An Alabama fan has been charged with sexual battery after authorities say he was captured on video performing a simulated sex act on an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS Championship Game.An Orleans Parish grand jury on Thursday handed up an indictment against 32-year-old Brian H. Downing. It charges him with one count each of sexual battery of a male victim and obscenity.A video that went viral... [Read More]
Arkansas coach John L. Smith says wide receiver Kane Whitehurst has been released from his scholarship. Whitehurst redshirted last season and was listed as a third-team wide receiver on the depth chart prior to spring practice. The 6-foot, 175-pound freshman is the second Razorbacks receiver to be released this month, following Quinta Funderburk's release on May 2. Whitehurst was arrested last... [Read More]
Three Arkansas football players have been arrested for residential burglary this afternoon, according to the Washington County Detention Center website. Wide receivers Marquel Wade and Maudrecus Humphrey and tight end Andrew Peterson have been booked into the Washington County Detention Center after being arrested by the University of Arkansas Police Department. All three players have been... [Read More]
The NCAA has ruled that South Carolina failed to monitor its athletic program and has accepted the school's proposed sanctions to cut six football scholarships the next three years and slash its official recruiting visits by more than half. There were no forfeiture of games or bowl ban attached the penalties which stemmed from athletes receiving $59,000 in impermissible benefits. The NCAA said... [Read More]
Former Maryland starting left tackle Max Garcia said Saturday he will transfer to Florida."Yes, I have committed to the University of Florida," Garcia said. "I'm a Florida Gator."The 6-foot-4, 290-pound offensive lineman who is originally from Norcross, Ga., chose Florida over Georgia, Clemson, Ole Miss and Southern California.Garcia, who started all 12 games as a sophomore,... [Read More]
Alabama wide receiver DeAndrew White was one of two victims hospitalized overnight after sustaining an apparent concussion during an early Thursday altercation on The Strip, a source close to the situation confirmed to the Tuscaloosa Bureau. White, a redshirt sophomore, is not seriously injured, the source said. University police apprehended Ryan Javaris Hamilton, 22, and Quamayne Rakesh Tolbert,... [Read More]
Arkansas linebacker Tyler Gilbert has been arrested on a charge of aggravated burglary and theft of property. According to a report by the Fayetteville Police Department, Gilbert, Jesse Booker and Ryan Graves late last Thursday evening kicked down the apartment door belonging to a fraternity brother of Booker's and proceeded to take items out of the residence. The victim, Mbato Nkwocha, also told... [Read More]
A piece of history from the University of Alabama's championship run was shattered on Saturday afternoon following the Crimson Tide's annual A-Day scrimmage.The Coaches' Trophy from this season's BCS national title was accidentally knocked off its podium and shattered by a player's father whose foot got caught on a rug that sits beneath the trophy display. The Waterford crystal trophy was on... [Read More]
Former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said Friday that he won't appeal his firing and seek any of the $18 million buyout that was part of his contract while the university put his ex-mistress on paid leave following the revelation of their affair. Petrino's agent, Russ Campbell, sent an email to Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long late Thursday saying Petrino has accepted "responsibility for... [Read More]
Arkansas fired head coach Bobby Petrino on Tuesday, publicly dressing him down for unfairly hiring his mistress and intentionally misleading his boss about everything from their relationship to her presence at the motorcycle accident that ultimately cost him his job. Athletic director Jeff Long announced his decision at an evening news conference and laid out a stunning laundry list of misdeeds... [Read More]
Defensive lineman Ronald Powell tore his ACL in the spring game and will be out 4-6 months, UF announced on Monday. The Gators junior had been the team's biggest standout on defense this spring, adjusting to a Buck (hybrid end/linebacker) position that was sometimes difficult for him during his sophomore season. But Powell left Saturday's Orange and Blue Debut with what coach Will Muschamp... [Read More]
The top drawing card for Georgia's spring football game this Saturday is likely off the table. Heralded early enrollee Keith Marshall, who was expected to challenge Isaiah Crowell and Ken Malcome on the tailback depth chart, sat out Saturday's second scrimmage with a hamstring pull and is expected to miss the final week of workouts as well. The 5-foot-11, 190-pounder from Raleigh, N.C., was rated... [Read More]
An offseason of attrition continues for the University of Kentucky football team as an athletic department spokesman confirmed Monday that three defensive players are leaving the team. Tackle Nermin Delic has been dismissed for an undisclosed violation of team rules, while redshirt sophomore linebacker Justin Henderson and redshirt freshman linebacker Tim Patterson are transferring. The Wildcats... [Read More]
Florida's quarterback competition will continue in the fall -- and without a front-runner -- after Jacoby Brissett and Jeff Driskel failed to separate themselves during four weeks of practice and Saturday's spring game.Brissett was 9 of 16 for 233 yards and two touchdowns. Driskel was 12 of 14 for 147 yards, and ran for a score.Brissett took the first snap with the first-team offense, a likely... [Read More]
Bobby Petrino's image of perfection has come to a sudden and surprising end at Arkansas. The Razorbacks coach was put on paid administrative leave on Thursday night less than seven hours after his boss, athletic director Jeff Long, learned Petrino had failed to disclose he had been riding with a female employee half his age when his motorcycle skidded off the road over the weekend. Petrino said... [Read More]
Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino was hurt in a motorcycle accident on Sunday but did not suffer life-threatening injuries and is expected to recover, sources told ESPN's Joe Schad. Arkansas State Police said Petrino crashed his motorcycle on a highway and was taken to a hospital for treatment. A source close to Petrino told Schad the coach is "pretty banged up" but "will... [Read More]
It was a safe bet heading into the weekend that LSU would pick up some commitments from its 2012 spring game. That proved to be true on Saturday.The latest commit to join LSU's ranks for its 2013 class is offensive guard Karl Malone Jr. out of Cedar Creek School in Ruston, La. The son of NBA legend Karl Malone, Malone Jr. (or K.J.) let the LSU coaching staff know he was on board after Saturday's... [Read More]
Georgia All-American safety Bacarri Rambo has been suspended for four games for failing a drug test, his high school coach said Thursday. A source close to the situation also confirmed to ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach that Rambo's suspension was drug-related. Alan Ingram, Rambo's coach at Seminole County High School in Donalsonville, Ga., said he believes Rambo was a victim of circumstance.... [Read More]
The employment contract for Alabama football coach Nick Saban was extended by two years this afternoon by the compensation committee of the board of trustees. The deal will run through the 2019 season and includes raises. He will make $5.1 million next year and will be escalated by $50,000 after the season. After that, it will go up by $100,0000 a year. Saban’s contract was last extended just... [Read More]
Georgia announced Tuesday before the Bulldogs' first spring practice that senior tailback Carlton Thomas intends to transfer.Thomas ranked second on the team last season with 361 rushing yards, but was suspended twice for disciplinary reasons."This decision was based solely on the fact that this is my last year to play and my parents and I felt like it was the right move to make,"... [Read More]
