Archive for June, 2010

Jun201023

joeperson

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Matthews, Gilmore on Nagurski list

It’s an off-day for the Gamecocks in Omaha today – a good opportunity to catch up on a few football odd-and-ends. The Football Writers Association of America (full disclosure: this blogger is a dues-paying member) and the Charlotte Touchdown Club (blogger has no ties to that organization) released the watch list this week for Nagurski [...]

Jun201010

joeperson

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USC releases spring grades

USC spent $13 million — much of it Dodie Anderson’s — and engaged in much pomp and circumstance in unveiling its new academic center in February. The good news: It appears the school’s athletes put the center to good use. USC athletes posted an aggregate 3.132 GPA in the spring semester and 14 of the [...]

Jun201009

joeperson

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Paulk gets sixth year

When asked last fall about his plans to apply for a sixth year of eligibility, South Carolina middle linebacker Rodney Paulk said he would play “until the wheels fall off.” Thanks to an NCAA ruling, Paulk now has two more years to keep his frame, wheels and everything else in good working order. Paulk, who [...]

Jun201009

joeperson

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USC has good APR showing

USC had seven teams that were perfect on the latest NCAA Academic Progress Rate scores that were released Wednesday – and none of the school’s athletic programs faces penalties for low scores. The men’s golf team and six women’s programs – golf, cross country, swimming, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball – had a single-year [...]

Jun201004

joeperson

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SEC mum on expansion

DESTIN, Fla. – Maybe there will be fireworks in San Francisco this weekend at the Pac-10 meetings, but the SEC meetings concluded today without much fanfare. Commissioner Mike Slive was asked repeatedly about the SEC’s possible expansion plans, and the former attorney kept returning to the same phrase: The league will be “strategic and thoughtful” [...]

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