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NCAA Football


Big 12, SEC have deal for football champs to play (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:34:13 PDT

The Big 12 and the Southeastern conferences have announced a deal that will pit their football regular-season champions against each other in a New Year's Day bowl game for five years beginning in 2014, positioning themselves for the expected switch to a four-team playoff.

Air Force RB Asher Clark dismissed from academy (Yahoo! Sports)

Sat, 19 May 2012 10:39:10 PDT

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) Air Force running back Asher Clark is no longer enrolled at the academy amid a newspaper report that he was caught up in an investigation into illegal drug use.

Mississippi football player Brassell to transfer (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:49:40 PDT

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) Mississippi sophomore Nickolas Brassell has decided to transfer after losing his academic eligibility.

Defections have CAA looking to add new members (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:38:39 PDT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner Tom Yeager has lost two long-time member universities in the last week, and is now shopping for replacements.

Not guilty plea entered for Notre Dame QB Rees (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:07:00 PDT

FILE - In this April 14, 2012, file photo, Notre Dame linebacker Carlo Calabrese runs through a drill during college football practice in South Bend, Ind. Prosecutors charged Calabrese with a misdemeanor count of intimidation Wednesday, May 16, 2012, for allegedly making threatening remarks to a police officer after quarterback Tommy Rees was arrested near an off-campus party. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond, File)

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges stemming from an incident in which police used pepper spray to subdue him after an off-campus party.


Oliver Luck says he's staying as West Virginia AD (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:47:53 PDT

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) Oliver Luck is staying at West Virginia.

SMU fires athletic director Steve Orsini (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:00:42 PDT

DALLAS (AP) SMU athletic director Steve Orsini was fired Thursday, just four weeks after he and the Mustangs hired Hall of Fame basketball coach Larry Brown.

NCAA transfer restrictions won't be easily lifted (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:58:30 PDT

This undated photo provided by UAB shows basketball player Todd O'Brien. The NCAA is examining transfer rules after a spate of high-profile cases that has critics saying too much power is in the hands of athletic directors and coaches. The issue came to the forefront in men's basketball over the winter when 7-foot center Todd O'Brien went public with St. Joseph coach Phil Martelli's decision to block his transfer to UAB. Neither Martelli nor school officials have said why. (AP Photo/UAB, Steve Wood)

The NCAA is examining transfer rules after a spate of high-profile cases that has critics saying too much power is in the hands of athletic directors and coaches.


TCU sells full allotment of 30K season tickets (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:42:34 PDT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) The Big 12 is already a boon to TCU football.

Swofford: FSU situation not brought up at meetings (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 16 May 2012 12:01:23 PDT

Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford said Wednesday that the possibility of Florida State leaving the league was not brought up ''in any formal way'' during this week's meetings.