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4 x 25 = 85? The math doesn't add up, but coaches know how to find loopholes in the NCAA Manual. The Houston Nutt Rule and signing day limit aren't exceptions. Maisel » Podcast: Ivan, Beano ![]()
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- @Ivan_Maisel CFB Podcast: Beano on 7th-grade QBs, USC, etc: http://bit.ly/9cTku3/?id=4899945&callsign=ESPNRADIO&autoplay=1 about 9 hours ago

- @Ivan_Maisel The Nutt Rule and other ways to manipulate the 85-man roster: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=4899549 about 9 hours ago

- @BFeldmanESPN Brock Lesnar. @HerdOnESPNRadio Anybody you'd like to hear on the show in the next few weeks now that football is over? about 11 hours ago

- @BFeldmanESPN Wondering which was a better ad for Steve Clarkson: the huge banner near the scoreboard at the BCS title game or the David Sills story? about 12 hours ago

- @BFeldmanESPN Recruiting the next McCluster & the QB who one scout says reminds him of Tom Brady. (It'll probably surprise u) http://tinyurl.com/yhvocem about 12 hours ago

- @BFeldmanESPN RT @pat_dooley Steve Addazio just told me they are taking their time hiring DC because it is such an important hire. about 12 hours ago

- @BFeldmanESPN RT @jdubs88 Drew Brees has a lot of Steve Nash in him (even facially, no?), which makes it cooler that Saints won SB on Nash's birthday. about 13 hours ago

- @BFeldmanESPN Not bad for a high school to have QBs win a national title AND Super Bowl in a month. RT @ChaseDaniel @GVMcElroy SLC alum doing our thing! 1 day ago

- @Ivan_Maisel A day later, the Betty White-Abe Vigoda Snickers ad is still funny. 1 day ago

- @BFeldmanESPN Ah. Bama @MichaelCody1 Wrong. Starr, Stabler, Namath. RT @BFeldmanESPN: RT @dennisdoddcbs Purdue only school w/ 3 diff. QBs win Super Bowls 1 day ago

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- @BFeldmanESPN Wanny hires former #Cane. RT @gregauman "Tiger" Clark is back in the Big East, hired as new LB coach at Pitt. http://tinyurl.com/yzt6o2p 1 day ago

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- @schadjoe FSU formally vacates 12 football victories as result of academic fraud case 2 days ago

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