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The all-playoff era team: The best players of the past decade
It’s a simple premise and yet a near-impossible challenge. The story of the past decade of college football is littered with superstars — from Lamar Jackson‘s mystifying talent to Baker Mayfield planting the Oklahoma flag at Ohio State to Tua Tagovailoa rescuing Alabama from the brink of defeat to a former walk-on in Stetson Bennett […]
Continue readingNew Orleans’ dynamic duo
This clash at Tad Gormley Stadium in City Park, the revered and rebuilt area of New Orleans to which so many of the players on both teams trace their football roots, featured some 20 major-college prospects, notably three of the top 30 players in the 2014 class. Saint Augustine running back Leonard Fournette, the No. […]
Continue readingSafety prospect stays disciplined
Thompson isn’t ashamed to say his North Sacramento, Calif., neighborhood is full of drama. There’s violence. There’s crime. There are drugs. There are even unsolved mysteries. “There are a lot of gangs out there,” Thompson said. “You’ve got Bloods, Crips, Mexican gangs, Samoan gangs … there’s a lot of commotion going on.” There’s also football, […]
Continue readingMost wonderful day of the year
Which is exactly why I’ll spend every waking moment Wednesday breathlessly monitoring every delicious, knucklehead moment of it. I’m not going to apologize for it. I love signing day. I celebrate its absurdity. I luxuriate in the sheer dumbness of it. It’s our version (and by “our” I mean anyone who worships college football) of […]
Continue readingAlabama’s 2012 class is No. 1 in nation
By the time the sun rose on signing day, Saban had his entire commitment board filled out. The rest of the day was spent watching the plan unfold. “We knew exactly pretty much what we were going to get,” Saban said when he addressed the media Wednesday afternoon. “We didn’t have any surprises. All of […]
Continue readingLSU’s 2012 class filled with talent
LSU polished off its 2012 recruiting class on Wednesday afternoon, hauling in 22 commitments to bolster an already loaded program. But while the Tigers landed nine four-star recruits and five members of the ESPNU 150, they landed well below the star-studded classes of rivals such as Alabama and Florida. Color Les Miles unconcerned. The LSU […]
Continue readingA different kind of love
As a 19-year-old rookie in 1989 or a future Hall of Fame retiree just 19 months ago, when Griffey wore a baseball uniform, he had fun. His love for the game was genuine. It’s what made him strive for greatness, he said. Look closely this week as the White team practices for the Under Armour […]
Continue readingPlayers have fun at Skills Challenge
That didn’t include the participants in the American Family Insurance Skills Challenge, who found during the surprisingly grueling two-hour competition that their day and their workout weren’t anywhere near done. Speaking between gasps after his run at the Under Armour Hands Competition, safety Landon Collins (Geismar, La./Dutchtown) said by the time he got through the […]
Continue readingThe faces of Nick Saban’s recruiting
He’s gruff. He’s demanding. He’s hard-nosed, unrelenting and oftentimes furious. He is, according to a survey conducted by ESPN, the most-intimidating coach in college football. Of the 58 recruits who responded to a survey, 22 selected Saban as the most intimidating coach they’ve spoken with. The next-highest on the list was Urban Meyer, who was […]
Continue reading20 things to know about 2016 class
20. Texas A&M offensive tackle commit Patrick Hudson is one of the strongest prospects in the class. At a powerlifting meet, the 6-foot-5, 330-pound Hudson, who ranks No. 20 in the 2016 class, bench-pressed 425 pounds and squatted 625 pounds. He’s 16 years old. 19. There are 19 prospects from Louisiana, the state that produces […]
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