College Stuff for Real Men: 01/06/15

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Marc Loving's jump shot from the lane with 5.6 seconds left in overtime lifted No. 22 Ohio State to a 74-72 victory over Minnesota on Tuesday night, helping the Buckeyes escape with the win after blowing a 12-point second-half lead. From ESPN.com - College Basketball - No. 22 Ohio State escapes Minnesota in OT

Villanova rebounds to trounce St. John's

Hilliard leads No. 8 Villanova past No. 24 St. John's 90-72 From ESPN.com - College Basketball - Villanova rebounds to trounce St. John's

UCF rallies by UH as Goodwin scores final 13

Brandon Goodwin scored his team's final 13 points -- including a 3-pointer from the top of the key as time was winding down in overtime -- lifting Central Florida to a comeback 79-78 win over Houston. From ESPN.com - College Basketball - UCF rallies by UH as Goodwin scores final 13

O.J. Heisman found 20 years after USC theft

Los Angeles police say they've recovered a Heisman Trophy honoring O.J. Simpson more than 20 years after it was stolen from the University of Southern California. From ESPN.com - College Football - O.J. Heisman found 20 years after USC theft

WATCH: Paul Rudd is ‘Ant-Man’ in First Trailer — But He’d Like To Change the Name [VIDEO]

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No. 1 Kentucky needs OT to survive Ole Miss

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Mora dispels NFL rumors, 'very happy at UCLA'

Mora dispels NFL rumors, 'very happy at UCLA' From College Football News : CBSSports.com - Mora dispels NFL rumors, 'very happy at UCLA'

Arizona's Victor to transfer over playing time

Arizona freshman Craig Victor, a top-50 recruit coming out of high school, is transferring in search of more playing time. From ESPN.com - College Basketball - Arizona's Victor to transfer over playing time

UF dismisses DE Willis III for off-field incidents

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Stanford tackle Andrus Peat declares for draft

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Stanford left tackle Peat declares for draft

Stanford left tackle Andrus Peat has announced his intentions to go pro. From ESPN.com - College Football - Stanford left tackle Peat declares for draft

Memphis bans Iverson for violation of rules

Memphis guard/forward Kuran Iverson has been suspended for a violation of team rules. From ESPN.com - College Basketball - Memphis bans Iverson for violation of rules

Ex-Wake trustee says ACC ref called him slur

The CEO of an Atlanta-based hotel management company and former chairman of the Wake Forest University board of trustees says a basketball referee aimed a slur at him during a game. From ESPN.com - College Basketball - Ex-Wake trustee says ACC ref called him slur

Cornhuskers land Australian wing McVeigh

Nebraska has landed a commitment from Australian wing Jack McVeigh. From ESPN.com - College Basketball - Cornhuskers land Australian wing McVeigh

UF's Willis to transfer after tumultuous season

It's been a tumultuous first season at Florida for defensive end Gerald Willis, and now it looks like the former ESPN 300 star will be moving on from Gainesville. From ESPN.com - College Football - UF's Willis to transfer after tumultuous season

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Seminoles lose Williams, Edwards to NFL Draft

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Source: Michigan hires UF's Durkin as DC

Michigan has hired former Florida interim coach D.J. Durkin as its new defensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN.com Tuesday. From ESPN.com - College Football - Source: Michigan hires UF's Durkin as DC

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National Championship Preview: Oregon's secondary

The first College Football Playoff National Championship Game is finally upon us and Dr. Saturday has your pregame prep covered. Every day leading up to the game, we’ll breakdown a piece of each team and preview its role in the upcoming title game. Previous previews: Ohio State's front 7, Oregon's front 7, Ohio State's secondary.

Season highlight: The Pac-12 Championship game against Arizona stands out among all of Oregon’s games this season simply because the Arizona passing offense was among the nation’s best coming into the contest. Oregon limited the Wildcats to just 113 passing yards, a season low for both teams, and just one passing touchdown. The Wildcats were held scoreless in the first half for the first time since 2012. The Ducks also managed to nab an interception, something it hasn’t done often this season.

Player to Watch: Senior cornerback Ifo Ekpre-Olomu was the team’s star in the secondary before suffering a season-ending knee injury in the practices leading up to the semifinal against Florida State. That left senior Erick Dargan as the top player to watch in the Oregon secondary. He leads the team in tackles with 90 and grabbed seven interceptions, including one off Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston is the semifinal. Dargan also had eight tackles in that game.

Strengths: Oregon doesn’t give up a lot of big plays and is only allowing 11.1 yard per completion. While that might seem like a lot, it’s actually good for 26th in the country. No. 1 Stanford allows 9.7 yards per completion. This is a big stat against an Ohio State team that likes to go for home run passes with quarterback Cardale Jones and his cannon for an arm.

