NCAA probation doesn't stop football programs

Being put on probation by the NCAA is akin to a slap on the wrist; a post season ban can hurt an FBS program (formerly I-A) for awhile, but won't stop a team from winning a national championship.

Since the first BCS title game in 1999, ten of the 36 teams that participated in the game were on probation at least five years prior to the game and one within six years. Six were on probation within three years of the game.

Five of the those BCS title game winners were on probation within five years of the game and two within at least three years. Click here for full story.

Southeast's Poole rated 41st best player in USA and second best cornerback

Brian Poole is rated the 41st best player in the country by Scout.Com in the class of 2012 and the nation's second best cornerback.

The Southeast High junior is also a standout running back, but his future in college football and beyond is as a defensive back, most likely at cornerback where he is very unique with his size, strength and speed.

Offers are flowing in for the 5-11, 185 pounder and he says he has no favorite at the moment. Among those offering are in state schools Florida, FSU, Miami and USF along with Alabama. Georgia, Notre Dame and USC just to name a few.

The only cornerback rated ahead of Poole is Ronald Darby at 31st from Potomac High in Maryland. The 5-11, 175 pound Darby has verbally committed to Notre Dame.

College scouts love everything about Poole, including his ability to cover those speedy receivers and come up and get physical at the line of scrimmage.