Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Associated Press released their 2015 college football first-, second-, and third-team selections on Sunday putting an ending punctuation of some of the best performances of the season. Several teams like Alabama and Baylor, with three first-team nods each, cleaned up but the Arkansas Razorbacks had a good showing as well. When the teams […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The end of season college football awards are being handed out right and left with one of the long-time staples of postseason honors being the Associated Press All-American teams. On Sunday, the AP released their three teams with Alabama and Baylor topping all schools with three first-team selections each. No surprise to see Heisman […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The 2016 Arizona recruiting class has been stocked full of talent under center at one time or another with a one-time verbal commitment from 5-star quarterback Shea Patterson, now committed to Ole Miss, and with 4-stars Devon Modster and Khalil Tate currently part of the haul. On Saturday the Wildcats coaching staff added a […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The landscape of college football has drastically changed over the last decade where seeing a head coach stay at a given program for life is not likely to happen. Case in point the Georgia Bulldogs. The Georgia upper crust felt it necessary to part ways with head coach Mark Richt after he posted an […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA A world full of potential lays ahead for Ann Arbor 2016 linebacker Daelin Hayes. The 6’3.5”, 240 pound, athlete has been a terror on the field when outside influences or unfortunate injuries have not allowed him to display his wide array of talents. His physical and mental blessing have led recruiting services to rank […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Somethings may be better left unsaid, or in this case, left unwritten, but a note of caution should be sent out to the world with the thought of protecting high school football players making life changing decisions built upon a relationship and a promise from a coaching staff. After years of trying to find […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The promise of a bright future has been ongoing in College Station since the 2012 season when Texas A&M posted an 11-2 record finishing the season with an AP ranking of No. 5 after a 41-13 thumping of former Big 12 rival Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl Classic. Trouble is head coach Kevin Sumlin […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Another cautionary tale for high school and junior college quarterbacks out of the Division-I ranks surfaced on Thursday when news broke that Trevor Knight had asked for and was granted a release from his scholarship at the University of Oklahoma. Knight’s Q-rating went through the roof at the end of his redshirt freshman season […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Just about everything possible has been going D’Vaughn Pennamon’s way in 2015. The Mavericks posted an 11-3 record making the fourth round of the Texas High School Playoffs before falling to the Katy Tigers 35-17. As Manvel roared through their season losing their two regular season games by a total of six points (Westfield […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Stats can sometimes be misleading but the combination of stats and tape always shows the truth. One truism about the 2015 Arkansas high school football season, Si Kilinc turned in a defensive MVP kind of season for the entire state but without much fanfare. The praise is big as is the statement, but hard […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA USC removed the interim head coaching tag off Clay Helton the week of the Trojans Pac-12 Championship Game showdown against Stanford. Following a 41-22 loss to the Cardinal, Helton cleaned house on his staff dismissing defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox, defensive line coach Chris Wilson, and defensive backs coach Keith Heyward along with offensive line […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA McDonogh 35 High School made a drastic improvement on the field in 2015. The Roneagles jumped from a 4-8 team a year ago to 11-3 in 2015 making a run into the third round of the Louisiana high school playoffs before falling 27-26 to Easton. The Roneagles are loaded with talent like defensive tackle […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Stanford Cardinal 2016 recruiting class is stocked full of talent with the coaching staff landing 20 recruits thus far from 10 different states. Stanford has two commitments from the Lone Star state but one commit, defensive tackle Michael Williams, is still exploring other potential options. On Wednesday Williams tweeted out his acceptance into […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Just about the only thing that has gone wrong for Alabama this year is a five turnover game against Ole Miss that cost the Crimson Tide an undefeated season (43-37). In the wake of going 12-1 with a SEC Championship and a No. 2 seed in the second annual College Football Playoffs, Alabama racked […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA In a true team sport where the game does not allow one player to carry a respective team to win after win without the contributions of teammates, it becomes difficult to place the importance of a standout player that does a little bit of everything for a high achieving squad against the rest of […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The University of Arkansas