Welcome to the Fallout: Charlie Weis, Isaiah Crowell, and more.

(Welcome to the Fallout is the SWRT off-season weekend wrap-up of college football related news.)

Charlie Weis is like an onion. He has layers.
The new Kansas head football coach reflects on being considered an "ogre" by "most college football fans and media across the country."(The Sporting News)

Instant Karma's gonna get you.
Kansas athletic director Sheahon Zenger mocks Big 12 men's basketball champion Missouri's loss to Norfolk State in the first round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. The Jayhawks aren't out of the woods yet, Zenger. (The Dagger)

Island hopping.
LSU signs Tonga-born JUCO transfer Fehoko Fanaika to its 2012 recruiting class. (The New Orleans Times Picayune)

With Six You Get Egg Roll.
Fletcher Proctor has six questions about Georgia coming into spring practice. (ChuckOliver.net)

By Georgia, I think he's got it!
Georgia running back Isaiah Crowell may be finally getting the idea that he needs to get his head out of his rear end if he wants to succeed on the college level and beyond. (ChuckOliver.net)

Are You Experienced?
Jimmy Lake, the new Boise State defensive backs coach, brings to Boise several years of NFL coaching experience. (The Idaho Press-Tribune) 

Back on the Chain Gang.

Mike Stoops talks about adjusting to his return to Oklahoma as his brother (Sooner HC) Bob Stoops' defensive coordinator after being HC of Arizona. (The Tulsa World)

All of the Lights.
Michigan may play multiple games under the lights in the 2012 football season than just Notre Dame.  (The Detroit Free Press)

Welcome back. Now pee in this cup.
TCU head football coach Gary Patterson plans to drug test the Horned Frogs football team as soon as they get back to school following Spring Break. (Dr. Saturday)


Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
Berry Tramel looks at the pluses and minuses of the Big 12's new television deal with ESPN. (The Oklahoman)


Central Florida's defense is improving.
Because UCF HC George O'Leary said so. (The Orlando Sentinel)

Welcome to the Fallout: Brady Hoke, Denard Robinson, the ghost of Ernest P. Worrell, and more.

 (Welcome to the Fallout is the SWRT off-season weekend wrap-up of college football related news.)


Putting his big boy pants on.
Michigan head football coach and shorts aficionado Brady Hoke reportedly wore slacks while speaking to the press before the start of spring drills. (The Detroit Free Press)

Denard Robinson will be an NFL quarterback.
Because Denard Robinson said so. (NBS Sports)

Eyes on the Prize.
Alabama is looking to make North Carolina high school junior QB Connor Mitch a part of  its 2013 recruiting class. (al.com)

Throw the bums out!
Former Penn State and NFL Football legend Franco Harris thinks the Penn State board of Trustees should be removed for handling of the late Joe Paterno's firing during the Sandusky scandal. (Rivals.com)

Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Georgia fans shouldn't be counting the Bulldogs' chances to make a run for the 2012 BCS title before it hatches. (Leather Helmet Blog)

Prime Time Live.
NBC will show Miami-Notre Dame game at Soldier's Field in Chicago on October 6 in prime time at 7:30 EDT. (CBS Sports)

The Right Profile.
West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck explains the Mountaineers' move to the Big 12 as "sustaining" the school's national profile. (The Charleston Daily Mail)


Hey Vern, It's Steve Spurrier!
What happens when you polymorph The Old Ball Coach with Jim Varney? An inspired reinterpretation of the Spurrier era at South Carolina, Orson Swindle style. (EDSBS)

Did Brady Hoke jinx the Michigan men's basketball team out of the NCAA Tournament?

Why, Coach Hoke? Why did you curse us the way you did?

The Michigan men's basketball team would probably like to thank Wolverine head football coach Brady Hoke for jinxing them out of the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament with his little obsession with referring to the Wolverines' most hated rival, Ohio State, as simply "Ohio." The "real" Ohio University obviously wasn't too fond of it, either. The Bobcats beat Michigan 65-60 as part of Friday's upset happy second day of the NCAA Tournament. 

(via The Detroit Free Press, AnnArbor.com)

Steve Spurrier roams shirtless at Gamecocks spring football practice.

The rumors are true. South Carolina head football coach roamed around the Gamecocks' spring practice field shirtless on Thursday. Here's the visual proof of The Old Ball Coach's half-nakedness. Don't look, Ethel!

Steve Spurrier thinks P90X is for wussies.

There's no definite word on the explanation of the reasons behind the exposure of Spurrier's flesh, though the spring weather is being considered as a factor. Though with The Old Ball Coach, you can never tell what is going on inside his devious mind.


(via EDSBS, WOLO)

Beavers banned from Oregon student athlete center.

How's this for taking a college rivalry to a new level? The University of Oregon's  John E. Jaqua Center for Student Athletes is reportedly plastered with signs like this one informing students that neither food, nor drink, nor Beavers are allowed in the facilities. Or at least in designated areas. So if you're Jerry Mathers and you want to see what Phil Knight's magic money tree will buy Oregon, you're apparently out of luck. No word if other varmints like Bears or Cougars are also barred from the facilities.
 


(via SB*Nation)

Unquiet on the Western Front: Todd Graham, Kellen Moore, Keith Price, and more.

 (Unquiet on the Western Front is SWRT's look at the Pac-12, WAC, Mountain West, and other West Coast/Rocky Mountain schools extravaganza.)

