Published on: 19th March, 2011
Thanks for the emails and questions. I do have to say this weeks batch was different than I expected with less questions about football than football associated questions. Dear Larry, Who has the biggest college marching band? I know best is very subjective. Old Band Guy in Ohio Dear Band Guy, Going by sheer numbers, ...Published on: 2nd March, 2011
I may be on the road and laptopping my to Key Largo, but I still have time to answer the questions that have been on your mind. Thanks for the submissions and let's see what you've been wanting to know. Dear Larry, What is there such an importance placed ...Published on: 10th February, 2011
There's old saying that it takes money to make money. If you translate that into college football terms, it takes money to have top teams that pull in big money. Though a big name coach can bring in recruits with his own star power, it takes great facilities to impress ...Published on: 6th February, 2011
If there was ever a more curious route taken to arrive at a final destination in football recruiting, I haven't witnessed it. Cyrus Kouandijo's decision-making process went from hither to yon and back again. It is a tale of both the pressure placed upon a 17-year-old boy and the tactics of ...Published on: 30th January, 2011
Larry Burton (Syndicated Writer) When you're in the press and you have a hectic schedule, you miss too much. Covering the Capital One Bowl game for example, it was into Orlando quick, do the game, then rush back to write the stories. This year, my publishers wanted me to write of the ...Published on: 13th January, 2011
It's one thing to sing a lot of credit recruits, it's another to have them ready to play in their first season on campus. This, though, is what Alabama is hoping for with the arrival of so many early enrollees this month. The extra months of conditioning, not to mention the ...Published on: 23rd December, 2010
Larry Burton (Syndicated Writer) ESPN and ABC are mentioning that Ohio State may have eight to ten players who have broken NCAA regulations by receiving free tattoos from a parlor in Columbus in exchange for signed memorabilia. Players being mentioned are some of the big stars like Terrell Pryor and others. If ...Published on: 20th December, 2010
Larry Burton (Syndicated Writer) Somebody way up the ladder in the corporation that owns ESPN and ABC television needs to be fired.On one of the most important days of the year for not just SEC fans, but college football fans as a whole, ABC and ESPN, who are both owned ...Published on: 14th December, 2010
Win or lose this bowl, this has not been the season that Alabama fans had hoped for, but a 10-win season would be nothing to wring your hands over either. The frustrating part was being oh so close to being able to win so many of those games they lost. Where do ...Published on: 12th December, 2010
Will Muschamp jumped the sinking ship that is Texas football and came home to the SEC in style with the head coaching job of Florida. “This is a dream come true to be the head coach of the Florida Gators,” said Muschamp after becoming the newest SEC head coach. And why ...