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    Graham Watson is the editor of Dr. Saturday. Graham had a brief collegiate soccer career, but traded that in for the life of a journalist and hasn't looked back. Graham has worked for the Dallas Morning News and St. Louis Post-Dispatch, as well as ESPN.com and AOL. She is forever striving to be the cool mom to two boys.

    • American Athletic Conference unveils new logo

      If you’ve been on pins and needles waiting for the American Athletic Conference to release its logo (I mean, we all have), wait no longer.

      The former Big East officially has new branding and it’s a little more inspiring than the conference name itself.

      "We took our preferred marks to each institution within our conference for an open forum with school presidents, athletic directors and student athletes to get their input," Commissioner Mike Aresco said in a statement. "The elegant, athletic and classic letter A with the unique star inside and AMERICAN underneath was unanimously chosen by every institution.

      "We believe this bold mark and our series of ancillary marks will support our conference name and the values that our name represents. In addition, our partners at ESPN and CBS agree that its strength, simplicity and elegance will resonate well on TV."

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    • The Paterno family plans to file suit against the NCAA

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      If you thought the fight between the Paterno family and the NCAA was over, think again.

      The family, which has been disputing for more than a year the Freeh Report and the NCAA sanctions levied against Penn State for the sexual misconduct of former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, plans to file a lawsuit against the NCAA.

      Paterno family attorney Wick Sollers, Paterno family spokesman Dan McGinn and former Pennsylvania Gov. Dick Thornburgh will appear on Wednesday’s episode of Costas Tonight to announce the lawsuit, according to PennLive.com.

      Penn State released a statement saying it has nothing to do with the Paterno’s lawsuit.

      Costas is taking a second look at both the Freeh Report and the Paterno Report to determine exactly what happened at the university and who was ultimately at fault (and who wasn’t).

      Costas was one of the biggest proponents of the Freeh Report stated Penn State should shut down its football program for a year after reading it. However, Costas might have been a little distracted since the report was released while he was prepping for the 2012 Summer

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      The Big Ten Conference was one of the first to publicly speak out against proposed recruiting rules that would loosen the NCAA’s grip on FBS schools and allow them to basically create separate departments strictly for recruiting.

      Eventually, the 26 proposed recruiting rule changes, which included lifting the rule requiring recruiting coordinators to come from the coaching staff that would in effect allow programs to build large non-coaching recruiting staffs (proposal 11-2), the lifting of limits on communication including text messages (proposal 13-3), and the elimination of restrictions on sending printed recruiting materials to prospects (proposal 13-5-A), were tabled, but not before some mass internal panic among Big Ten coaches and administrators.

      According to emails obtained by The Gazette in Iowa City, Iowa, the proposed recruiting changes created some tense conversations among Big Ten officials about how the new regulations would alter college football.

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    • Former USC quarterback Matt Barkley opened Pandora’s Box on Twitter Tuesday afternoon when he broached the subject of paying student-athletes.

      Barkley tweeted out a link to a Kickstarter documentary film called “The Business of Amateurs,” which is being made by former USC football player Bob DeMars. The film examines the monetary side of college athletics and whether student athletes should actually be considered employees.

      Of course, this isn’t a new debate. The argument over whether college athletes should be paid has been one that has been raging for years and has recently gained steam from athletic administrators, especially in the SEC.

      So, when Barkley, who now plays for the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles, tweeted out the a link to the documentary, he also shared his own opinion about the subject and conversed with fans about theirs.

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    • Mike Bohn ‘resigns’ as Colorado’s athletic director

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      Athletic director Mike Bohn “resigned” from the University of Colorado on Monday, according to a release from the school.

      "Mike Bohn led CU-Boulder athletics in a time of great transition and change,” Chancellor Phil DiStefano said in the statement. “We are grateful to him for his vision, passion and commitment, and for his key role in revitalizing men's and women's basketball, helping us to join the Pac-12 Conference, and in taking important steps to upgrade athletic facilities at CU-Boulder. We wish him well."

      The “resignation” comes at a strange time given the fact that Bohn was just awarded a five-year contract extension in 2011.

      He also was allowed to hire his third football coach — after two failed endeavors with Dan Hawkins and Jon Embree — and announced facility upgrades that were key in the hiring of current football coach Mike MacIntyre.

