The annual San Diego State University Red & Black Spring Game was a success. I am going to say we had between 700 to 1,200 fans on hand for this spring game (Please keep in mind that is not the official attendance). The first 500 fans in attendance received a free Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila replica jersey. It was also the first […]
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When last catching up with Patrick O’Brien in December, the San Juan Hills quarterback was processing a solid season under center for a Stallions team that came up a little short on the field in 2014. Despite throwing for over 2,000 yards with 15 touchdowns and rushing for another 653 yards with another 13 scores, the Class of 2016 dart […]
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Big 12 teams were 0-3 going into the second day of the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament. The Kansas Jayhawks were ready to turn that losing trend around as they opened their tournament in Omaha against New Mexico State. Kansas was making their 26th straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament while the Aggies were making their fourth straight […]
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North Carolina State rallied from 16 points down barely getting by LSU 66-65 during first round NCAA Tournament action on Thursday. BeeJay Anya’s hook shot with 0.1 seconds sank the Tigers and advance the Wolf Pack into the round of 32. The No. 8 seeded Wolf Pack of N.C. State and the No. 9 seed LSU Tigers were both at-large teams […]
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From the end of the 2011 season and through the offseason leading into the 2012 season the Arkansas Razorbacks went from an 11-win team to a program spiraling out of control. Then head coach Bobby Petrino literally had the wheels of the program come out from underneath him and the Hogs were then left with interim head coach John L. […]
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The right and wrong of siding with or against speeding up or slowing down the game Over the past two days online, radio, and television media have had a field day discussing the retirement of San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland. After one very promising year in the NFL, Borland thought better to hang up his spikes to prevent […]
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After the NCAA cracked down on Syracuse’s men’s basketball team in early March, the rumor mills began churning wondering if longtime Orange head coach Jim Boeheim’s days would be numbered on the hardwood. The NCAA found multiple infractions at Syracuse including players receiving extra benefits, impermissible booster activity, and academic misconduct dating all the way back to the 2004-2005 season […]
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Over the last 10-15 years college football has taken significant leaps and bounds forward from an athletic performance standpoint and a cerebral understanding of the game. The days of stopping a simple Wishbone, Wing-T, or even Power-I offense is long gone. Now a days defenders on the collegiate level must have a far greater understanding of their opposition other than […]
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The East Region is the most open region in the NCAA Tournament. The top teams, Virginia and Villanova, will not have an easy road to the Final Four with some lower seeded teams like Michigan State, Providence, and North Carolina State looking to shatter the bracket. There are also some top players that look to embrace the spotlight and show […]
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The South Region is led by Duke, Gonzaga, and Iowa State however the other teams in the South Region have a lot of star players making for an unpredictable bracket. Almost half of the nation’s Top 10 scoring offenses play in this region so all the games will be fun to watch. The bracket has a good mixture of top teams […]
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Every year there is plenty of talented college basketball players that use the NCAA Tournament to show their craft. The Midwest Region is loaded with star players as they are led by Kentucky. Many teams in the Midwest bracket are led by top guards including West Virginia, Indiana, and Wichita State. Here are five players to keep your eye on throughout the […]
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The West Region includes a lot of intriguing teams with star players. Wisconsin and Arizona look to be on a collision course to face each other for a second straight year in the Elite Eight. The Wisconsin Badgers and Arizona Wildcats are loaded with talent but there many star players on the other teams in the region as well. Here are five […]
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Fresh off a Big 12 Tournament championship game loss 70-66 to Iowa State on Saturday the news for University of Kansas basketball fans did not get any better on Monday. Jayhawks’ men’s basketball coach Bill Self announced star freshman forward Cliff Alexander would not play in the NCAA Tournament. Alexander has missed the last six KU games after eligibility concerns […]
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The East Region is the most intriguing in this year’s tournament. Villanova is the No. 1 seed while Virginia is the two seed. Villanova opens the tournament against Lafayette. Virginia is going up against Belmont. Both Villanova and Virginia is deserving of the No. 1 seed in the East making the road to the Final Four one of the tougher brackets in […]
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Duke clinched the No. 1 seed in the South Region but by no means do the Blue Devils have an easy road to the Final Four. No. 2 seed Gonzaga and No. 3 seed Iowa State will also be fighting for a chance to get to the Final Four. Number one Duke opens the tournament against the winner of the play […]