Weaknesses: While Oregon might not give up a lot of yards per completion, it does allow teams to complete 24.4 passes per game, which is one of the worst numbers in the nation. That number has dropped to 20.3 passes per game in the past three games and a lot of that can be chalked up to garbage time stats opponents accumulate while they're behind.

Overview: Let’s not sugarcoat this, Oregon’s defense is not the strong suit of its team. It’s passing defense allows 265.9 yards per game and 20 of the team’s 37 touchdowns allowed on offense have come via the pass. Only twice this season — against South Dakota and Stanford — have the Ducks not allowed a passing touchdown.

Of course, it’s easy to understand why the Oregon passing defense has been abused some this season. Oregon’s offense has a tendency to score and score quickly often putting opposing offenses in a hole where they have to pass on nearly every down and usually when the game is out of reach. So while the numbers are bad, they’re also a little bit skewed.

Oregon did not allow any of its final three Pac-12 opponents — Colorado, Oregon State and Arizona — to pass for more than 216 yards. Florida’s State 348 yards was the Ducks’ third-highest total allowed this season, but much of that was because turnovers put the Seminoles in a deep hole that forced them to pass the ball. Florida State actually started the game run-heavy despite having last year’s Heisman winner under center.

Florida State also threw 48 passes, which was topped only by Washington State’s 63 passes and Cal’s 55 passes. Michigan State also had 47 passes. But in the end, Oregon won all four games by an average of 20.75 points.

Those numbers prove that Oregon isn’t afraid of a pass-heavy game and it's weathered those games in the past. While the Ducks did allow four passing touchdowns to Washington State, the top passing offense in the country, they only allowed two to Cal, two to Michigan State and just one passing touchdown to Florida State, which personifies Oregon’s overall defensive strategy of bend, but don’t break.

Also important to note is that only four of the passing touchdowns allowed against Oregon this season have come beyond the red zone.

Ohio State isn’t a pass-heavy team. If anything, it’s pretty balanced with its running and passing game, but it does have the ability for big passing plays with Jones and receiver Devin Smith, who has emerged as his favorite deep target. Jones’ sample size isn’t quite large enough to make many assumptions about how he runs the passing game. He completed 70.6 percent of his passes against Wisconsin, but 51.4 percent against Alabama. He threw 35 passes against Alabama, which was as many as he had thrown in his entire season. He’s thrown six touchdowns to just one interception, and that pick came against the Tide, which had just 10 picks coming into the game.

If Ohio State follows Florida State’s model — and the model it used against Alabama — it will go run heavy unless it starts to fall behind. The Oregon run defense was gashed early by the Seminoles before they started turning the ball over.

Oregon is at a disadvantage against Ohio State’s passing game, but the Ducks' bend-but-don't-break approach has frustrated a lot of opponents and will surely test Ohio State's young and inexperienced quarterback.

For more Oregon news, visit DuckSportsAuthority.com.

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CFP to help pay athletes' families' travel costs

Thanks to a timely waiver granted by the NCAA, the College Football Playoff will help with travel costs for the parents or guardians of players participating in the title game. From ESPN.com - College Football - CFP to help pay athletes' families' travel costs

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UCLA coach Jim Mora explains his post-Alamo Bowl actions (Video)

UCLA coach Jim Mora was on the Rich Eisen Show on Tuesday and explained his actions after his team's 40-35 win over Kansas State in the Alamo Bowl on Friday.

Mora met with Kansas State coach Bill Snyder for a very brief version of the customary postgame handshake and immediately turned around and walked away. Mora was unhappy with the way the game ended, when he felt Kansas State players were lunging towards UCLA players as the Bruins were taking a knee.

Mora said Tuesday he didn't want to say anything after the game to escalate the situation so he made the handshake at midfield brief.

"I had an issue with the way the game ended and knowing myself as I do, it was best for me to move in and move out before we got in to some type of discussion that maybe turned the wrong way," Mora said.

He said he met with Snyder again and shook his hand a second time.

"When they cross that white line, we all know it's a dangerous environment," Mora said. "But I think that we have to do the best that we can as coaches to not put them in harm's way unnecessarily and I just felt there are times that you have to avoid organizing an event or a play that could harm a player and I felt that maybe that that had happened and I was a little upset. You know the emotion of the game, the adrenaline's flowing and I'm a very protective person, and so I did shake his hand. It was quick. It did not look good, I'll acknowledge that. But I did shake it and there were reasons for the reasons that I did."

