Eager to rebound from a disappointing 2011 season, head coach Will Muschamp's Florida Gator football team is stocking up on new talent ... The Gators are poised to land one of the nation's top recruiting classes in 2012, including a trio of five-star players - 6-foot-5, 265-pound offensive lineman
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Bob Jones University's decision to bring back intercollegiate athletics has the school pumped up, people. In fact, according to its vice president for academic affairs the Upstate, S.C. Christian institution is looking for a new mascot that embodies its teams' (holy) spirit. From The Collegian: Dr.
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University of South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier has relieved third-year assistant coach Johnson "Jeep" Hunter III of his duties. Hunter - who coached USC's safeties in 2011 - was returning from a recruiting trip when Spurrier informed him of the decision. No reason was immediately given
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Clemson University has hired former Oklahoma defensive coordinator Brent Venables to fill the same position in Tigertown ... news which we referenced in this preview of Clemson's recruiting class. Known in Norman, Oklahoma as "The Neck Vein," Venables appears to have been pushed out of his coordinator's
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CLEMSON NO. 16 ACCORDING TO BASEBALL AMERICA POLL If you think the stakes are high for the University of South Carolina's football team this year ... imagine the pressure on back-to-back NCAA "Coach of the Year" Ray Tanner, whose Gamecocks have won back-to-back national championships. Can Tanner's
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Clemson University head coach Dabo Swinney will assess his 2012 recruiting class at an event in Tigertown, S.C. on February 1. So ... how many points will West Virginia score on the Clemson defense between now and then? Kidding, kidding ... although we're betting the over/under is likely to be pretty
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Clemson University's basketball team shut down Duke's starting guards on Sunday night, but reserve Andre Dawkins torched the Tigers for 24 points - giving the sixth-ranked Blue Devils a 73-66 win at Clemson. Seeking a signature victory against a Top Ten opponent to get its season moving in the right
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University of South Carolina defensive tackle Byron Jerideau was arrested and charged by Columbia, S.C. police with disorderly conduct early Friday morning. Details of Jerideau's arrest - which allegedly took place in the Five Points bar district in downtown Columbia - were not immediately available,
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A week after his unit gave up an NCAA bowl-record 70 points against West Virginia, Clemson University defensive coordinator Kevin Steele has been fired. Errr ... sorry. He has accepted an invitation to "explore other opportunities." "I have had a great experience at Clemson and feel good about
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Four months after he was booted from the University of South Carolina football team, former Gamecock quarterback Stephen Garcia is breaking his silence. In an exclusive interview with Bay News 9, the Lutz, Florida native takes responsibility for the circumstances that led to his dismissal and asks Gamecock
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CLEMSON STAYS RANKED DESPITE BLOWOUT BOWL LOSS For the first time in the 118-year history of the University of South Carolina football program, the Gamecocks are a Top Ten team. Head coach Steve Spurrier's squad - which finished its 2011 campaign with a convincing win over Nebraska in the Capital
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The Honey Badger may not have been "scared," but he got trampled by a herd of ornery elephants anyway ... Top-ranked, undefeated LSU - led by defensive back/ special teams standout Tyrann "The Honey Badger" Mathieu - was dominated by No. 2 Alabama in the 2012 national championship game, the first
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