Published on: 26th July, 2010
College football recruiting has been likened to a battlefield, where teams control territory and battle invading foes for certain players or vise-versa. Traditional rivalries stretch beyond the field as two or three programs fight over a prospect while bad mouthing each other and doing everything they can to see the momentum ...Published on: 26th July, 2010
Going over the 2011 recruiting class, we've done a few pieces on underrated players or under the radar players, or potential breakout players, and the likes of that. But something is missing from those pieces.The game film. Some players are just gamers. Scouts will downgrade them for any number of reasons, but ...Published on: 26th July, 2010
There are a lot of prospects out there who remain uncommitted, but when you look at the quarterback position, the number of elite players available has dwindled.Of the top 20 quarterbacks from the 2011 recruiting class, Brett Hundley, Scout's No. 5 QB, is the only one remaining who has not ...Published on: 23rd July, 2010
When you look at teams that struggle at a certain position, more times than not you can trace that back to poor recruiting. Obviously there are many cases where a blue chip prospect never pans out, butit’s when you have no depth behind that player that the trouble really sticks ...Published on: 23rd July, 2010
After pulling in a top five recruiting class in 2010, Auburn is behind the game for 2011. Based on their current commitments the Tigers' class is ranked 18th, but there's plenty of time to climb if they manage to snag a few blue chip prospects between now and National Signing ...Published on: 22nd July, 2010
A lot has changed since the postseason rankings were announced. Some of the best players in the country have moved onto the NFL, coaches have been shipped in and out, young guns are ready to assume more prominent roles, and incoming freshmen will make impacts all around the country. So ...Published on: 21st July, 2010
Clemson fans have been on the edge of their seats for longer than they'd care to admit, but the good news is they can all take a deep breath and relax. For now at least. Kyle Parker's midnight deadline came and went last night without a commitment to MLB, but rather ...Published on: 20th July, 2010
What's a football game without a good tailgate, right? The two go hand in hand, but on college campuses around the country, the fans often take it to another level. The union of football and tailgating is a marriage celebrated every Saturday with a "renewal of vows". Tailgating in Texas, Louisiana, at ...Published on: 16th July, 2010
College football recruiting is anything but an exact science. There have been countless unappreciated and underrated recruits that have risen to become stars and an equal number of 5-star blue chip prospects that have crumpled and vanished. For the most part, a 5-star recruit will go on to have a ...Published on: 16th July, 2010
Decommitments and transfers are a part of the game in college football. Whether it be an issue with the coaching staff, academics, scheme, playing time, teammates, off the field issues, or just plain old cold feet, players back out of commitments or transfer to a new school every year. Sometimes ...