year's inaugural College Football Playoff. Read More »
NJIT has only won 76 games since entering Division I. A big part of that was the 51-game losing streak the team went on from February 2007 to January 2009, after jumping up a division. That's almost two straight years of losing. For comparison, the Philadelphia 76ers last week narrowly missed making NBA history after starting the season 0-17. The 76ers hadn't won a game in 231 days. At one point, NJIT was going on two years. Read More »
For the last few years the Golden State Warriors have impressively collected talent from the NBA draft and the free agency pool, but now they're in possession of what many consider to be the best roster in the NBA, but are they the best team? When looking at the standings, they're clearly atop every other team, but will that last? Rookie head coach Steve Kerr is highly rated, but many thought his coaching flaws would show, holding the GSW back when it truly mattered, and it still could, but Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes are working hard to prove everyone wrong, and with the NBA in transition, their settled roster might just be enough to win it all. Read More »
Jameis Winston is currently undergoing a life-changing case, hoping his lawyer David Cornwell can help him remain unpunished, and then he can focus on the 2015 NFL draft. Winston is seen as one of the best QB in that class, but he's also widely considered as the most troubling NCAA star to ever look to enter the NFL. The Florida State University QB could find himself off the hook, and then he could be drafted by the Oakland Raiders, the Chicago Bears or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Is he worth the trouble, and will the many allegations surrounding him be enough to hurt his draft stock? Read More »
