The Big Ten must now can the carping about playing December football games in nice weather. For the past few years Big Ten officials and fans have resorted to weather as an excuse for their miserable showing in bowl games. However, at recent Big Ten meetings the conference decided that it was a much better idea to play in sunny Southern California than one of their icebound cities.

Here is the result of Bryce Ramsey's Skype conversation with Nick Saban:

Trenton Brown 6-7/335 OL GMC:

Lawyers for the ACC must be drooling this morning after reading the comments former Florida State linebacker at current board of trustees member Derrick Brooks. You will remember that the SEC went to great lengths, during the transfer Texas A&M and Missouri, to ensure that the Big 12 had no ammunition for a lawsuit for tampering with its membership.

ACC Commissioner John Swofford was an ally Mike Slive went Slive originally proposed a playoff several years ago. Now, with this conference in upheaval and Clemson and FSU reported to be in open revolt, he has changed his position to match that of the Big 10 and PAC 12.

Host Al Keck breaks down the latest news in the SEC including LSU and Kentucky fighting to stay on top of the SEC.

You should feel sorry for Leon Orr. Poor Leon, it is not his fault that he has been arrested five times in the last 15 months. If we had known before he came to Florida that there were behavior standards to be upheld, he would have toed the line. Here is a picture that Leon posted to the Facebook page while he was still in high school.

I'm filing this one under "Why didn't I think of that."

Social media coaches for athletes - the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in America. Teach your team members to think before they post. 

Recently I received a press release from a company called “The Big Fat Mouth,” introducing a new division titled, “Social Media Coach for Athletes” (SMCA).  From the press release:

In today’s sports world, athletes are coached in every aspect of their game, including position skills, speed, strength, conditioning, agility, nutrition, sports psychology and more.  Beginning at the college level athletes are coached on how to answer questions from press and news media, but very few are coached on how to responsibly use social media, not to mention on how to use it to build their brand and future opportunities.  With SMCA’s programs and proper coaching, professional athletes can not only enhance their brand image,  but significantly enhance their income and future earning potential.

But how will athletes be coached?

SMCA provides live or Skype one-on-one training, live seminars, team and organization training and guidelines, with online training options becoming available before the end of May.  Each live training package is customized to the individual athlete where goals are identified and a specific strategy and game plan are created, exactly like every other aspect of an athletes training regimen.

[Sports Agent Blog]

16 schools have intact coaching staffs from 2011:

Lawrence Austin highlights HERE.