- Dr. Saturday
Lane Kiffin bringing Michigan, Tennessee, others to Florida Atlantic camp
Florida Atlantic hired Lane Kiffin on Dec. 12. According to multiple outlets, Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh (and staff) and coaches from Tennessee, where Kiffin was head coach in 2009 before unceremoniously departing for USC, will be among those in attendance for June 5’s Owls Elite camp in Boca Raton. Coaches from Arkansas (including Bret Bielema, per ESPN.com), Illinois and Vanderbilt will also make the trip to see some of the local high school talent.
- NBC Sports: CollegeFootballTalk
Report: Big 12 still raking in SEC-level cash
It’s a bad time for the Big 12. The conference isn’t signing blue chip prospects at the rate of its peers, isn’t producing draft picks at the rate of its peers and isn’t reaching and winning big games at the rate of its peers. But the Big 12 is still getting paid at the rate of its peers. The league’s contracts with ESPN and FOX combined with its 10-team set up have allowed the Big 12 to keep pace with the SEC and Big Ten and remain ahead of the ACC and Pac-12 in financial distribution. The Dallas Morning News‘s Big 12 writer Chuck Carlton tweeted on Friday the league’s per-school distribution will again grow 10 percent to more than $33 million in 2017-18. The SEC distributed just north of $40
- NBC Sports: CollegeFootballTalk
WATCH: FCS player paralyzed in 2015 game vs. Georgia walks
Tired of the continuous stream of negative college football news? Here ya go. During a September 2015 game against Georgia, Southern wide receiver Devon Gales sustained a severe spinal injury that left him paralyzed and hospitalized for five months. This week, Gales used Twitter to offer up a very encouraging and inspiring update — the former wide receiver, with the assist of a couple of physical therapists, taking a dozen steps. On the way indeed. In February, Georgia announced that it was launching “Drive to Build a Dawg House” for Gales and his family.
Headlines
- Lane Kiffin bringing in big-name schools for FAU camps in June
- Report: Big 12 still raking in money despite less football success
- Nebraska WR Stanley Morgan avoids felony pot possession charge
- ESPN hires Chip Kelly as analyst for college football for 2017 season
- Auburn still talking about wanting to move to the SEC East
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