According to ESPN.com, the Elite 11, the nation’s premier quarterback camp, is set to open Feburary 28th in sunny Orlando, Florida. The country’s best high school QBs will have a chance to showcase their talent in six cities across the nation. After a heavy vetting process, the Elite 11 committee will then invite the 12 best QBs the cities’ have offered, to the final exclusive camp session in Southern California. The final camp includes hands on teaching from professionals,...
The 85th edition of the East West Shrine Game was played yesterday in Orlando, Florida. Northwestern’s Mike Kafka (18-27 150 yards) led the east to the game winning drive by hitting Penn State’s Andrew Quarless with 5 ticks left on the clock. In the huddle I told Kafka, ‘Just throw it up and I’ll make a play.’ He threw a perfect pass,” Quarless said. “It just feels good to go out with a bang.” The Nittany Lions also had a strong showing...
Houston football coach Kevin Sumlin received a late Christmas gift earlier this week. Fresh off the heels of one of Houston’s best football seasons, Sumlin was awarded a contract extension that will keep him at Houston through the 2015 season. The contract still must be approved by the Texas Board of Regents, but barring any unexpected setbacks, the deal should be made official on Monday. Sumlin’s name had quite a bit of buzz a few weeks ago for a...
Arizona coach Mike Stoops believes in second chances. Former Texas receiver Dan Buckner is going to the University of Arizona to continue his collegiate football career. Buckner was dismissed from the Texas football program after being arrested on trespassing and resisting arrest charges on January 13th. The charges stemmed from an altercation between Buckner and his girlfriend, when he refused to leave his girlfriend’s apartment apartment after she asked him to do so. Buckner, if he can manage to...
It appears Michigan State is getting a face lift. In December, the university applied for a patent (which is still pending) to secure the new look and the school plans to make an official announcement this April presumably before the spring game. For you longtime fans, the logo still sticks to the traditional roots of Michigan State’s past designs. If you take a look at the two designs pictured above, you can see that the classic Spartan gladiator helmet looks a little more sleeker...
All is quiet over at Team Matador as we get ready for the weekend with Tim Tebow and the East-West Shrine Game. So if you are like me and you are enjoying a cup of coffee this Friday morning, here are a couple of links that will get you going. It looks like MSU is tired of being in the middle of the pack when it comes to recruiting, so to spur their rankings, the Bulldogs took some of their...
