Taysom Hill threw for 200 yards and a touchdown while running for 160 yards and another score, and No. 25 BYU beat Houston 33-25 on Thursday night. From ESPN.com - College Football - Hill (360 yards) shines in No. 25 BYU's win
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Houston completes a Hail Mary prior to halftime against BYU (GIF)
They say the Hail Mary is one of the most exciting plays in sports and Houston proved that wisdom during the end of the first half against BYU.
Quarterback John O’Korn bought some time before heaving the ball 45 yards toward the end zone to a leaping Daniel Spencer, who caught the ball and fell into the arms of several BYU defenders in the end zone.
The touchdown capped three consecutive scores by Houston in the final 3:23 of the half. In that time, the Cougars cut a 23-0 lead to 23-15.
And it could have been closer had Houston not missed two extra points and a field goal.
Speaking of that missed field goal, if we’re going to show the good Houston, we might as well show the bad. Kyle Bullard sent this potential field goal into one of his linemen.
Still, the Houston Cougars have to be feeling pretty good about being in this game when they were clearly out of it, and the BYU Cougars have to be kicking themselves for the mistakes, including a couple turnovers, that led to the late points.
For more Houston news, visit CougarsDen.com.
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Penn St. trustees removed from NCAA lawsuit
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Miami's Coley (shoulder) out for Arkansas St.
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James Franklin tweets letter he received from Lou Holtz in 1996 (Photo)
James Franklin has been Penn State’s head coach for eight months now, but he and his family were only recently able to move into their new house in the State College area. As that moving process continues, Franklin’s wife, Fumi, made a pretty cool discovery that the coach shared on Twitter.
She found a letter former Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz sent to Franklin – then a defensive backs coach at his alma mater, East Stroudsburg University – from 1996.
Amazing what my wife found while unpacking boxes during our move, thanks @ESPNDrLou for the advice! @CollegeGameDay http://ift.tt/X1a5zh
— James Franklin (@coachjfranklin) September 10, 2014 Franklin was in just his second year as a college assistant and appeared to be looking for advice from Holtz, who was a few months away from beginning his final season with the Fighting Irish.
The letter from Holtz read:
Thank you very much for your letter, and I hope we both have an outstanding year in 1996. I wish I could provide you with some advice, but I’m looking for some myself.
Always believe in yourself and your players!
Sincerely,
Lou Holtz
Looking back, Holtz saying that he was also looking for advice provides a glimpse into Holtz's mind at the time as he was contemplating the direction of his own career.
Holtz then spent a few years away from the sideline after leaving South Bend and ended up coaching at South Carolina from 1999-2004. He now works as an analyst for ESPN.
Franklin had various stints as an assistant across the country before landing his first head coaching gig at Vanderbilt in 2011. He then accepted the head coaching job at Penn State in January.
What a cool find.
For more Penn State news, visit BlueWhiteIllustrated.com.
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Arkansas AD Jeff Long says Pat Haden's actions at Stanford won't affect CFP role
Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long said Wednesday that he doesn't feel USC athletic director Pat Haden's actions against Stanford will affect him in his capacity on the College Football Playoff Committee.
Long, the chairman of the committee, was speaking at a Northwest Arkansas Touchdown Club meeting when he was asked about Haden, who said he was texted to come down to the sidelines during Saturday's game against Stanford in support of USC coach Steve Sarkisian and was spotted by ESPN cameras talking to officials.
"Well, you know, Bill Hancock from the College Football Playoff issued a statement," Long said via ArkansasNews.com. "But my view is very similar. You know, we can all get passionate about our teams, and you know, I’m passionate about the Arkansas Razorbacks. Matter of fact, I was at the volleyball game last night, and I was excited about some calls. But, you know, the Pac-12 handled it as they should. I think that it doesn’t affect the way that Pat Haden’s going to evaluate teams, make tough decisions when we come down to making tough decisions in the selection process. So, you know, I don’t think his actions affect his ability to serve extremely well on the Playoff Committee.”
Haden ended up being fined $25,000 by the Pac-12 and reprimanded. He apologized for his actions and said he wouldn't be on the sidelines for USC's next two games.