Mora also addressed reports that said he was interviewing with the New York Jets.

"I think it’s always a compliment to your program and the success of your program when people mention you, whether it’s real or fabricated," Mora said. "I’ve never wavered from saying I’m happy at UCLA. I love college football and I love coaching the UCLA Bruins. I have not made any overtures towards any NFL teams. My agent hasn’t. As a matter of fact I was in my office yesterday and one of my assistant coaches came in and said ‘I thought you were in New York, I just read you were in New York’ — either yesterday or today — and today, unless this studio has now floated its way to New York, I’m here.”

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CFP to help pay players' families' travel costs

College Football Playoff will provide travel assistance for families of athletes

Dec 7, 2014; Grapevine, TX, USA; College football playoff executive director Bill Hancock speaks to the media at the Gaylord Texan Hotel. (Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports) The cost of traveling to Texas for the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship is costly for the families of the student-athletes of Ohio State and Oregon, so the College Football Playoff is doing something about it.

The CFP announced Tuesday that it will “defray the cost of expenses” for parents to travel to the game in Arlington at AT&T Stadium on Jan. 12. This reimbursement, which is subject to NCAA rules, will “cover expenses for hotel accommodations in North Texas and travel reimbursement and meal expenses for a maximum of two parents or legal guardians per athlete.”

The reimbursement will be “capped” at $1,250 per parent or guardian, the CFP said in a release.

“We know how expensive travel can be, so we’re pleased to provide assistance for parents or guardians who want to see their sons play in the first College Football Playoff National Championship,” said Bill Hancock, executive director of the College Football Playoff. “It will make the game even more special for the student-athletes to know that their family members are receiving this benefit.”

The CFP announcement comes in conjunction with the NCAA announcement that it will help players’ families travel to the Men’s and Women’s Final Fours in the spring. The NCAA said in a release that the College Football Playoff “may provide up to $3,000 in travel expenses for families of each competing student-athlete.”

According to the NCAA, schools and conferences are also now able to “adopt new rules to provide these family travel expenses on a permanent basis or for other championships.”

“Championship experiences create memories of a lifetime for student-athletes, and we want to make sure their families are there to support and celebrate with them,” said NCAA President Mark Emmert.

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National Championship Preview: Ohio State's secondary

Season highlight: The semifinal game against Alabama was arguably the best performance of the season for the Ohio State secondary. Even though it allowed 237 passing yards and two touchdowns, it held star receiver Amari Cooper to nine catches for 71 yards, which was only the second time Cooper didn’t average 10 or more yards per catch. The Buckeyes held Alabama to a 118.08 pass efficiency rating, which was their third-lowest of the season. And the 10.773 yards per completion were the second-lowest of the season.

Player to Watch: Senior cornerback Doran Grant has been the anchor of an Ohio State secondary that is loaded with young players. Grant, a senior captain, has five interceptions this season, including two that came in the Big Ten title game against Wisconsin. He has 58 tackles and nine pass breakups this year, and was an All-Big Ten first team selection.

Strengths: The Ohio State secondary has specialized in takeaways this year. Of the Buckeyes 24 interceptions, which ranks fourth nationally, 17 have come from players in the secondary. Sophomore safety Vonn Bell leads all Ohio State players with six interceptions and he snagged one off Alabama quarterback Blake Sims in the semifinal.

Weaknesses: Ohio State didn’t face a lot of great passing quarterbacks this season, but against Cincinnati and Michigan State, the two best quarterbacks Ohio State faced this year, the Buckeyes allowed 352 and 358 passing yards respectively. Cincinnati's Gunner Kiel had four passing touchdowns and Michigan State's Connor Cook had two. Oregon’s Marcus Mariota is by far the best quarterback the Buckeyes have faced all season and keeping his numbers down will be a tremendous challenge.

Overview: Ohio State’s secondary has great numbers.

It ranks fourth nationally in interceptions and fourth in passing defense efficiency. It’s only allowing 191.6 passing yards per game and of the 39 offensive touchdowns the Buckeyes have allowed, only 15 have come through the air.

However, the numbers can be misleading.

Only one of Ohio State’s opponents this season ranked in the top 25 in passing offense (No. 13 Cincinnati) and Alabama and Michigan State ranked Nos. 28 and 35 respectively. However, five of the Buckeyes opponents ranked 110th or worse in passing offense and seven of the team’s interceptions came off those offenses. Only one of those offenses threw for more than 181 yards. In fact Michigan’s 251 passing yards was a season-high by 31 yards. The Wolverines ranked 110th in passing offense.

