Przemek Karnowski scored 11 of his 14 points in the second half, Domantas Sabonis added 11 off the bench, and No. 3 Gonzaga overcame a sluggish first half to beat San Diego 59-39 on Thursday night for its 22nd straight victory. From ESPN.com - College Basketball - Gonzaga starts slow but holds off San Diego
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Johnson's 15 points leads No. 7 Arizona past Colorado,
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Haws passes Fredette as BYU top scorer in win
Tyler Haws scored 21 points in passing Jimmer Fredette as BYU's all-time leading scorer and leading the Cougars to an 82-69 victory over Portland on Thursday night. From ESPN.com - College Basketball - Haws passes Fredette as BYU top scorer in win
Vandy coach scolds player, later apologizes
Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings has apologized for a postgame incident Thursday night in which he berated Commodores player Wade Baldwin IV profanely, at one point saying, "I'm going to f---ing kill you." From ESPN.com - College Basketball - Vandy coach scolds player, later apologizes
Mississippi St.'s Mullen gets extension, raise
Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen has cashed in on one of the best seasons in school history with a contract extension and raise that will pay him an average of $4.275 million per year. From ESPN.com - College Football - Mississippi St.'s Mullen gets extension, raise
SEC hits LSU with minor recruiting sanctions
LSU says its football program has been penalized by the Southeastern Conference because coaches communicated too frequently with a recruit who had signed a financial aid agreement, but later decided to play elsewhere. From ESPN.com - College Football - SEC hits LSU with minor recruiting sanctions
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Honduran soccer field to be named after former Georgia coach Vince Dooley
A soccer field in Honduras will bear the name of famous Georgia football coach Vince Dooley.
Dooley, 82, has spent time in Honduras helping youth find alternatives to drugs and gang violence. He’s also helped plan the landscape of the field, which will include 160 hedges on the border similar to the border at Sanford Stadium where the Georgia Bulldogs play football.
The field will be located at an elementary and middle school in the Agalta Valley and the scoreboard, which was donated by Coca-Cola, will have Dooley’s name. FIFA donated the goals.
Dooley, who won 201 games and the 1980 national championship at Georgia, will be in Honduras on March 19 for the dedication along with Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez.
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SEC sanctions LSU's recruiting early enrolees
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NHL Game at Penn State's Beaver Stadium has been discussed
With an NHL game being played at Michigan Stadium last year and another scheduled for Minnesota’s TCF Bank Stadium on New Year’s Day 2016, another Big Ten football venue – Penn State’s Beaver Stadium – seems like another logical location for a future Winter Classic game.
The Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins have one of the fiercest rivalries in the NHL, so bringing that matchup to State College, which is right in the middle of the state, would make for an awesome atmosphere at 107,282-capacity Beaver Stadium. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman thinks so too, and he told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that the league has discussed it.
“There’s been talk about it,” Bettman said. “I’m intrigued by the possibility. But it’s not anywhere close to fruition.”
While that’s at least somewhat promising for Pennsylvania hockey fans, it also got us thinking about what other college football venues could host hockey games.
Notre Dame Stadium – South Bend, Indiana
Built in 1930, Notre Dame Stadium is one of the most iconic venues in all of college football. The stadium currently holds 80,795 and a $400 million renovation project is on the way. Once those renovations are complete in South Bend, a Blues-Blackhawks game would be a great way to show it off.
Ohio Stadium – Columbus, Ohio
Michigan did it, so you know the Buckeyes want to show that they can put on a better show at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. The Horseshow holds 104,944, so you’d probably need to bring in the Detroit Red Wings to play the Columbus Blue Jackets to fill the joint. It would be awesome.
Rose Bowl – Pasadena, California
California may not be the most outdoor hockey-friendly environment, but if a Ducks-Kings game could be played at Dodger Stadium last year, a game could totally be played at the iconic Rose Bowl. The San Jose Sharks-Los Angeles Kings rivalry has intensified with playoff meetings in three of the past four seasons. A game at the 92-542-seat Rose Bowl would be a ton of fun.
Michie Stadium – West Point, New York
This would be a bit more of an intimate environment than the others with a capacity of just 38,000, but an outdoor game at the United States Military Academy would make for a great aesthetic. There are plenty of NHL teams that could be involved, including the Buffalo Sabres, the New York Rangers, the New York Islanders and the New Jersey Devils.
Others: Neyland Stadium (Tennessee), Milan Puskar Stadium (West Virginia), High Point Solutions Stadium (Rutgers)
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Honduras soccer field to be named after Dooley
Vince Dooley's name finally is being placed on a field -- far away from Georgia's Sanford Stadium. From ESPN.com - College Football - Honduras soccer field to be named after Dooley
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LSU can't sign early enrollees to financial aid agreements for 2 years
LSU won't be able to sign any recruits who wish to enroll early to financial aid agreements for the next two years.
