Not only is Georgia’s Jarvis Jones the best linebacker in the nation, but he is arguably the best defensive player in the NCAA. The junior linebacker is an All-American candidate and a finalist for the Bednarik, Lombardi, Nagurski, and Butkus award. At 6’3, 241 lbs., Jones is a premier game-changer who causes havoc in the backfield. He leads the nation in forced fumbles (6) and is second in the nation in tackles for loss (19.5). Despite being sidelined for...
In another step to lure top talent and to let blue-chippers know that USC is the place to showcase your football talent, head coach Lane Kiffin and the Trojans are now including twitter handles on player bio’s. This risky move is an apparent attempt to keep prospective players virtually connected to current players without breaking any recruiting violations. Twitter is certainly a wonderful tool that allows for instant communication without filter to a worldwide audience. With that said, college football coaches such...
Jerry Jones just officially launched an offshoot of his Cowboys Merchandising Ltd. company called Silver Star Merchandising. The goal of Silver Star is to lure top college athletic programs with the hopes of banking off of the program’s success with the sale of logo branded apparel. Jones’ first victim was the University of Southern California. According to Trojan athletic director, Pat Haden, the university just inked a 10-year deal giving Jones exclusive rights to manufacture, license and distribute Trojan sports...
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 barbershop talk this morning is all about the disappointing week 2 in the ACC. To start, #13 Virginia Tech and Coach Beamer were a complete embarrassment being shocked and upset by James Madison University 16-21 in hostile Lane Stadium. The Hokies showed no signs of discipline turning over the ball 3 times and QB Tyrod Taylor was unable to garner any offense during the upset. Kansas quickly turned last week’s upset loss to North Dakota State into a...
Monday night’s Allstate Kick-Off In The Capital game, featuring No. 3 Boise State and No. 10 Virginia Tech, is one of the most highly anticipated season-opening matchups college football has seen in years. While only in the first week of the season, tonight’s game has national title implications. The meeting, which is also the first ever between these schools, will be televised nationally on ESPN at 8:00pm ET from FedEx Field (home of the Washington Redskins) in Landover, MD. Tonight’s game...
USC’s Marc Tyler will start at tailback for the Trojans on Thursday night when USC travels to Hawaii for their season opener against the Warriors. Tyler and Allen Bradford were competing for the starting job this off-season and many expected Bradford to fill the shoes of former Trojan RB Joe McKnight. However, Tyler had other plans in mind. Plagued by a toe injury last season, Tyler only saw action in one game in which he rushed five times for 72...
The hits just keep on coming for the Trojans. This time the Trojans have the honor of achieving something no other collegiate football championship team has ever accomplished–the revocation of a national championship award. The 2004 Grantland Rice Trophy, awarded by the Football Writers Association of America to the nation’s top college football team, has been stripped from the program. The committee voted and agreed that USC was not deserving of the award due to its most recent NCAA rules...
