For all you recruits, if you travel to Gainsville for any football camp, do not flash the infamous University of Miami sign with your hands. On Friday, Tavadis Glenn (6’5, 265lbs), a Miami oral commit, was attending Florida’s Friday Night Lights camp. During a practice drill, Glenn successfully covered a defensive lineman. After the play, he flashed the “U” Miami sign and taunted the player with this is “what Miami do.” A Gator’s assistant coach immediately approached Glenn and...
Today, there was another blow to Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines. The team announced the dismissal of Deerfield, Florida native Justin Feagin (So. 6’0, 198lbs) for a violation of team rules. Feagin was Rodriguez’s first quarterback recruit. He was anticipated to become the “next Pat White” in Rodriguez’s spread offense for his speed and agility. Last season, Feagin was moved from quarterback to defensive back to slot receiver. He only appeared in four games last year (against Purdue,...
Welcome to the Sun Belt! This will be David Elson and the Hilltoppers‘ first season as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. Most major sporting news networks ranked the Hilltoppers to be dead last in the league. Last season, they were 111th in total offense (286.1 yds/game), 73rd in total defense (375.3 yds/game) and 111th in points allowed (27.2 points/game). With their best recruiting class ever, the Hilltoppers should improve from last season’s 2-10 mark. The Offense returns...
Lou Holtz and the fighting Irish come out of the Land of the Rising Sun victorious. The Notre Dame alumni team beat Japan 19-3 on Saturday. Japan shockingly took an early 3-0 lead in the 1st quarter but Notre Dame quickly tied it up with Scott Cengia‘s 37-yarder early in the second. Notre Dame never looked backed after JayVickers’ 77-yard run in the second quarter which landed ND in the redzone. Quarterback Tony Rice punched it in from the...
Another Big 10 coach signs an extention. As reported early in the week, the extension was anticiated and today, it finally came to fruition. Illinios and Zook agree to a one year extension coming off of his subpar 5-7 mark last season. The contract extension runs through the 2013 season. However, the agreement does not include a raise in Zook’s annual $1.505 million salary. Zook a was quoted as saying, “I am very excited that the Board and Chancellor...
It looks like USC lands top rated recruit Jesse Scroggin from Lakewood, Calif. Under Armour All-American quarterback Scroggin had his pick of schools from Florida to Tennessee; however, he ended up staying close to home as he announced on ESPN his intentions to play for Pete Carroll and the USC Trojans. Scroggins’ (6-2/189lbs) decision came down to location, family, and friends. Lakewood is a small Los Angeles community near Long Beach and Anaheim. Also, he has friends that play for USC and...
It looks like another college football player is busted for DUI. Early Wednesday morning, Boise State running back Michael Atkinson, 20, was arrested for driving under the influence and charge with misdemeanor leaving the scene of an accident. Atkinson apparently struck a metal barrier and then proceeded to walk away from the scene. A witness stated he saw the incident which occurred near Vista Avenue and Canal Street at around 1:15 a.m. The witness approached the damaged car to see if the driver...
It looks like BYU’s head coach Bronco Mendenhall is fed up with the preseason polls. Mendenhall feels that the Mountain West just doesn’t get any respect when it comes to rankings and bowl selections. During the conference’s annual media blitz, he stated, “I don’t think it is possible to pick, nor do I think, philosophically, that there ought to be any preseason polls, period.” He later suggested that “after Game 6, then possibly there is enough information to make...
