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2015 College Football Playoff Selection Committee Rankings Week 5, Sooners Could Get Favorable Bowl Draw

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Nothing changed with the College Football Playoff Selection Committee rankings in Week 5 after Clemson, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Iowa all held up their end of the bargain for one more week. Some shuffling could still be had during Championship Week if the top draws are upset. Perhaps the biggest cemented spot, at least for […]

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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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Breakdown: Nagurski Trophy Announces Five Finalist for 2015 Top College Football Defender

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA What was once a list of 88 potential candidates for the 2015 Bronko Nagurski Trophy has been narrowed down to five after the Charlotte Touchdown Club released the Football Writers Association of America’s votes on Thursday. A long college football season offers many surprises with injuries limiting the effectiveness of 2014 Nagurski Trophy winner, […]

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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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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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Little Changes in AP Top 10 Ahead of CFB Playoff Rankings

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Week 9 of the college football season did little to restructure or add mounting drama to the 2015 college football season with more near misses than amazing Top 25 upsets but all of that is sure to change in Week 10. AAC The American Athletic Conference showed that the top of the class deserves […]

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Minnesota: Interview with East Ridge Rising Class of 2016 Star LB Brison White

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The story of Minnesota Class of 2016 linebacker Brison White is not an unusual one but serves as a constant reminder that not all college football recruiters are able to think outside the box. White’s story is about a kid that can play, and plays his position really well but poses problems to college […]

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Top College Football Games in Week 6

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA With Week 5 of the college football season in the books, Week 6 offers 10-12 games that have conference and/or national title contention shaping outcomes. The conference that could come into sharper focus when the week is over is the Big Ten with the Pac-12 right behind. The Big Ten East Division is seemingly […]

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Razorbacks Land Recruit No. 15 to 2016 Recruiting Class with WR Kiel Pollard

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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Arkansas Razorbacks are making a strong effort for a balanced offense in the future landing their third wide receiver commitment for the 2016 class on Friday in Kiel Pollard. Pollard, 6’2”, 228 pounds, is a standout wide receiver for Colquitt County in Moultrie, Georgia. As a junior Pollard pulled down 66 passes racking […]

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Wisconsin Lands Top Player out of Missouri, WR/RB A.J. Taylor

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Written by Ryan Wright When Wisconsin landed A.J. Taylor on Saturday, the verbal commitment was just a formality but the recruitment was a big win. Taylor is considered one of the top athletes in the 2016 recruiting class playing running back for powerhouse Rockhurst High School (Kansas City, MO) but also a major threat in the passing game thanks to […]

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New Mexico DE gets 11 top D-I offers after adding football to list of sports in 2014

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Written by Ryan Wright Back in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s former Kansas City Royals centerfielder and former Los Angeles Raiders running back Bo Jackson let the world know just how athletic and talented he was successfully picking up one sporting hobby after another telling us “Another Day, Another Hobby.” For Valley High School defensive end Teton Saltes, a […]

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Interview: St. Louis RB Tre Bryant running towards Big 12, SEC, and Big Ten scholarship offers

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Christian Brothers College (High School) running back Tre Bryant is just that, a running back, and a really good one at that. On inside handoffs, off tackle, cut-backs in a zone blocking scheme, and on outside sweeps, if he finds as much as a little crease he is gone. With great blocking in front of him, the Class of 2016 […]

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Interview with Texas Arlington Lamar WR Kofi Boateng

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Whether he’s scoring on an 80-yard reverse, going up over a defender to make a catch, or routinely outrunning defenders on a fly pattern, Kofi Boateng is a seemingly unstoppable presence on the football field. College coaches running high octane offenses or coaches just needing someone who can catch a 5-yard slant, plant, and take the ball 80-yards to the […]

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Canada Prep WR shows rare passion for the college game

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Exclusive interview with Nick DeLuca   The game of football extends beyond the field of play into other meaningful “games” within the game. The most obvious continuation is to the practice field and the weight room where players get to impress their coaches in the hopes of receiving playing time, starting, and/or becoming a focal point of team, especially on […]

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Canadian WR Nick DeLuca blazes trail west at UCLA and Cal camps

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Traveling around from college camps to elite positional camps one thing that is a constant among American high school players is the thought and actuality of how difficult it is to land a college football scholarship offer. Playing for a small town school with a lower state classification, working hard for high school coach that does little to help, or […]

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Talent overcomes adversity in story of 2015 DE recruit Darius Fullwood

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Part Two of a two part interview with Darius Fullwood   The football gods are a finicky bunch. Fans, coaches, parents, and players can attest to the unexplainable bounce of the ball here, the turf monster reaching up and stopping the best of the best out of nowhere, or an unexplained injury hampering the play of the inspired. With Maryland […]

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