may soon be called “Tight End U” to go along with the “Running Back U” honor earned via ESPN (June 2014) after having the most tailbacks drafted into the NFL in the 2000’s. On Wednesday, tight end Hunter Henry became the second Arkansas player in school history to win the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Alabama once again was the football standard in the SEC posting a 12-1, 7-1, record winning the West Division title on their way to claiming the SEC Championship with a 29-15 win over then- No. 18 Florida. For the squad’s efforts, coaches around the conference voted 10 Crimson Tide players to the All-Conference teams […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA As college offenses have become more dynamic, the need for all types of players with dynamic playmaking abilities have come to the forefront. The evolution of the game has gone from a run happy game with running backs expected to take a beating on 30 carries to up-tempo spread offenses with coaches looking to […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The junior college ranks time and time again have proven to be wonderful proving grounds for top former high school athletes trying to work their way to the Division-I ranks. For quarterback Richard Lagow, his path was a little bit different first heading to the Connecticut Huskies, then for a semester in Stillwater with […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel The Blues of Washburn Rural (Topeka, KS) started the 2015 season on a roll winning their first four games by an average of 20 points per contest. Unfortunately, due to their tough district schedule, they fell in four of their final five games and barely missed the playoffs. The one area of the team that played […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Downtown Athletic Club announced their three finalist for the 2015 Heisman Trophy Award on Monday with a couple of snubs left off the distinguished list. The three players still in the running for the Heisman are Alabama running back Derrick Henry, Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson, and Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey. Hard to […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Arlington Lamar High School Class of 2016 wide receiver Kofi Boateng has been a marked man on the Texas high school gridirons and on the national recruiting trail over the past two years. In the neighborhood of 30 scholarship offers from top programs around the nation, the 6’1”, 180 pound, receiver rolled with the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Admission of wrongdoing and accepting consequences for one’s actions are no longer the norm. As America seeks to redefine substance and alcohol abuse as a disease and a disability, a different set of circumstances are expected to follow when terminating an employee, at least that is Steve Sarkisian’s point of view. On Monday, the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The state of Georgia is long known for producing great running backs and yet another one maybe coming around the bend in Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy’s Trevor Gear. Gear has been a difference maker on the field over his first two seasons on the high school level. In 2014 as a sophomore, Gear helped […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Seems like there is very little Jamir Jones cannot do on a football field. As a junior he ran the Wildcat offense for Aquinas Institute standing out as a quarterback but more running back while also starring at linebacker. During the 2015 season Jones made the move on offense to tight end and wide […]
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Posted by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Saturday, Dec. 19 New Mexico Bowl – 2:20 p.m. on ESPN Arizona vs. New Mexico Las Vegas Bowl – 3:30 p.m. on ABC BYU vs. No. 22 Utah Camellia Bowl – 5:30 p.m. on ESPN Ohio vs. Appalachian State Cure Bowl – 7:00 p.m. on ESPN San Jose State vs. Georgia State New Orleans […]
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Final 2015 College Football Playoff Selection Committee Rankings Clemson Alabama Michigan State Oklahoma Iowa Stanford Ohio State Notre Dame Florida State North Carolina TCU Ole Miss Northwestern Michigan Oregon Oklahoma State Baylor Houston Florida LSU Navy Utah Tennessee Temple Southern California Photo credit: collegefootballplayoff.com/selection-committee
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The recruiting trail for Washington State has heated up with coaches able to spend a little more time forging relationships with key players across the country. On Thursday, the Cougars landed California all-purpose back Romello Harris and then added junior college cornerback Robert Taylor and Utah defensive end Lyric Bartley on Saturday. Harris has […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA College football’s Championship Week wrapped on Saturday crowning conference title winners across the country while setting the second annual college football playoffs final four. Clemson, Alabama, and Michigan State won their way into the playoffs with Oklahoma getting a bid after winning the Big 12 Conference title. Clemson held onto the No. 1 ranking […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA South Carolina is rolling the dice on another former Florida Gators head coach. Per reports, Will Muschamp has reached an agreement to become the next Gamecocks head coach. Muschamp has spent much of his football life in the SEC first as a Georgia Bulldogs safety (1991-1994) and later as a defensive coordinator guiding defenses […]
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