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North Carolina won the ACC Coastal Division this year, but it won’t ever be recognized by anyone other than the school.

The Tar Heels were under NCAA sanctions this season, which made them ineligible for any division or conference titles, or a bowl game. So, it didn’t matter that North Carolina went 5-3 in conference play and won its division thanks to a tiebreaker. Miami will be the Coastal Division winner of record in every record book that matters.

Still, that didn’t stop the university, at coach Larry Fedora’s behest, to give every member of the 2012 team a Coastal Division championship ring, which is drawing outrage from ACC fans, who are calling North Carolina all sorts of names, including arrogant.

But Brian Barbour from TarHeelBlog.com makes a good point — none of the players or coaches on the 2012 team were involved in the academic issues that led to the postseason ban. The NCAA had to punish the school for the academic misdeeds of past regimes, but that doesn’t mean the 2012 Tar Heels shouldn’t get to relish in their accomplishment.

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Wake Forest has officially put redshirting on hold.

Seriously.

Offensive coordinator Steed Lobotzke was quoted in an ESPN.com story as saying the Demon Deacons were opening up playing time to any and all classes no matter the position.

“We’re opening it up now,” Lobotzke told the website. “We’re telling everybody we want to win this year, we’ll play anybody it takes on either side of the ball to do that. The redshirting policy is kind of on hold right now. We just want to win. We want to win, we want to win right now, so we’re going to play anybody if it will help our depth.”

This is in stark contrast to coach Jim Grobe’s philosophy of past years. Only 22 true freshmen have played since coach Grobe was hired in 2001 and only two played last year.

This is what happens when you haven’t had a winning season since 2008 and realize your job security is in serious jeopardy.

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Texas A&M is obviously serious about joining college football's elite.

The Aggies, who haven't won a national championship since 1939, already had been talking about stadium renovations. The latest report said the school is planning to expand its capacity from 83,000 to a more SEC-like 102,000. The news came from Billy Liucci of TexAgs.com.

Per A&M source, Kyle Field project will increase capacity to over 102,000.

— Billy Liucci (@billyliucci) April 30, 2013

The school had been discussing a new capacity of between 95,000 to 102,000, but being Texas and all, it went as big as it could.

The entire renovation and expansion of Kyle Field is a huge deal for the Aggies and the future of their football program.

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Stanford quarterback Josh Nunes has medically retired after suffering a debilitating injury during an offseason workout in February.

According to the Associated Press, Nunes, Stanford’s former starting quarterback, ruptured his pectoralis major tendon while doing a bench press exercise. He dropped the weights on his chest and had surgery a few days later to reattach the tendon with screws.

Nunes suffered no further injuries by dropping the weight on his chest and the ruptured pectoralis will take about 12 months to heal. He could have attempted to come back from the injury, but another injury to that area could have resulted in something catastrophic.

"The injury shouldn't have happened and we're not sure why it happened," Nunes’ father, Tim, said. "It's not something that could've been prevented. Doctors told us it's rare for quarterbacks. Just a freak accident."

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SEC commissioner Mike Slive said he wants knowledgeable football experts on the College Football Playoff selection committee, according to the Associated Press, and that seems to be a happy and obvious solution.

Smart people picking the playoff teams? Got it. That was easy!

The ambiguity in Slive's statement is probably because he, like everyone else, doesn't have a clear answer for what group should make up the committee. There's a reason the site of the first title game and the semifinal rotation, and the name of the playoff, were decided easily while the third major part of last week's docket never got settled.

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The issue over whether collegiate athletes should be paid to play is a one that has been fiercely contested and pitted the wealthier schools against those schools that would have trouble competing.

Consequently, it’s created a division between the haves and have-nots and that division came to a hilt today when SEC commissioner Mike Slive made a not-so-veiled comment that the money school won’t be afraid to break off from the NCAA to get what they want.

"When there are certain things that many of us would like to come into play, it's our hope that those things can all occur in the current system," Slive said today during an Associated Press Sports Editors meeting at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. "Obviously, if things like that don't get accomplished, then it may be appropriate to talk about some alternative or division or something like that. But that's not our desire. That's not our goal and that's not something we're trying to get to."

While Slive noted that no serious conversations about breaking off were in the works, the fact that he went public with those thoughts was not a slip of the tongue; more like a shot across the bow.

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This weekend, some fans got a rare glimpse of what former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel would look like in a basketball jersey instead of a sweater vest.

On Saturday, Tressel played in a charity basketball game in Struthers, Ohio for former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett.

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The two college quarterbacks who have gotten the most attention since the season ended — some because of their play on and off the field, some because of their attractive girlfriends — are actually good friends.

Alabama’s AJ McCarron and Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel had a bro backing moment on Twitter earlier this month when they stood up for each other in an exchange, and McCarron actually told USA Today that the two QB’s were planning on vacationing together in an yet-to-be-determined exotic location.

Hate me or love me, I will forever be me!! And that will never change. #mobtown #251 #RTR #3xCHAMP

— AJ McCarron (@10AJMcCarron) April 19, 2013

@10ajmccarron TELL EM! — Johnny Manziel (@JManziel2) April 19, 2013

@jmanziel2 always bro! But I'm ready for our trip in may. Hit u up with more Info. Be good bro

— AJ McCarron (@10AJMcCarron) April 19, 2013

@10ajmccarron just keep in touch and let me know! Text me if you ever need anything! — Johnny Manziel (@JManziel2) April 19, 2013