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Triple Option Attack: 2014 Walter Camp Award Watch List Released

The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the names of fifty “players to watch” for its 2014 Player of the Year award, the nation’s fourth-oldest individual college football accolade. Florida State sophomore quarterback Jameis Winston, the 2013 Walter Camp Player of the Year award recipient, headlines the 2014 watch list. Winston, a Second Team Walter…
Sports Business: Comcast to Distribute SEC Network to Xfinity TV Customers

ESPN and Comcast Cable have reached an agreement for carriage of the SEC Network, which will begin rolling out to fans and followers of the Southeastern Conference across Comcast markets at the start of the SEC college football season. Comcast subscribers will also have authenticated access to additional live events scheduled for the SEC Network’s and…
Inside the Atlanta Silverbacks: Wynalda will coach last game on Saturday, remain as technical director

The club announced Friday morning that its technical director, Eric Wynalda, will be on the bench for the final time when FC Edmonton comes to town this Saturday. He will continue to hold his title as technical director, but that role won’t include coaching the team. Jason Smith, who coached the Silverbacks from 2005-2008, will begin his second…
Inside Georgia State: Panthers’ football travels to Penn State in 2017

Georgia State will play a non-conference football game at Penn State in 2017, the two schools announced Thursday. The Panthers and Nittany Lions will meet Sept. 16, 2017 at Penn State’s Beaver Stadium, which is the second-largest college football stadium in the nation with a capacity of 106,572. Since starting its football program in 2010,…
Inside the SEC: Preseason All-Conference Football Teams Announced

2014 PRE-SEASON MEDIA DAYS ALL-SEC TEAM (Total points earned in parenthesis) OFFENSE First-Team QB Nick Marshall, Auburn (241) RB T.J. Yeldon, Alabama (281) RB Todd Gurley, Georgia (280) WR Amari Cooper, Alabama (282) WR Sammie Coates, Auburn (207) TE O.J. Howard, Alabama (188) OL La’el Collins, LSU (231) OL Arie Kouandjio, Alabama (188) OL Laremy…
Inside the SEC: Conference Announces Preseason Football Picks

The University of South Carolina football squad has been tabbed as favorites to win the 2014 Eastern Division title, according to the media attending the annual SEC Media Days in Birmingham. The Gamecocks received 1,895 points to outdistance Georgia (1,777) for the top spot in the East. Florida (1,362) and Missouri (1,263) were picked third…