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07:14 AM ET 05.24 | Brady Hoke may not be a fan of Ohio State, but he has no problem with the state itself. The footballs U-M receiver Bo Dever tweeted a photo of this week, which said "Made In the USA, Not In Ohio," were not commissioned by Hoke. In fact, he said he didn't know anything about them. "I wish I knew," he said in an interview on KLSD-AM (1360) on Wednesday. "I guess we can find out from Adidas. I had no idea and I get into work, and I see that this has been tweeted out. The only thing I can say is the head coach at Michigan is from Ohio, and we've got a lot of football players from Ohio on our football team, so we think there's some good things made in Ohio." Dever's tweet was removed after it was discovered and went viral, but the damage was done.

Detroit Free Press

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07:13 AM ET 05.24 | Les Miles may be on to something when it comes to the SEC's scheduling. Last year, LSU played Florida, as always, and South Carolina from the SEC East. The Gators and the Gamecocks each went 11-2. Compare that degree of difficulty with Alabama's SEC East opponents: Tennessee, as always, and league newcomer Missouri. They each finished 5-7. This year, Alabama plays Tennessee and Kentucky from the East, two programs that were so bad last year they fired their head coaches. LSU gets legitimate contenders Florida and Georgia. Advantage, Alabama. Again. Tennessee is the real problem here. The Vols haven't lived up to their history as one of the upper-echelon programs in the league in years. They haven't been ranked going into the Alabama game since 2007.

Al.com

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07:13 AM ET 05.24 | But wait, there's more! [It was near the end of his press conference to announce his return to USA Basketball] that Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski made a largely unrelated but far more compelling comment about his future. He talked about his excitement regarding where the Atlantic Coast Conference is headed with the coming arrival of former Big Easters Louisville, Notre Dame, Pitt and Syracuse to join the league over the next few seasons. "We're going to be a 10-bid conference," Krzyzewski said. "We're going to be the best conference in the history of the game." The news about his return to USA Basketball had been known a few days. This, however, was stunning.

Sporting News

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07:12 AM ET 05.24 | What a difference a year makes for Arizona State football coach Todd Graham. Last year at this time, Graham, just a few months from replacing Dennis Erickson, was on a goodwill tour across the Valley. He spoke on campus and off, met with community leaders and university boosters, spreading his message. At the same time, Graham laid the foundation of his program, one laced in discipline. He set strict rules for his players and established expectations for their actions on the field and off. Today Graham continues those efforts, but he also has significant more time to do what he might do best: prepare. "I feel twice as prepared, and it's (the middle of May), than I did Aug. 31 of last year," Graham said.

The Arizona Republic

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02:24 PM ET 05.23 | Electronic Arts is currently involved with the O'Bannon lawsuit against the NCAA for using players likenesses without compensation. Their defense for their NCAA Football video game series is that they never used a player by name, but that argument took a hit when it was discovered that EA used Tim Tebow by name in a formation package that was exclusive to the Florida Gators' playbook. One of the pillars of the NCAA is amateurism, which would prohibit athletes from being compensated based solely on their status as an athlete. However, the NCAA itself and its partners don't seem to have any issues doing just that themselves.

SB Nation

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