Meyer defends recruiting practices (AP)

There must have been a lot of interesting give-and-take when the Big Ten football coaches met at the conference offices on Friday. New Ohio State coach Urban Meyer faced off with at least a couple of coaches who have been reported saying they question his poaching of recruits who had already committed to other programs.
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Pitt to play in ACC’s Coastal Division (AP)

Pittsburgh will join the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Coastal Division in football, the league announced on Friday. When the Panthers actually begin playing in the ACC remains unknown, but athletic director Steve Pederson isn’t ready to shut the door on 2012. The ACC announced Friday that Pitt will join the Coastal with Virginia Tech, Virginia, Georgia [...]

One of nation’s top QBs chooses FSU (AP)

One of the nation’s top high school quarterbacks is bound for Florida State. Hueytown’s Jameis Winston signed to play for the Seminoles on Friday at an indoor sports complex in Birmingham before teammates, family, friends and a handful of Florida State fans. “I’m ready to get this started,” Winston said.
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Iowa off. coordinator O’Keefe resigns (AP)

Iowa used to have one of the nation’s most stable staffs under head coach Kirk Ferentz. In less than two months, he has lost the only coordinators he has ever had. Iowa announced Friday that offensive coordinator Ken O’Keefe had resigned after 13 seasons, leaving the program for another coaching position the school did not [...]

ACC heading to 9-game league schedule (AP)

The Atlantic Coast Conference will play a nine-game schedule in football and every team will compete in the ACC basketball tournaments once Syracuse and Pittsburgh join the league. The league announced Friday how it will incorporate the schools once they leave the Big East Conference. ACC commissioner John Swofford said Friday it’s still unclear when [...]

Meyer lands top-5 class for Ohio State (AP)

When opposing recruiters brought up Ohio State’s bowl ban and other problems, new Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer fought back. “It was a two-week assault,” Meyer said after signing 25 players in what many experts have termed a class that is top-5 in the country. “But instead of waiting for that to come, we went after [...]

O’Brien lauds recruits sticking with PSU (AP)

New Penn State coach Bill O’Brien gave credit to the recruits who stuck with their verbal commitments to the Nittany Lions. It would have been easy for them to join the roughly half-dozen prospects that left for other schools in light of the upheaval surrounding the football program since November.
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Tide add 2 top DTs to highly rated class (AP)

National champion Alabama restocked the nation’s top defense, scooped up a few highly recruited offensive playmakers and generally had what’s becoming a typical signing day for Nick Saban & Co. In other words, replacing departed stars with blue-chippers across the board on a program that has won two of the last three national championships.
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LSU’s Miles: Recruiting class met needs (AP)

For Les Miles, who has become accustomed to bringing LSU highly-rated recruiting classes year after year, it was tough to ignore the fact that some coveted prospects got away this time. First, safety Landon Collins, arguably the top prospect in Louisiana, chose Alabama over the Tigers. Then quarterback Gunner Kiel of Columbus, Ind., backed away [...]

Tressel may take admin job at Akron (AP)

Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel might take an administrative position at Akron. Spokesperson Eileen Korey said in a statement released Wednesday night that Tressel and school officials have been in discussions since December, when he assisted Akron in its search for a new football coach. Korey said the school and Tressel had “dynamic conversations [...]

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