I know a lot of you are on this site only for The Matador’s staple of college football, and I get that. Just think of this as your non-prime time, post-draft, home away from home. I’ll be out of your way in plenty of time for Minnesota at Middle Tennessee on September 2nd. So, Kim Kardashian is with Reggie Bush and the Saints win the Super Bowl. Does that mean that now that she’s moved on to Cristiano Ronaldo,...
The NCAA has some bizarre love affair with USC and appears to go out of its way to protect the program. Recently, the Pac 10 conference reported that an unnamed coach (Pete Carroll) was found in violation for having a paid consultant on staff during practices and games. The violation wasn’t necessarily the hiring of a consultant; rather, it had more to do with the number of coaches the team employed. Though the Pac 10 did not release the...
During the off-season, the Redskin’s GM, Bruce Allen, stated that he wanted to pursue a field of QBs. He first added Rex Grossman prior to the NFL draft and now he signed undrafted QB Daryll Clark. For the past two seasons, Clark was a Penn State staple becoming the school’s all-time leader in TDs (43), single season passing yards (3,003), and single season TDs (24). Though the first team all-conference QB was not drafted, several NFL teams showed interest...
Some sad news is coming out of the City of Brotherly Love. Earlier today, University of Pennsylvania announced that Quaker captain and DE Owen Thomas was found dead in his off-campus residence at around 2:00 p.m. by his roommates. There is no indication of foul play and this case is not being treated as a homicide. Thomas was a 2nd team All-Ivy league player in 2009 and was voted as a team captain for the 2010 season. As a...
The 2010 NFL draft yielded great returns for the Florida Gators as the Gators had more players selected than any other school in the draft. The Gators set a school record by having 6 players taken in this first three rounds of this year’s draft, and tied a school record by having 3 players selected in the first round. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to many as the Gators have been the premiere college football team in the...
In 2009, Oregon’s LeGarrette Blount was set to take the stage at running back for the Ducks and was predicted by experts to be a 2nd, or at worst, a 3rd round draft pick in the 2010 NFL draft. Obviously, all that was struck down after Blount sucker punched a Boise State player in the Ducks’ opening game of the 2009 season. Blount was immediately suspended from the team and did not return until late in the season and only on...
Schools earn nicknames for a reason and anyone who follows college football knows where the greatest linebackers come to play ball. Penn State continued to showcase its “Linebacker U” status by having all three starting linebackers drafted in the 2010 NFL Draft. This marks 6 linebackers drafted in the past four drafts for JoePa. The first LB to go was Sean Lee in the 2nd round to the Dallas Cowboys (55th pick). LB Navorro Bowman was drafted in the...
