Monday, February 2, 2015
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LSU celebrates former WR Odell Beckham with Times Square billboard
LSU isn’t wasting any time, especially with National Signing Day right around the corner, touting the professional accomplishments of one of its own.
So the school bought a billboard in Times Square recognizing former receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who was named the NFL’s Rookie of the Year this past weekend.
#LSU fans in NYC today. Look for @OBJ_3 billboard in Times Square (1500 Broadway at 43 & 44).Tweet us a pic of it. http://ift.tt/1CTzaxj
— LSU Football (@LSUfball) February 2, 2015
@LSUBonnette @LSUfball Photo courtesy of @Tptburkes (LSU alum in NYC) #LSU and @OBJ_3 on the big stage, Times Square! http://ift.tt/1CTzdsO
— David Funes (@DavidEFunes) February 2, 2015
Beckham, who missed the start of the NFL season because of injury, finished with 91 catches for 1,305 yards and 12 touchdowns.
Beckham was a third-team All-American and a first and second-team All-SEC player at LSU in 2013 as both a receiver and kick returner. He finished his final collegiate season with 57 receptions for 1,117 yards and eight touchdowns.
For more LSU news, visit TigerBait.com.
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Oklahoma QB Trevor Knight reaches out to Katy Perry four months too late
Trevor Knight would like another chance with Katy Perry.
OK, make that a first chance.
Perry expressed affection for Knight, Oklahoma’s starting quarterback, during ESPN's "College GameDay" back in October, asking him to “call her.”
But Knight never did, claiming he didn’t have her number (and that he had a girlfriend).
However, all that changed Sunday night after Knight saw Perry put on a spectacular halftime show during Super Bowl XLIX.
KP, I know I'm a little late but we would be one heck of a power couple! @katyperry #SuperBowlBae
— Trevor Knight (@trevor_knight9) February 2, 2015
Come on man, you don’t wait four months after Katy Perry hits on you on national television to then try to make amends. It’s too late, she’s moved on, she’s Super Bowl halftime show resurrector of Missy Elliot Katy Perry now.
The window is closed.
Still, good job, good effort by Knight trying to rekindle a romance that could have been, but never was. Maybe she’ll send him an autographed picture.
For more Oklahoma news, visit SoonerScoop.com.
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Report: Tennessee QB Nathan Peterman will transfer to Pitt
Pitt will reportedly add an SEC transfer to its quarterback depth chart.
According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, former Tennessee quarterback Nathan Peterman will join the Panthers as a graduate transfer and begin taking classes in May.
Peterman spent the past three seasons with the Vols and already graduated from the school. Since he redshirted as a true freshman in 2012, Peterman will have two seasons of eligibility to play for the Panthers and is able to play immediately.
Peterman, who will reunite with former Tennessee offensive coordinator Jim Chaney (who now holds that position at Pitt), took his official visit to Pitt over the weekend and spent time with new head coach Pat Narduzzi.
The 6-foot-2, 220-pound Peterman played in 11 games over the past two seasons, starting twice. Overall he completed 20-of-43 passes for 94 yards and threw two interceptions for Tennessee.
According to the Tribune-Review, Peterman is currently taking graduate courses at Tennessee this semester, so he “won’t be eligible to participate in Pitt’s spring drills that start in March.”
Peterman will look to compete for the starting role with Chad Voytik, who also just finished his redshirt sophomore season and has two more seasons of eligibility remaining. Voytik threw for 2,233 yards, 16 touchdowns and seven interceptions while completing 61.3 percent of his passes in his first year as starter. He also ran for 466 yards and three scores on the season.
The Panthers went 6-7 in 2014.
For more Pittsburgh news, visit Panther-lair.com.
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Michigan AD Jim Hackett says there will be night game at Michigan Stadium in 2015
There will be another night game at Michigan Stadium in 2015.
According to MLive.com, interim athletic director Jim Hackett said Sunday that the Wolverines will host “at least one” night game in year one under Jim Harbaugh. Michigan State and Ohio State are both possibilities, Hackett said, but not both.
Hackett said he hopes an announcement can come soon.
"I've got to go through the tracks with the regents and the president," Hackett said. "I don't know (if it'll be just one or not). The issue here ... they're fantastic, and you have to face this going down the road when they get to new TV contracts. There's more prime time (opportunities) in the future."
Though he brought night games to Ann Arbor, former athletic director Dave Brandon was always against night games against rivals Michigan State and Ohio State, but Hackett seems to be a lot more flexible with scheduling options.
“I’m making a whole new scheduling engine,” Hackett said. “(I’d probably rule out) one of the two. But I’m not going to tell you (right now).”
Michigan hosted its first Big Ten night game last season when the Wolverines knocked off Penn State 18-13 on Oct. 4. Previously, the Wolverines played two other night games at Michigan Stadium against Notre Dame – one in 2011 and one in 2013.