The Advocate found the penalties handed down from the SEC via a public records request. The penalties stem from a player who signed a financial aid agreement with LSU to enroll early in January. When a player does so, the school he signs an FAA with is allowed unlimited contact – but only if he early enrolls with that school. The player didn't, and therefore LSU violated the unlimited contact provision.
As part of the sanctions, LSU will also lose 21 (10 percent) of its 2015 recruiting evaluation days.
The name of the recruit is unknown and the Advocate said LSU declined comment. The report does list one player who signed a FAA early but didn't sign a LOI with LSU.
Matt Womack, an offensive tackle from Mississippi, signed a financial aid agreement with LSU in August intending to enroll at the school in January. Instead, Womack de-committed — as hundreds of prospects do each year — and signed a National Letter of Intent with Alabama in February.
Financial aid agreements, instituted by the NCAA in the fall of 2013, allow high school seniors who plan to enroll early to sign with that school starting Aug. 1 of their senior years.
A financial aid agreement doesn’t bind the player to that particular school like a National Letter of Intent does, but it affords coaches of that school unlimited contact with the signee — contact that would normally be considered against NCAA rules.
However, Womack's father said in the fall to the Clarion-Ledger that LSU wasn't using the financial aid agreement to contact his son on an unlimited basis.
Players can sign multiple financial aid agreements. Therefore, by initiating unlimited contact with a not-rock-solid recruit who has signed a financial aid agreement with the intention to enroll early, programs run the risk of the violation LSU committed.
LSU's 2015 recruiting class was ranked No. 8 in the country by Rivals.
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Ineligible Baylor RB sorry, 'I broke the rules'
Ineligible Baylor running back Silas Nacita apologized on Thursday for accepting impermissible benefits. From ESPN.com - College Football - Ineligible Baylor RB sorry, 'I broke the rules'
Report: NFL's 49ers to bid for CFP title game
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Baylor's Nacita: I broke rules
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Ineligible Baylor RB Silas Nacita admits to breaking rules, apologizes
Ineligible Baylor RB Silas Nacita tweeted an apology Thursday morning for breaking NCAA guidelines.
Baylor announced Wednesday that the formerly homeless walk-on running back was ineligible because of rules violations. While Nacita said Wednesday that he was ruled ineligible by the NCAA, the NCAA said it never heard his case or made a ruling about it, meaning Baylor never took the case to the governing body.
Thursday, Nacita apologized for breaking NCAA rules, misleading in his previous tweets, and said he should have accepted NCAA-approved guidance offered to him by Baylor.
The bottom line is that I broke the rules. I should've never accepted the help and I am deeply sorry for my actions http://ift.tt/1MUGv4c
— Silas Nacita (@Salsa_Nacho) February 26, 2015 Players are allowed to accept housing assistance from close family friends, but as he said in his apology, his utilization of the people around him didn't fit the guidelines.
As we wrote Wednesday, the multiple layers of the story meant we likely didn't know the whole sequence of events that led to Nacita's ineligibility. While his apology helps clear the waters, it's still safe to say there's likely more here than meets the eye.
And this should be a lesson to all NCAA athletes to check with compliance before doing anything that could be considerend a violation of NCAA rules, no matter the circumstances.
For more Baylor news, visit SicEmSports.com.
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College football proved tricky again on Jeopardy!
We've already established that easy college football questions for the Dr. Saturday reader can be incredibly tough questions for the Jeopardy! contestant, so what happened on Tuesday's Jeopardy! episode should come as no surprise.
The clue for the $400 question was "In September 2013 a record crowd of more than 115,000 saw host Michigan beat Notre Dame in this football-crazy city."
These nerds got it wrong, didn't even answer! #Jeopardy #AnnArbor #BigHouse #Heaven #GoBlue http://ift.tt/1LIEHIk
— Frenchy〽️ (@M_J_F_87) February 25, 2015 Yes, they even gave away the state where the game was played. And it went unanswered.
Of course, the answer is Ann Arbor. We wrote about this game.
Previously, Jeopardy! contestants have been stumped by Johnny Manziel's college and the number of members in the Big Ten.
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Report: L'ville-ex charged with rape, sodomy
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UT students (again) had a snowball fight at Neyland Stadium
When it snows in Knoxville, Tennessee students are apparently drawn to Neyland Stadium like moths to a flame.
Students had a snowball fight at Neyland Stadium on Wednesday after the area got some snow.
#NeylandSnowballFight This time without arrests... http://t.co/Baov6eHI0A http://ift.tt/1JQ5K8X
— 106.1 The River (@river106) February 26, 2015 Last February, students did the same thing, and some students got in trouble. Eight were cited for trespassing and two were cited for underage drinking according to WBIR. Now that this is apparently becoming a pattern, maybe it's time for some preventative police snow measures at Neyland.
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