There had been questions about the Ohio State secondary early in the season, especially after it allowed Cincinnati's Chris Moore to have 221 yards and three touchdowns. Moore, the Bearcats third-best receiver, didn’t have a 100-yard game and had three contests where he had no yards.

Many of the concerns about the Ohio State secondary were chalked up to youth. The Buckeyes depth chart has freshmen Eli Apple or Gareon Conley as co-starters at one corner spot and sophomores Tyvis Powell and Bell at the two safety positions. Grant is the only senior. However, playing the youth card doesn’t work when you’re about to play your 15th game of the year.

What Ohio State did against the Alabama passing game was admirable. Even though Cooper was able to have some success, it wasn’t his best game. The Buckeyes forced Sims to use other options. Down the stretch, Sims seemed reluctant to do so, which helped the Ohio State defense read his passes and pick him off. There were a couple instances where there were open receivers available, but Sims was fixated on Cooper and Ohio State capitalized.

Ohio State won’t get so lucky with the Oregon passing game, which is by far the best the Buckeyes have seen all season. Mariota has just three interceptions this year compared to 40 touchdowns and 4,121 yards. But what makes Oregon’s passing game so difficult to defend is its diversity. The Ducks do not have a 1,000-yard receiver this season, but they do have seven different players with at least 300 receiving yards and nine receivers with at least 10 catches.

The Ducks lost third-leading receiver Devon Allen to a knee injury on the first play against Florida State, but six different players caught the ball against the Seminoles as Mariota amassed 338 passing yards and two touchdowns.

The Ohio State secondary likely will need help from its linebackers in coverage, especially with the way Oregon uses its tight ends, but this game is going to be a tremendous challenge for an Ohio State secondary who has nothing which to compare this offense.

For more Ohio State news, visit BuckeyeGrove.com.

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Seminoles CB Williams declares for NFL draft

FSU junior cornerback P.J. Williams wrote on his Twitter page Tuesday that he will forgo his senior season and enter the 2015 draft. From ESPN.com - College Football - Seminoles CB Williams declares for NFL draft

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Winston's dad: Decision after CFP title game

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Court documents: USC doctor didn't 'agree with' FDA's Toradol warnings

USC football team doctor James Tibone said in a deposition that he was at odds with the FDA's cardiovascular warnings regarding the painkilling drug Toradol.

The deposition is part of a lawsuit filed by former USC DE Armond Armstead, who says in the suit that he suffered a heart attack in 2011 because of repeated Toradol injections. He filed the suit in 2012 against USC, Tibone and University Park Medical Center.

Documents from the case were obtained by Vice Sports. Armstead received the injections of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory throughout the 2010 season and said he received 10 injections from September to December. And he said neither he nor teammates were told what they were being injected with.

Toradol is a popular painkiller for football and in 2001, 28 of the 30 current NFL teams had said they administered the drug. It can be utilized in both preventative and reactive fashions. The drug's warning says it is for short-term acute pain.

From Vice:

In his deposition, Tibone said he didn't "agree with" FDA warnings about Toradol's cardiovascular risks. He did not provide supporting evidence for his position, admitting that before and during the period he gave the drug to Armstead and other USC players he: (a) conducted no research or surveys on Toradol's adverse effects; (b) read no peer-reviewed journal articles on the matter prior to Armstead's heart attack; (c) did not investigate the drug beyond talking to NFL trainers he knew and having a brief, informal conversation with a friend who is a cardiovascular surgeon.

Tibone also said that he doesn't prescribe Toradol to patients in his private practice, and that he personally had taken the drug once, to treat pain from a kidney stone.

In February of 2011, Armstead went to University Park Medical Center three times and initially diagnosed with costochondritis, which (guess what?) resulted in more Toradol injections. The school didn't comment to Vice for the story. The scheduled trial was delayed last April and, according to Boston.com, is set for March of this year.

By the beginning of March, Armstead's condition worsened. A MRI exam revealed that he had suffered an acute anterior apical myocardial infarction, more commonly known as a heart attack. Myocardial infarctions are specifically mentioned by the FDA as a possible risk of Toradol use, made likelier by repeated off-label use and combining the painkiller with other non-steroidal anti-inflammatories such as Ibuprofen and Naproxen, drugs that Tibone and USC training staff also had administered to Armstead during the season.

Tibone and USC argue they used Toradol properly because they were treating Armstead's acute pain resulting from a single injury. Whether or not the definition of "acute" pain includes an orthopedic injury lasting for months—a highly contested point in the lawsuit—the extended duration of Armstead's treatments seemingly disregarded FDA warnings, which impose a five-day limit on using the drug.

