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NCAA Digest


SEC has no plans to add 14th team to conference   After officially welcoming Texas A&M as the 13th member of the Southeastern Conference last week, commissioner Mike Slive is attempting to quell speculation about the possibility of a 14th conference member. Texas A&M will officially join the SEC next July for the 2012-2013 season, […]

Game three rewind: USC runs over Syracuse at the Coliseum


The set-up: Following two narrow escapes, USC played host to undefeated Syracuse. On the one hand, the Orange, who reportedly left the Big East to join the Atlantic Coast Conference earlier in the day, hoped to spoil a perfect three-game home stand with their impressive passing attack. On the other hand, the Trojans aimed to […]

Six Burning Questions: Minnesota


Can Minnesota mount a ground game against USC? When these two teams met a year ago, the Golden Gophers struggled to find a rhythm running the ball, finishing with 83 yards on 37 carries (2.2 yards per carry). Quarterback Marqueis Gray could play a big factor in establishing a running game, as the junior has […]

Let’s be careful not to forget the fun in sports


Think back to when you were a kid, when you would come home from school and shoot hoops with your friends in your driveway, or wake up on a rainy Saturday morning and put on your soccer jersey and cleats on without a second thought, or when you would spend all day in your fourth […]

NCAA DIGEST


Ambles returns to practice Markeith Ambles returned to the practice field Tuesday ­— sort of. The wide receiver spent the morning practice running and doing disciplinary drills in what was just the latest in a string of punishments for the sophomore. Ambles missed Saturday’s practice at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and offered no excuse […]