Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Golden Bears may have landed their most prized recruit in the 2016 recruiting class in terms of ranking, on Monday when Melquise Stovall verbally committed to Cal. Stovall had a breakout junior season rushing 198 times for 1,603 yards with 21 touchdowns. The two-way star also had 32 tackles, four pass breakups, and […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA College football rosters go through a dramatic shift every year when seniors have used up their eligibility and begin the next phase of their life be-it in the NFL or in the working world. Some programs go through more roster changes than others with underclassmen ready to test the NFL waters while some look […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The world has a funny way of working things out. For senior running back Kenneth Dixon, his collegiate career has been a slow and steady pace of racking up rushing yards while piling on the touchdowns. On Saturday, Dixon’s outstanding college career for Louisiana Tech came to a big, but on the grand scheme, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA There are a few benchmarks in sports that signify an outstanding season. As a player moves up from one level to the next, each benchmark becomes harder and harder to attain where natural talent alone cannot promise a .300 batting average in baseball, 10 rebounds a game in basketball, or a 1,000 yard rushing […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3 LSU has had a roller coaster of a season in 2015 as the Tigers won their first seven games then lost three straight games against Alabama, Arkansas, and Ole Miss. Fortunately, the Tigers won their final game of the regular season against Texas A&M saving the season and a lot of other things in the victory. LSU […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA With some departures from a given program, the move seems fairly obvious from an outsiders’ perspective. Players lose their starting positions but want playing time thus look for another opportunity to play via a transfer. The Florida Gators have been through the grinder over the past three seasons losing five quarterbacks to another opportunity; […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA FIRST TEAM Offense WR – Tyler Boyd, Pittsburgh, 6-2, 200, Jr. WR – Isaiah Ford, Virginia Tech, 6-2, 188, So. OT – Rodrick Johnson, Florida State, 6-7, 323, So. OT – Joe Thuney, N.C. State, 6-5, 295, Sr. OG – Landon Turner, North Carolina, 6-4, 325, Sr. OG – Eric Mac Lain, Clemson, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA A quarterback in need of a spot under center in 2016 found a home with a program in great need of a do-it all talent. As announced on Friday, former Kentucky Wildcats starting quarterback Patrick Towles is now a team member of Boston College. If there ever was a team that was truly one-dimensional […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Awards are nothing new for Fayetteville High School quarterback Taylor Powell but the talented Class of 2017 rising star better get used to receiving them. At the end his sophomore season, Powell had completed 172 of 271 passes for 2,513 yards with 20 touchdowns against eight picks earning Arkansas Sophomore of the Year honors […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA More bad news is coming out of Columbia after reports that freshman defensive end Shameik Blackshear has been shot multiple times. Per conflicting reports, Blackshear was at The Club at Carolina Stadium near Founder’s Park Stadium, home field for the Gamecocks baseball team, around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night when the shooting occurred. Blackshear was […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Utah avoided some of the upcoming craziness on the recruiting trail with recruits flipping and flopping back-and-forth between different programs when Santa Monica College quarterback Troy Williams signed his letter of intent on Thursday. Williams started his collegiate career at the University of Washington. The former Narbonne High School star redshirted in 2013 seeing […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA There is now no doubt trouble in the Texas A&M pocket after the transfer of Kenny Hill at the end of the 2014 season, Kyle Allen at the end of the 2015 season, and the now confirmed transfer request of Kyler Murray. All of the negative attention surrounding the state of affairs regarding the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Arkansas Razorbacks completed a 7-5, 5-3, regular season with a chance to add another win in the Liberty Bowl against Kansas State. The Hogs are currently on par with their 2014 season, 7-6, 2-6, as far as overall wins and losses but made some gains and suffered some set-backs along the way in […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA LSU’s 2016 recruiting class, from the outside in, seems like it is in a freefall of sorts lately with a couple of key deflections. The loss of quarterback Feleipe Franks, who committed to the Florida Gators, can be explained away to some degree but on Wednesday, the de-commitment by John Ehret linebacker Michael Divinity […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA When Utah squares off against BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl on Saturday, few surprises will be had between Utes head coach Kyle Whittingham and Cougars head coach Bronco Mendenhall. Whittingham, a former BYU linebacker, is well aware of Mendenhall and the Cougars having lined up against the in-state rivals nine times in 11 […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA On Tuesday three Coffeyville Red Raven players were named NJCAA All-Americans. On Wednesday, one of those All-Americans, Jamarcus King, verbally committed to the South Carolina Gamecocks keeping the talented cornerback away from other hopefully SEC programs. King, originally from Blount High School in Eight Mile, Alabama, is a two-time All-American at the junior college […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze has found a replacement for sure to-be departing left tackle Laremy Tunsil with the verbal commitment of Gregory Little on Wednesday. Little, listed at 6’5.5”, 300 pounds, is as big of a recruiting win for Ole Miss as any other school in the SEC could want at this […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Few high school head coaches have been able to do what Will Clark has done with Crest High School over the past two years. Clark has put together back-to-back 16-0 seasons and put up a 14-2 record in 2013 with a run to the North Carolina state championship game before falling 38-31 to Southern. […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Oregon is working towards becoming “FCS QB Transfer U” under head coach Mark Helfrich after news broke Tuesday that the Ducks were accepting the transfer of senior graduate Dakota Prukop from Montana State. When the 2014 season had finished the Ducks had posted a 13-2 record making the national championship game before falling 42-20 […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA South Carolina fans have been through a bumpy road with recruiting over the last couple of years. From recruits not making their grades or test scores, to a fallout about a potential Steve Spurrier retirement, and then to his actual shocking mid-season retirement, Gamecock Nation has been through the grind. Some stability is back […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Stock in 2016 recruits is flying off the boards with many lightly recruited kids from across the nation being thrust into the limelight quickly as teams scour the nation for top talent to fill their rosters. One of the many recruits seeing an immediate jump in options over the last couple of weeks is […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA For a team that is 13-0, ranked No. 1 in the nation, and has the top seed in the college football playoffs, the Clemson Tigers have been relatively quiet on the recruiting trail. The Tigers last picked up a verbal commitment, recruit No. 13 Tremayne Anchrum, on Nov. 19. On Monday, Clemson made a […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA In Mike Leach’s offense, the Washington State Cougars can never have too many wide receivers. On Monday, Washington State added receiver No. 5 to the 2016 recruiting class landing a verbal commitment from Isaiah Johnson. Johnson burst onto the scene during his junior year pulling down 38 passes for 791 yards with eight touchdowns. […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA There was no surprise that Arkansas wanted to land up to two junior college offensive linemen in the 2016 recruiting class. One of the big leads was Dwayne Wallace, who committed to Cal after the two sides parted ways over possible high SEC transcript requirements. The other big target is Snow College (Utah) offensive […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3 In 2014, the Denham Springs Yellow Jackets in Denham Springs, Louisiana, finished with a 7-5 record and reached the second round of the playoffs. Going into the 2015 season expectations were high as the team was returning senior quarterback Torez Kinchen who had been the starter since halfway through his sophomore season. Kinchen led Denham […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Amazing how a fluke incident can help or hinder a team or even a player at any given time on the gridiron. Football is a game of inches and a fall from a teammate a couple of inches short of Xavier Bell’s ankle could have been a whole different season for Mater Dei High […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The unraveling story of Mississippi defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche continues to take dramatic turns. On Monday, the Rebels star player was charged with marijuana possession stemming from a Saturday evening that included a fall from a hotel wall in Atlanta. The reports have been varied from a wild four-story fall to a 15-foot fall, […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel The New Orleans Bowl has always been one of the earliest scheduled bowl games every December since it was certified by the NCAA as an official bowl game in 2001. The bowl game has been played in the Mercedes Super Dome every year except 2005 when it was temporarily moved to the University of Louisiana-Lafayette Cajun Field […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Perhaps the conspiracy theories about Seth Green’s transfer from East Ridge High School in Minnesota to Allen High School in Texas can be put to rest now. On Sunday, the Ducks landed two highly regarded recruits in quarterback Tristen Wallace and wide receiver Eddie McDoom but lost long-time commitment Seth Green in the process. […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The amount of highs school football talent in the state of Arkansas for the 2016 recruiting class is pretty amazing from top to bottom. The state is highlighted with 5-star defensive end recruit McTelvin Agim, an Arkansas Razorback commit from Hope, and continues on with next level 4-star difference makers like Boise Star running […]
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