For more Michigan news, visit TheWolverine.com.
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Report: Auburn plans to install college football's largest scoreboard
It appears that Texas A&M won’t have college football’s biggest scoreboard for long.
According to AL.com, the Auburn Board of Trustees will meet on Friday to discuss the addition of a “200-foot wide scoreboard” in the south end zone of Jordan-Hare Stadium. The project is reported to cost “an estimated $13.9 million.”
“If what we are intending to do is approved, it’ll be the biggest video board in college football,” Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs told AL.com.
The video board installed at Texas A&M’s Kyle Field last summer is 47-feet tall, 163-feet wide and 7,661 square feet in all. Jacobs says Auburn’s will be bigger.
Jacobs said the video board above the south end zone will measure roughly 200-feet wide and 55- to 57-feet tall, which would surpass Texas A&M's recently-installed board that measures 7,661 square feet. Exact dimensions for Auburn's video board were not included in documents provided to Auburn's trustees.
If approved, the new scoreboard would be ready in time for the 2015 season.
“That’s what our fans deserve and what our football team deserves,” Jacobs said.
Additionally, Jacobs said the athletic department is looking to upgrade Jordan-Hare Stadium as a whole and is “seeking approval to engage an architect and construction manager for the project.”
Per AL.com, documents provided to Auburn's trustees say the upgrades would include “options to enhance amenities, improve locker rooms and consider additional premium seating,” but would not include expansion or additional seating. Jordan-Hare Stadium currently seats 87,451.
Other improvements being explored include “widening the concourse and upgrading restrooms.”
“The timing is right," Jacobs said. "We're one of the few schools to play in front of a sold-out crowd in every game, home and away. Some schools, because of their demand, they've increased stadium sizes and sometimes that's not, in retrospect, the best thing to do. ... For us, we're great with the size of our stadium right now. We just need to continue to have the best game-day experience in the nation.”
Construction could reportedly begin as soon as December with completion set for the 2017 season. It could also be pushed back until December 2016 or December 2017.
The school’s trustees must give approval during their Friday meeting before work on the project can begin.
For more Auburn news, visit AuburnSports.com.
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Utah hires John Pease as defensive coordinator
More than a month after Kalani Sitake left Utah for Oregon State, the Utes finally have a new defensive coordinator.
Among a handful of other changes to his staff, head coach Kyle Whittingham announced Monday morning that John Pease has agreed to come out of retirement to run the Utes' defense.
Welcome Coach John Pease! #GoUtes http://ift.tt/1tVY9ya
— Utah Football (@Utah_Football) February 2, 2015
Pease is a Utah alum who last coached from 2009-2010, when he came out of his first retirement to coach the Utes’ defensive line for two seasons. Before joining Utah’s staff, Pease was a defensive assistant in the NFL from 1986-2005, including a two-year stint as defensive coordinator of the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2001-02 after being Jacksonville’s d-line coach from 1995-2000.
He also served as defensive line coach with the New Orleans Saints from 1986-1994 and 2004-05.
Before his time in the NFL, Pease was an assistant at Washington, Utah and Long Beach State. He also coached Utah’s linebackers in 1977.
Additionally, Whittingham announced that Dennis Erickson was promoted from running backs coach to assistant head coach, though he will keep his running backs coach duties. Erickson, the former head coach at Miami, Oregon State and Arizona State, among others, is entering his third season as a Utah assistant.
Elsewhere, Whittingham promoted quarterbacks coach Aaron Roderick and offensive line coach Jim Harding to co-offensive coordinators and gave safeties coach Morgan Scalley added duties as special teams’ coordinator.
Finally, the Utes hired Weber State’s Justin Ena to coach linebackers. Ena was Weber State’s defensive coordinator and linebackers coach last season after spending six seasons at Southern Utah, including four as defensive coordinator.
Whittingham still needs to round out his staff by hiring a tight ends coach.
The Utes went 9-4 in 2014.
For more Utah news, visit Utezone.com.
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Ohio State's Ezekiel Elliott gets College Football Playoff trophy tattoo (Photos)
Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott was crucial to the Buckeyes’ national championship run. The sophomore ran for more than 200 yards in OSU’s final three games, including a career-high 246 yards and four touchdowns in the College Football Playoff title game win over Oregon.
To commemorate the team’s title and his own MVP performance, Elliott decided to get some ink.
Special shout out to my boy @Matt_Johnson11_ for drawing up my tatt. Turned out great http://ift.tt/1zweECb
— EzekielElliott#⃣1⃣5⃣ (@EzekielElliott) February 1, 2015
The design includes Ohio State’s block O logo, the Gateway Arch from Elliott’s hometown of St. Louis, Elliott’s No. 15 and the College Football Playoff championship trophy.
Elliott ran for 1,878 yards and 18 touchdowns on the season.
For more Ohio State news, visit BuckeyeGrove.com.
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