CECIL HURT: Dismissing players not a job taken lightly
There are still 17 weeks to go before the college football season officially begins. But it’s possible that the championship race in the Southeastern Conference West Division – maybe the entire SEC – heck, maybe the whole BCS – changed last week.
That’s because the LSU chapter in the saga of wayward quarterback Ryan Perrilloux finally came to the conclusion that many people predicted. After a long series o
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CECIIL HURT: APR scores are good news for Bama
The NCAA announced its “APR Honor Roll” last week, recognizing programs that had achieved high Academic Progress Rate scores. The APR, of course, is the NCAA measurement of how well programs maintain...
CECIL HURT: Another year, another Tide player not taken in first round
Later this week, the University of Alabama football program will extend a streak, one which probably irks everyone connected with the UA program .
CECIL HURT: Games against Tide sowed seeds of success for Cornhuskers
University of Alabama fans like to think that the Crimson Tide occupies uncrowded space in the college football universe. It’s a fair supposition — few teams have achieved what Alabama has attained...
CECIL HURT: Deciphering numbers is tricky business
One thing, more than any other, differentiates the modern 21st century world from everything that has gone before. That is the speed with which information – particularly raw data – can be delivered...
CECIL HURT: Tide fans will get an education at today's A-Day
One thing about A-Day: It’s always worth the cost of admission. But even at the usual ticket price — free to all — the 2008 version of A-Day might be a bargain.
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Penn St.'s Timmons heads to program for 1st-time offenders
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -Penn State cornerback Knowledge Timmons must serve a year in a probation program for first-time offenders after being charged with two misdemeanors.
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Crean turns focus to Indiana's future
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -Tom Crean is getting ready for a restart at Indiana.After a bumpy first month as the Hoosiers coach, Crean spent Thursday riding around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval with three-time winner Johnny Rutherford, hoping the changes at Indiana will go as smoothly and quickly as the laps.
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Lyons will return for senior season
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -Missouri forward Leo Lyons, who led the Big 12 in field goal percentage, withdrew from the NBA draft on Thursday and announced he would return for his senior season.
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