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While the Little Caesars Bowl may become extinct, the Big Ten could still find itself in a bowl game in Detroit.
The Detroit Lions are planning to start a new bowl at Ford Field beginning in the 2014 season, according to ESPN’s Brett McMurphy. The game would likely pit the Big Ten against the ACC.
This is a change from the previous deal – which ends after this season – the Big Ten inked with the Little Caesars Bowl that had the No. 8 selection from the Big Ten versus a MAC opponent.
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With 100 days until the season kicks off, the post-season awards watch lists for the 2013 season have started to come out, and Betim Bujari finds himself on one.
The junior is on the Rimington Trophy Award watch list, which is given to the best center in the country.
Bujari is one of 44 players on the watch list and one of four players on the soon to be renamed American Athletic Conference on the list.
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Rutgers is hosting numerous group theme days throughout the 2013 football season. Here’s a list of the theme days, and the ticket deals for those games:
September 7 vs. Norfolk State
YMCA DAY
- Rutgers will offer discounted tickets to all YMCA members
- $35 sideline and $25 end zone tickets
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Rutgers head coach will be visiting ESPN Campus in Bristol, CT on Thursday to be a guest on College Football Live. Flood will be an in studio guest for the show, which airs at 3:30 p.m.
Flood is entering his second year as the head coach after winning share of Rutgers’ first ever Big East Championship and was named the Big East Coach of the Year last year.
Rutgers opens up their season at Fresno State on August 29 at 10:00 p.m. EST.
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Mark Harrison is a New England Patriot.
The former Rutgers wide receiver signed with the Patriots, the team announced today.
Harrison had signed with the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent, but failed his physical with the team with a foot injury.
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Mike Rice has taken the first step to rehabilitating his now tarnished image.
The former Rutgers head coach is receiving anger management counseling at John Lucas’ Wellness and Aftercare Program in Houston, Lucas told ESPN.com.
Rice has been there for two weeks and there is no timetable for how long his stay will be. Rice is also working with former college basketball players at Lucas’ pre-NBA Draft camp.
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Rutgers can officially start the countdown clock to the 2013 season.
Rutgers will kickoff their season opener at Fresno State on August 29 at 10:00 p.m. EST, Fresno State announced.
Television coverage is still to be administered.
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Ray Rice had two guns and cash stolen from his house in Reisterstown, MD in the middle of the night on Friday.
A rifle, a handgun and $2,000 cash were stolen on Tufton Springs Road, between 8:30 p.m. on Friday, May 17, and 12:50 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, according to a police report.
The robber got into the former Rutgers stars house through a rear window, the police report said.
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While the Big Ten is No. 1 in total revenue created and distributed among its member schools, their conference commissioner is No. 2 when it comes to his compensation.
The USA Today reports that Jim Delany ranks second behind Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott in pay for the 2011 calendar year, according to the most recent tax documents available.
Scott made nearly $300,000 more than Delany, with about $3.1 million in pay that includes $1.575 million in base salary and about $1.5 million in bonus and other pay. It is the second straight year Scott is the highest paid commissioner.
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The Bucs had their first OTA of the season, and it didn’t take long for a fight to break out.
Former Rutgers offensive lineman Jeremy Zuttah got in a scuffle with rookie defensive lineman Akeem Spence after the first snap.
According to Spence, he exploded off the ball to hard (OTAs are non-contact), and ended the scrum without a jersey.
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