"Newton, kicked off the team last year after he was arrested and charged with stealing another student's laptop, led Blinn College (Texas) to the junior college national championship earlier this month and is being courted by several Football Bowl Subdivision teams.

The junior college signing period began Wednesday, and according to Newton's father, the 6-foot-6, 240-pound versatile quarterback is considering Arizona, Auburn, Louisville, Kansas State, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Oklahoma and a few others."

Sounds like from the article the arrest was a bad mixup, but I'd check into this guy before making any quick decisions. Nonetheless, as he was Tebow's understudy, I would imagine Strong would have an inside track on grabbing him. As he is currently a JUCO player, he would be immediately eligible and would certainly breath some life into the quarterback position here: this is no ordinary JUCO transfer, people. Maybe Z Stoudt caught wind of this?

He's baa-aack. I don't know who to root for in this matchup, but I do know that either team would probably beat our squad right now and Samardo would get out-rebounded even by DC.

"Derrick Caracter will make his return to college basketball Sunday against New Mexico State.

UTEP coach Tony Barbee told FOXSports.com the once-heralded high school star has been cleared academically to play for the Miners for the rest of the season.
The 6-foot-8 1/2, 270-pound Caracter is a New Jersey native was at one time the No. 1 high school player in the nation.

Caracter spent two up-and-down seasons at Louisville — much of it in Rick Pitino's doghouse. Caracter averaged 8.1 points and 3.9 rebounds in 18 games as a freshman and 8.3 points and 4.5 boards per game as a sophomore.

Caracter was basically forced to leave Louisville as his grades plummeted and his weight ballooned. He was set to turn pro, but declined an invitation to the Orlando pre-draft camp and wound up transferring to UTEP — where he has set out the past year."

There was a time when UofL churned out good NFL prospects. Dumervil is now earning a reputation in the NFL as a sack machine. This is a good read, and it's good to see that the newly-found Broncos' defense is being anchored by such a great guy. I still hear the echoes....Du Du Duuuumervil

Apparently we picked up a commitment:
Russell Smith, a 6'1" guard from South Kent (CT) School via NYC for the 2010 class

My distaste for Luke Harangody just jumped a notch or two. From the article in SI:

"When Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry told Harangody that the Cavs considered former Louisville forward Earl Clark a better pro prospect, Harangody told him, 'I have a f------ problem with that'."

Maybe he forgot about this?

"Williams, one of the top receivers in the country, told coach Doug Marrone on Monday morning of his decision.

Williams, who did not play last year because of academic problems, was suspended for Syracuse's game against Akron nine days ago for violating team policy."

I've heard rumors that he was scared of playing in the upcoming game against the UofL secondary.

Pat Forde, in talking about good wins and bad wins with potential BCS implications, speaks of Cinci's wins this year...

"Road wins: at Rutgers (47-15), at Oregon State (28-18), at Miami (Ohio) (37-13), at South Florida (34-17).

Other quality wins: Fresno State (28-20).

Garbage wins: Southeast Missouri State, Louisville."

Ouch

If K-rags needed any fodder for the firing talk, this pretty much speaks volumes. A table is worth a thousand words.