Published on: 15th October, 2010
The summer leading up to a new season is crucial for a couple of reasons. First, it gives the coaching staff time to evaluate where their team is at and get their players ready.But it's also primetime recruiting season, with unofficial visits and camps leading toward the majority of commitments ...Published on: 13th October, 2010
Before Alabama's trip to South Carolina on Saturday, the Crimson Tide didn't just look like a team steam rolling through the season, but also a program positioning itself to nab every top recruit still on its list. That was until the Gamecocks pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the season ...Published on: 13th October, 2010
College football is rooted in tradition and fanfare that simply does not exist in most sports. The history of the game and its players, as well as generations upon generations of loyal fans, makes it something wholly unique.Every team has its traditions, some founded in historical setting, others founded in ...Published on: 11th October, 2010
A wild week of college football is in the books and the excitement on the field was some of the best we've seen this year so far. Alabama fell to South Carolina, LSU pulled off some late trickery to survive against Florida, Michigan State made a statement against their bitter in-state ...Published on: 11th October, 2010
Last week we gave you a rundown of college football's most overrated and underrated quarterbacks, but this week we'll put the spotlight on the running backs.As mentioned in our quarterback rankings, players tend to ride on their reputations longer than than they should.It works both ways though. Players who've been good ...Published on: 8th October, 2010
5-star linebacker Stephone Anthony will be one of the biggest names in attendance for the Florida-LSU game this weekend in Gainesville while he makes his official visit to the school. Anthony, one of the top outside linebackers in the country, is believed to be heavily favoring the Gators, though it's unlikely ...Published on: 8th October, 2010
There are two ways to look at a recruiting class—the long term and the short term. Obviously the ultimate goal is to recruit well-balanced and talented classes every year and simply churn out talent, but in reality there are always holes to fill and that plays a major role when schools look at ...Published on: 7th October, 2010
5-star defensive end Jermauria Rasco has been a tough prospect to gage as to this point he hasn't officially narrowed his list of over 20 suitors down to any finalists. But based on the way his recruitment has gone, it's safe to say that LSU, Texas and Alabama have a clear ...Published on: 7th October, 2010
As we go through the 2010 high school football season it's time to re-evaluate the talent of the 2011 recruiting class and hand out some new positional rankings. Based on performances throughout the summer in various camps around the country there's been some noticeable shifts in opinion from every recruiting outlet you'll come ...Published on: 7th October, 2010
Not just in college football, but in all sports, hype tends to outweigh merit.If a team gets pumped through the hype machine the nation begins to believe in its greatness. The same goes for players. Preseason Heisman hopefuls are glorified in the early goings of the season and even as they ...