Barking Carnival

So the NCAA says it has “new” information regarding over $30,000 in gifts that basketball star O.J. Mayo allegedly received before and during his minute and a half stay on the USC campus. They plan to get to the bottom of it — right after they clear up that little matter of Reggie Bush also […]

While at Texas, Vince Young helped fill up the trophy case, and even today he continues to help fill up the pocket book of the Horns.
The Collegiate Licensing Company oversees the sale of University merchandise for most of the major BCS schools, and they announced recently that Texas led the second quarter of the 2007-08 […]

…at least until 2014. That was the consensus of the BCS commissioners today at their Florida meeting. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive made his pitch, with the help of ACC Commish John Swofford, but it didn’t even come up for a vote.
In fact, the SEC and the ACC were the only conferences who wanted to continue […]

All the players involved in the BCS are spending a few days this week in Hollywood, Florida, talking about the future of the BCS system. As for any action coming out of the meeting, don’t hold your breath.
The BCS league commissioners, Bowl Representatives and TV officials are all there. Wednesday SEC Commissioner Mike Slive will […]

While Les Miles blames Mack Brown for the new recruiting restrictions, Nick Saban has figured a way around them.

The NCAA adopted a SEC-proposed rule that took head coaches off the road for the April/May evaluation period. This off-season, for the first time, head coaches will be staying on campus and away from the potential […]

No, but the Rich Rodriguez Era in Ann Arbor is off to a ragged start, from on the field depletions to off the field distractions. Since RR was wooed from West Virginia, it has been anything but dull in Wolverine land.
First there are the player attritions, which are to be expected. One of the first […]

Thirty two bowl games just isn’t enough. ESPN owning 5 bowl games just isn’t enough. Nope, we need more college bowl games!.
So, at least two more games will be added for the the 2008 season, boosting the total to 34. Which means that 57% of all D-1 football teams will make bowl games. ESPN […]

With the 2008 NFL draft is coming up later this month, here is a look back at the first eight drafts of this decade, and what collegiate teams were perceived by the NFL to have the deepest talent pools to draw from.
The breakdown first looks at the Top Ten schools in producing 1st round draft […]

CBS had an afternoon of golf scheduled for Sunday, but instead, it aired the latest version of Survivor.

Everyone but Trevor Immelman is voted off the island on Sunday.
Trevor Immelman battled the wind and his nerves to hang on to capture the Masters Sunday. Immelman, like every other golfer on the leaderboard, struggled on the […]

Augusta National saw perfect scoring conditions Saturday (rain-softened greens, no wind), allowing some to move up the scoreboard, while others moved down.
But the most impressive part of Moving Day involved two players, Trevor Immelman and Brandt Snedeker, who stayed right where they started the day, at the top of the leaderboard.
Immelman and Snedeker survived […]