THE DRIVE with MARK PANICHELLI
NEWS / RANTS / SPORTSTALK
NCAA FOOTBALL – PRESEASON TOP 25
NFL – JETS DEBUT GOALINE-WILDCAT WITH TIM TEBOW
NFL – BROWNS SELL FOR $1B
http://thedrive.posterous.com/the-drive-nfl-browns-sell-for-1-billion
INTERVIEWS/GUESTS/FEATURES
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2012
JIM GROBE / Head Coach – Wake Forest
http://thedrive.posterous.com/the-drive-8-1-12-jim-grobe
FRANK BEAMER / Head Coach – Virginia Tech
http://thedrive.posterous.com/the-drive-8-1-12-frank-beamer
TOM O'BRIEN / Head Coach – NC State
http://thedrive.posterous.com/the-drive-7-30-12-tom-obrien
JIMBO FISHER / Head Coach – Florida State
DABO SWINNEY / Head Coach – Clemson
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL 2012
BOBBY CURLINGS / Head Coach – New Bern Bears
ADAM THOMPSON / New Bern Sun Journal Sports Editor
JORDAN HONEYCUTT / New Bern Sun Journal Sports Writer
POP LIFE with April Daughety
Episode #2 August 2, 2012 ( Olympics Edition )
Episode #1 July 19, 2012
THE LATEST SPORTS NEWS / AUGUST FOOTBALL MARATHON
NEWS / RANTS / SPORTSTALK
NCAA FOOTBALL – PRESEASON TOP 25
http://thedrive.posterous.com/the-drive-2012-preseason-ncaa-football-top-25
NFL – JETS DEBUT GOALINE-WILDCAT WITH TIM TEBOW
http://thedrive.posterous.com/the-drive-8-2-12-jets-debut-tebow-in-the-wild#
NFL – BROWNS SELL FOR $1B
http://thedrive.posterous.com/the-drive-nfl-browns-sell-for-1-billion
INTERVIEWS/GUESTS/FEATURES
JIM GROBE / Head Coach – Wake Forest
http://thedrive.posterous.com/the-drive-8-1-12-jim-grobe
FRANK BEAMER / Head Coach – Virginia Tech
http://thedrive.posterous.com/the-drive-8-1-12-frank-beamer
TOM O’BRIEN / Head Coach – NC State
http://thedrive.posterous.com/the-drive-7-30-12-tom-obrien
JIMBO FISHER / Head Coach – Florida State
http://thedrive.posterous.com/the-drive-8-2-12-jimbo-fisher
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL 2012
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2012
ADAM THOMPSON / New Bern Sun Journal Sports Editor
http://thedrive.posterous.com/the-drive-8-1-12-adam-thompson-nbsj
JORDAN HONEYCUTT / New Bern Sun Journal Sports Writer
http://thedrive.posterous.com/the-drive-8-2-12-jordan-honeycutt-hs-football
POP LIFE with April Daughety
Episode #2 August 2, 2012 ( Olympics Edition )
http://thedrive.posterous.com/the-drive-8-2-12-pop-life
Episode #1 July 19, 2012
http://thedrive.posterous.com/the-drive-7-19-12-pop-life-with-april-daughet
THE DRIVE 2012 Preseason NCAA Football Top 25
USA Today Coaches’ Poll | ||||
RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS | PVS |
1 | LSU (18) | 0-0 | 1403 | 2 |
2 | Alabama (20) | 0-0 | 1399 | 1 |
3 | USC (19) | 0-0 | 1388 | NR |
4 | Oklahoma | 0-0 | 1276 | 15 |
5 | Oregon | 0-0 | 1258 | 4 |
6 | Georgia | 0-0 | 1061 | 20 |
7 | Florida State | 0-0 | 1055 | 23 |
8 | Michigan | 0-0 | 1023 | 9 |
9 | South Carolina | 0-0 | 981 | 8 |
10 | Arkansas | 0-0 | 948 | 5 |
11 | West Virginia | 0-0 | 833 | 18 |
12 | Wisconsin | 0-0 | 743 | 11 |
13 | Michigan State | 0-0 | 717 | 10 |
14 | Clemson | 0-0 | 598 | 22 |
15 | Texas | 0-0 | 549 | NR |
16 | Nebraska | 0-0 | 501 | 24 |
17 | TCU | 0-0 | 499 | 13 |
18 | Stanford | 0-0 | 497 | 7 |
19 | Oklahoma State | 0-0 | 476 | 3 |
20 | Virginia Tech | 0-0 | 461 | 17 |
21 | Kansas State | 0-0 | 398 | 16 |
22 | Boise State | 0-0 | 271 | 6 |
23 | Florida | 0-0 | 250 | NR |
24 | Notre Dame | 0-0 | 166 | NR |
25 | Auburn | 0-0 | 66 | NR |
LSU picked up 1,403 points in voting of the nation’s coaches, edging defending national champion Alabama with 1,399.
