Updated: no broken bones in leg for Clemson’s Tajh Boyd

By Ben KerchevalOct 8, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT

Clemson fans were riding a wave of euphoria after defeating three AP top 25 teams over as many weeks. With a No. 8 ranking and a game against 1-4 Boston College, the Tigers were looking good.

That excitement came to a thud, however, in the third quarter of the Tigers’ game against BC, when star quarterback Tajh Boyd left the game in the third quarter after getting hit in the left leg. Boyd attempted to get up from the hit, but was eventually helped off by team trainers. Boyd could not put any pressure on his injured leg.

Sideline reporters have stated that the injury is to Boyd’s upper leg and not his knee. Outside of that, details are scarce. The Associated Press reported after the game that Boyd was walking around the locker room with some ease.

“We’re praying for positive news there,” head coach Dabo Swinney said. An MRI on Boyd’s hip came back negative.

Suffice it to say, though, losing Boyd for any amount of time would be a huge disappointment for a team that finally seemed to be shaking the “Clemson being Clemson” curse. Boyd is considered questionable for the Tigers’ next game against Maryland.

Not that an injury is anyone’s fault, of course, but it always feels like it’s something with the Tigers.

Clemson defeated Boston College 36-14. Freshman Cole Stoudt came in in as Boyd’s replacement.

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Report: Call to escort service coincided with a Hugh Freeze recruiting trip

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By John TaylorAug 16, 2017, 12:10 PM EDT

Not surprisingly, more details are surfacing in Hugh Freeze‘s unceremonious exit from Oxford.

Freeze resigned as the head football coach at Ole Miss last month in part because of Jan. 19 phone call to an escort service that was initially deemed to be a misdial. According to the Wall Street Journal, that call came a few hours after a university plane landed in Tampa, Fla., as part of a five-day, 13-stop recruiting trip. On that plane was Freeze as well as other members of the Rebels football staff.

The discovery of the link between the call and recruiting trip came after a review of phone records and other documents.

After Freeze’s “resignation,” Ole Miss athletic director Ross Bjork described an unspecified pattern of personal misconduct that led to the coach’s departure. Bjork somewhat expounded on that pattern to the Journal.

Although school officials had previously declined to characterize the alleged misconduct, Ole Miss athletic director Ross Bjork said in response to questions from the Journal about Freeze’s travel that the university’s investigation uncovered “calls of a similar nature” over the course of several years, often matching up with travel logs showing the coach’s use of the school plane. The school said it examined his travel logs from peak recruiting times—often November, December and January—when Freeze would travel out of state, using the school plane and other public resources.

“When we say pattern, we are describing other phone numbers that when you Google them pull up similar type websites, services, however you would describe them,” Bjork said. “We took action swiftly.

Speculation of late has there being more, potentially much more, to Freeze’s forced resignation. Only time will tell how much more will ultimately come out — especially if another former Ole Miss head coach’s lawsuit, kicked out of federal court for lack of jurisdiction, is revived in the state of Mississippi as expected.

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Next Chance U: Dismissed Oklahoma QB Chris Robison will join Auburn transfer John Franklin III at FAU

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By John TaylorAug 16, 2017, 8:58 AM EDT

In a span of just a few hours, Lane Kiffin Tuesday bolstered his first Florida Atlantic roster with a pair of Power Five transfers.

In the middle of the afternoon Tuesday, Auburn confirmed that John Franklin III had decided to transfer from the Tigers in order to be closer to his Fort Lauderdale, Fla., home. Not long after, the quarterback-turned-wide receiver revealed on his Instagram account that he is “coming home and looking forward to playing my last collegiate season at FAU under Coach Lane Kiffin.”

Franklin would come to the Owls as a graduate transfer, giving him immediate eligibility.

Thank you Tiger Nation #WDE

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Not even four hours later, Chris Robison took to social media on his private Twitter account to announce that he too will be transferring into Kiffin’s FAU program. The quarterback was dismissed by Oklahoma earlier this month for violating unspecified team rules.

Former #Sooners QB Chris Robison announces via Twitter he will join the Florida Atlantic football program. pic.twitter.com/RIgrmKgkyL

— Eddie Radosevich (@Eddie_Rado) August 15, 2017

A four-star member of the Sooners’ 2017 recruiting class, Robison was rated as the No. 7 pro-style quarterback in the country; the No. 29 player at any position in the state of Texas; and the No. 173 recruit on 247Sports.com‘s composite board. As an early enrollee, Robison took part in spring practice and played in the spring game, completing 3-of-5 passes for 49 yards.

Roughly 12 hours after that game, he was arrested for being drunk in public. Because of only what were described as “personal reasons,” Robison wasn’t enrolled in summer classes and didn’t take part in football workouts during the same period.