Tag: COLLEGE FOOTBALL

As Pete Carroll or Reggie Bush could tell you, working around the NCAA's semi-ridiculous rules on recruiting high school football players can be a pretty arduous task. And, apparently, it gets even more difficult when Facebook's involved. Last month, the football program at the University of Florida was slapped with secondary NCAA violations, simply because one of the team's coaches posted ...

The Free World has barely had a week to recover from the earth-shattering death of Uga, the lovable bulldog mascot for the University of Georgia, but People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has wasted no time in recommending a replacement. The nomination? A robot. As reported by WGAU 1340AM in Athens, Georgia, PETA thinks that the next Uga should either be some sort of "animatronic" ...

The Southeastern Conference (S.E.C.), one of the most powerful organizations in college athletics, had to rethink its Big Brother-esque social media policy due to an outcry from fans and media alike. Although done so begrudgingly, it's significant that a conference rooted in decades-old traditions is willing to accept change. According to al.com, the S.E.C. reversed a policy Wednesday that ...