It is the second time since 1998 that teams that met in the previous season’s title game are the top two teams in the preseason poll.
Oklahoma, with one first-place vote, is fourth in the preseason poll, followed by Oregon, Georgia, Florida State, Michigan, South Carolina and Arkansas.
The SEC, which has won the past six BCS Championship Games, has five of the nation’s top 10 teams and seven teams in the preseason poll. The Big 12 also has seven teams, but only one in the top 10. Its two newcomers — West Virginia and TCU — are both ranked, however. The Mountaineers are 11th and the Horned Frogs are 17th.
The Big 10, Pac-12 and ACC have three each.
Boise State is 22nd and Notre Dame 24th in the initial rankings.
The Big East was shut out for the second straight year.
THE DRIVE NFL – Browns Sell For $1 Billion
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Randy Lerner has reached a deal to sell the Cleveland Browns to truck-stop magnate Jimmy Haslam.
The deal is worth more than $1 billion, league sources said.
“This is a very exciting time for my family and me,” Haslam said through the team in a statement Thursday announcing the agreement between the sides.
“To own such a storied franchise as the Cleveland Browns, with its rich tradition and history, is a dream come true. We are committed to keeping the team in Cleveland and seeing it get back to the elite of the NFL — something all Browns fans want and deserve.”
Paperwork between the two sides was completed Thursday morning.
NFL ownership is expected to approve Haslam’s purchase at its October meeting. Commissioner Roger Goodell could expedite the process by calling a special meeting, although that is considered unlikely.
The NFL helped bring Haslam to Lerner so that a sale could be completed smoothly, efficiently and with a high probability of success. Haslam had informed the league how much he wanted to buy a team, and Lerner — who is more interested in his soccer team (Aston Villa in England) — was interested in selling the Browns.
The Browns have been owned by the Lerner family since 1999, when the franchise was reborn after the original club moved to Baltimore. The late Al Lerner, Randy’s father, purchased the inactive franchise from the NFL in 1998 for $530 million.
Randy Lerner, 50, inherited the Browns in 2002 following his father’s death.
Some fans have been unhappy with Randy Lerner, long criticizing him as a disengaged owner of a club that has made the playoffs just once since it was recreated.
Haslam has been a minority investor in the Pittsburgh Steelers and in a 2010 profile told the team’s website that he had been a Dallas Cowboys and then an Indianapolis Colts fan. But with the Pittsburgh investment, Haslam said he had become “1,000 percent a Steelers fan.” The Steelers, of course, are the Browns’ chief rivals.
Asked if he was surprised by the deal, Browns president Mike Holmgren said: “On one hand, the surprising part was the time of the year. But in this business, I gave up being surprised a long time ago.”
Haslam has begun to make plans with the Rooney family to sell the portion of the Steelers that he owns. By the time his purchase of the Browns becomes official, he no longer is expected to own the percentage of the Steelers that he controls.
As for Haslam possibly moving the franchise, Holmgren emphatically said, “The Cleveland Browns aren’t going anywhere.”
But the current staff might be if the Browns don’t do better than the 4-12 record of 2011, Pat Shurmur’s first season as coach. New owners usually bring in their own management team, although Shurmur has impressed many people around the league.
“I have no fear about any of that because I trust my coaches, I trust the players and I’ve watched the work they’ve done based on the conversation of this last week,” Shurmur said Thursday. “I think we’re moving full steam ahead. That doesn’t bother me one bit at this point at this point. My concern is getting this team ready to play and our players understand that message and they are doing a good job.”
Holmgren would not address his future with the Browns.
“Honestly, my focus is to have guys here concentrating on football, making it business as usual,” he said. “The what ifs and hypotheticals, I have to stay away from.”
The Browns were valued at $977 million last year by Forbes magazine, 20th in the NFL.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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