Moreover, the multiple Toradol shots approximately two hours apart alleged by Armstead and indicated by USC athletic records would exceed the FDA's recommended daily dose limit of no more than 60 milligrams, or one such injection.

Tibone also said in his deposition that he didn't follow the NCAA's sports medicine handbook and rather used his own judgment. Per Vice, USC now has student athletes sign a waiver about Toradol injections.

Armstead didn't play in 2011 because of the heart attack and wasn't selected in the 2012 NFL draft. He played in the CFL in 2013 and was signed by the New England Patriots before he retired in July.

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From Dr. Saturday - NCAAF - Yahoo Sports - Court documents: USC doctor didn't 'agree with' FDA's Toradol warnings

AD: Families need help paying for CFP travel

Ohio State's athletic director thinks the College Football Playoff failed by not providing financial assistance for players' families to attend the inaugural games. From ESPN.com - College Football - AD: Families need help paying for CFP travel

Charlotte coach Major takes indefinite leave

The Charlotte 49ers say men's basketball coach Alan Major will take an indefinite medical leave of absence. From ESPN.com - College Basketball - Charlotte coach Major takes indefinite leave

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Heupel out as Sooners' offensive coordinator

Josh Heupel is out as Oklahoma's offensive coordinator after spending the last nine years as an assistant coach with the Sooners. From ESPN.com - College Football - Heupel out as Sooners' offensive coordinator

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O'Brien hangs up whistle after 40-year career

Virginia assistant Tom O'Brien is retiring after a 40-year coaching career, the school announced Tuesday. From ESPN.com - College Football - O'Brien hangs up whistle after 40-year career

Oklahoma reportedly dismisses OC Josh Heupel

Oklahoma is making staff changes after a disappointing 8-5 season.

The changes reportedly include offensive coordinator Josh Heupel, who will be fired according to SI.com and confirmed by the Tulsa World.

Source also confirms Thayer Evans' report that Heupel has been fired. Didn't just happen this morning. #Sooners

— John E. Hoover (@johnehoover) January 6, 2015

The changes are set to be announced at a press conference on Tuesday at 11 a.m. According to SoonerScoop, Stoops came back from vacation early to finalize changes and make the announcement.

Earlier in the week, co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Jay Norvell was reportedly let go.

Heupel has served as Oklahoma's offensive coordinator for the past four seasons. The Sooners were 20th in points per game in 2014 and 23rd in yards per game. The Sooners scored just over 36 points per game and had nearly 465 yards per game at 6.41 yards per play.

The offense struggled in the final game of the season, a 40-6 loss in the Russell Athletic Bowl to Clemson. In all five losses in 2014, Oklahoma gave up at least 31 points. In three of those losses, the Sooners scored at least 30 points.

Heupel was Oklahoma's quarterback when the Sooners beat Florida State for the 2000 BCS Championship and finished second in the Heisman voting to the Seminoles' Chris Weinke that year. He served as Oklahoma's quarterbacks coach for seven seasons before becoming the offensive coordinator.

For more Oklahoma news, visit SoonerScoop.com.

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Dantonio: Michigan has hired coaches 'a number of times' since 2007

Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio made an observation while talking about Michigan's hire of Jim Harbaugh.

And yes, you could construe Dantonio's observation as a poke towards the Spartans' in-state rivals even as he complimented Harbaugh's ability.

On Monday, Dantonio was asked about the arrival of the former San Francisco 49ers coach.

"That's occurred a number of times since I've been here, so yeah, it's going to be a challenge every time there's somebody new, everybody time there's somebody new in the Big Ten," Dantonio said via SpartanMag.com. "Nobody hires bad coaches. There are no bad coaches out there. Very, very good coaches coach in this conference, including Coach Hoke and Coach Rodriguez, so it's a challenge. Inevitably the top players play on the field. Coach Harbaugh is an excellent coach. He's got a tremendous track record, we all understand that. It will be the next challenge for us. But we compete against Michigan regardless of who's there on a daily basis, we understand that here."

Harbaugh is the third coaching hire that Michigan has made since Dantonio arrived in East Lansing in 2007. His first year was Michigan coach Lloyd Carr's final year, and he's been around for the hires (and fires) of Rich Rodriguez and Brady Hoke.

After a comeback against Baylor in the Cotton Bowl to give Michigan State three-straight bowl wins, Dantonio is 75-31 in his career with the Spartans and Michigan State has been to a bowl game in every single year. In that timeframe, Michigan is 55-46, though it stands to reason the Wolverines' record will improve with Harbaugh at the helm. And in turn, give Dantonio a challenge just like he says.

For more Michigan State news, visit SpartanMag.com.

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