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Former Florida State quarterback Clint Trickett has found a new home.

Trickett announced via Twitter that he was going to finish his education and eligibility at West Virginia, making him the most experienced quarterback on the Mountaineers roster.

It's official, I will finish my academic/athletic career at WVU. This is a dream come true to be playin for the state I love. #CountryRoads

— Clint Trickett (@ClintTrickett9) May 1, 2013

Trickett will graduate from Florida State, be eligible for the 2013 season and have two years of eligibility remaining.

West Virginia quarterbacks Paul Millard, Ford Childress and Chavas Rawlins have been competing to replace Geno Smith, who was picked in the second round of the NFL draft last weekend. Millard has the most experience of the three. In two seasons he’s completed 16-of-34 passes for 211 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions. Millard and Childress actually split reps this spring.

Trickett spent three seasons with the 'Noles, and completed 66 of 106 passes for 947 yards, seven touchdowns and four

(USA Today Sports Images)Florida State is losing its fastest receiver before he ever gets a chance to put his speed on display for the Seminoles football team.

Freshman Marvin Bracy decided to leave Florida State and become a professional sprinter, according to Rivals site Warchant.com.

Bracy missed last season because of a hamstring injury, but was named the 'Noles offensive scout team player of the year.

He did run track for Florida State this spring and ran 6.54 in the indoor 60 meter dash in February. The time was the fastest in the nation and seventh fastest in the world.

Bracy, who was a four-star recruit, was a possibility at receiver, running back and in the return game for the Noles.

Despite Bracy’s speed and upside, Florida State will be fine with an experienced receiving corps returning. The ‘Noles return four of their top five receivers from a year ago.

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AJ McCarron is finally getting his moment in the spotlight.

(USA Today Sports Images)Even though Alabama’s quarterback won his second consecutive national title, it’s been Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel that has made the headlines for his appearances at NBA games and the Super Bowl.

But during Sunday’s NASCAR Aaron's 499 at Talladega Speedway, all eyes will be on McCarron as he drives the pace car and leads the Sprint Cup race for the first lap.

Gotta admit, that’s a pretty cool deal, especially for a guy like McCarron who grew up a NASCAR fan.

Michael Waltrip's No. 55 Aaron's Toyota will honor Alabama’s national title with a special themed car that notes back-to-back championships and says “Roll Tide” on the back.

This will be the fourth consecutive year Aaron’s has sponsored a car representing a national champion from the state of Alabama. It created Alabama-themed cars for the 2009, 2011 and now, 2012 championship teams and the 2010 Auburn national champions.

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What does it take to be an Auburn running back? Learning to chase and catch squirrels with your bare hands is a start.

Squirrel chasing, catching and hopefully, releasing is becoming a rite of passage for Auburn running backs trying to prove their speed and immune system while tracking a possible rabies-stricken squirrel through the woods of Alabama.

Tre Mason posted a picture on Instagram and Twitter late Monday evening of himself holding a squirrel with the caption: "Catch squirrels to test your speed!"

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North Carolina won the ACC Coastal Division this year, but it won’t ever be recognized by anyone other than the school.

The Tar Heels were under NCAA sanctions this season, which made them ineligible for any division or conference titles, or a bowl game. So, it didn’t matter that North Carolina went 5-3 in conference play and won its division thanks to a tiebreaker. Miami will be the Coastal Division winner of record in every record book that matters.

Still, that didn’t stop the university, at coach Larry Fedora’s behest, to give every member of the 2012 team a Coastal Division championship ring, which is drawing outrage from ACC fans, who are calling North Carolina all sorts of names, including arrogant.

But Brian Barbour from TarHeelBlog.com makes a good point — none of the players or coaches on the 2012 team were involved in the academic issues that led to the postseason ban. The NCAA had to punish the school for the academic misdeeds of past regimes, but that doesn’t mean the 2012 Tar Heels shouldn’t get to relish in their accomplishment.

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Wake Forest has officially put redshirting on hold.

Seriously.

Offensive coordinator Steed Lobotzke was quoted in an ESPN.com story as saying the Demon Deacons were opening up playing time to any and all classes no matter the position.

“We’re opening it up now,” Lobotzke told the website. “We’re telling everybody we want to win this year, we’ll play anybody it takes on either side of the ball to do that. The redshirting policy is kind of on hold right now. We just want to win. We want to win, we want to win right now, so we’re going to play anybody if it will help our depth.”

This is in stark contrast to coach Jim Grobe’s philosophy of past years. Only 22 true freshmen have played since coach Grobe was hired in 2001 and only two played last year.

This is what happens when you haven’t had a winning season since 2008 and realize your job security is in serious jeopardy.

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Stanford quarterback Josh Nunes has medically retired after suffering a debilitating injury during an offseason workout in February.

According to the Associated Press, Nunes, Stanford’s former starting quarterback, ruptured his pectoralis major tendon while doing a bench press exercise. He dropped the weights on his chest and had surgery a few days later to reattach the tendon with screws.

Nunes suffered no further injuries by dropping the weight on his chest and the ruptured pectoralis will take about 12 months to heal. He could have attempted to come back from the injury, but another injury to that area could have resulted in something catastrophic.

"The injury shouldn't have happened and we're not sure why it happened," Nunes’ father, Tim, said. "It's not something that could've been prevented. Doctors told us it's rare for quarterbacks. Just a freak accident."

[Also: AJ McCarron and Johnny Manziel to vacation together]

This is the first freak injury Nunes suffered while at Stanford. In 2011, Nunes dropped back to pass and stepped on the foot of running back Andrew Stutz. Nunes tore the ligament under his right big toe. He spent five games in a walking boot.

Last season, Nunes finally earned the starting role and shined against USC and Arizona, but also struggled at times, which opened the door for Kevin Hogan to take the starting role.

Even if the injury hadn’t occurred, it would have been tough for Nunes to earn his way back on the field the way with

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The issue over whether collegiate athletes should be paid to play is a one that has been fiercely contested and pitted the wealthier schools against those schools that would have trouble competing.

Consequently, it’s created a division between the haves and have-nots and that division came to a hilt today when SEC commissioner Mike Slive made a not-so-veiled comment that the money school won’t be afraid to break off from the NCAA to get what they want.

"When there are certain things that many of us would like to come into play, it's our hope that those things can all occur in the current system," Slive said today during an Associated Press Sports Editors meeting at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. "Obviously, if things like that don't get accomplished, then it may be appropriate to talk about some alternative or division or something like that. But that's not our desire. That's not our goal and that's not something we're trying to get to."

While Slive noted that no serious conversations about breaking off were in the works, the fact that he went public with those thoughts was not a slip of the tongue; more like a shot across the bow.

Slive, who pushed for a rule that would allow athletes to receive a $2,000 stipend, was dismayed a new plan that was supposed to be presented this month was tabled and won’t be broached until October. Middle Tennessee State President Sidney McPhee, who heads the NCAA committee working on the stipend, told the Chronicle of Higher Education that he wasn’t confident enough schools would vote for a proposal to pay student-athletes.

Still, if the wealthier schools — likely those from the Big Six