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Longtime Football Coach Startled to Learn Caps Lock Could Be Turned Off

Posted on Friday, July 30th 2010
Tags: abusive, all, caps, coach, college athletics, football, yelling
Longtime Football Coach Startled to Learn Caps Lock Could Be Turned Off
by Anselmo Watkins Freelance Writer In the last 25 years, Axmead College Head Football Coach Brett Killman has won over 230 games and led his teams to seven Great Northern Pine League Championships and three NCAA Division III post-season appearances. His booming basso-profondo voice is well known in football stadiums across the ... Continue Reading

Online Colleges Kick Off Recruitment for Inaugural Football Season

Posted on Friday, March 26th 2010
Tags: college, college athletics, football, online, phoenix, recruiting, rick neuheisel, university
Online Colleges Kick Off Recruitment for Inaugural Football Season
Cyber-colleges, University of Falconer and Kapstone College, have begun recruitment for the first-ever online football league. Using an innovative scouting and training program, nine teams will join to form the NCAA's Big Tech organization. The group was inspired by the unique Collegiate Sprint Football League, which pits small for-profit colleges ... Continue Reading

Axed ND Coach Turns Losing into Lo-Fat Lemon Cheesecake

Posted on Tuesday, December 15th 2009
Tags: biggest loser, charlie, coach, dancing with the stars, fat, fired, football, jenny craig, notre dame, nutrisystem, obese, overweight, reality tv, terminated, weis
Axed ND Coach Turns Losing into Lo-Fat Lemon Cheesecake
by Irma Voigt Staff Reporter There is life after coaching a Division I football team, at least for outgoing University of Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis. “We’re pleased to announce that Charlie Weis is the new face of Jenny Craig,” spokeswoman Cindy Lombard said. Jenny Craig is a diet and nutrition program ... Continue Reading

Astrophysicists Fail to Explain How Sun Continues to Rise after Northeastern Dumps Football Program

Posted on Monday, November 30th 2009
Tags: boston, earth, eliminate, end, football, northeastern, terminate, university, world
Astrophysicists Fail to Explain How Sun Continues to Rise after Northeastern Dumps Football Program
For seven consecutive days, the earth has inexplicably continued to spin, even after Northeastern University's announcement last Monday, November 23, that NU would terminate its football program. “According to modern astral-football theories, the world should have come to an end Tuesday morning,” said exhausted sports physicist Marcus Colton. “Our best ... Continue Reading

College Football Coach Moonlights at Home Depot to Cover Living Expenses

Posted on Monday, October 12th 2009
Tags: coach, coaches, college, college athletics, football, NCAA, salaries, salary
College Football Coach Moonlights at Home Depot to Cover Living Expenses
Joe “Old Flint” Cousins, head coach of the Charleston State Univerity men's football team was spied recently working as a cashier at a Home Depot about seven miles from his home campus. “I feel so sorry for him,” said math professor Paulina Gorzki, who bought a set of screwdrivers from ... Continue Reading

NYC Rejoices at Advent of Another Meaningless NCAA Bowl Game

Posted on Wednesday, September 16th 2009
Tags: big 12, big east, bowl game, college, football, NCAA, yankee bowl, yankee stadium
NYC Rejoices at Advent of Another Meaningless NCAA Bowl Game
In the days following the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, many New Yorkers still expressed a feeling of emptiness that could not be filled. Until now. The Big East commission has announced that a deal with Yankee Stadium to host a football booby prize championship is ... Continue Reading

Southeastern Athletics Conference Considers Banning Trips to the Fridge During Televised Games

Posted on Wednesday, August 19th 2009
Tags: ban, conference, enforce, enforcement, florida, football, greed, NCAA, policy, social media, southeastern, twitter
Southeastern Athletics Conference Considers Banning Trips to the Fridge During Televised Games
Riding on the momentum of its announcement that it might ban Twittering from the stands at its athletic events, the Southeastern Conference is now brainstorming other ways to make sure home viewers tune in to the televised games. “If we can control leaked Tweets, perhaps we can take things to the ... Continue Reading

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