National Signing Day 2012: Stanford, Auburn, FSU Among Big Winners In addition to picking up top defensive tackle Eddie Goldman, they also snagged top cornerback prospect Ronald Darby. Looking for National Signing Day coverage of other teams or recruits? Head to SB Nation College Football Recruiting. Read more on SB Nation College Football's Sleeping Giants [...]
Concussions nothing new in football Eventually many people, metaphorically speaking, scratched their heads at this violence which was blossoming of all places in our institutions of higher learning (American colleges and universities). The outcry became loud enough that President … Read more on Hattiesburg American Varsity notebook, Feb. 1: Student-athletes make college choices official on [...]
Seven Cedar Park students to play college football By Danny Davis | Monday, January 30, 2012, 02:15 PM Cedar Park held a ceremony on Monday for the seven members of its football team who will be playing college football next season. Defensive back Zach Espinosa (Rice), offensive lineman Felix Romero … Read more on Austin [...]
Pro Football, Pro Basketball Collide in 14th-Annual Gridiron Celebrity Hoops … 27, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — What do six-time NFL Pro-Bowl player Terrell "TO" Owens, Multi-Platinum recording artist/actor Chris Brown, Dallas Cowboys player Dez Bryant, NBA Champion Rasheed Wallace and 2011 WNBA MVP Tamika Catchings have in common? Read more on Sacramento Bee
Aquinas athletes have elite options “From the beginning of this whole long process, I made it apparent that academics were first and foremost for me, and when I got the chance to start looking at Ivy League schools, I was impressed with how competitive they were on the football field,” … Read more on MiamiHerald.com [...]
College football recruiting 101 By Staff Reports Here are some common questions, answered by Scott Key (son Kason was quarterback at Owasso and is still weighing his options; son Coleman is a Division I QB prospect for the Class of 2014) and David Sherwood (son Conner, a linebacker … Read more on Tulsa World College [...]
Brandon Marshall caught six passes for 176 yards and a Pro Bowl-record four touchdowns, and the AFC used a second-half surge to beat the NFC 59-41 on Sunday. The Miami Dolphins wide receiver had a touchdown catch in each quarter, including an early 74-yarder and a 3-yarder in the fourth, in a game filled with highlight-reel [...]
NEWARK CITY SCHOOLS It's never too early to start thinking about college, even if your child is just in elementary school. The Newark campus of Ohio State University and Central Ohio Technical College invites parents of elementary school-age children in the Newark City … Read more on The Newark Advocate Music, dance and a job [...]
49ers rookie standout Aldon Smith was charged Saturday with driving under the influence in Miami Beach, Fla. The 22-year-old Smith, who nearly broke the NFL record for sacks as a rookie, was arrested Friday night and booked into jail by Miami Beach Police at 9:32 a.m. EST Saturday, according to various reports. Smith’s bond was [...]
Four years ago, coach Tom Coughlin had a decision to make in the New York Giants’ final regular-season game. The Giants had clinched a playoff spot and had nothing to play for in the game against the New England Patriots, who came in with a 15-0 record. Coughlin didn’t rest his starters. He played to win. Even [...]
When Eli Manning started out, there were doubts he would live up to his brother. With every playoff victory, he’s quieted skeptics. It was around breakfast time in Miami on Feb. 5, 2007, when Peyton Manning was collecting his Cadillac as MVP of Super Bowl XLI. A news conference had been arranged at the convention [...]
Don't Just Fix College Football in January, Start in September At the exact moment when outrage over the fraudulent system to determine DI college football's national champion should be at its apex, the issue is quickly swept to the back pages by the most-watched football games of the year. Read more on Huffington Post (blog) [...]
Bridgeton football player Christian Brown picks West Virginia Christian Brown moved from Florida to Bridgeton to be closer to the many colleges recruiting him to play football. Last month, the 18-year old decided to attend West Virginia University. "I called the head coach (Dana Holgorsen) and told him that I was … Read more on [...]
Former 'Hound teammates going to Super Bowl together "To be able to come to Fort Scott away from your family and the environment that you are used to living in and be able to become All-American Football players as well as college graduates was the beginning for Jacquian and Jason," former FSCC head … Read [...]
Jefferson's Deion Guice got off the football field and back to class A year ago, Jefferson High School's Deion Guice seemed to be a big-time, big-program college football prospect — until his transcript came into play. He barely was doing enough in the classroom to remain eligible for the Democrats, and the chances of … [...]
Shaun Nua Named Assistant Football Coach At The Naval Academy Navy head football coach Ken Niumatalolo announced today that Shaun Nua has joined the staff as an assistant coach and will assist Dale Pehrson in coaching the defensive line. Niumatalolo also announced that Justin Davis will move from the defensive … Read more on NavySports.com [...]
Alabama captures US college football title WASHINGTON — Jeremy Shelley kicked five field goals to lift the University of Alabama over Louisiana State University 21-0 to win the US collegiate American football national championship game. The Bowl Championship Series title game triumph at the … Read more on AFP Predicting College Football's 13 Teams Most [...]
Now that the NFL has labor peace for the next decade, Commissioner Roger Goodell has job security through the 2018 season. Not only did Goodell get through one of the league’s most contentious and troubling periods — a 4 ½-month lockout of the players — but he oversaw a highly successful season once a 10-year [...]
College Football: BCS Needs Changed in Four Big Ways Since its birth in 1998, the BCS has caused nothing but controversy among fans and coaches of college football, and I can see why, considering the multitude of flaws that live within this maligned system. There is no opinion that exists in this … Read more [...]
Rader introduced as MC's 28th head football coach “It's a big day for Maryville College football,” Radar told the students, administration, almuni and media gathered in Isaacs' Cafe. “One thing that impressed me so much during the interview process was the enthusiasm and the fire the Maryville family … Read more on Maryville Daily Times [...]
REGION COLLEGIANS: Rose-Hulman's Kovach named to Little All-America football team One of the biggest came when the Rose-Hulman junior was chosen as a member of the Associated Press' Little All-America football team. Selected as a third-team all-purpose player, the Andrean product became the first Fightin' Engineer tabbed for the AP … Read more on nwitimes.com [...]
Josh Duhamel And Snoop Pay Tribute To Late College Coach Paterno American football fans Josh Duhamel and rapper Snoop Dogg have paid tribute to former college coach Joe Paterno, who died on Sunday morning (22Jan12). Paterno passed away at the age of 85 following a battle with lung cancer. Read more on Contactmusic.com College basketball [...]
Wide receiver Kyle Williams of the San Francisco 49ers made two costly mistakes in Sunday’s NFC Championship game that likely cost his team a spot in Super Bowl XLVI. But the real drama happened after the game, on Twitter. Outraged fans used the social network to post a cavalcade of hateful, vile messages — including death threats [...]
If it’s true, as the saying goes, that “defense wins championships,” the NFL’s conference title games offered ample evidence that special teams can lose them. “You’re going to need special teams. A kick will win a game more often than a run or pass will win the game, and a special teams tackle can make a [...]
