Posted by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook Here at RNG, we are continuing to celebrate the high school talents interviewed who have been a part of our history now making their mark at the collegiate level. Week 9 of the college football season saw one near top-10 upset and No. 6 Oklahoma State go down. Outside the top-10, […]
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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 last couple of seasons have been tough on the field for MacArthur High School but the Houston area team has had one really bright spot through the ups-and-downs, defensive end Isaiah Chambers. Despite a losing record, the Generals strong-side defensive end was so highly though of for his play he was voted 6A […]
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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 The UCLA recruiting machine that head coach Jim Mora Jr. has created continued to roll through the weekend picking up a verbal commitment from area wide receiver Theo Howard. Howard jumped on the recruiting scene in 2014 after securing 52 passes for 869 yards with seven touchdowns for Westlake High School in the San […]
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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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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The college football docket did not look impressive on paper with only two ranked teams meeting on the gridiron going in but Week 8 turned out to be a thriller filled with overtime games, blowout upsets, and last second victories reshaping the college football playoff landscape. AAC The three ranked American Athletic Conference teams, […]
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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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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 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 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 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 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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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 first quarter did not start out the way Aggies head coach Kevin Sumlin may had hoped for but the end result was a convincing 44-27 win for Texas A&M (3-0) over Nevada (1-2). Nevada used field position to keep the game close in the first quarter. Aggies quarterback Kyle Allen got A&M on […]
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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 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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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 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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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 – 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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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 Ryan Wright Promise of the future is coming to College Station, the 12th Man and head coach Kevin Sumlin will just have to wait two years for him to arrive after Tate Martell verbally committed to the Aggies on Thursday. The diverse offense that Sumlin can put to use with a dual-threat under center opens up a world […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Allen High School head coach Tom Westerberg has built a football dynasty in Texas. The 11th year head coach has four state championships under his belt including three consecutive with nine District Champion titles. The Eagles are coming off a 16-0 campaign in 2014 but take the field for the first time in three years without […]
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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 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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