Although Cam Newton is the face of Auburn football, the Tigers boast a punishing three-headed rushing attack that has left defensive coordinators struggling to find ways to slow it down this season. However, what they’ve learned in the process is that you cannot stop it; you can only hope to try to find ways of containing it. Michael Dyer, Onterio McCalebb, and Mario Fannin are averaging over 5 yards per carry this season and have been instrumental in...
After his arrest in Gainesville, FL, in November 2008 on charges in connection with a stolen laptop, Cam Newton’s career as a Division 1 athlete seemed to come to an end. As the legal system played its course, it was learned that Newton had indeed purchased the laptop from a seller he believed was legitimate. However, with his name and reputation tarnished, Newton and his family decided it best to part ways with the University of Florida and transfer from the school. In January 2009, Netwon enrolled at Blinn...
Alabama Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram will make his first appearance of the season this Saturday when Alabama visits the Duke Blue Devils. Ingram sat out of Alabama’s first two games of the season after undergoing knee surgery on August 31st. Ingram has participated in drills and has practiced all week for the Tide, making his return against Duke imminent. While Ingram is the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, back-up RB Trent Richardson has a few in Tuscaloosa murmuring about a RB controversy. In games against...
The moment that college football fans have been waiting nearly 240 days for is finally here. The 2010-11 college football season officially begins this evening when Wake Forest plays host to Presbyterian at 6:30 PM EDT. Fans from Eugene, OR, to State College, PA, will be proudly wearing their colors, and school flags will be waving from cars like Sabal Palm trees on I-95 as thousand of fans make their annual pilgrimage to college towns throughout the nation. As of...
Nick Saban’s worst nightmare came true yesterday when Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram went down injuring his left knee during yesterday’s practice. The tailback’s injury was so severe he immediately underwent successful arthroscopic knee surgery performed by Dr. Lyle Cain and Dr. James Andrews (presumably both Crimson Tide fans). The tailback is listed as day-to-day but he will certainly miss Bama’s home opener this Saturday against San Jose State. It is still undecided if Ingram will suit up for the...
Penn State’s Evan Royster passed up on the NFL draft to play one more season under legendary coach Joe Paterno. The senior tailback returns to the Nittany Lions as the most dangerous weapon on offense. The 6’1”, 213 pound speedster and visionary amassed 2,918 yards in just 3 years and is only 481 yards shy of breaking Curt Warner’s (3,398 yards) school record. As the senior leader puts on the pads one final time, he has a legitimate shot...
Alabama’s Mark Ingram has more hardware to display in his already growing trophy case. Today, Ingram was named the 2009 Southeastern Conference’s Roy F. Kramer Male Athlete of the Year for last season’s remarkable individual performance and national championship run. During the 2009 season, sophomore Mark Ingram set Alabama’s single season rushing mark amassing 1,658 yards while becoming the first Crimson Tide ever to win the Heisman Trophy. He was also a unanimous first team All-American and the AP...
More good news is coming out of Tuscaloosa and the Mark Ingram camp. The Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA) has just named its Amateur Athlete of the year. RB Mark Ingram, Jr. will be honored this Sunday at the ASWA’s annual convention in Birmingham, Alabama. Ingram earned this award for his fantastic play last season garnering 1,658 rushing yards, 17 touchdowns, and 32 receptions en route to a Heisman Trophy and a BCS National Championship. The last Tide to win...
