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SMU gives QB Kyle Padron a release from his scholarship
Benched after back-to-back interceptions in SMU’s season opener, Kyle Padron didn’t start another game for the Mustangs the rest of the 2011 season. As it turns out, the quarterback won’t start a game...
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Garrett Gilbert could play immediately for SMU
Under normal NCAA rules, when a player transfers from one Division 1-A school to another, they have to sit out one year — unless they’ve already graduated from their previous program. That exception...
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Knee injury leaves S. Miss’ leading rusher ‘very doubtful’ for ’12 season
On the job for less than two months, Ellis Johnson has already suffered a rather significant loss. The new Southern Miss head coach confirmed Saturday that running back Jamal Woodyard will likely miss...
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Corso: ex-UT QB Gilbert will get ‘probably better coaching’ at SMU
Apparently, Lee Corso‘s “ah, f— it” mantra extends to offseason speaking engagements as well. At the Doak Walker Award banquet Friday night, Corso, along with ESPN College GameDay colleagues Chris...
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Big East spring storylines
Unscathed by the first round of conference realignment in 2010, the Big East was by far the most impacted by conference realignment 2.0 this past summer and fall. Now, Big East teams head into spring...
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Eastern Washington gets a shot of Padron
(Stop it. Like you wouldn’t have gone there too.) A little over a month after being granted a release from his SMU scholarship, Kyle Padron is preparing to settle into a new collegiate home....
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SMU adds ex-UCLA assistant to coaching staff
For the second time in less than a week, a former assistant on Rick Neuheisel’s UCLA coaching staff has landed a new job. This time around it’s Bob Palcic, who SMU announced has been hired as the...
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Garrett Gilbert gets another year of eligibility
Finally, some good news for one of the good guys in college football. Former Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert has been approved for a NCAA injury waiver, Longhorns coach Mack Brown announced on...
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SMU’s leading receiver, top tackler suspended indefinitely
Spring practice for SMU commenced Monday morning, and, somewhat surprisingly, the Mustangs did so without two of its best players on the practice field. Head coach June Jones announced that a pair of...
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Report: Temple in the Big East’s West Division?
Given the fact that San Diego State will be playing in the Big East to begin with, the following report isn’t surprising in the least. In fact, I’ll be disappointed if Temple doesn’t play in the Big...
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Garrett Gilbert taking year’s worth of classes to get to SMU
With a NCAA waiver in hand that will allow him to play two more years at SMU, ex-Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert has only his undergraduate degree to complete this spring so that he can play...
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SEC, Big Ten pace NFL draft selections
After the first three rounds of the NFL draft was tucked neatly into bed late last week, the SEC held a narrow lead over the Big Ten and Pac-12 in the number of players selected the first two days....
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Boise State having second thoughts on Big East move?
The rumors and speculation and whispers have been there for months, that Boise State, and San Diego State as well, was reconsidering its planned move from the Mountain West to the Big East. Finally,...
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SMU too? EWU officially adds another ex-Mustangs QB
Nearly three months after it was reported that SMU quarterback Kyle Padron would be dropping down a level to Eastern Washington, the 1-AA program has announced they have acquired the former Southlake...
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Craig James fails in U.S. Senate bid
And, somewhere, a pirate-loving head coach is smiling a satisfied smile. Craig James, an ESPN college football analyst through the 2011 season, gave up that position to make a run in the political...
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SMU players claim they were victims of theft… by a prostitute
Oh, the joke possibilities for this story are endless. Just like the search for more than $3,000 worth of laptops, televisions and video games belonging to three SMU players. According to CBS DFW,...
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CFT predicts: Conference USA
I have a secret. I’m actually quite sad Conference USA as we know it today will be no more by 2013. Central Florida, Houston and SMU will all be departing for the Big East and taking their places will...
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SMU loses starting corner to ACL tear
Just a couple of weeks before the start of the 2012 season, SMU has suffered a significant loss on the defensive side of the ball. Head coach June Jones confirmed Wednesday that starting cornerback...
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No offensive drop in Baylor’s blowout win over SMU
It’s not that Baylor just lost Heisman trophy winner Robert Griffin III. The Bears are moving forward without leading rusher Terrance Ganaway and leading receiver Kendall Wright. Add in Baylor’s...
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Christine Michael one of two Aggies suspended for SMU game
If Texas A&M is to bounce back from a loss in its first-ever SEC game, it’ll have to do so without one of its top offensive players. In an announcement made shortly before kickoff, the Aggies...
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