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.

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.

Florida state NCAA football wide receiver Percy Harvin will miss the rest of the spring practice sessions due to the heel injury and it seems that it might need a surgery on his heel to set it right. The Florida coach Urban Meyer has said that the team doctors arte taking advice from specialists on how to go about with this heel injury. The coach said that it is a special type of an injury which is not very commonly seen. The coach said that even if Harvin undergoes a surgery, he will be only back in playing mode for the fall practice in August.

The heel soreness was felt by Harvin during his high school days and it has aggravated as the years passed by and last season is when Harvin felt unbearable pain in his right heel. The team doctors, after reviewing the situation, have come to a conclusion that it is a bone related injury, and were initially treating it for tendinitis. Harvin has not played for Florida in every game of the last two seasons owing to various physical problems.

The junior offensive lineman of the Michigan football team, Justin Boren, said that he has left the Michigan team citing that the family value program have taken a beating in the team lately. Boren, who started in every NCAA tournament game for his team last season, said that the mutual respect, support and the team work in the Michigan football fraternity was there for everyone to see and he feels that these things now do not have any value at all.

The offensive lineman said that he was unable to concentrate on the game due to these short comings in the team and hence has decided to part ways with the team. He also revealed that he did not fully appreciate the no-huddle spread offensive tactics of the new coach Rich Rodriguez as it was physically very challenging. Boren, who has received good comments and reviews for his game, would have been an offensive line starter for the Wolverines’ in the coming season.

The running back of Virginia Tech Branden Ore has decided to step out of the Virginia Tech team next year and has had a lot of deliberations with his coach Frank Beamer before arriving at this decision. He said that it was his life decision at the moment and will do what he feels is right to him. The Virginia tech coach said the team acknowledges the services rendered by Branden for Virginia Tech. The coach wished him well in all his future endeavors.

There was no answer from the Sports Information officials as well as the player regarding the quitting matter. One of Ore’s friends was convicted by a federal court for possession of crack cocaine that he intended to distribute. Ore was once involved in a drug trafficking case when he was found to be in possession of two bags of drugs riding in a car along with his friend Tony Majette of Christiansburg in 2006 and was asked to appear in the court for giving explanation. Ore was not charged in the end.

Ereck Plancher a wide receiver of Central Florida team died on Tuesday following Voluntary strength conditioning drills. The team was to begin its spring practice on Wednesday. Police couldn’t find the exact reason for the death but were sure that there wasn’t any kind of foul play in the incident. The athletic Director of UCF, Keith Tribble explained that players did weight lifting and running for about 10 minutes. Plancher who is only 19 years collapsed as everyone was leaving. The UCF trainers present at the site gave him CPR and he was taken to hospital immediately.

Plancher was announced dead by the hospital authorities by noon. An autopsy will be conducted to identify the exact reason of his death. Tribble has informed that Plancher has passed the entire Physical test while he was taken into the team. Tribble also ruled out the chances of training in high –temperature as a reason for his collapse as the training was in an air-conditioned building. Tribble also extended the support of UCF family to the family members, friends and teammates to cope with the unexpected loss. In 2007, Keeley Dorsey of South Florida collapsed during weight training and he was found to have some genetic heart disorder in his autopsy.

The Oregon State wide receiver and a senior in the team, Sammie Stroughter, has been granted permission to play in the 2008 NCAA football season following a medical hardship grant for 2007, according to the announcement by the Pac-10 conference on Friday. Stroughter was pitted to be the top player by many gurus of the game last season, but could not take up playing during the fall camp due to some personal problems last season. Stroughter did come back after settling all his problems to play for the Oregon state but even this stint was a brief one as he was sidelined with a kidney injury that kept him out of the game for the rest of the season.

Stroughter will have to fight his way all through the spring practice session in order to find the form that he was in during the 2006 season. He had a record of 74 passes caught for 1,293 yards in the 2006 season and had also made 3 touchdowns on punt returns. He is regarded by many greats as a very capable receiving and punt return player and his remarkable 70 yarder against the USC that helped his Oregon State to defeat the Trojans 27 game winning streak is still fresh in the minds of many Oregon fans.

The Michigan University, in the wake of a veteran’s paralyzed group suing them for lack of facilities to the disabled people, has decided to improve the wheel chair accessibility in the nation’s biggest football stadium. A deal was signed by the US District Judge Sean Cox that the school will provide all the facilities in an attempt to avoid a trial. This season will see an addition of 96 accessible seats along with companion seats at the eastern side of the stadium. By the start of 2010 season, 329 accessible and companion seats as well as seats in the student section will be made available.

The agreement signed by the district judge says that the court will oversee the facilities provided by the University for a period of 5 years. The disabled fans will be able to watch the football games at the Michigan stadium in the same manner as the other fans and they will also be able to enjoy themselves, as per the attorney of the Paralyzed Veterans of Michigan State. The university also has plans to work with architects in order to improve wheelchair accessibility of restrooms, parking lots and access routes. The stadium earlier had a separate enclosure of 90 seats for the disabled people but the school is planning to have these seats distributed throughout the stadium.

Three senior Michigan state players and a junior player have accepted the invitation to play in the 2008 NFL Scouting Combine to be held from 20th to 26th of February at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. The running back Michigan State player Jehuu Caulcrick, safety Nehemiah Warrick and tight end Kellen Davis along with Devin Thomas, the junior wide receiver, are the Spartan players who will play in the 2008 Scouting Combine.

Jehuu Caulcrick who owns a school record of rushing for 872 yards and 21 touch downs in 2007 is well known for his powerful running. Caulcrick is ranked 8th in the league for his rushing and he is virtually unstoppable when he is in full flow. The tight end Kellen Davis, a 6-6, 246 pound man, is a well known Spartan player who has a career record of 513 receiving yards, 6 touchdowns, and 32 receptions in 2007 season, of which 18 out of the 32 catches coming in the last five games he has played. He can be utilized as a possession receiver as well as a play maker. Devin Thomas was ranked as the fifth best receiver in the 2008 NFL Draft and is selected in the 32 prospects by Scouts, Inc.

Chuck Sekyra has been named the Division II National Coach of the Year.Sekyra’s team reached the NCAA Division II semifinals for the second time in three years. His 2005 squad lost the national-championship match in OT to Nebraska Omaha. It really speaks to the type of season their women had. And Sekyra admits that it was enjoable for all of them.So now The National Soccer Coaches Association of America picks coach of the year.