2013 College Football off-season

[SouthSideRyan]

Pat White says Bama offered him a corvette.

[Andy]

Pat White says Bama offered him a corvette.

Just one? Must not have thought much of him.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Pat White says Bama offered him a corvette.

Tavian Banks once told the story of meeting with Bobby Bowden, who pointed from his office out to a new Corvette in the lot. Bobby told Tavian, "I'm not saying that's yours, but you can drive it any damn time you want."

[NOLA]

DESTIN, Fla. -- The Southeastern Conference sent a strong message to the NCAA on Friday: provide the Power Five some autonomy or they'll form their own division.

 

Moving to Division IV would keep the Power Five under the NCAA umbrella while granting college football's biggest money makers the kind of power to better take care of student-athletes. The SEC, for example, would like to pay full cost of college attendance, provide long-term medical coverage and offer incentives to kids who return to school and complete degrees.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11008001/sec-ponders-potential-move-division-iv-ncaa-provide-autonomy

 

Between this and everything else going on, the NCAA sounds like it is on its last legs.

[SouthSideRyan]

DESTIN, Fla. -- The Southeastern Conference sent a strong message to the NCAA on Friday: provide the Power Five some autonomy or they'll form their own division.

 

Moving to Division IV would keep the Power Five under the NCAA umbrella while granting college football's biggest money makers the kind of power to better take care of student-athletes. The SEC, for example, would like to pay full cost of college attendance, provide long-term medical coverage and offer incentives to kids who return to school and complete degrees.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11008001/sec-ponders-potential-move-division-iv-ncaa-provide-autonomy

 

Between this and everything else going on, the NCAA sounds like it is on its last legs.

 

Can't decide which of those is funniest

[Guest]

http://m.espn.go.com/general/story?storyId=11010455&src=desktop&rand=ref~%7B%22ref%22%3A%22http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2Fqsl4lvMbSN%22%7D

 

College football and basketball players have finalized a $40 million settlement with a video game manufacturer and the NCAA's licensing arm for improperly using the likenesses of athletes, leaving the NCAA alone to defend itself in the upcoming Ed O'Bannon antitrust trial.

 

Lawyers for the plaintiffs filed the settlement agreement with a federal court in Oakland, California, on Friday night in an action that could deliver up to $4,000 to as many as 100,000 current and former athletes who appeared in EA Sports basketball and football video games since 2003.

[Derwood]

http://m.espn.go.com/general/story?storyId=11010455&src=desktop&rand=ref~%7B%22ref%22%3A%22http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2Fqsl4lvMbSN%22%7D

 

College football and basketball players have finalized a $40 million settlement with a video game manufacturer and the NCAA's licensing arm for improperly using the likenesses of athletes, leaving the NCAA alone to defend itself in the upcoming Ed O'Bannon antitrust trial.

 

Lawyers for the plaintiffs filed the settlement agreement with a federal court in Oakland, California, on Friday night in an action that could deliver up to $4,000 to as many as 100,000 current and former athletes who appeared in EA Sports basketball and football video games since 2003.

 

How can they win that? EA purposely didn't use any real names in their NCAA titles, and the "likenesses" are generally generic cartoon people. Maybe the handful of players who were on the covers of the games might get something, but Mr. Left Guard On Louisiana-Lafayette deserves nothing

[mul21]

http://m.espn.go.com/general/story?storyId=11010455&src=desktop&rand=ref~%7B%22ref%22%3A%22http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2Fqsl4lvMbSN%22%7D

 

College football and basketball players have finalized a $40 million settlement with a video game manufacturer and the NCAA's licensing arm for improperly using the likenesses of athletes, leaving the NCAA alone to defend itself in the upcoming Ed O'Bannon antitrust trial.

 

Lawyers for the plaintiffs filed the settlement agreement with a federal court in Oakland, California, on Friday night in an action that could deliver up to $4,000 to as many as 100,000 current and former athletes who appeared in EA Sports basketball and football video games since 2003.

 

How can they win that? EA purposely didn't use any real names in their NCAA titles, and the "likenesses" are generally generic cartoon people. Maybe the handful of players who were on the covers of the games might get something, but Mr. Left Guard On Louisiana-Lafayette deserves nothing

 

Well, when height, weight, ethnicity and number all match the guy who played that position for that team in that year, it becomes patently obvious what they did. Combined with the fact that you could go out and buy a download to populate all the names to what they actually were and they have a great case.

[SouthSideRyan]

http://m.espn.go.com/general/story?storyId=11010455&src=desktop&rand=ref~%7B%22ref%22%3A%22http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2Fqsl4lvMbSN%22%7D

 

College football and basketball players have finalized a $40 million settlement with a video game manufacturer and the NCAA's licensing arm for improperly using the likenesses of athletes, leaving the NCAA alone to defend itself in the upcoming Ed O'Bannon antitrust trial.

 

Lawyers for the plaintiffs filed the settlement agreement with a federal court in Oakland, California, on Friday night in an action that could deliver up to $4,000 to as many as 100,000 current and former athletes who appeared in EA Sports basketball and football video games since 2003.

 

How can they win that? EA purposely didn't use any real names in their NCAA titles, and the "likenesses" are generally generic cartoon people. Maybe the handful of players who were on the covers of the games might get something, but Mr. Left Guard On Louisiana-Lafayette deserves nothing

 

Well, when height, weight, ethnicity and number all match the guy who played that position for that team in that year, it becomes patently obvious what they did. Combined with the fact that you could go out and buy a download to populate all the names to what they actually were and they have a great case.

 

The download has nothing to do with it because it wasn't coming from EA, but yeah, the fact that the Duke PG just happened to have the same skillset as their PG that year along with his physical features, uhhh yeah, you're selling that guy's image.

 

And to Derwood, the guys on those covers were always guys who were done with their NCAA eligibility one way or another.

[mul21]

 

Well, when height, weight, ethnicity and number all match the guy who played that position for that team in that year, it becomes patently obvious what they did. Combined with the fact that you could go out and buy a download to populate all the names to what they actually were and they have a great case.

 

The download has nothing to do with it because it wasn't coming from EA, but yeah, the fact that the Duke PG just happened to have the same skillset as their PG that year along with his physical features, uhhh yeah, you're selling that guy's image.

 

And to Derwood, the guys on those covers were always guys who were done with their NCAA eligibility one way or another.

 

Oh yeah, I know, it was just another point in their favor that the guys on the game actually matched the guys on the teams.

[SpongeWorthy]

ahh yeahh: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/16/alabama-usc-set-for-2016-opener-in-arlington/

[apete6]

ahh yeahh: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/16/alabama-usc-set-for-2016-opener-in-arlington/

 

That same day, ND is playing @Texas and UCLA is @Texas A&M. Unbelievable group of matchups. Wonder if Gameday will try and do something where the hosts/analysts go to all of the stadiums (morning in 1 place, mid-afternoon another, and then pre/post from another). That would be bad-ass.

[Thed Hoyerstein]

Brandon Scherff of Iowa cleaning 443lbs 3x!

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2138821-iowa-tackle-brandon-scherff-shows-off-his-strength-by-doing-443-pound-cleans?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-league