      However, raising money for those facility upgrades may have been the problem.

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    • Baylor introduced its new uniforms back in March and again in April and this month, the Bears have decided to set their uniforms to music.

      Coach Art Briles tweeted out the video with the pitch: “It's happening at BU - come and get you some!!”

      And this would be all well and good if Baylor had used a different song to hype up their new threads. The video uses “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons. A fine song, but it starts off so slowly that I feel like Briles is saying, “Come get you some…. Zzzzz…” In Baylor’s defense, the song does get faster and it has great lyrics.

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      Georgia starting safety Josh Harvey-Clemons has been suspended for the season opener against Clemson after he was implicated in an incident involving marijuana possession and use in a Georgia dorm room on May 15.

      Coach Mark Richt announced the suspension during SEC spring meetings on Monday.

      Harvey-Clemons, who played in 14 games last season and won the starting role this spring, was in a dorm room with teammate Ty Flournoy-Smith, a sophomore tight end, when a resident hall assistant walked by and smelled marijuana coming out of the room. He called police, who found both players inside, but little evidence of marijuana after a search of the area.

      According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, who obtained the police report, Harvey-Clemons and Flournoy-Smith “exhibited signs of marijuana ingestion” and had bloodshot eyes. Officers found a plastic bag with remnants of what looked like marijuana and a digital scale. Players did admit they had “smoked a blunt.” But other than they’re admission, not hard evidence was found to detain them.

      However, the incident was reported to the UGA’s Office of Student Conduct and police informed coach Mark Richt, who has yet to make a decision on punishment.

      This isn’t the first time Flournoy-Smith has been in trouble. He was also arrested in an unrelated

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    • Everett Golson confirms Notre Dame departure, but vows 2014 return

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      Former Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson, who led the Irish to the national championship game last year, released a statement confirming he was no longer enrolled at Notre Dame because of “poor academic judgment.”

      "I have been informed by the University of Notre Dame that due to my poor academic judgment that I have been suspended from the University for the 2013 Fall Term," Golson said. "I take full responsibility for my poor choices and will do all that is asked of me to regain the trust of my family, friends, teammates, coaches and the entire Notre Dame community."

      Golson, a rising sophomore from Myrtle Beach, S.C., threw for 2,405 yards, 12 touchdowns and six interceptions in 2012. He also rushed for 298 yards and six scores.

      Golson said he planned to be back for the fall of 2014.

      "At this point, I understand how my integrity could be in question but I want to reassure my supporters that through this experience I will return a better student athlete as well as a better individual,” Golson said in his statement. "Lastly, I want to thank the University of Notre Dame for the opportunity already granted and also the opportunity going forth to regain my eligibility in the winter of 2014."

      Golson’s departure leaves the Irish with Tommy Rees as its best option to start and Andrew Hendrix and early enrollee Malik Zaire as backups. Rees, a senior, has thrown for more than 4,000 yards and 34 touchdowns during his career.

      Highly-touted freshman Gunner Kiel, who transferred to Cincinnati earlier this spring, could actually return to Notre Dame per a

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    • Everett Golson (left) and Gunner Kiel (right) (USA Today Sports Images)

      As the soap opera that is Notre Dame took another turn Saturday evening, there were two equally stunning developments — starting quarterback Everett Golson was no longer enrolled in school and departed freshman Gunner Kiel could return to campus.

      Notre Dame spokesman Dennis Brown told multiple outlets that Golson had left Notre Dame, but did not provide a reason why. The Chicago Tribune cited two sources saying academic issues may have played a role.

      That leaves the Irish reverting back to 2011 and quarterback Tommy Rees, a senior who has a ton of experience, has thrown for more than 4,000 yards and 34 touchdowns, but isn’t the most popular guy with the fanbase.

      But there might be a loophole solution to Notre Dame’s problem.

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    • In the months since Johnny Manziel won the Heisman, most of his life has been subject to scrutiny and ridicule.

      But ESPN analyst Joe Tessitore started a conversation about one of the lesser talked about parts of Manziel's world during College Football Live on Wednesday when he said people should focus on Manziel’s football skills instead of his “celebrity and VIP-ness.”

      /record scratch

      His VIP-what?

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