Pac 10 Rumors & News
UCLA primes for Thomas
Inside UCLA | Los Angeles Daily News — When the UCLA football team first met Daniel Thomas last season in Week 3, the Kansas State junior running back was somewhat of an unknown quantity. A junior college transfer from Northwest Mississippi Community College, Thomas burst on the scene...
UCLA Bruins 12 mins agoNFL: Jordan Kent among local players cut
Portland Tribune — NFL teams, who must reduce their rosters to 53 players each by Saturday, began chopping more players with state-of-0regon ties on Friday. Among those waived: Ex-UO receiver Jordan Kent, by St. Louis Former Oregon State linebacker Keaton Kristick and ex-Portland State tight end Tony Curtis, ...
Oregon State Beavers 1 hour agoFrank Gansz, Jr. doesn't like new rule
UCLA Blog | ESPN Los Angeles — The opening kickoff Saturday--and all other kickoffs this season for that matter--will look a lot different than in the past thanks to an off-season decision by the NCAA to adopt the NFL policy banning wedge blocking. UCLA’s special teams coach Frank Gansz, Jr., is not too happy about it. A wedge is defined as more than two players lined up shoulder to shoulder in order to provide blocking for the return man. “To me it wasn’t very well thought out in doing it,” Gansz said. “It’s sort of a knee-jerk reaction.” The NCAA rules committee proposed the chang...
UCLA Bruins 1 hour agoKelemete looking forward to first start at left tackle
Husky Football Blog | Seattle Times — Of the many subplots in tomorrow's game. one of the more subtle is the first start for Senio Kelemete (pictured right) at one of the most important positions --- left tackle. The junior started last year at guard before making the move to tackle in the spring, and has performed so well in the run-up to the season that UW coach Steve Sarkisian has taken to referring to him as an "all-conference player,'' --- often not even making the qualifier that he has yet to earn those honors. It appeared for a while as if this might not be the optimum beginning for Kelemete when he suffered a high ankle ...
Washington Huskies 3 hours agoArizona Wildcats at Toledo Rockets game chat
Arizona Republic — The Arizona Wildcats open their 2010 season on the road at the Toledo Rockets.
Arizona Wildcats 3 hours agoDefensive Issues
Inside USC | Los Angeles Daily News — You could argue it was a first game. In Hawaii. And the Warriors ran a spread-out offense. A less charitable view would be that USC's defense showed some disturbing tendencies that were peculiar to last season, especially in the Stanford...
USC Trojans 3 hours agoExamining the Pac-10 football weekend
Orange County Register — It won't become the SEC or the Big Ten overnight. It can't yet rival the Big 12. It's closing in on the ACC and the Big East. And with several challenging contests in this opening weekend, the Pac-10 has a valuable opportunity to raise its national...
USC Trojans 3 hours agoFootball: Live chat reminder (again)
BearTalk | Oakland Tribune — Just a reminder that I will be resuming our live chat that I had to end early yesterday today at 1 p.m. I should be able to access all the questions I didn’t get to yesterday as well. Hope to see you there.
California Golden Bears 3 hours agoFootball: Better late than never links
BearTalk | Oakland Tribune — Here’s my feature on Keenan Allen that ran today. This kid has some big expectations. We got to finish Thursday’s live chat today (gotta love technology). Here’s the transcript.
California Golden Bears 3 hours agoJeremiah Masoli wins NCAA appeal, cleared to play for Ole Miss immediately
Behind The Ducks Beat | Oregonian — The former Oregon quarterback could play as early as Saturday against Jacksonville State.
Oregon Ducks 4 hours ago
- Offensive line wins over Vols with work ethic Knoxville News Sentinel The individual players on Tennessee's offensive line won't hesitate to talk about how much they have progressed since spring practice.
- The first engagement for Dooley Knoxville News Sentinel The recruiting class was salvaged and signed.The first spring practice is in the books, as well as training camp in August.
- B-backs not worried about being next Dwyer Atlanta Journal-Constitution On the first play from scrimmage in last season's opener, Georgia Tech B-back Jonathan Dwyer took an option pitch to the right and raced down the sideline for a 74-yard touchdown.
- Audio: Dave Rahme talks Syracuse-Akron football with Gomez & Dave Orange Football Blog | Post-Standard Football writer discusses SU's opener against the Zips
- UCF vs. South Dakota: Game preview Orlando Sentinel Knights host Coyotes in their season opener at Bright House Networks StadiumKickoff: 7 p.m., Bright House Networks Stadium