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Louisiana: Interview with Evangel Christian Academy Class of 2017 OT Ethan Harvey

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Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3  Evangel Christian Academy located in Shreveport, Louisiana, had a great 2015 season as the Eagles finished 9-3 and advanced to the state semifinals where they lost to eventual state champion, Catholic, 27-21 in overtime. After losing their first game to nationally ranked St. Joseph Prep (PA) the Eagles won eight straight games before dropping their […]

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2015 Associated Press All-American Football Teams Released

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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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Playoff Selection Committee Drops Ohio State and Notre Dame with Two Newcomers Fighting for Final Four Invite

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Win or lose, each week a finicky College Football Playoff Selection Committee can dock a team for the smallest or biggest of things quickly putting a season into high alert. Case in point, Notre Dame eked out a three-point win at Fenway Stadium over Boston College but was demoted from No. 4 to No. […]

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Week 12 Upsets Readjust College Football Landscape and Potential Playoff Final Four

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA A couple of Cinderella seasons came crashing down while other storybook campaigns continued after another wild weekend of college football. Of all the ups and downs offered by the sport we all love, none was bigger than the fall of Ohio State at the hands of bitter rival Michigan State. Big Ten One Cinderella […]

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Oklahoma State Adds One Old Face and One New Face to 2016 Recruiting Class

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Oklahoma State has parlayed an undefeated record and a Top 10 ranking into success on the recruiting trail landing two recruits on Tuesday. The Cowboys welcomed in-state offensive lineman Tyler Brown and got quarterback/wide receiver Tyrell Alexander back into the fold. Alexander jumped on the recruiting scene during his junior season as a dual-threat […]

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Must See College Football Games in Week 12

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Week 11 of the college football season did not disappoint bringing four big upsets of Top 10 AP ranked teams; Oregon vs. then- No. 7 Stanford, Arkansas vs. then- No. 9 LSU, No. 10 Utah vs. Arizona, and No. 12 Oklahoma vs. No. 6 Baylor. The losses racked up by ranked teams did not […]

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Upsets Rock AP Top 10 and College Football Playoff Landscape Entering Week 12

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Week 11 of the college football season was as dramatic of a weekend on the gridiron as seen throughout the 2015 season with three Top 10 teams falling. The end result puts the Big 12 and Pac-12 on the edge of the college football playoffs with Notre Dame appearing to be on the verge […]

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College Football Playoff Rankings Continues Big 12 Snub and SEC Love

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA With just five weekends left for college football teams to prove their worth for the second annual FBS playoffs, the 12-member selection committee ranked their Top 25 teams Tuesday night laying out the work that may need to be done for some to leapfrog into the tournament. The playoff selection committee’s rankings were not […]

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AP Rankings Released: Memphis Jumps into AP Top 25 after Dismantling of Ole Miss

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The AAC is on the move with a couple key wins during the 2015 season but none bigger than Memphis’ 37-24 derailing of No. 13 Ole Miss. When the AP voters turned in their ballots at the conclusion of Week 7 the American Athletic Conference, for the first time ever, had three teams ranked […]

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Texas’ Win over OU Helps Net Two Big Class of 2017 Recruits

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA While Texas’ 2016 recruiting class has a long way to go before being filled with just nine commitments, the 2017 class got a big boost on Wednesday and Thursday with the addition of tight end Major Tennison and defensive end LaGaryonn Carson. Tennison jumped on the recruiting map as a sophomore pulling down 20 […]

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Four SEC Teams Enter the AP Top 10 and Voters Lose Confidence in MSU and OSU

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Week 7 AP rankings came out on Sunday and in a nutshell summary Baylor switched places with TCU, Michigan State tumbled despite winning, voters lost more confidence in Ohio State, and Utah is now viewed as legitimate. The bigger trouble for the rest of the Power Five Conferences is the surge by the […]

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Louisiana: Interview with Evangel Christian Academy 2017 QB Connor Curry

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Written by Charlie Beuttel  Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport has a reputation of being a football powerhouse in northwest Louisiana. The Eagles have won 13 state titles and was the 1999 National High School Champions. In fact in the past 11 seasons Evangel has won five state titles. In 2014, the Eagles went 8-4 and advanced to the second round of the […]

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Texas A&M Lands Class of 2016 WR/QB Moses Reynolds from John Jay High School

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Aggies had a blistering June on the recruiting trail picking up six verbal commitments but had tapered off since. With Texas A&M winning and slowing gaining recognition as a SEC West and national title contender, the recruiting interest is picking back up. In August the Aggies landed running back Rakeem Boyd and in […]

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TCU Gains Verbal Commitment from Highly Recruited 4-Star DE Isaiah Chambers

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Horned Frogs got a big boost to their 2016 recruiting class on Friday with the verbal commitment of highly regarded Houston area defensive end Isaiah Chambers. Just three days ago Chambers, 6’3.5”, 255 pounds, set his decision date picking from roughly 30 Division-I offers from top programs across the nation. Despite MacArthur High […]

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Michigan State Leaps to No. 2 in AP Poll, Bama Tumbles to No. 12

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The mighty (Alabama) has fallen and chinks in the armor of those atop the AP rankings have already started to come through in Week 3 of the college football season. The AP voters have been finicky all season quickly demoting a team for a poor showing and that is exactly what they did to […]

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Texas A&M Lands Highly Prized in-State Defensive End Justin Madubuike

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Aggies are off to a hot start on the collegiate gridiron in 2015 and added another highly prized recruit to their 2016 recruiting class on Friday to keep the future looking bright when defensive end Justin Madubuike verbally committed. Madubuike is one of the more highly recruited players in the nation in the […]