Hancock, the director of the CFP, said in a statement that the CFP recognizes athletic directors cannot be unbiased about the schools that employ them and it's why the committee has a recusal policy. Nine of the 13 members have recusal clauses, meaning they must leave the room when the team they are affiliated with is being discussed.
While Haden has received a lot of attention, Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez has not. Alvarez was spotted screaming at the officials just after the opening kickoff on Saturday. In an email to Yahoo Sports, a spokesperson for the Big Ten said "the matter is not under review."
And if Alvarez's conduct isn't an issue, Haden's shouldn't be either. (Click here to listen to the Dr. Saturday podcast for more on the topic.) Long is correct. Haden's actions Saturday have nothing to do with his role on the committee and the issue of objectivity is clearly something the committee had been preparing for.
For more Arkansas news visit HawgSports.com.
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'Kenny Trill'? Hill's parents like sound of it
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LSU WR Travin Dural injured in car accident, expected to play
LSU wide receiver Travin Dural suffered a “deep laceration” to his forehead after being involved in a car crash early Sunday morning. The laceration, which reportedly required “about 15 stitches,” kept him out of practice part of this week, but head coach Les Miles said the sophomore will play on Saturday.
The Advocate is reporting that Dural was held out of practice up until Wednesday because he could not wear a helmet with his stitches.
“He had a little accident,” Miles said, per The Advocate. “Sustained a very minor soft tissue injury. He’ll be fine, and he’ll play in this game.”
Police said that Dural was the driver of a vehicle that made a left turn without having a green arrow. A vehicle traveling in the opposite lane direction then collided with Dural’s vehicle. Paramedics were called to the scene at 3:16 a.m. and Dural was reportedly taken to a Baton Rouge hospital to treat his injury.
No citations were issued following the incident.
Miles told reporters that Dural was “picking up a friend who had misplaced his keys.”
Dural is off to a great start thus far in 2014. He has caught only six passes in two games this year, but has 291 yards receiving and four touchdowns. His 48.5 yards per reception leads the country. The 6-foot-2, 192-pound Dural, a redshirt sophomore from Breaux Bridge, La., was a four-star recruit in LSU’s 2012 class. Prior to this season, he had seven career catches for 145 yards and two scores.
The 2-0 Tigers, ranked No. 10, will welcome Louisiana-Moneroe to Tiger Stadium for a 7 p.m. ET kickoff Saturday night.
For more LSU news, visit TigerBait.com.
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Kenny Hill's parents have applied to trademark 'Kenny Trill'
Texas A&M QB Kenny Hill said he preferred being called "Kenny Trill" as a nickname instead of "Kenny Football" after his breakout performance against South Carolina. Apparently, his parents are pretty serious about the nickname.
Hill's parents have applied for a trademark on the nickname "Kenny Trill." The application, which is a non-refundable $325, was filed on September 3, or a day after Hill said Kenny Trill was the nickname he preferred the most.
Following his game against South Carolina, former Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel, he of the "Johnny Football" nickname, wanted to denote Hill as "Kenny Football."
However, Hill's parents have competition for the trademark. A Louisiana resident applied for the trademark of Kenny Trill a day before they did.
It's a similar situation to Manziel's trademark battle while at A&M. After Manziel became known as Johnny Football more than Johnny Manziel, a firm filed to trademark Johnny Football three months before Manziel's group did.
In March, the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office ruled that the firm's application didn't refer to an individual. Groups have six months to appeal a trademark decision. If the appeal doesn't happen or is denied, Manziel will have the trademark.
We're far from trademark lawyers, but it makes sense that a similar situation could happen with Kenny Trill, given that his parents have applied for it. We'll just have to wait and see if Kenny Trill merchandise will be as big as Johnny Football stuff is. Keep it real, Kenny. Keep it real.
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If Bryce Petty wants to win the Heisman, he needs to start against Buffalo
If Bryce Petty doesn’t play this weekend, he could lose his shot at the Heisman Trophy.
I know, I was one of the many voices that claimed Petty, who suffered two small fractures in the transverse section of his back in the season opener against SMU, needed to rest during the nonconference season to be ready for games where Baylor actually needs him.
