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A 10-game SEC football schedule? Make commissioner Greg Sankey’s quip a reality

August 7, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, Odds and Ends, SEC, SEC Football10 SEC Games, Blake Toppmeyer, Greg Sankey, NCAA, Opinion, SEC, SEC Football, USAToday Sports

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said jokingly last month that the conference may bypass a nine-game league schedule in favor of 10 SEC games. Tap below to read the opinion by Blake…

Meet the Managers: Kat Wallace

August 4, 2022Articles, NCAA, News, Pressed, SEC, SEC SoftballKat Wallace, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Mississippi State Softball, Samantha Ricketts, Scholarship, SEC

Last fall, Kat Wallace put on a Mississippi State softball jersey for the first time and expected it to be her last time. She'd been asked to model one of State's new…

Five Senators to Reintroduce Sweeping College Athlete Bill of Rights in Congress

August 3, 2022Articles, College Baseball, College Football, NCAA, News, Odds and Ends, PressedCollege Athlete Bill of Rights, Congress, NCAA, Ross Dellenger, SEC

Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and three other Democratic senators are filing the newest version of the 2020 College Athlete Bill of Rights this week in Congress. Tap below to read…

Auburn baseball announces changes to coaching staff

August 1, 2022Articles, College Baseball, NCAA, News, Pressed, SEC BaseballAuburn Baseball, Butch Thompson, Daron Schoenrock, NCAA, Pitching coach, SEC Baseball, Staff Changes, Tim Hudson, WAAY TV

Auburn baseball and head coach Butch Thompson announced changes to the coaching staff Monday, including the addition of pitching coach Daron Schoenrock. Tap below to read the article. https://www.waaytv.com/news/auburn-baseball-announces-changes-to-coaching-staff/article_7328a8bc-11e5-11ed-98d3-1ba61ba40386.html

Texas A&M star WR Ainias Smith back with team after DWI, gun charges dropped, per reports

July 30, 2022College Football, NCAA, News, Pressed, Reports, SEC FootballAinias Smith, CBSSports, Charges dropped, Chip Patterson, NCAA, NCAA Football, SEC, SEC Football, Texas A&M

Charges from a DWI stop earlier this month have reportedly been dropped and Smith is no longer suspended. Tap below to read the report by Chip Patterson for CBSSports. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/texas-a-m-star-wr-ainias-smith-back-with-team-after-dwi-gun-charges-dropped-per-reports/

He was college sports’ ‘Great Emancipator.’ Now he sees ‘utter chaos’ in transfer madness| Opinion

July 30, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, Odds and Ends, Pressed, SEC Football, Transfer PortalGreat Emancipator, Lwayer, NCAA, Opinion, SEC, Tom Mars

Tom Mars didn’t know much about the inner workings of college sports when he “entered the fray,” as he would say, as a disruptor to the NCAA’s outdated and often…

College sports’ unlimited transfer rule unlikely to pass next week: Sources

July 30, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, News, Odds and Ends, Pressed, Rule Changes, SEC Football, Transfer PortalDivision I, NCAA, Nicole Auerbach, SEC, The Athletic, Transfer Portal, Unlimited transfers

Unlimited free agency may not come to college sports as quickly as some expected. Tap below to read the article by Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic. https://theathletic.com/3462837/2022/07/30/ncaa-transfer-rules/

Bowl Projections, College Football Playoff Predictions: Preseason Preview 2022

July 30, 2022Articles, Bowl Projections, CFP, College Football, Media, NCAA, News, Odds and Ends, SEC Football2022-23 Bowl Projections, CFP, College Football News, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Mississippi State Football, NCAA Football, SEC Football

It’s bowl projection and College Football Playoff prediction season, when nothing is too crazy, all the speculation makes perfect sense, and all of it done with the joyful hope that…

Will Clark’s No. 22 to be retired this weekend by San Francisco Giants

July 26, 2022Articles, College Baseball, MLB, NCAA, News, Pressed, SEC BaseballCrescent City Sports, Mississippi State Baseball, Mississippi State Bulldog Baseball, Mississippi State Bulldogs, MLB, NCAA Baseball, Richard Cuicchi, San Francisco Giants, SEC Baseball, Will Clark

New Orleans native and former Mississippi State star Will Clark will add to his collegiate and professional baseball honors this weekend by having his jersey No. 22 retired by the…

Auburn approves upgrades to Plainsman Park

July 26, 2022Articles, College Baseball, NCAA, News, Odds and Ends, Pressed, SEC BaseballAuburn Baseball, Auburn Tigers, NCAA, Plainsman Park, SEC Baseball, Upgrades

The Auburn University Board of Trustees approved on Tuesday the initiation of upgrades to be made to Plainsman Park. Tap below to read the article from OANow.com https://oanow.com/sports/college/auburn/auburn-approves-upgrades-to-plainsman-park/article_2d88cfe6-0d01-11ed-bb1b-972e4fe6d7f6.html