(Even more) Trouble in Texas. In addition to Texas already changing offensive play callers and quarterbacks, university president Greg Fenves is reportedly still considering firing athletic director Steve Patterson less than two years into his five-year contract.
Texas athletic director Steve Patterson’s hot seat? Still quite hot
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Just a few months ago, we heard Patterson was told to change his “personal style” because he was seen as “impersonal and arrogant.”
Speaking of athletic departments in disarray, New Jersey governor Chris Christie thinks everything is fine at Rutgers, despite these things happening.
What’s wrong with Auburn? Bill Connelly finds three things the preseason SEC favorites need to get fixed in a hurry, with the conference schedule starting very soon.
Man, it’s a hot one. The Auburn-LSU game this Saturday is almost certain to be like playing football in an oven, so Les Miles is getting to the forefront of hydration research:
Yeah, hydrating at the cellular level is the new buzz word, right? In other words, you don’t want to just get it in your stomach, you want to make sure that your body can get it to the different sections. So hydrate at a cellular level, that means start early and drink plenty.
THE SELECTION COMMITTEE. You can watch the Week 2 edition of The Selection Committee, where UCLA, Michigan State and the mighty Temple Owls are among the contenders for two of our if-the-season-ended-right-now Playoff spots.
Dispatches from Sad Virginia Fan. Our Virginia blog talked with the extremely sad Virginia fan who became a meme after the last-second loss to Notre Dame. He seems like a pretty normal guy who was just sad about sports.
The Big Ten isn’t the best, but it’s probably the most likely to get two bids into the Playoff.
Talkin’ bout the Noles. Florida senator and GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio took a shot across the bow at Florida State. Considering he holds degrees from both Florida and Miami, it’s not exactly surprising.
The composite Top 25 has Baylor over Michigan State and really likes Georgia.
BERT’s talking Ohio State again. This time, he wants the Razorbacks to be more like the Buckeyes, rather than less.
Mama knows best. Florida head coach Jim McElwain said he regrets chewing the hell out of a player on the sideline on Saturday, and that his 94-year-old mother gave him an earful about it.
Two WVU players dismissed after an incident in which one of them was stabbed.
Who’s irrelevant now, huh??? After being called “irrelevant” by Paul Finebaum before beating Tennessee, Sooners coach Bob Stoops gave it back to Finebaum.
Handled internally. The BYU nutpuncher won’t be suspended, and neither will the Sooners who got a little too fired up after the win at UT.
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