Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly and Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher said no. Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy said no, then changed his mind. Are there potential recruiting repercussions for schools who place severe restrictions on players who want out?We may find out next year. Cowboys quarterback Wes Lunt transferred to Illinois, but only after he was originally restricted from transferring to 37 schools by Gundy. On June 18, Lunt went on Illinois ...

Kentucky basketball fans expect a championship every season. This expectation may not be any more prevalent than in the 2013-14 season.With two returning starters, the reigning SEC Sixth Man of the Year and arguably the greatest recruiting class ever meshing together in Lexington, a ninth NCAA title banner is what should be raised.Now, with these expectations from Big Blue Nation comes pressure for players. We'll take a look at the three members on the Wildcats' ...

The 2013-14 season is going to be a tough one for the Auburn Tigers, as several games on their schedule will be close or blowouts going in the opposition’s favor.The teams that Auburn will be facing are largely the same as those on the 2012-13 schedule. The problem is that the Tigers, who won three games last year, haven’t improved enough to compete with many of the other squads in the SEC—easily the toughest conference ...

For all of its recent success, the SEC has always struggled to produce quarterbacks at the next level. Programs like Alabama and Florida, always so prolific in college, rarely ever groom a quarterback who succeeds in the NFL. Of the 32 projected NFL starters next season, only six—The Manning Bros, Jay Cutler, Matthew Stafford, Cam Newton and Matt Flynn—played college ball in the nation's best conference. And of those six, one (Matt Flynn) has never actually ...

Despite the recent influx of spread offenses, the Southeastern Conference is still a ground-based league on offense. The SEC features some of the best running backs in the country. The are multiple backs across the 14-team league that will eventually play on Sundays. With the specter of injuries constantly hanging over everyone's head, a lot of teams have resorted to a two-running-back system on offense. The SEC features multiple running backs who are talented enough to compete ...

Setting reasonable goals can be difficult for an Ohio State team that went undefeated last season. Expectations have reached new levels, and the media is hyping things up like nobody's business.Ohio State is going to play the SEC Champion in the BCS National Championship Game!Let's pump the breaks and let the games play out before that talk begins surfacing. The Buckeyes still have to iron out a few wrinkles and handle a tricky Big Ten ...

A good college football coach can go a long way toward the success of a college football team.Generally speaking, the best programs have top-notch head coaches.These coaches not only bring in the best possible recruits for their particular program, but also know how to coach those challenging in-game situations.A lot goes into deciding what makes an excellent head coach, but it comes down to victories on the field. Some head coaches are not on the ...

When discussing the best coaches in college basketball, the lion’s share of the attention is granted to tangible qualities such as wins and losses or championships. Clearly those are critical metrics when arguing such things, but the presence of a formidable coaching tree indicates a lot about a coach’s teaching ability and willingness to spread his knowledge to those around him. With that in mind, read on to see five of the most impressive college ...

New Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema has followed Nick Saban's lead, becoming the latest college football coach to call for rule changes that will slow down no-huddle offenses.According to AL.com (h/t CBS Sports), Bielema, a member of the NCAA's Playing Rules Oversight, proposed a 15-second "substitution period" for defenses after every offensive first down.At first Bielema might sound like an old curmudgeon, unwilling to alter his pro-style offense and taking it out on all the new-fangled ...

Between the first and second teams, there were four All-Pac-12 running backs last year: Kenjon Barner, Ka'Deem Carey, Stepfan Taylor and Johnathan Franklin. Of that impressive quartet, only one, Carey, returns in 2013, prompting untrained eyes to assume that it will be a down year for running backs in the conference.But that couldn't be farther from the truth.Even with some replacements in store on the very top end, this could be a prolific year for Pac-12 ...