2015 Associated Press All-American Football Teams Released

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

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

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

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

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

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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St. Thomas Aquinas All-American, Ohio State DE Commit Nick Bosa Out with Knee Injury

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA St. Thomas Aquinas, one of the best teams in the nation, will have to brave the rest of the season without defensive end Nick Bosa after reports the 5-star recruit is out for the rest of the season due to a knee injury. Bosa, the younger brother of Ohio State’s Joey Bosa, has been […]

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Top Week 8 College Football Games with Conference Overviews

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA College football fans were treated to several key matchups in Week 7 with conference and national title implications. Week 8 does not have the flair of last weekend’s games from top to bottom, especially from how the preseason rankings dropped, but several conference races will tighten up once Week 8 games have completed. AAC […]

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

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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Postgame Video Interview with Calabasas 5-Star CB/WR Darnay Holmes

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The 2015 California high school football season is barely past the mid-point of the season but Calabasas (6-1) cornerback/wide receiver Darnay Holmes is already one of the most sought after players in the 2017 recruiting class. The 5’11”, 190 pound, star athlete is already past the 20 scholarships offered mark with the potential to […]

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

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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Recruiting Weekly Recap of 2016 and 2017 Commitments

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Several college football teams added to their 2016 and 2017 recruiting classes last week but the top two programs to win the week were arguably Wisconsin and Utah. Western Michigan had a good week picking up two in-state recruits in athlete Mitchell Heimbuch and wide receiver Rodney Graves, same as Utah, but the Utes […]

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Week 6 AP Rankings: Overcorrecting AP Voters Dock Michigan State but not Ohio State

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Have the AP rankings ever been this temperamental? The 61 voters spread across the nation are having love affairs with a different team every week and much like a grade school or junior high kid, off to the next shinny object when all of Saturday’s scores have been tallied. The Week 6 bull’s eye […]

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Oregon Ducks Dropped from AP Rankings for the First Time Since 2009

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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LSU adds Class of 2017 4-Star Tennessee WR/FS JaCoby Stevens

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA While LSU has pulled together one of the top recruiting classes for the 2016 group, the Tigers have not lost sight on next year’s class landing Oakland High School’s JaCoby Stevens. Stevens, 6’2”, 200 pounds, started making a name for himself as a sophomore helping the Patriots to a 14-2 record in 2014. A […]

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

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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Three SEC Teams Knocked out of AP Top 25, Michigan State cuts into OSU Stronghold

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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Even Arkansas Head Coach Bret Bielema Laughs at Ohio State’s 2015 Schedule

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema has never been shy about speaking his mind or taking a shot at another program if the mood strikes him. Fans, and some media members, have been quick to point out the lack of a schedule No. 1 Ohio State plays this season on their way to defending their […]

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Alabama jumps to No. 2 in Second 2015 AP Rankings

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA   Week One of the college football season is in the books and the AP voters see the SEC as the top conference placing a record 10 teams into the Top 25. The previous record for most teams in the Top 25, also set by the SEC, was eight, a mark that was tied […]

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2015 College Football Week 1 FBS Schedule with Times and Network Listings

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The 2015 college football season is finally here with action beginning on Thursday with North Carolina taking on South Carolina and extending through Monday night when No. 1 Ohio State seeks revenge against Virginia Tech for their lone 2014 loss. Some of the top games of the week include: North Carolina vs. South Carolina […]

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HogManInLA’s Preseason 2015 College Football Top 25 Rankings

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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Ohio State Unanimous No. 1 Ranking in AP Preseason Poll

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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Penn State Lands 4-Star Philadelphia DT Karamo Dioubate

Written by Ryan Wright Penn State has put together an impressive 2015 recruiting class to date with a consensus Top 10 class. The outstanding class got a little bit better on Sunday with the commitment of defensive tackle Karamo Dioubate. Dioubate is an offensive line mover listed at 6’3”, 280 pounds. In 2014 he posted 23 sacks helping Philadelphia’s Prep […]

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

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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Alabama may have Flipped Nation’s Top Class of 2016 OT away from Texas A&M

Written by Ryan Wright News broke on Monday that 5-star offensive tackle Gregory Little had officially decommitted from Texas A&M. If the Aggies fan base did not have a reason to hate SEC West foe Alabama, a new rallying cry may have emerged. Little, 6’6”, 315 pounds, committed to Texas A&M before his junior season and had remained somewhat of […]

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Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list released, can Arizona’s Scooby Wright do it again?

Written by Ryan Wright The preseason Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list was released on Friday naming a ridiculous 88 players as potential candidates. Among the 88 players compiled as potential candidates to win the award given to the best defender in college football was 2014 award winner Scooby Wright. Wright took college football by storm in 2014 coming up with […]

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Interview with Connor Culp, the best kicker in the nation you’ve never heard of

Written by Ryan Wright If you’ve never heard of Connor Culp do not feel bad, few in the football world have outside of the Phoenix, Arizona area. Those few that are aware of the 5’10”, 180 pound, kicker are very aware of his cannon for a right leg. Those in the loop include kicking guru Chris Sailer and some college […]

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Florida Gators land in-state wide receiver Joshua Hammond

Florida Gators new head coach Jim McElwain is a man on a mission. After being hired away from Colorado State in early December 2014, McElwain piece mailed together a recruiting class shattered after the dismissal of former head coach Will Muschamp. The Gators signed 21 players making a strong National Signing Day push landing 5-stars defensive end CeCe Jefferson and […]

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West Orange dual-threat quarterback Woody Barrett sets announcement date

On Wednesday West Orange High School’s standout quarterback Woody Barrett set his announcement decision date. On June 3 the 6’2”, 225 pound, prospect is expected to verbally commit after receiving 11 scholarship offers from top programs nationwide. The Warriors finished the 2014 season 12-2 with Barrett at the helm drawing national attention from programs like Clemson, Ole Miss, Notre Dame, […]

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Interview: Cass Tech OL/DL Michael Onwenu crushing a path to D-I scholarships

When 6’3”, 364 pound, lineman Michael Onwenu locks onto a defender or sheds a blocker to ground a running back behind the line of scrimmage the result has always been a positive for Cass Tech. In 2014 Onwenu helped open holes along the offensive line, primarily at guard, for Class of 2015 Ohio State running back signee Mike Weber. On […]

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