Ryan Leaf Intercepted Yet Again

Charger fans have heard this before, only this time they're cheering.

The man who threw 36 interceptions in 25 career games was detained at the U.S.-Canada border Wednesday.  The former #2 pick in the NFL (behind Peyton Manning) had a warrant out for his arrest, stemming from drug and burglary charges.  He had been given a Thursday deadline by the Texas DA to turn himself in, or the bounty hunters would be sent to British Columbia looking for him.

Former College Football Captain Was Out To His Team in 2000

In an ideal world gay athletes would be treated exactly the same as anyone else on their team but all too often we hear just the opposite happening. So it's great to hear an encouraging story like Brian Sims'. 

Cyd Zeigler over at Outsports interviewed the former defensive tackle and team captain for the Bloomsburg University football team.  In the interview Sims recalls that he never actually came out to his team.  "My team came out to me" after the team's quarterback was told of his sexuality by one of his former lovers. 

Lane Kiffin: Beware Gators Bearing Grudges

I’ve never been a big SEC fan.  I’m a Big Ten guy.  So, I have never really paid a lot of attention to the subplots and subtexts of coaches and players and programs down in the SEC.  But I have to admit, I will be tuning in to watch the Florida Gators beat the living $!@^&%# out of the Tennessee Volunteers this coming fall.

College Football Bowl Pick Em' Contest Winner

After twenty thrilling days, many readers joined me in predicting who would win all thirty four college football bowl games. All entries were submitted before the December 20th deadline and results were tallied to determine a champion. The winner of the title "2009 Gay Sports Blog COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL PICK EM' CONTEST WINNER IS......dlaWVU_GoEers!

Congratulations, our winner finished the bowl season predicting each bowl game winner 62% of the time. Thanks to everybody who participated and now we all need to start the process of detoxing away from college football, it's hard, but we gotta do it. See you in about eight months!

(Overall standings and records after the jump!

The University of Tebow is the National Champions!

The 2008-2009 college football season came to and end on Thursday night as the Florida Gators defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 24-14 in the BCS National Championship game. Quarterback Tim Tebow threw two interceptions in the first half but took command of the game by firing up his team leading Florida to it's second National Championship within the past three years. Tebow was impressive as he ran for 109 yards and passed for 231 yards on his way into the history books.

In three short years Tim Tebow has become one of the greatest college football players in the history of the game and one of the greatest college quarterbacks ever. Really, what does he have left to accomplish unless it's a third title and a second Heisman? Congratulations, GO GATORS!

(Photo: Getty Images)

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J.D. Jones has worked as a sports editor and coached high school boy's and girls tennis teams. Besides tennis, he is an avid college and pro football and basketball fan - GO UTES!

Unless otherwise stated, no particular sexual orientation of anyone depicted is implied or should be presumed.

BCS ISN'T PERFECT, BUT UTAH IS!

As the 2008-2009 college football season ends this weekend, four teams (USC, TEXAS, UTAH, and FLORIDA / OKLAHOMA) will lay claim to being the number one team in the nation. Thanks to the controversial Bowl Championship Series (BCS) system, fans once again are left wondering who really is the best team in college football. Without a playoff to determine a TRUE champion, the problems continue to mount as the current system still does not determine a clear cut winner. Utah's crushing of Alabama in the Sugar Bowl and finishing as the ONLY undefeated team in the nation sends a very clear message to the nation, things need to change.....soon!

(Read more after the jump!)

Newspaper Takes on Local College

The San Diego Union-Tribune recently published a commentary which recommended San Diego State University drop its football program.  The school and its president were outraged, and now the paper has published select reader responses.  Many have questioned the loyalty of the local paper, which begs the question: do major media outlets owe their local universities loyalty in their coverage?

GO! U Northwestern, Fight for Victory (Almost)

It’s bowl season, and that means that I get to sit around and watch all manner of college football games, from the sublime to the ridiculous.  As a lifelong, and too often long-suffering, Northwestern fan, this year means that I got to spend Monday night watching NU take on Missouri in the Alamo Bowl.

NU should have gone to a bigger/better bowl, a New Year’s Day bowl (not a BCS Bowl, mind you).  However, with the bowls rules such as they are, the bowls get to pick teams based not so much on their records and standings, but on their ability to draw fans to the games and generate TV viewing.  Hence, under-achieving Iowa got a better bowl than NU.

Thoughts from the Poinsettia Bowl

Tuesday's Poinsettia Bowl did not disappoint, as #11 TCU edged previously-undefeated #9 Boise State 17-16 in San Diego.  Some observations from Qualcomm Stadium...

Tight End in Porn?

Visanthe Shiancoe's goods were shown live on television inside the Vikings' locker room accidentally by Fox.  The Minnesota tight end may actually get to make some money out of the situation in a way he probably hadn't ever considered.