USC linebacker Jabari Ruffin suffered a torn knee ligament and will miss the 2014 season. From ESPN.com - College Football - USC LB Ruffin out for 2014 with knee injury
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Florida St.'s Ramsey kicked out of practice
Florida State defensive back Jalen Ramsey was kicked out of practice Sunday after the sophomore was involved in several physical plays, the last ending in quarterback Jameis Winston being knocked to the ground. From ESPN.com - College Football - Florida St.'s Ramsey kicked out of practice
Mills 'thankful' to remain on LSU after arrest
Although he did not get into specifics about his still-open legal case, LSU safety Jalen Mills said Sunday that he regrets putting his teammates and coaches in a bad position with his June arrest. From ESPN.com - College Football - Mills 'thankful' to remain on LSU after arrest
Meet the 25 most interesting people in CFB
A look at the most interesting people in college football this season. From ESPN.com - College Football - Meet the 25 most interesting people in CFB
32-year-old Navy SEAL attempting to walk on at DE for Northwestern
Tom Hruby doesn't see his situation attempting to walk on at Northwestern as a defensive end as something outstanding or amazing. Rather, he's trying something that seems against all odds.
The latter is certainly true. If the former isn't, at the very least, Hruby is unique. After all, he's a 32-year-old who is married with three kids. Oh, and he's also an active Navy SEAL.
“I don’t feel like where I’m at today is some outstanding or amazing thing,” Hruby told the Chicago Sun-Times. “It’s just more of a challenging route . . . the way I kind of think about finding and accepting and trying to take on these challenges that most people would probably say are impossible, one, or very unlikely or just plain dumb.”
He's also the same age that Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald was ... when Fitzgerald became the Wildcats' coach in 2006.
2006 is also the year when Hruby became a Navy SEAL. He joined SEAL Team 1 and was a breacher, which according to the Navy SEAL website "is the authority on all mechanical and explosive entry issues."
He's currently a SEAL instructor at the Great Lakes Naval Station and saved up his leave to participate in Northwestern's training camp. He played football in high school and after "falling apart as a person" when he was in the latter stages of high school, he started training to become a SEAL and married his wife Jen.
He enrolled at Northwestern last year after taking the SAT and has a dorm room on campus. He spends weekends with Jen and their children, as the family lives with his mother after they moved back from Wisconsin.
If he makes the team, he hopes to play on special teams. He figures the menality he gained during SEAL training will help.
“What’s the next step? How do we get out of here? And you’ve just got to stick to those thoughts, stick to what’s important, stick to what you know and just kind of have an attitude,” he said. “We all have an attitude of we’re always going to survive. There’s almost nothing that can beat us.”
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New Dating App Values Brains Over Beauty
Well the newest dating app on the market, Willow, basically is the opposite of Tinder. Instead of swiping left or right based on images, Willow beings their matchmaking through faceless questions. So basically instead of choosing pictures to display, you can write three questions. From Gossip, Fast Fashion, Female Lifestyle, Sex & Love: CollegeCandy - New Dating App Values Brains Over Beauty
Tigers' Marshall accepts benching for citation
Auburn quarterback Nick Marshall addressed the media Sunday for the first time since he was cited for possession of marijuana on July 11. From ESPN.com - College Football - Tigers' Marshall accepts benching for citation
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