And I still believe that to an extent. I believe there are Heisman voters that don’t care what kind of numbers Petty puts up against Baylor’s weak nonconference schedule and do care what he does against the likes of Texas and Oklahoma.
However, the play of backup Seth Russell against Northwestern State created lots of questions about whether Petty was really a legit Heisman candidate or the product of an offensively potent system? This isn’t a new observation or question. Baylor’s fast pace of play has always given its offensive numbers an asterisk, but Russell’s 438 yards and five touchdowns in just one half of play sparks the debate that perhaps anyone can put up gaudy Heisman-like numbers with coach Art Briles’ style and offensive coordinator Phillip Montgomery’s play calling.
Of course, one also could argue that Russell put up those numbers because he was facing an FCS Northwestern State team that went 6-6 a year ago and hasn’t beaten an FBS team since defeating Louisiana-Monroe in 2005.
And that’s the narrative Baylor should push if it wants Petty in the Heisman conversation.
Briles said Monday that Petty could be available to play against Buffalo this week. Petty has been running and doing some drills, and while Briles noted that his star quarterback was sore, he wasn’t in any pain.
Is it wise to have Petty play this weekend? Probably not. Is it necessary to keep his Heisman hopes alive? Absolutely. While Buffalo isn’t exactly a juggernaut of the FBS or even the Mid-American Conference, it is a decent FBS opponent. If Petty were to sit and Russell were to once again put up stellar numbers then Petty’s Heisman dreams would be over. He’d be relegated to that section of the ballot that’s reserved for “system quarterbacks” like Graham Harrell or Case Keenum (Keenum, a Briles recruit at Houston).
During Big 12 Conference media days, Briles pointed to Petty’s 2013 stats — he was fourth nationally in passing — and wondered aloud why the quarterback of the Big 12 champion Bears wasn’t invited to the Heisman Trophy ceremony in New York.
It’s because there’s already an undercurrent of people who think Petty is a product of a system. Case in point: Petty accounted for five touchdowns in a 41-12 win against Oklahoma, but threw for only 208 yards, 115 fewer than his season average, and he only completed 50 percent of his passes against the Sooners stout defense. It’s important to note that Petty’s rushing touchdowns came on runs of 5 yards and 1 yard. It also didn’t help that he threw for more yards and a better average in a 49-17 loss to Oklahoma State two weeks later.
Petty is a good quarterback, who happens to play in a system that accentuates his talents by calling lots of passing plays in a quick fashion. He not only needs to put up the gaudy numbers, but unlike some of the other Heisman hopefuls, he probably needs to win all of his games. And he needs to put up numbers against Oklahoma that are on par with the ones he puts up against teams such as SMU.
For more Baylor news, visit SicEmSports.com.
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BYU has special 9/11-themed stadium and field design for Houston game (Photo)
BYU plays Houston on Thursday night, 13 years after the attacks on September 11, 2001, and the Cougars will have some special tributes for the game.
The field has a special logo on midfield, and the stands have been designed to say "We will never forget."
The stadium looks awesome!! Can't wait for tomorrow's game! #BYUFootball http://ift.tt/X07k1a
— Matthew Edwards (@TheCoachEdwards) September 11, 2014
Closer look at the midfield logo! #BYUFootball #WeWillNeverForget http://ift.tt/1qmxms6
— BYU Football (@BYUfootball) September 11, 2014 BYU is also wearing special helmets for the game.
The @BYUCougars will wear these helmets Thursday night vs Houston on ESPN. http://ift.tt/1qmxnfI
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) September 10, 2014 Earlier in the week, Houston announced that it would wear special white helmets with the American flag in the interlocking UH logo.
The game kicks off at 9 p.m. ET.
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Will the outcome of Georgia-South Carolina on Saturday decide the SEC East?
Is South Carolina's SEC season on the line against Georgia on Saturday?
The Gamecocks, already 0-1 in the conference after losing to Texas A&M in its season opener, were the presumptive favorites in the SEC East. After all, South Carolina was a preseason top 10 and games against the Bulldogs and Missouri Tigers were at home.