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The West Region comes down to two teams, No. 1 seed Wisconsin against No. 2 seed Arizona. Both teams look to demolish the other teams in the region and face off in the Elite Eight for the right to go to the Final Four. Notable first round matchups include No. 3 seed Baylor vs. No. 14 seed Georgia St, No. […]
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The Kentucky Wildcats are the only undefeated team in college basketball as they come into the tournament 34-0. The Wildcats are the odds on favorite to win the national title as they clinched the overall No. 1 seed for the 2015 NCAA tournament. The road to the National Championship for Kentucky starts on Thursday, March 19 against the winner of the […]
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The basketball gods smiled down upon the Arkansas Razorbacks during the 2014-2015 season giving Hog fans a taste of something missing since 2008, a NCAA Tournament berth. Arkansas (26-8) opens play in the 2015 NCAA Tournament as a No. 5 seed taking on the Wofford Terriers (28-6). Wofford won the Southern Conference Tournament earning an out-right bid as part of […]
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Watching an early 2014 Heisman Trophy candidate’s season go up in a poof of U.S. greenbacks lead to Georgia lawmakers passing the “Gurley Bill” on Friday. Rules are already in place to limit the kind and type of contact individuals can have with amateur athletes. Rules, or in some cases laws, attempt to stop individuals seeking to pay an athlete […]
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Kansas City, Missouri – The 2015 Big 12 Conference Tournament, held at the Sprint Center, was a highly anticipated tournament after a tough regular season for all 10 teams in the conference. The Kansas Jayhawks were the No. 1 seed after winning the regular season conference title with a 13-5 conference record. The Iowa State Cyclones and the Oklahoma Sooners both […]
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For the second consecutive spring practice session the Washington Huskies will be without starting quarterback Cyler Miles per an announcement made on Friday. Second-year Huskies head coach Chris Petersen released a statement on Friday updating Miles’ status as a voluntary leave of absence not a disciplinary action. During spring practices in 2014 Miles was suspended from the Huskies football program […]
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Exclusive interview with Ryan Gilmartin Can game tape lie? Watching game film everything is right there in front of the viewer – the good, the bad, and the downright ugly. After watching top players year after year do their thing on the football field every now and again you come across the player that raises questions, one of those […]
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Exclusive Interview with Logan Darby Tough, hardnosed, instinctive, and gaining size and experience – all truisms about Bentonville safety Logan Darby. Every high school football team across the nation has a Logan Darby on their team. He might be a little undersized but he’s the kind of guy that shows up in more ways than one for every […]
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2015 Arkansas Razorback Spring Practice Schedule Monday, March 16 Tuesday, March 17 Thursday, March 19 Tuesday, March 31 Thursday, April 2 Saturday, April 4 Tuesday, April 7 Thursday, April 9 Saturday, April 11 Tuesday, April 14 Thursday, April 16 Saturday, April 18 Tuesday, April 21 Thursday, April 23 Saturday, April 25, Red-White Game at 1 p.m. CT. Photo credit: bleacherreport.com; […]
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Interview with Fort Osage Class of 2016 recruit Skylar Thompson Not all college quarterbacks are the same. Some take charge under center by God given physical abilities, others have a keen grasp of the mental part of the game understanding all the X’s and O’s, while others have a mix of athleticism and high-IQ. No combination of key attributes […]
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Exclusive interview with Spencer Perry What do you do when you have college football recruiters on a string? If you’re Spencer Perry you’re humble and thankful for the blessings bestowed. The former Auburn High School (Alabama) safety, now with IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, is hitting that stride underclassmen reach after National Signing Day when offers start to roll […]
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Exclusive interview with tight end Parker Houston A talent was unearthed at Reed High School in Sparks, Nevada during the 2014 season. Perhaps a better way to phrase what happened would be to say a position switch placed an otherwise overlooked and previously undersized player into a lead role on a championship caliber team last season. So what was […]
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Exclusive interview with WR Dominique Reed What Razorback Nation started to understand early in the 2014 season was a notion that slowly started to creep out to the SEC West, the SEC East, and then the rest of college football – a movement is underway at Arkansas. Second year Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema weathered the storm from a […]
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Top Connecticut TE talks about joining Eagles A day after joining rock star status among the Boston College faithful as verbal commitment to the Eagles 2016 recruiting class, Scooter Harrington was back to being a normal high school teenager shoveling snow off the family’s driveway the following morning. In between a successful visit to the Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts campus […]
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Exclusive interview with Connor Maitland Spread offenses are fun to watch and understandably are part of the evolution of the game of football, but with a new trend something has to give way. Getting lost in the shuffle of teams scoring 50 plus points a game with the idea of running 80 or more plays a game is a […]
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