Billy Canon was among the 15 members who were elected to the College Football Hall of Fame by the National Football Foundation and the irony is that Canon is being elected to the College Hall of Fame for the second time. The first time that Canon was voted into the Hall of Fame was in the early 80’s, but had to forfeit the honor after he was charged and arrested for federal counterfeiting. He was sentenced to five year imprisonment and served for 2 ½ years in jail.

This time round Billy Canon has expressed him willingness to participate in the December’s induction banquet in New York and said that he was happy that he has been selected to the Hall of Fame. Canon said that there were several players in the 1958 national title winning team who needed to be elected to the Hall of Fame. Canon has received good reviews and accolades for his play during his stint at the NCAA football championships. 

It looks like Georgia Southern have got into the NCAA’s bad books recently when their football team failed to secure three scholarships. NCAA will be penalizing the team as they are not performing up to standards set by the strict organization. They also did not reinforce rules to keep their athletes academically-inclined. In comparison, Georgia Tech and University of Georgia were praised when statistics show that they exceeded the NCAA’s minimum academic development rate for every sport. Cal State Sacramento also received warnings and punishments when seven of their overall teams did not meet the NCAA’s standards for churning out optimal athletes.

The Wolverines former offensive lineman Justin Boren is to take the field for the Ohio State Buckeyes in the 2009 season and this will further intensify the existing rivalry between the Ohio State and Michigan camps. The NCAA transfer rules permitted Boren to sit out the entire 2008 season and according to the coach of Ohio State, Jim Tressel, Boren is eligible to play in the 2009 season. The offensive footballer feels that the family values have now been lost in the Michigan camp and said that he is very much excited to be in Central Ohio.

Boren said that he was looking forward to playing for the Ohio State and is ready to put in his maximum to help his team attain greater heights in the 2009 season. It is very sad for the Michigan team to miss one of its strong offensive players as he has received several rare reviews for his speedy offensive runs and football skills from many former greats.

It looks like Preston Parker, who is the Florida State team receiver is not completely in the clear yet. He cannot afford to be relieved even after having a petty theft charge against him dropped, and still have remaining weapons charges to keep him occupied and out of the regular Florida State game play. Earlier in the year 2006, he was found guilty of shoplifting. It was said that he stole a $9.99 DVD movie from a rental store located in Tallahassee. To be free from the misdemeanor charges, he recently paid $200 in fine to the court earlier this week.

But that was not the end. In early April, Parker was again arrested in possession of marijuana amounting to less than 20 grams. He was also unlucky enough to be found with a loaded .45 caliber pistol hidden within his car’s dash board. Florida State has made it clear that the weapons charge must be eliminated before he is able to return to the team.

The Missouri’s sprig training sessions are going on in full sing and the mood from the camp is that the Tigers coachers as well as players are determined to make it big this season and have set their goals on winning the Big 12 championship. Chase Daniel who has been affected by some complacency is also going all out in the spring practice sessions and is resolute to lead his team to winning ways in the NCAA football Big 12 championship.

The coach Pinkel is all praise for the spring practice efforts and renewed intensity shown by Daniel and is expecting his team to put up an even better performance than last year. The Tigers who received rare reviews from all quarters for their 12-2 season in 2007 will have to be at the top of their game in order to achieve their ambition. The Tigers have been able to achieve all their goals set in 2007 except from the Big 12 championship game loss to Oklahoma.

For Coach Joe Daniels, life dealt him a 180 degree turn when he finds that he is now the one who needs all the words of encouragement from his team. The veteran teacher who has been in the coaching business for the past 37 years, including seven productive years with the Ohio State team, is now taking a break to recuperate from cancer. He will take a backseat while the team practices this spring. Previously he has had a bad kidney removed in February as a result of the fast spreading disease.61 year old Daniels is looking his age, perhaps a little bit more as he gives his latest interview surrounded by supportive family members. Understandably, he does not look his best and this can be attributed from the taxing surgery as well as the strong medication he has to take. The latest update is out, and Nick Siciliano has been invited to take over Daniels’ job while he recuperates.

Joe Daniels who has been working for the past 7 years with the Ohio State Buckeyes quarterbacks will not be coaching them this spring as he has taken time off his coaching schedule to recover from the kidney surgery he underwent in February. Daniels knows that the recovery time from a diseased kidney removal will definitely be more and that he will not be able to do full justice as a coach of the Buckeyes quarterback.

The Ohio State NCAA football starting probable quarterback Todd Boeckman says that he was very much impressed and inspired with the way Daniels has tackled his health problems last season. A lot of coaches have made rare reviews of the coaching skills of this learned coach and Ohio State officials are waiting with keen interest for him to take back the quarterback coaching job. Daniels is a tough hard nut to crack and his mental strength and determination is second to none as far as NCAA coaches are concerned.

Sean Lee, senior linebacker with Penn State, tore his ACL in the right knee during a recent practice, and this might render him unable to give top notch performance for the entire 2008 season.

Over the next several weeks, Lee is expected to undergo treatment and consecutive surgery on the knee, sources say. Director of Athletic Medicine for Penn State, Dr. Wayne Sebastianelli, confirmed this and added that he will also use up a total of nine precious months forgoing practice in order to undergo an intense rehabilitation program. This is to ensure complete recovery for his knee.

Lee was quoted as saying “I have a responsibility to the team to help do everything I can this year in what might be a non-conventional way,” He added that he was sorry that this unforeseen circumstance happened but he will do everything he can to recuperate and ensure that he performs better upon recovery.

So pleased is Penn State with 81 year old Joe Paterno’s performance that they both agree that the football coach does not require a new contract to continue what he does best at Penn State.

Currently, Paterno’s contract ends at the end of the 2008 season but that does not mark the end to his career with the Nittany Lions. Graham Spanier, the University president was quoted as saying that Paterno’s  seniority is more than enough to convince them that he needs no mere contract to stay on with Penn State. He entered his 43rd season as Penn State’s coach and has brought many victories to the Nittany Lions.

Joe Paterno was quoted as saying that he will be comfortable with whatever decision the University came up with and will continue to be the guiding light for the Nittany Lions.

Louisiana State University beat Ohio State 38-24 to win the national championship. They had a wild run to the championships. They lost twice in three overtimes, and took many fourth-down risks.  In the season there was no team that was on the top position for very long. In the end however Louisiana State University played brilliantly on the day it had to.

 President Bush honored the team on Monday and lauded the success of the team in the championships. Some of the best contributors of the team were quarterback Matt Flynn and defensive standout Glenn Dorsey. Les Miles, the coach of the team was praised by bush as a strong leader and a risk taker. The football team became two time champions for the first time in the history of Bowl Championship series. They were also the first to be defeated in two games in the championship season. LSU had fallen behind 10-0 but scored 31 unanswered points to bag the championship.