A Look Back: The Downfall of Bobby Petrino

Outside of all of that playoff talk, of course, it's been the biggest story of the month in college football: The sad downfall of Bobby Petrino at Arkansas.

On April 1, Petrino was injured in a motorcycle accident. At the time, the banged-up and bruised coach was a rather sentimental figure--a beloved (to some, at least) coach who took a bad fall while out innocently cruising around on his bike.

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Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2012/04/30/a-look-back-the-downfall-of-bobby-petrino.htm

University of Tennessee System Hamline University

College Baseball?s Conference Races Counting Down

A Look At Potential “One Bid” Leagues & More… With just three weekends remaining in the regular season, selection Monday is on the horizon for college baseball teams looking to make final statements to the NCAA selection committee. This CB360 Notebook special takes a look at a handful of conferences that could receive just one NCAA bid at the end of this month, what their current conference standings look like, RPIs of the top teams in the standings, and who could end up with the bids. Not every conference listed below will end up with just a single NCAA bid, but how things go down the stretch in the regular season and in their postseason tournaments (for those that have them) will greatly affect their bids and the bids of other leagues. We’re not looking at the SEC, ACC, Big 12, or Pac-12 that are locks to get multiple spots in the tourney, we are looking at the conferences battling for a single spot and what some of them need to do to get multiple bids. We will look at more conference races next week as well… America East����� Record����� RPI Stony Brook (34-10, 12-2)� 119 Binghamton (18-18, 9-3)� 201 [...]

Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2012/05/04/college-baseballs-conference-races-counting-down/

West Virginia Wesleyan College Northwestern College

2012 Preview: Michigan State

If somebody asked you to list the best coaches in the country, I'm guessing you'd come up with some fairly obvious answers.

You'd mention Nick Saban. And Les Miles. And Urban Meyer.

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Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2012/04/30/2012-preview-michigan-state.htm

University of Saint Thomas Southern California College of Optometry

College Baseball Composite Rankings #12

The May 1 CNR Top-50, Presented By�Dugouthats.com�? The CB360 Composite National Rankings (CNR) is beginning to settle, with few significant movements over the past week. Florida State remains in the top position for the fourth straight week and Baylor has moved up from #4 to #2 ? followed by four SEC teams in the #3-#6 spots: Florida (down from #2), LSU (up from #6), Kentucky (previously #3) and South Carolina (crept up from #7). Stanford’s series win at UCLA vaulted the Cardinal back into the the top-10 (from #12 to #7), with the Bruins slipping from #5 to #9. Current #8 Purdue bumped up a spot and #10 Rice (down from #8) rounds out the top-10, with North Carolina falling from #10 to #11. �front-page photo courtesy of Mississippi State Scroll down for more info. on the most-recent CNR top-50 update ? including the return of the week-by-week chart that displays where each current top-50 CNR team has been ranked on a weekly basis in 2012. ___________________________________________ The Dugout�is where you?ll find authentic College Word Series shirts, hats and other gear year-round. They also have authentic hard-to-find college baseball caps of all your favorite teams. Right now,�The Dugout�also has�South Carolina, [...]

Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2012/05/03/college-baseball-composite-rankings-12/

Vassar College McPherson College

2012 Preview: Michigan State

If somebody asked you to list the best coaches in the country, I'm guessing you'd come up with some fairly obvious answers.

You'd mention Nick Saban. And Les Miles. And Urban Meyer.

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Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2012/04/30/2012-preview-michigan-state.htm

Delaware Valley College University of Charleston

Friday?s College Baseball Top-50 Gameday Scoreboard & Wrapup

Scores & More Presented By�Baseballtips.com�? There was some bonus baseball at a couple SEC venues on Friday, highlighting the day’s action among�top-50 teams in the CB360�Composite National Rankings. #4 LSU rode a couple clutch hits from Grant Dozar to post its 10th 1-run win in SEC play this season (4-3 at #21 Mississippi, in 13), while #6 South Carolina came all the way back from an early 6-0 deficit to win, 8-6, at #15 Arkansas. Of the 27 top-50 games that were played on Friday (two were suspended), underdogs won roughly one-fourth of them (7). See below for plenty of offerings from CB360′s expanded top-50 Gameday Scoreboard.��front-page photo courtesy of LSU Earlier This Week�(top-50 scoreboards)�? May 2 …�April 30-May 1 Previous Week ?�April 29�… �April 28�?�April 26-27�?�April 25�?April 24 Earlier Weeks ? �April 22�...�April 21�?�April 19-20�?��April 18�?�April 16-17 April 15��?��April 14�?�April 12-13�?�April 11�?�April 10? �April 9 April 8�?�April 7�? �April 6? �April 5�?�April 4�?�April 2-3 April 1�?�March 31�?�March 30�?�March 28�?�March 26-27 Click Here�for links to CB360 top-50 scoreboard pages from Feb. 26-March 25 The day’s biggest upset came in a crosstown rivalry, as Houston ran past #10 Rice, 11-6. #20 San Digo won again at BYU, 13-2, for a key [...]

Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2012/05/04/fridays-college-baseball-top-50-gameday-scoreboard/

Carroll College University of Northwestern Ohio

College Baseball Composite Rankings #12

The May 1 CNR Top-50, Presented By�Dugouthats.com�? The CB360 Composite National Rankings (CNR) is beginning to settle, with few significant movements over the past week. Florida State remains in the top position for the fourth straight week and Baylor has moved up from #4 to #2 ? followed by four SEC teams in the #3-#6 spots: Florida (down from #2), LSU (up from #6), Kentucky (previously #3) and South Carolina (crept up from #7). Stanford’s series win at UCLA vaulted the Cardinal back into the the top-10 (from #12 to #7), with the Bruins slipping from #5 to #9. Current #8 Purdue bumped up a spot and #10 Rice (down from #8) rounds out the top-10, with North Carolina falling from #10 to #11. �front-page photo courtesy of Mississippi State Scroll down for more info. on the most-recent CNR top-50 update ? including the return of the week-by-week chart that displays where each current top-50 CNR team has been ranked on a weekly basis in 2012. ___________________________________________ The Dugout�is where you?ll find authentic College Word Series shirts, hats and other gear year-round. They also have authentic hard-to-find college baseball caps of all your favorite teams. Right now,�The Dugout�also has�South Carolina, [...]

Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2012/05/03/college-baseball-composite-rankings-12/

College of the Atlantic University of North Carolina–Charlotte