Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The feeling is already in the air. The band is playing, the fans are cheering, and No. 11 is set ready to take a handoff to the house. Still some six-seven months away from the start of the 2016 high school season and the excitement is building for a breakout season for the all-purpose […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Cabot High School linebacker Easton Seidl is on the verge of being a top tier recruit. Perhaps he is so close he does not even see it yet himself, but with some offseason work in a couple of easy to improve areas, he could be a big standout player in the 2017 class. Seidl […]
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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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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 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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Written by Charlie Beuttel Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana has a reputation of producing great football stars including former NFL running back Jacob Hester and current Louisiana Tech wide receiver Trent Taylor. One of the next big stars to come out of this great football program is junior wide receiver Johnathan Jones. Jones is one of the weapons of the Eagles offense […]
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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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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The life and times of Wylie East High School wide receiver/running back Aubrey White is as exciting off the field as it is on the field for recruiting diehards. The 6’1”, 190 pound, dynamic athlete is an explosive playmaker who has racked up different reported amounts of scholarship offers from top schools around the […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana is off to a great start in 2015. The Eagles lost their first game of the season but have rattled off six straight wins and now sit atop the District 1-5A standings tied with Airline. One key to their success this season is their high-scoring offense that is scoring 39 points […]
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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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Written by Charlie Beuttel Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana is off to great start in 2015 as the Eagles have won five straight games after dropping their opening game to St. Joseph Prep (PA), 14-0. Evangel has a reputation of producing great football players including former NFL players John David Booty and Jacob Hester along with current NFL player Keyunta […]
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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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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The future on the field for St. Thomas Aquinas and one of the top linebackers in the 2017 recruiting class is extremely bright. The Miami area squad is a national power readying for an opportunity to play for a Florida high school state championship sitting on a 5-1 record. The Raiders are coming off […]
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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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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 When the 2014 high school football season had come to a close, Santa Fe High School safety Calvin Bundage had made a name for himself in recruiting circles across the nation. The 6’3”, 200 pound, head hunter came up with at least 81 tackles, 57 solo, 2 tackles for a loss, a sack, a […]
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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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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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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA College football recruiters are all in on Bastrop High School wide receiver Isaiah Graham. The 6’1”, 180 pound, receiver tore up opposing Louisiana high school defenses last year pulling down 48 passes for 1,138 yards with 20 receiving touchdowns leading to double-digit offers heading into his senior season. The Class of 2016 recruit has […]
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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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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Will Muschamp effect has taken affect with Auburn landing stud 5-star defensive end Marlon Davidson. Davidson, listed at 6’3”, 275 pounds, is not only one of the best recruits in the state of Alabama but across the nation. Nearing 20 offers, Davidson was courted by some of the top teams in the nation […]
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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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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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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 Florida State’s 2016 recruiting class took a big hit on Tuesday when 5-star tight end Isaac Nauta announced he was decommitting from the Seminoles and reopening his recruiting. FSU had to start worrying about their prized 6’4”, 237 pound, tight end when he started taking unofficial visits to teams like Georgia (twice), Texas, TCU, and LSU. […]
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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 What was for a time a silent commitment for 4-star defensive end Xavier Kelly became national recruiting news on Friday when the Kansas native pledged to play college ball for Clemson. On July 22, Kelly posted his Top 8 naming Alabama, Florida State, Clemson, Michigan, Georgia, Kansas State, Oregon, and TCU in the running cutting out […]
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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 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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Written by Ryan Wright On June 1, Tren’Davian Dickson broke a lot of hearts narrowing his expansive list of scholarship offers down to just six. For a month and a half Alabama, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, USC, and Texas toyed with the thought of what Dickson would mean to their 2016 recruiting class. On Tuesday Dickson decided to stay […]
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