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SEC generates $777.8 million in revenue in 2020-21, distributes an average of $54.6 million per school

February 10, 2022Articles, College Football, News, Odds and Ends, SEC, SEC FootballBarrett Sallee, CBSSports, NCAA, SEC

The SEC announced Thursday that it generated $777.8 million of total revenue during the 2020-21 fiscal year, which ended on Aug. 31, 2021. The revenue was distributed among the SEC's…

Alabama’s Nick Saban laments NIL bidding war for recruits: ‘That’s where I draw the line’

February 3, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, NIL, SEC, SEC Football, Transfer PortalAlabama Crimson Tice, Auburn Tigers, Bill Trocchi, Bryan Harsin, James Franklin, Name, Name Image and Likeness, NCAA, Nick Saban, NIL, Penn State Nittany Lions, SEC, Senior Bowl, Steve Sarkisian, Texas Longhorns, The Sporting News

When college football coaches get together nowadays, the issues of the transfer portal and Name Image and Likeness dominate the conversations. It was no different at the Senior Bowl on…

As the Transfer Portal Overflows, the Search for Solutions Is On

February 3, 2022Articles, College Football, FYI, NCAA, News, Pressed, SEC, SEC Football, Transfer PortalCollege football free agency, NCAA, NCAA Football, Ross Dellenger, SEC, SEC Football, Sports Illustrated, Transfer Portal

NCAA changes have essentially created year-round free agency in college football, bringing its own set of ramifications. As National Signing Day arrived with an overflowing portal, there were more transfers…

NCAA rules committee exploring changes to limit faked injuries in college football

January 31, 2022Articles, CFP, College Football, NCAA, Pressed, SEC Footballcollege football, Fake Injuries, NCAA, NCAA Football, NCAA Football Rules Committee, Nicole Auerbach, Steve Shaw, The Athletic

Concern over faking injuries has become such a prominent issue in college football that it has risen to the top of the agenda going into the next rules committee meeting.…

NCAA Schools Vote on New Constitution at Annual Convention

January 21, 2022Articles, College Baseball, College Football, NCAA, News, Pressed, SEC Baseball, SEC FootballAP, Associated Press, NCAA, New Constitution, Sports Illustrated

NCAA member schools voted to ratify a new, pared-down constitution Thursday, paving the way for a decentralized approach to governing college sports that will hand more power to schools and…

Nick Saban, Kirby Smart both call for increased NIL regulation in college football

January 10, 2022Articles, CFP, College Baseball, College Football, NCAA, NIL, Pressed, SEC Baseball, SEC FootballChris Low, ESPN, Kirby Smart, Mississippi State Baseball, Mississippi State Bulldog Baseball, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Name Image and Likeness, NCAA, Nick Saban, NIL, SEC, SEC Baseball

Alabama football coach Nick Saban and Georgia coach Kirby Smart both called for increased regulation on name, image and likeness (NIL) deals for college athletes during their joint College Football Playoff news conferences…

Sylvester Croom inducted into College Football Hall of Fame

January 10, 2022Articles, Awards, College Football, NCAA, News, Pressed, SEC, SEC FootballCollege Football Hll of Fame, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Mississippi State Bulldogs Football, SEC, SEC Football, WAAY TV, Zac Carlisle

Congratulations to former Mississippi State head football coach Sylvester Croom on being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Tap below to read the article from WAAY TV. https://www.waaytv.com/sports/sylvester-croom-inducted-into-college-football-hall-of-fame/article_2aca6e73-a6d7-5a59-9707-68eed04e6cd4.html

Memphis’ wild punt-return TD vs. Mississippi State counted only because of officials’ mistakes

September 18, 2021Articles, College Football, FYI, NCAA, News, Pressed, SEC FootballMemphis Tigers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Mississippi State Football, officials, Punt Return, SEC, The Sporting News

Tap below to read a write up in The Sporting News on the punt return ruling in the MSU - Memphis game today https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/memphis-punt-return-mississippi-state-ball-downed/1g6kt6p3iqnmp1fxsoi41emcxy?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

TCU coach Gary Patterson says SEC schools targeting player on his roster with NIL offers

September 16, 2021Articles, College Football, NCAA, NIL, Pressed, SEC FootballFort Worth TX, Ft Worth Star-Telegram, Name Image and Likeness, NIL, Opendorse, SEC, SEC Football, TCU Football, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns

Looks like college sports is about to become wild. Tap below to read the article by Scooby Axson for the USAToday https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2021/09/16/tcu-gary-patterson-sec-schools-targeting-player-nil/8364603002/

LSU RB coach Kevin Faulk taking time after death of 19-year-old daughter

September 15, 2021Articles, College Football, NCAA, News, Pressed, SEC FootballCentral Michigan, Ed Orgeron, Kevin Faulk, Kevione Faulk, LSU Football, SEC Football

Condolences to LSU assistant football coach Kevin Faulk in the loss of his daughter. Tap below to read the report from Adam Hunsacker of the Lafayette Daily Advertiser for USAToday…