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Tony Simmons and American Football in India

Posted by admin on February 22nd, 2012 in American Football, American Football: Professional | No Comments

Tony Simmons has been training athletes who are involved with the EFLI in India. Tony has been joined by other athletes who are getting athletes in India ready to learn and play the Sport of American Football in India. Athletes in India are really inspired to take on American Football in India and have been [...]

College Football End of Season Analysis: Louisville Cardinals – Opposing Views

Posted by College Football - Google News on February 22nd, 2012 in American Football, American Football: College | No Comments

Opposing ViewsCollege Football End of Season Analysis: Louisville CardinalsOpposing ViewsFresh off a 7-6 debut season with the Louisville Cardinals, Charlie Strong had his work cut out for him this year. Louisville returned only 3 offensive starters an…

College football playoff talks continue – Austin American-Statesman

Posted by College Football - Google News on February 21st, 2012 in American Football, American Football: College | No Comments

Austin American-StatesmanCollege football playoff talks continueAustin American-StatesmanBy Kirk Bohls GRAPEVINE — The college football power brokers continued to hash out the possibilities of a playoff, but at the same insisted they are taking a &qu…

College Football Nation: Texas Tech Red Raiders – ESPN (blog)

Posted by College Football - Google News on February 21st, 2012 in American Football, American Football: College | No Comments

College Football Nation: Texas Tech Red RaidersESPN (blog)Both rivalries — annual staples on the college football calendar — are dead now. Texas A&M and Missouri's modest-to-OK results on the field since the Big 12 began. TCU and West Virgini…

College football notes: Fiesta bowl’s ex-leader pleads guilty

Posted by College Football - Google News on February 21st, 2012 in American Football, American Football: College | No Comments

USA TODAYCollege football notes: Fiesta bowl's ex-leader pleads guiltyAustin American-StatesmanThe Fiesta Bowl hosts college football's national championship game every four years. The scandal nearly jeopardized the Fiesta Bowl's role as on…

Troy Aikman: NFL May Not Remain No. 1 Sport – Yahoo! Sports (blog)

Posted by NFL - Google News on February 21st, 2012 in American Football, American Football: Professional | No Comments

NBCSports.comTroy Aikman: NFL May Not Remain No. 1 SportYahoo! Sports (blog)Hall of Famer Troy Aikman, the lead analyst on the NFL on Fox, told a Los Angeles forum last Friday he feels the wildly popular sport may be in jeopardy. "The long-term vi…

Ex-NFL players sue league in La. over concussions

Posted by admin on February 19th, 2012 in American Football, American Football: Professional | No Comments

Nearly a dozen former NFL players living in Louisiana have sued the NFL, the latest players to accuse the league of failing to protect players from the risks associated with concussions. Several former New Orleans Saints players, including John Fourcade, are among the 11 ex-players named as plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit filed Friday [...]

‘Hard charger’ Connolly brings NFL, business savvy to Green Bay

Posted by admin on February 19th, 2012 in American Football, American Football: Professional | No Comments

Tim Connolly might go unrecognized by even serious Green Bay Packers fans, but he’s quickly ascended to a position of influence within the organization. The 63-year-old Connolly, who has been the Packers’ vice president of sales and marketing since May 2010, came to the Packers with a background as a business executive within and outside [...]

NFL offers 250 fans a chance to go inside NFL combine at Indy

Posted by admin on February 19th, 2012 in American Football, American Football: Professional | No Comments

What’s next for NFL fans? Entrance to a team’s “war room” on the first day of the NFL Draft? Maybe a few hand-picked individuals sitting in the back of the meeting room while Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians and his staff finalize the game plan for an upcoming opponent? OK, maybe not. But in [...]

TCU bust sign of a marijuana problem

Posted by admin on February 19th, 2012 in American Football, American Football: College | No Comments

Maybe this week’s drug bust at TCU shouldn’t surprise anyone. National Center for Drug Free Sport vice president Andrea Wickerham said the arrests of four football players among 15 TCU students and four former students on suspicion of selling marijuana is symbolic of an increasing pot problem in college athletics. She hopes administrators across the [...]

Dwell runs deep

Posted by admin on February 19th, 2012 in American Football, American Football: College | No Comments

The disappointment lingers, but like many things in a coach’s life has to be ignored. Bill O’Brien simply doesn’t have time to think much about the biggest loss of his coaching career, because there are future losses to avoid and there is only one way to do that. You move on. For O’Brien, that has [...]

College football playoff hopes have bigger problems than getting Big Ten’s blessing

Posted by admin on February 19th, 2012 in American Football, American Football: College | No Comments

We may be moving toward a four-team college football playoff, but we’re not moving anywhere close to fairness in college football. Too much opinion. Too many subjective decisions. Too big of a beauty-contest factor. In the Big Ten’s world, that’s the equivalent of a revolution. Now we know for sure that an expanded playoff is [...]