Recruiting Archive

Terrelle Pryor

Well, we get to deal with that for the next two years, which is nice.

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Terrelle Pryor ready to tell the world

Terrelle Pryor (you know, the the five-star QB who has kept America waiting for six weeks), has scheduled a press conference for tomorrow at high noon, during which he will tell America where he will be matriculating for 3 seasons (if he is not this year’s Xavier Lee).
Pryor says he has narrowed the list to [...]

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Another look at 2008

ESPN.com’s Mark Schlabach has been assigned the task of predicting the ’08 season—during the winter of 2008, as opposed to the customary summer. First, he gave America this the morning after LSU defeated Ohio State in that fake title game.

5. USC

The Trojans played like the best team in the country in their final four games [...]

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Coaches ask for early signing period

We approach National Signing Day on which thousands of 17- and 18-year-olds will sign their one-year commitment to major colleges around the country. (That’s right—after one year, the school can end it if you are not worth it.) This time around, college coaches are agitating for an early signing period.
They are talking about it being [...]

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More on recruiting

From the ESPN Recruiting blog on Khaled “Alex’s Brother” Holmes: people love to single out the exciting playmakers but this is how you win games, folks…

Holmes becomes the latest addition of what is developing into an excellent offensive line class this year for USC. The Trojans have targeted the line and have done a wonderful [...]

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Really fascinating piece on recruiting

Skeptical of the recruiting rankings? So are we. But maybe we shouldn’t be, as Sunday Morning Quarterback points out:
Rivals was very, very good at picking the top teams – of the top 25 winningest teams of the last six years, all were either pegged in or very near their respective positions by the recruiting [...]

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Recruiting rankings

Rivals announces their final Top 100 of the recruiting season. It’s pretty spread-offense heavy.
Ohio State leads with 8 of the top 100, and what Scott Wolf calls a lackluster USC recruiting class is second with 7 of the top 100. But those of you who know the Phil-osophy of Football (line play is 90% of [...]

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The real reason Moody left

Via “Indiana’s No. 1 local media site,” we come to find out that Urban Meyer has a kick-ass website.

Just as it is on the field, with coaches chasing Urban Meyer and his fresh national championship with Florida, the Gators coach is setting the standard for Web sites, too.
Oh my, is he ever. You look at [...]

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College football roundup – “It’s only an AK-47″ edition

College football took a backseat this weekend to other momentous sports moments (and we’re referring, of course, to Lorena Ochoa winning the Women’s British Open), but there were some happenings around the nation. They’re here in the roundup.
The Jim Harbaugh Quote Machine continues to crank out good copy. The latest?
“The most important goal is to [...]

Posted in Coaches, Florida, LSU, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, ROUNDUPS, Recruiting, Stanford, Syracuse, Texas, The Bigs, The Other USC, USC, Wyoming | 1 Comment »

College football roundup – “Joe Pa in the press box” edition

Happy Friday. Let’s get to the roundup.
Most of the major preseason polls have closed, and with 97% of precincts reporting, we can report that USC is getting a little bit of attention. They top both the College Football News poll and the USA Today coaches poll. That should be good news for Trojan fans, but [...]

Posted in Alabama, Arkansas, Big Eleven, Coaches, Indiana, LSU, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, ROUNDUPS, Recruiting, Texas, Texas Tech, The U, Va Tech | 1 Comment »