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Nick Saban suggests a Power Five-only schedule for big schools
Would you support a college football schedule where Power Five programs only played each other? Alabama coach Nick Saban has another idea to improve college football. Saban told ESPN Wednesday that he believes Power Five programs should only play amongst themselves. And that a big reason for teams scheduling smaller programs is because of the six wins required for a team to secure a bowl berth.
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Nebraska legend Osborne giving up his skybox
Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. -- College Football Hall of Fame coach Tom Osborne is giving up his large skybox at Memorial Stadium, saying the Nebraska athletic department should sell it to someone else rather than have him continue to use it for free. Osborne, 80, coached the Cornhuskers for 25 years, retiring after the 1997 season with 255 wins and all or part of three national championships three of his last four years. He was the school's athletic director from 2007-12. "I don't know anyone who is a former administrator who keeps a large skybox," Osborne said Thursday. "That thing seats 25-26 people. That's worth money. I feel the athletic department should be the beneficiary of that box.
NBC Sports: CollegeFootballTalkEx-USC DL Noah Jefferson won’t be transferring to Arizona after all
In early March, Noah Jefferson announced on Twitter that he would be transferring from USC to Arizona. Nearly five months later? Never mind. Wednesday, UA head coach Rich Rodriguez announced that Jefferson will not, as previously expected, be playing for the Wildcats this season. No reason for the abrupt and unexpected about-face was given. The coach did, though, intimate that a future pairing between the player and the program isn’t out of the question. Jefferson wouldn’t have been eligible to play in 2017 for the Wildcats even if his move to the desert had come to fruition. He would’ve, though, had two years of eligibility remaining beginning in 2018 at his disposal. A four-star member of
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