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Arkansas gets verbal commitment from 5-Star Hope DE McTelvin Agim

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Arkansas Razorbacks landed one of the most prized recruits in the 2016 recruiting class on Saturday securing a verbal commitment from defensive end McTelvin Agim. The Hope High School star has rankings varying from the No. 9 player in the nation by ESPN, to the No. 53 recruit by 247Sports, and his lowest […]

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HogManInLA’s Preseason 2015 College Football Top 25 Rankings

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Yes! It is that time of year when drinking a beverage of choice and eating meats while sitting in a parking lot is not considered a crime or weird… it’s time for college football to begin! With every college football season comes preseason hopes, dreams, and expectations laid upon teams to exceed the success, […]

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Arkansas WR Commit Jordan Jones Helps Interview Razorbacks Target DE McTelvin Agim

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Written by Ryan Wright – interview co-conducted by Jordan Jones The Arkansas Razorbacks’ coaching staff is coming off an amazing 2015 in-state recruiting haul where only one top player offered from the Natural State left for another Division-I program, receiver K.J. Hill (Ohio State). The top talent within the state has yet again attracted college recruiters from all over the […]

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Ohio State Unanimous No. 1 Ranking in AP Preseason Poll

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Written by Ryan Wright The anticipation over which college football team would start the 2015 preseason No. 1 was never in doubt but the curiosity factor wondering if an AP writer would be brave enough to vote a team other then Ohio State as the top in the land was all one could wait until Sunday to see. The results […]

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LSU Loses 5-Star Class of 2017 Baton Rouge RB/LB Commit Dylan Moses

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Written by Ryan Wright While LSU’s 2016 recruiting class is shaping up nicely the Tigers’ 2017 class took a big potential hit on Monday when Dylan Moses decommitted. Moses is widely considered one of if not the top linebacker for the 2017 recruiting class after registering 176.5 tackles with 13 tackles for a loss as a freshman. During his sophomore […]

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Oklahoma Lands Second Commitment in as many Days with Youngquist and Sylvie

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Written by Ryan Wright Recruiting efforts for Oklahoma during the offseason has not given Sooner Nation much to get excited about over the last six months until now. As the college football season approaches interest in recruiting is expected to pick up especially after Oklahoma landed to big recruits over the last two days; safety Chanse Sylvie and outside linebacker […]

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Ole Miss gains 4-Star CB Commitment from Texas’ Jaylon Jones

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Written by Ryan Wright SEC West foes watch out, Ole Miss is at it again putting together another consensus Top 15 kind of recruiting class. Taking a big step towards that highly ranked class in 2016 was the verbal commitment of cornerback Jaylon Jones. Jones is a do everything kind of cornerback listed at 5’11”, 182 pounds, with 4.40 forty-yard […]

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Texas Tech Sneaks 3-Star DT Nick McCann out of Arkansas

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Written by Ryan Wright The Red Raiders have not ventured outside the state of Texas much to build their 2016 recruiting class but snuck a hidden gem out of the state of Arkansas on Tuesday landing a verbal commitment from Texarkana defensive tackle Nick McCann. McCann, 6’2”, 290 pounds, jumped onto the recruiting scene during the offseason by way of […]

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Louisiana DT Stephon Taylor completes checklist of wants and needs for college recruiters

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Written by Ryan Wright If college coaches were constructing the perfect defensive tackle an itemized rundown of important criteria must first be listed. Among the desired traits would have to be height, somewhere in the 6-foot 3-inch or taller range. Good weight is a must, at least 290 pounds and maybe no more than 320 on the high end. Quickness, […]

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Notre Dame lands 4-star Class of 2017 Texas TE Brock Wright

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Written by Ryan Wright The second time was the charm for Notre Dame in landing 4-star Cypress, Texas recruit Brock Wright on Friday. Wright, 6’4”, 240 pounds, just finished his sophomore year for Cy-Fair High School but is already considered one of the top Class of 2017 recruits in the nation. The 6’4”, 243 pound, target pulled down 17 passes […]

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Fun Q&A with Parkway Louisiana CB Lloyd Cole

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Written by Charlie Beuttel Parkway had a great defense last year. One of the leaders of this defense is cornerback Lloyd Cole. The 5’11”, 190 pound, speedster uses his speed to look for any opportunity to take down any opposing player. The class of 2016 recruit is getting interest from several Division-I schools including Baylor, TCU, and Navy. Cole has also attended […]

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Interview with Louisiana Parkway High School CB Lloyd Cole

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Written by Charlie Beuttel The Parkway Panthers in Bossier City, Louisiana has had two successful seasons in the past two years including making it all the way to 2013 Louisiana 5A State Championship Game. Unfortunately Parkway had to forfeit five wins from last year due to playing an ineligible player. The Panthers have many talented players all over the field including […]

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Fun Q&A with Louisiana Airline High School DT Ivory Spratley

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Ivory Spratley is set to have a breakout senior season at Airline High School in Bossier City, Louisiana. The 6’0”, 240 pound, workhorse is already catching the eye of college coaches from all around the nation including Baylor, Brown, and Holy Cross among others. Spratley is working hard during the offseason to get bigger, stronger, and to maintain his footwork.  The […]

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Interview with Oklahoma State Class of 2016 CB commitment Rodarius Williams

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Calvary Baptist Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana has a reputation of shaping high school football players into division one college prospects. The Calvary Cavaliers have a high-powered offense led by Ole Miss commitment quarterback Shea Patterson and are looking for their third straight Louisiana Division III state championship in 2015. The Cavaliers also have a stellar defense which only gave up […]

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