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.

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 Mississippi state football players, defensive tackle Quinton Wesley and left tackle Michael Brown, were shown the doors by the Mississippi team management and were also dismissed from the university after reports of their arrests last Thursday night. The two promising young players were arrested for possessing two handguns inside the college campus. Police recovered the guns from the campus and arrested Brown with charges of possession of a fire arm and Wesley was charged with intensified assault and both the offenses are law breaking ones.

Brown was a key member of the Mississippi offensive line and had been on top of his game for his state last season. He received tremendous support and rare reviews for his performance as well and had started in 18 of the 19 games for his state football team. Wesley had played in 21 games with one start and was to get considerable playing time during the next season as a defensive line rotation player.

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.