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Oregon Duck's Offensive Lineman Mark Asper Saves Choking Man With Heimlich Maneuver

Offensive linemen are trained to protect their quarterback, Mark Asper is no different. Asper is 6'9", weighs 325 pounds and crushes any defensive rush that comes his way.  Wednesday, Asper had to protect someone else. Asper was at Lawry's Prime Rib on Restaurant Row for the annual Beef Bowl...

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New Billboard Has University of Houston's Case Keenum Giving 'The Shocker'

Case Keenum went 45-of-69 for 532 yard completing three touchdowns against Penn State in the We-Don't-Know-Or-Care Bowl. To celebrate his success, the University of Houston put up his face 50-ft above one of the business highways in the area. Fortunately for the rest of the world, the...

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It's Offical: Most of America is Clueless on College Football

Although an ESPN poll recently conducted showed that the majority of America (except those in Oklahoma)believed that Alabama was deserving of the National Championship on Monday night, a fresh CBS report shows that the game was one of the least-viewed National Championship games in the BCS era....

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Syracuse Assistant Basketball Coach Bernie Fine Under Investigation

Bernie Fine, Syracuse's assistant basketball coach, is under investigation for molesting a ball boy. In 2003 ESPN broke this case, but couldn't convict him do to a discrepancy in one victim's account. Yet, this mornings headlines have brought forward yet another victim in this investigation....

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Landon Collins Shows Us How To Make Momma Mad

This may be the funniest thing or greatest act of child defiance that I have ever seen, the only thing that makes this better is the fact that it happened LIVE on national TV. Last night in the Under Armour High School All American game Landon Collins the number one ranked safety in the nation...

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College Football Players Get Hooked Up For Participating In Bowls This Year

Bribes are illegal but giving college football players some free swag isn't. Our friends at Sports Business Daily break down all the gifts being given this year to participating players.  Gildan New Mexico Bowl University Stadium, Albuquerque, N.M. Saturday, Dec. 17, 2 p.m., ESPN Gift suite,...

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Most Insane Interception at the Independence Bowl

December 26th marked the kick-off of the fourth annual AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl. This year Missouri faced off against University of North Carolina, which means it was a pretty shitty match up. Even though the game isn't worth covering it did give us one of the most incredible interceptions I...

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Senior Skip Tradition To Stop At UCLA Football

Senioritis isn't just for high-school students, or college academics. It's also for college football players, and since the 1980s seniors at UCLA "go over the wall" and skip one practice a year. The long standing tradition of hopping over the south wall and ditching practice happened...

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Yale's Perfect Rhode Scholar Coach Isn't So Perfect

A few weeks ago we were all subject to the nauseating perfection of Yale quarterback, Patrick Witt. Every news outlet was telling the story of the indelible Witt who was not only the quarterback of Yale, but also a Rhode Scholar candidate. His coach, Tom...

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USC's Barkley forgoes 2012 Draft, Returns to Trojans

Southern California junior quarterback Matt Barkley announced Thursday that he will forgo the 2012 NFL Draft and instead return to USC for his senior season. Barkley, a projected top-10 pick in this April’s draft, announced in front of several hundred press conference attendees that he and the...

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