The first day of the rest of their lives.
Arizona State holds its first spring practice session under new head football coach Todd Graham. (FOX Sports Arizona)

When Kellen Met Chucky.
Former Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore has taped his  Jon Gruden’s QB Camp episode with the NFL Monday Night Football announcer and former Super Bowl-winning coach. (KTVB)

The Price is Right.
Washington quarterback Keith Price talks about facing Baylor and its Heisman Trophy-winning QB Robert Griffin III in the Alamo Bowl last season, along with his own possible chances for the Heisman. (The Orlando Sentinel)

How about a nice Hawaiian Punch?
Stanford adds Hawaii high school linebacker Isaac Savaiinaea to its 2013 recruiting class. (CBS Sports)


Mark your calendars now. 
Stanford and Northwestern agree to a home-at-home series in 2015 and 2016. (The New Big Red Report)

So near, and yet so far away.
Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott has a lot of nice things to say about USC athletic directorPat Haden. As for UCLA AD Dan Guerrero? Not so much. (Bruins Nation)

Covering Dixie Like Mildew: Mark Richt, Derek Dooley, Steve Spurrier, and more.

(Covering Dixie Like Mildew is the SWRT roundup of SEC news, with the occasional pesky Southern school from another conference.)

The New Deal. 
Chip Towers take a look at Georgia head football coach Mark Richt's new contract. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Give me love. Give me hope. Give me strength. Give me someone to live for.
Georgia adds former Penn State director of football strength and conditioning John Thomas to its strength and conditioning staff as it's senior associate director of strength and conditioning. (The Red and Black)

The bad news about the John Thomas hire at Georgia...
Joe Tereshinski is still in charge of the Georgia strength and conditioning program. (The Macon Telegraph)

The absolute last item involving strength and conditioning in today's CDLM. 
South Carolina HC Steve Spurrier was "impressed" with the state of the Gamecocks' level of conditioning on the the first day of spring football practice. (The State)

If You're Gonna Play In Texas...
Texas A&M HC Kevin Sumlin isn't sure which side of the new Aggie-SEC partnership has the recruiting edge inside the Lone Star State. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
 
Are You Gonna Go My Way?
Michael Carvell asks coaches around the SEC if they agree with Tennessee HC Derek Dooley's views on over-signing. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Big Tentacles: Bill O'Brien, Danny O'Brien, Kirk Cousins, and a special appearance by Barack Obama.

 (Big Tentacles is the SWRT look at the Big Ten and the schools it not-so-secretly covets.)

Bill O'Brien is a great recruiter for Penn State. 
because Michael Sedor said so. (The Patriot-News)

A Shot in the Dark.
Penn State is in the running for highly sought-after  former Maryland quarterback Danny O'Brien. Because you can never have too many O'Briens in Happy Valley. (The Patriot-News)

It's my turn to see what I can see. 
Nebraska center Cole Pensick looks to win the starting position of former Husker center Mike Caputo. (Lincoln Journal Star)

What do you say when you meet Bill Belichick?
If your Nebraska sophomore wide receiver Jamal Turner, you tell him he'll be seeing you again in three years. (The Lincoln Journal Star)

Round and Round. 
Former Michigan State QB Kirk Cousins will be a second round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. Because Mel Kiper Jr. said so. (The Lansing State Journal)

Shrewd election year move of the day (unless you live in Michigan).
President Barack Obama has Ohio State in his Final Four, along with Kentucky, Missouri, and North Carolina. (The Huffington Post)

I've got a little list.
Off Tackle Empire gives us it's "Ten Most Annoying Things About March Madness. Yes, Duke is one of the entries. (Off Tackle Empire)

Bret Bielema's Rose Bowl-themed wedding cake.

Wisconsin head football coach Bret Bielema got married over the weekend. Here's to a long and fruitful marriage to his new bride, the former Jennifer Hielsberg. The couple celebrated the happiest day of their lives with the traditional wedding cake, which was conspicuously decorated with roses. In case you forgot, the Badgers played in the past two Rose Bowls. Here's hoping the marriage goes better for the Beilema than those games did.

And no, there isn't any word if Bucky Badger decided to crash the wedding.

(via Lost Lettermen. HT: Big Ten Network)

Dancing in the Ruins: Mike Gundy, Tom Wort, recruiting news, and more.

(Dancing in the Ruins is SWRT's look at the Big XII Conference. Or at least what's left of it.)

The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades.
Oklahoma State head football coach Mike Gundy is positive about the Cowboys' 2012 defense. (The Oklahoman)

An Astro-nomical gift.
Former Houston Astros' owner Drayton McLane Jr. gives "a sizable financial gift" to his alma mater Baylor for the construction of a new on-campus stadium. (CBS Sports) 

350 pounds Sterling. 
Kansas signs 6-foot-5, 350 lb. JUCO transfer  Aslam Sterling. (The Lawrence Journal-World)


This is for the questions that don't have any answers.
Cory McCartney has "burning questions" about the Big 12 in 2012. (SI.com)


Wort of the Worlds.
R.J. Young talks to Oklahoma linebacker Tom Wort. (The Oklahoman)


Come On to the Future.
Oklahoma gets a verbal commitment from Texas high school junior defensive end Matt Dimon for its 2013 recruiting class. (Crimson and Cream Machine)

13 for '13.
Texas gets its thirteenth commitment for the Longhorns' 2013 recruiting class with high school junior tight end Durham Smythe. (The Austin American-Statesman)