The Jim Mora-Rick Neuheisel kerfuffle seems to finally have bubbled to the surface, and this battle of Baby Blue vs. Black is painted in shades of gray. Jack Wang of the L.A. Daily News provides details of the media spat, which began with comments Mora made to Colin Cowherd Tuesday, and to which Neuheisel responded […]
Oregon running back Thomas Tyner’s decision to leave football and focus on his art and designs studies went somewhat overshadowed by USC athletic director Pat Haden stepping down. But the talented and unfortunately snake-bit Tyner deserves center stage one last time for a career in which he so often, willingly played a supporting role. The […]
To label college football recruiting an inexact science is patently false. That said, even the soundest of sciences have outliers. Recruiting journalism was met with a level of skepticism in its early days – I suspect largely because it was based almost entirely online, and the media old guard seemed to view the internet as […]
Outstanding letters of intent aside, National Signing Day 2016 nears its conclusion. Feel free to take a breath and give your index finger a break after it spent the last few hours furiously hitting F-5. National Signing Day 2016 brought college football recruiting to a whole new level of spectacle, between Bleacher Report’s increasingly elaborate […]
The 2016 UCLA recruiting class checked in at No. 16 of 247Sports’ composite rankings before adding 4-star safety Brandon Burton. Now that the Bruins have the standout from nearby Serra, UCLA surpasses Stanford with the most 4-star commitments in the Pac-12. 4-Star safety Brandon Burton (@BraandonD1) uses a game of paintball to announce his commitmenthttps://t.co/YxfntDgbDJ […]
I will never not get a kick out of national signing day. The first official signee of National Signing Day 2016 is a great example why. He comes from a Land Down Under. He’s 6-foot-4 and full of muscles, though his name’s not Brussels. Say hello to Max Hendrie, the man to officially fire up […]
Notre Dame announced Friday head coach Brian Kelly signed a contract extension through 2021. Realistically, the university could have issued a press release declaring Cyborg Brian Kelly will coach the 3021 Fighting Irish season opener against Galilean Conference powerhouse Io State, and it would hold the same value. The likelihood Brian Kelly is still Notre […]
Todd Monken’s abrupt departure from Southern Miss for the offensive coordinator vacancy with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers underscores college sports’ double standards held for athletes and coaches. Monken’s NFL opportunity is well-deserved. He inherited a Southern Miss team coming off a winless 2012, and by his third season, had the Golden Eagles in the Conference […]
I am not pleased with the College Football Playoff, though not for the reasons bounced around the echo chamber for the last few weeks. Yes, the Playoff’s second installment featured some abysmal semifinals, but that’s not my concern. Neither is a dip in TV ratings. These are simply root causes of a more troubling element […]
Coordinator changes around Pac-10 football last decade were a reflection of USC’s dominance over the conference. Mike Bellotti’s hire of little-known New Hampshire play-caller Chip Kelly in 2007 set the tone for a systemic shift around the conference, functioning as the centerpiece of an era that introduced Sonny Dykes, Noel Mazzone and others in as […]
Scapegoats are a television sports analyst’s best friend, as they cover all manner of sins. Did the team miss a game-winning shot? Did that kicker miss a game-tying field goal? You have your scapegoat and the person who ruined it all for everyone else. In its most basic sense, it is like a child screaming […]
Sometimes, the NFL can be a real downer for a college football die-hard such as myself. Today’s Tennessee Titans press conference introducing retread Mike Mularkey as its new head coach was the NFL going into full buzzkill mode. The Titans drafting 2014 Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota piqued my interest, and Mariota’s stellar debut gave […]
Alabama added another notch in its championship belt Saturday when WBC Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder scored a ninth-round knockout victory over Polish challenger, Artur Szpilka. .@BronzeBomber knocks out @szpilka_artur in round 9 and retains his WBC heavyweight title #AndStill #WilderSzpilka https://t.co/aB8J3liY8T — SHOWTIME SPORTS (@SHOsports) January 17, 2016 Tuscaloosa-born Deontay Wilder’s third successful title defense […]
UTSA football and new head coach Frank Wilson make for a perfect pairing. Since the program’s inception, UTSA has always been a gusher waiting for the right leadership to tap it. The hiring of Larry Coker as UTSA’s first head coach in 2009 gave the Roadrunners immediate name recognition; at that point, Coker was just […]
Feel better, USC fans? Less eager to see Kevin Sumlin exit College Station or Charlie Strong leave Austin, Aggies and Longhorns? Chip Kelly really isn’t making his return to college football — not for at least another few years, pending the particulars of his new contract with the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers announced Chip […]
