Ohio State wide receiver Duron Carter withdrew from school and will enroll and play at Coffeyville Community College in Kansas this fall, reports ESPN's Adam Rittenberg. According to the story, Carter, the son of Buckeyes legend and ESPN analyst Cris Carter, had been ruled academically ineligible for the Rose Bowl against Oregon and sat out all of spring practice because of academic...
Duron CarterOhio State wide receiver Duron Carter withdrew from school and will enroll and play at Coffeyville Community College in Kansas this fall, reports ESPN's Adam Rittenberg.
According to the story, Carter, the son of Buckeyes legend and ESPN analyst Cris Carter, had been ruled academically ineligible for the Rose Bowl against Oregon and sat out all of spring practice because of academic reasons.
Duron Carter appeared in all 12 regular-season games for Ohio State as a true freshman in 2009 and recorded 13 receptions for 176 yards and a touchdown. The departures of Ray Small and Carter leave Ohio State with only two wide receivers who recorded more than 10 receptions last year (running backs Brandon Saine and Dan Herron combined for 30 receptions).
Expansion is good
John Mutka of Post-Trib.com writes how Big Ten expansion is so good for the league, especially since Nebraska has joined.
So many great matchups are enough to make Big Ten Network analyst Dan Dakich salivate.
"You've got four schools that are flat-out national brands in football," he said. "You don't get that in very many leagues."
It would be even better if the league is able to convince Notre Dame to join, writes Mutka, but Notre Dame values its independence, plus their huge contract with NBC. Mutka also gives us his two-division alignment break down.
East -- Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, Indiana.
West -- Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Northwestern.
What's in a name?
Because of expansion, the Big 10 has 12 teams and the Big 12 has 10 teams. So many fans want to know if name changes are in store. AJC.com reporter Steve Hummer says wait one second.
“Somebody is going to have to spend some time on [recalculating] these conference names,” chuckled former SEC commissioner Roy Kramer, himself quite an agent of change in his day.
“But at the rate of change, I don’t know if it would be worth it now.”
It's not worth it because more changes are probably in store, so there is no use in changing a conference's name based on numbers.
“You still have Notre Dame out there. And, if it were to join the Big Ten, that’s a major coup. And it remains to be seen how it will work in the new Big 12 with Texas being the dominant team, getting the lion’s share of the revenue. How well will that sit with everyone over a period of time?
“You can never sit back and say things won’t change.”