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07:19 AM ET 05.21 | The legend of Johnny Manziel continues to grow. SMU coach June Jones, whose team lost to Manziel and the Aggies 48-3, recently said "Johnny Football" is the greatest college football player he has ever seen. That's what Manziel wants the consensus to be when he is done. An encore, with a national championship, arguably would push Manziel past Vince Young, Sammy Baugh, Jim Thorpe, Tim Tebow, Herschel Walker, Red Grange, Archie Griffin, Dick Butkus, Earl Campbell and whomever else is in the debate. "My goals are lofty," Manziel told the Star-Telegram. "I know what I want to achieve. My biggest goal is I want to do something at A&M that will never, ever be done again. Never."

Star-Telegram

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07:18 AM ET 05.21 | What a difference a few weeks make in the case of defensive lineman Eddie Vanderdoes. Less than a month before he was to start his Notre Dame football career with summer school and informal workouts, [Vanderdoes] and his future morphed into a runaway rumor Monday. And seemingly the only two people not talking about it in the college football cyber-world were the two who could bring actual substance to the discussion -- Irish fourth-year head coach Brian Kelly and Vanderdoes himself. ... Should Vanderdoes defect -- and UCLA is the reported targeted alternative -- it would take away what figures to be a cornerstone on the defensive line in 2014.

South Bend Tribune

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07:18 AM ET 05.21 | While no one knows how long Andrew Wiggins will last at Kansas, Tarik Black will only call Lawrence home for a year. [Black] has signed a grant-in-aid agreement to play basketball at Kansas, the school announced Tuesday. Black, a 6-foot-9, 245-pound power forward, elected to leave Memphis after averaging 8.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game last season, his junior year. He graduated with a degree in organizational leadership earlier this month and will be eligible to play his senior season right away under the graduate-transfer rule. ... [Said Kansas coach Bill Self:] "He will be a huge addition both physically and emotionally, especially from a leadership standpoint, as he will be the most experienced guy on our team."

Kansas City Star

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07:17 AM ET 05.21 | On the surface, without games to play or practices to coach, this is the slow season in college football, but not for coaches at top programs. Butch Jones says his job is nonstop. ... Yet even amid his travels to various speaking arrangements, fan and alumni events and booster receptions, and his long hours in the offices in Knoxville, Jones takes time to review the work he's done running the Volunteers' program. "I evaluate myself hour by hour, minute by minute," the coach said before Thursday night's Big Orange Caravan stop at the Chattanooga Convention Center. "Every night when I kind of slow down a little bit, I always replay the day over in my mind. What would you have done differently?"

Times Free Press

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07:16 AM ET 05.21 | Since his very public fallout at Rutgers, Mike Rice has started to take more positive steps.[Rice] has spent the past two weeks at John Lucas' Wellness and Aftercare Program in Houston, Lucas told ESPN.com on Monday. Lucas said Rice is receiving counseling for anger management and that there is no set timetable for his stay. Rice is also working with former college players who are going through Lucas' pre-NBA draft camp. "He's doing great," Lucas said. "His attitude has been phenomenal, and our kids love his intensity and his passion for the game. He's happy to be having this chance to give back a little bit." Lucas declined to answer further questions and said Rice will not be granting any interviews.

ESPN New York

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