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College football coach suspended after saying Hitler was undeniably ‘a great leader’

Grand Valley State University suspended a newly hired member of its football coaching staff after he made laudatory remarks about Adolf Hitler during an interview with the Michigan school’s student newspaper, saying, “The way he was able to lead was second-to-none.” During the Q&A-style interview, published Thursday by the Grand Valley Lanthorn, sports editor Kellen Voss asked Morris Berger a variety of questions intended to help fans learn more about the football team’s newest offensive coordinator. Toward the end of the interview — as a nod to Berger’s degree in history from Drury University — Voss asked him to name any three people in history he’d like to have dinner with, excluding football figures. “This is probably not going to get a good review, but I’m going to say Adolf Hitler,” Berger replied. “It was obviously very sad and he had bad motives, but the way he was able to lead was second-to-none. How he rallied a group and a following, I want to know how he did that. Bad intentions of course, but you can’t deny he wasn’t a great leader.” Berger, who was named the team’s offensive coordinator on Jan. 20, rounded out…

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Ohio State Jumps LSU For Top Spot In College Football Playoff Rankings

Each week, it seems, as the College Football Playoff picture clears, the process by which the teams are selected does not. In a surprising turn, LSU, ranked no. 1 since its week 11 win over Alabama and coming off a 36-point win against Arkansas, was jumped by Ohio State for the top spot in Tuesday night’s College Football Playoff rankings. This is the most drastic movement amongst the top four in the rankings since week 11 and the first time any team in the top four has moved since. While both Ohio State and LSU are 11-0 and have a legitimate case for holding the top spot, LSU’s claim to the top spot seemed to be cemented given its three top-ten wins so far this season. The selection committee, however, values more than just quality wins, it appears. According to committee chairman Rob Mullens, Ohio State’s defense has made it the most well-rounded team in college football. “That’s the key piece,” Mullens said. “They’re a balanced team. Strong on offense and defense. Obviously LSU has a very strong offense, but to date, their defense isn’t as strong as Ohio State’s.” This certainly is the case.…

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West Virginia vs. Kansas State odds, spread: 2019 college football picks, predictions from proven computer

Get ready for a Big 12 battle as the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Kansas State Wildcats will face off at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Kansas State is 6-3 overall and 4-1 at home, while West Virginia is 3-6 overall and 1-3 on the road. The Wildcats are favored by 14 points in the latest Kansas State vs. West Virginia odds, while the over-under is set at 47.5. West Virginia is 1-4 against the spread in its last five games. Kansas State is 9-2 against the spread in its last 11 games. The total has gone over in five of West Virginia’s last six November game, but the total has gone under in seven straight Kansas State vs. West Virginia games. Before entering any West Virginia vs. Kansas State picks, you’ll want to see the college football predictions from the model at SportsLine. The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every FBS college football game 10,000 times, and those who have followed it have seen huge returns. Over the past four-plus years, the proprietary computer model has generated a stunning profit of over $4,000 for $100 players on its top-rated college…

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Opinion: Baylor football back on top four years after sexual assault scandal rocked campus

Exactly four years ago, the nation’s premier college football matchup took place under a cloud of uncertainty and defiance when Baylor’s unbeaten team hosted Oklahoma. For a lot of people around the country, the game was secondary. In August of that year, details began to emerge about the widespread sexual assault scandal that would later consume the university. At the same time, questions about whether coach Art Briles and his staff enabled a culture of violent behavior in the football program started to gain momentum, creating an uncomfortable dynamic with many fans who refused to believe he had done anything wrong. Not many outside the Baylor community shed a tear when the Bears lost that night, 44-34, ultimately fading into irrelevance by the end of the season. And from a football standpoint, that’s pretty much where the Bears have remained — until now. For people who are immersed in college football, Baylor’s return to the national spotlight Saturday — once again unbeaten, playing at home vs. Oklahoma — seems like a feel-good story. Some of that is related to Matt Rhule, the coach who cleaned up the toxic culture left by Briles and spent much…

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College football Week 9 game times and TV schedule

Week 8 of the 2019 college football season is officially in the rearview, so let’s take a look at the games we have on tap for Week 9. The action will get underway with one game on Thursday night, followed by one game on Friday night, then a full slate of games on Saturday. The Week 9 slate features a trio of head-to-head matchups between top 25 teams in the Associated Press Poll, headlined by a top 10 showdown in the SEC West between the No. 2 LSU Tigers and No. 9 Auburn Tigers in Baton Rouge. the No. 2 LSU Tigers and No. 9 Auburn Tigers in Baton Rouge. Elsewhere, the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes are set to host the No. 13 Wisconsin Badgers in what could be a preview of the Big Ten Championship, while the No. 8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish will travel to Ann Arbor to face the No. 19 Michigan Wolverines. Read More