But now, after getting blown out by A&M and beating East Carolina, The Gamecocks are an underdog on Saturday. And it's not crazy to extrapolate that out and make the snap judgment that they've also lost favorite status in the East despite the favorable two games at home.
"It's pretty much a must if we're going to have a shot to win the division," South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said. "It would be very helpful, but I read something the other day that the winner of this game has not won it the last three years so obviously it's not the only game of the year. Certainly, both teams would certainly like to win it. You would think whoever wins it would have a better chance."
Spurrier's correct. While the game may be insanely important for South Carolina's division chances, a win isn't a harbinger of a championship. Last year, Georgia won in Athens, Ga. Missouri won the East. In 2012, South Carolina beat Georgia, but the Dogs won the East after both Georgia and Florida were 7-1 and South Carolina was 6-2. In 2011, Georgia won the East but its only loss was to, you guessed it, South Carolina.
A more important indicator for division success is the absence of a second loss. A team has won the East with two or more conference losses three times in the last ten years. The last one was Spurrier's 2010 South Carolina team, a squad that got destroyed at the hands of a Cam Newton-led Auburn in the SEC Championship Game.
If you're someone who likes trends, you may think this is going to be a low-scoring game. While the winner of the last three games in Athens has scored at least 41 points, the Bulldogs haven't scored more than 20 in Columbia, S.C. since 2000 while, with the exception of 35 points in 2012, the stretch goes to 1996 for South Carolina.
"To think that the last nine times, the most amount of points was 20 – that shocked me when I read that stat," Georgia coach Mark Richt said. "I knew what it had been for us when I've been at Georgia, but I didn't realize it went back that far. Just a great atmosphere, great defense and Georgia not getting it done. I guess I've been there six times, this is my seventh time, and we haven't scored many points but we've actually won four out of six games there."
"They've been some stout defensive battles, most of them. Last time we were there it obviously wasn't much of a defensive battle. But it's been tough going getting points over there for whatever reason, and hopefully we'll do better."
However, with Hutson Mason and a healthy Todd Gurley, it's feasible to believe it'll be really hard for South Carolina's defense to stifle Georgia's offense yet again.
"I knew they haven't scored 20 since I've been here, of course they've won two of them, but we won the low scoring game over there, I think it was [2007], that 16-12 game," Spurrier said. "We've had some low-scoring games with Georgia and we have held them under 20 here. Then again, we didn't think Texas A&M was going to roll up 52 on us either so every year is a new year and we're believing that we can play a lot better, but we need to go do it on the field and this would be a good week to show that."
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Boston College will honor 9/11 hero Welles Crowther with red bandana-themed uniform accents
Boston College has plans to do something pretty awesome when it hosts USC this weekend.
The Eagles will honor former Boston College lacrosse player Welles Crowther, who was killed in the attacks on Sept. 11, by wearing shoes, gloves and a helmet with a red bandana design. The Boston College coaching staff will be wearing red bandana-inspired clothing and the school will hand out 6,000 red bandanas to students to wear during the game.
What the players will wear in honor of Welles. Red bandannas will be handed out to the student section. #WeAreBC http://ift.tt/WZHgDi
— BC Football News (@BCFootballNews) September 10, 2014 Crowther died after saving at least 12 people from the south World Trade Center tower before it eventually collapsed.
Crowther, who was known for wearing (or holding in his pocket) a red bandana his father gave him as a child, was working as equities trader in the building, but he spent his free time as a volunteer firefighter and had designs on making that his fulltime career.
He used those firefighting instincts to lead two groups of people to an open staircase and out of the building. He went up and down 17 flights of stairs to help evacuate people twice. He went back up the staircase a third time, but never made it down.
The Crowther family will be in attendance for the game against the Trojans and the program termed the day, “Service Day” to honor other members of the Boston College community who have been in service of others.
Boston College already honors Crowther with the "Welles Remy Crowther 5k Red Bandanna Run" to support a charitable foundation formed in his name.
If you’re not familiar with Crowther’s story, ESPN did an amazing piece in 2011 called “Man in the Red Bandana,” which focused on Crowther’s life and his sacrifice. I recommend watching it with a red bandana to wipe away the tears.
For more Boston College news, visit EagleAction.com.
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