The Big Ten Has A Very Complicated Relationship With Cold Weather

At this point, I have no idea whether the Big Ten likes cold weather or not. If it asked all its schools to relocate to the equator, I'd be less surprised right now than at any other point in history. Try to square these two thoughts:

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by Jason Kirk • May 16, 2012 4:07 PM EDT

TCU Football Sold Out ... In May

How often did this happen way back in Conference USA?

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by Jason Kirk • May 16, 2012 3:43 PM EDT

Will Muschamp For College Station Tourism Board

"[Texas A&M] will be a very SEC-like atmosphere," [Florida coach Will] Muschamp said. "It's one of the few places in the Big 12 that I would say that about. "You ever been to College Station?" Muschamp asked. "It'll be the only time you go."

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by Jason Kirk • May 16, 2012 3:24 PM EDT

Recruiting: Truly A Neverending Story

Recruiting never ends. It is, in fact, what one might call a "neverending" story. And with that important phrase, this important bit of news regarding a promising 2013 prospect.

If you do not get this joke, we feel so sorry for you and your loveless hellscape of a childhood. Call your parents. Tell them they were bad at their jobs.

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by Spencer Hall • May 16, 2012 2:30 PM EDT

What Else Is Craig James Maybe Not Telling The Truth About?

Wayne Slater catches Senate longshot Craig James trying to reconstruct the timeline of just when it was that PR firm was hired to get Mike Leach fired:

James told MSNBC's Chuck Todd: "We didn't hire a PR firm." But when Todd pressed the issue, noting that James had indeed hired Spaeth Communications, James acknowledged that he had. "There are PR firms for what I needed," he said. "We needed somebody who could represent us."

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by Jason Kirk • May 16, 2012 1:52 PM EDT

No More Six-Loss Bowl Teams? But Which Bowls Are The Most Six-Lossy?

With a playoff on the way, things are about to change for the bowls. There will probably be fewer of them, which raises the (sometimes) tough question of which ones must go. Big Ten ADs want to require seven wins for eligibility, up from six. Fewer bowl teams equals fewer bowls, unless Arkansas State's offense gets speedy enough to play in like three or four.

The last time we looked at this, we used TV ratings and attendance to find the BBVA Compass, Beef O'Brady's and Military among the bowls that would evidently be least missed. Now here's a look at which bowls have been most likely to feature six-loss teams over the last six years, according to CollegeFootballPoll.com's records:

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by Jason Kirk • May 16, 2012 11:36 AM EDT

Phillip Fulmer Nearly Got Meta

Last month, Arkansas contacted soon-to-be College Football Hall of Fame inductee Phillip Fulmer about its open coaching position. Tuesday, Fulmer said the following:

RT @3HL1045: Phillip Fulmer tells us, "...the Arkansas job, I would've jumped all over." #SEC

— Robbie Neiswanger (@NWARobbie) May 15, 2012

Again, this is 2012 Arkansas we're talking about. Meaning we came so, so close to Fulmer himself winning the Fulmer Cup, at which point everyone involved would've simply had to retire.

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by Jason Kirk • May 15, 2012 5:19 PM EDT

Andy From 'Toy Story' A Clemson Man

From reddit/cfb:

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by Jason Kirk • May 15, 2012 10:44 AM EDT

Bill O'Brien, Fan Of Sandwich-Based Humor

From the AP's excellent report on Penn State coach Bill O'Brien's rock star trek across the Midwest:

Barely a few seconds into a chit-chat with the bus driver, and O'Brien started poking fun at himself, about how his back hurts after a new workout regime.

Other times, he'll jokingly lament about his receding hairline, or the time he brought a cheesesteak to a brown-bag lunch with fellow Penn State coaches who were eating salads.

"He's just a funny guy,'' Washington said. "I always find myself laughing when he says something. Maybe it's the way that he says things that makes it really funny.''

Any man who can produce laughter via sandwich is A-OK with me.

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by Jason Kirk • May 15, 2012 10:30 AM EDT