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College Football Week 5 Lines And Top 25 Betting Report

A little shakeup in this week’s AP Top 25 Poll, but nothing of significance at the top. Wisconsin moved into the top 10 following a Badger’s beatdown of Michigan, 35-14. The Wolverines suffered the biggest drop in the poll down nine spots to No. 20. The top four teams remained the same with three of them, blowout winners, last Saturday – Clemson, Alabama, LSU – and each covered the huge point spreads. The other winner was No. 3 Georgia, who held off Notre Dame 23-17, dropping the Irish from No. 7 to No. 10. Georgia received 1 first-place vote in this week’s AP Poll. Alabama had 6 and Clemson 55 first-place votes. Here are this week’s betting lines and match-ups for the Top 25 college football teams. Washington State, Arizona State, and TCU all lost and dropped out of the Associated Press (AP) Poll. They were replaced by No. 21 USC, No. 24 Kansas State, and No. 25 Michigan State. Kansas State is an underdog this week at Oklahoma State, and the Cowboys are knocking on the door and will crack the Top 25 with a victory over the Wildcats. When Circa Sports in Las…

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College Football Gave Us a Monumental Betting Day on Saturday

Scott Van Pelt will do this in a much more entertaining way on his weekly “Bad Beats” segment, but Saturday was so wild that I had to weigh in and show you four truly spectacular backdoor covers. First up we have Alabama -25 against South Carolina. The Crimson Tide were leading 47-16 for a nice cover with just 15 seconds remaining. Then this happened. Final score 47-23 as the Gamecocks storm through the backdoor. On the 1-10 pain scale for Crimson Tide backers, this gets a 7 since it was just an 11-yard touchdown. Next up: Syracuse +28 vs. Clemson. The Tigers led 34-6 with 58 seconds left when they had a 2nd-and-7 from their own 43-yard line. You figure two runs and everyone goes home with a push. As the great Lee Corso says, “not so fast.” The Clemson running back busts one up the middle and takes it 57 yards for the touchdown to hand Orangemen backers a loss. Final score 41-6. On the 1-10 pain scale, this is a solid 8.5 for anyone who bet ‘Cuse. Next up: Kentucky +8 vs. Florida, over/under 48.5. The Gators held just a one-point lead when…

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Les Miles Revels in and Reflects on Kansas’s Historic Power 5 Road Upset

Welcome back to Rewind Monday, where we take a closer look at one of the weekend’s top storylines in college football. This week, it’s Les Miles and Kansas, which just earned its first Power 5 road win in more than a decade. The last time this happened, Les Miles was 48-years old and in his first job as a college head coach. The memory is nearly two decades old, but the feeling is tough to forget. His Oklahoma State squad entered a game at big brother Oklahoma as a 28-point underdog. The Cowboys were 3–7 and had lost five of their last six. The Sooners were 10–1 and ranked No. 4 in the nation. Oklahoma State beat Oklahoma 16–13. Not since that day, Nov. 24, 2001, had Miles felt like this. But here he was, now the 65-year-old head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks taking his team on the road as 18-point underdogs and romping to a historic victory: Kansas 48, Boston College 24. Week 3 of college football provided its share of entertainment and intrigue, but no result turned heads quite like this one, a stunner that swept the nation on a Friday night,…

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NCAA declines to implement football injury reports

Standardized injury reports will not be implemented across college football this season after the NCAA explored the possibility in response to the rise of legalized sports betting. The NCAA Board of Governors announced Wednesday that it still supports the association’s rules prohibiting athletes and school administrators from wagering on sports or providing information to people associated with gambling. But the board concluded an injury or availability report across college football is not viable. An ad hoc committee on sports wagering studied the possibility of teams publicly disclosing whether players would be available for games. “The ad hoc committee gathered thorough feedback from conference commissioners, athletics administrators, athletic trainers and student-athletes across all three divisions about potential player availability reporting,” said Ohio State President Michael Drake, who is chairman of the Board of Governors. “The membership has significant concerns about the purpose, parameters, enforcement, and effectiveness of a player availability reporting model.” The idea to create a standardized injury report, similar to what currently exists in the NFL, came from a concern that legalized gambling might provide more temptation for bettors to seek injury information from athletes or other team personnel. Read More

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