ORLANDO, Fla. – The overall package that Leon Washington Jr. brings to the field is hard to match. Working over Florida squads for North Florida Christian in Tallahassee last fall, Washington was that do-all player impacting all three phases of the game. Still widely under the radar, six offers have been extended with Mississippi State and South Florida making an […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Recruiting rankings are always to be taken with a grain of salt and an objective eye. The star power associated with various recruits can be accurate or inflated leading to various programs and their fan bases to have an overly optimistic outlook about an incoming class only to be disappointed on down the line […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA With just the college football national championship game left to be played on Monday, Jan. 11, the good news for college football fans now that all the other bowl games are completed is the SEC dominated the competition going 8-2 overall. The winning record serves as proof in the pudding that the SEC is […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The SEC produced 10 bowl eligible teams during the 2015 season and for the second consecutive year managed to get all seven SEC West teams a bowl berth. The only teams not bowling for the SEC this year are Vanderbilt (4-8, 2-6), Kentucky (5-7, 2-6), Missouri (5-7, 1-7), and South Carolina (3-9, 1-7). Alabama […]
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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 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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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA What a big difference one year can make with a given team’s college football schedule. Over the last two seasons the Arkansas Razorbacks have endured schedules ranked among the toughest in the nation but get a slight reprieve in 2016 with four SEC home games. The University of Arkansas athletic department is already hailing […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Losing has a way of mending fences when dealing with suspensions on the college level, and it appears Missouri’s three-game losing streak has a hand in the return of junior quarterback Maty Mauk from suspension. Mauk has served a four-game suspension for violation of unspecified team rules seeing the Tigers go 1-4 over that […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The months-long flirtation between Memphis area talent Donte Vaughn and Notre Dame ended on Monday when the big defensive back picked the Fighting Irish over in-state powerhouse Tennessee. Vaughn, listed at 6’3”, 195 pounds, is a true cover corner for Whitehaven High School. The west Tennessee powerhouse, famously on Elivs Presley Blvd., has been […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Life on the gridiron for Class of 2016 cornerback Kiondre Thomas has been both good and frustrating throughout the season. The Grizzlies have started 1-4 on the season with some injuries at key positions holding the team back. The good news is everyone is healthy and the Fort Smith Northside squad has five games […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Texas A&M enters Week 6 of the 2015 college football season on a well-deserved bye. The Aggies started the season unranked but have soared to a No. 9 AP spot in the polls with a 5-0 record. The unblemished mark includes two conference wins putting the Aggies tied with No. 7 LSU atop the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Los Angeles Valley College sophomore defensive end LaRonzo Davis seemingly has the football world on a string. The Memphis native is enjoying the California weather, getting a good education, playing high-end competitive junior college football, and has three offers in his back pocket with a lot of other Division-I schools showing interest. The Monarchs […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Parity is alive and well in college football where the strength of a team’s quarterback and backup quarterback is seemingly the difference between success and failure. For the Oregon Ducks, a lopsided 62-20 loss at the hands of Utah at home with backup Jeff Lockie running the show proved to be a monumental downfall […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Vanderbilt’s second season under head coach Derek Mason may not be starting off the way Commodore Nation had hoped for but there is hope for the future with the solid 2016 recruiting class that is being put together. Mason and company are piece mailing a strong 2016 group and that group got a little […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Continuing off an All-State performance in 2014, Class of 2016 offensive lineman Noah Johnson is back at it on the Arkansas high school gridiron. Helping push Fayetteville in the right direction in 2015, the Bulldogs have a 3-0 record with nice wins over Eisenhower (OK) 58-6, North Little Rock 53-14, and Muskogee (OK) 55-20. […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3 Parkway Panthers @ Evangel Eagles Parkway travels to Evangel this week to open district play. The Panthers are 3-0 on the young season after defeating Huntington last week. Evangel is 2-1 after winning their second straight game against Idabel (OK). Parkway is led by quarterback Keondre Wudtee, a Louisiana Tech commit, and CJ Morgan, a Mississippi […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The AP voters took an opportunity to do a big over-correct with the Top 25 rankings on Sunday kicking three SEC teams out of the polls while slicing off a little bit of Ohio State’s stronghold on the No. 1 spot. No two ways around it, in Week 2 the SEC got beat up […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Hard to say that an offensive lineman with 15 Division-I offers is an under the radar recruit but then again after watching Kellton Hollins play it seems like his recruiting rankings and scholarship offer tally should be a little bit higher. No need to worry about Hollins, he is set. The Zachary High School […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA *Original post-date on Athlon Sports Aug. 13 Few college football coaches have achieved the kind of success Les Miles has on the field. Since arriving in Baton Rouge in 2005 the Tigers have played for a BCS National Championship (2011) and won a BCS National Championship (2007) with the “Mad Hatter compiling a win-loss […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Cal keeps adding solid recruits to their 2016 recruiting class keeping a Top 20 ranking to date. On Monday, the Golden Bears added do-everything Mississippi athlete Jordan Duncan raising the stock of the class. Duncan is the true definition of a football “ATH.” The 6’2”, 193 pound, talent is a two-way star for Oak […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Louisiana has had its share of different frightening tales over the years threatening the livelihood of the good people in the Bayou State. Some of the better stories that have kept going over time include the Swamp Monster or the Fouke monster, the paramafait, and the Rougarou. A new beast that is not fictional […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Head Coach: David Feaster Mascot: Panthers District: 1-5A 2014: 8-2, 3-7* Location: Bossier City, Louisiana *Parkway ended the 2014 season with an 8-2 record however due to playing an ineligible player, five wins were taken away and the Panthers were ruled ineligible for the playoffs. Overview Parkway made it all the way to the state championship […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Les Miles has built a football institution at LSU and now has no one else to blame but himself for the high level of success and expectations that come with being the main man in Baton Rouge. Miles has three SEC West titles under his belt (2005, 2007, and 2011), two SEC Championships (2007 and 2011), […]
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Written by Ryan Wright When the SEC Media Days concluded in mid-July, the Arkansas Razorbacks were picked to finish fourth in the SEC West behind perennial favorites Alabama, Auburn, and LSU. The Hogs 7-6 finish in 2014 was impressive enough to the voting media members, along with 17 returning starters, to place Arkansas ahead of Ole Miss, Texas A&M, and […]
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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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Written by Ryan Wright A rare recruiting decision went down on Friday when linebacker Errol Thompson verbally committed to Mississippi State. Thompson 6’3”, 240 pounds, has garnered a lot of attention stopping opposing offenses for Florence High School helping the Falcons post an 11-3 mark in 2014. Double-digit offers have rolled with Arkansas, Memphis, Missouri, Southern Miss, and Tennessee being […]
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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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Written by Ryan Wright When the 2015 Louisiana High School football season kicks off, Bastrop High School standout Isaiah Graham will begin his campaign to solidify himself as one of the top players not only in the state but in the nation. At the end of his junior season he had already made a strong case for himself coming up […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Living in the Big Easy could not be any easier for McDonogh 35 free safety/outside linebacker Cliff Chattman. The 6’5”, 185 pound, talent has offers from some of the top programs throughout the region but landed the big offer seemingly every other high school prospect in the state of Louisiana wants, an offer from LSU. On […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Being a fan of football it is hard not to be impressed with Cartersville High School tight end Miller Forristall. He is an athlete in every sense of the word and the adjective natural can very easily be thrown his way when summing up his high school career to date. The Hurricanes had an exceptional season […]
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