Written by Ryan Wright and Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @HogManInLA and @charlie_cds3 Since the BCS era began ahead of the 1998 season only one northern team has cracked the south’s dominating grip on college football. Over the last 17 years, the Buckeyes have twice swept away honors winning in 2002 and 2014. The title game for the 2015 season has a true […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The 2015 College Football Playoffs promises to be another action packed tournament complementing last year’s surprise win by Ohio State. The Buckeyes knocked off Alabama 42-35 in the Sugar Bowl then proceeded to gridiron glory winning the title in a 42-20 romp over the Oregon Ducks. The four-team format this season pits No. 1 […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA It happens every year in sports and in every kind of way but what it all adds up to is great talent does not always produce the way fans or general public may expect. If curious, ask any Chicago Cubs or Washington Nationals fan, any Cleveland Browns fan, or any Los Angeles Clippers fan, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Stanford (11-2, 8-1) may not be able to stop Alabama from winning the national championship but sophomore all-purpose back Christian McCaffrey kept Crimson Tide tailback Derrick Henry from sweeping end of season top honor awards by capturing the Associated Press 2015 College Football Player of the Year honors. McCaffrey had an outstanding season in […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The end of season college football awards are being handed out right and left with one of the long-time staples of postseason honors being the Associated Press All-American teams. On Sunday, the AP released their three teams with Alabama and Baylor topping all schools with three first-team selections each. No surprise to see Heisman […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Just about the only thing that has gone wrong for Alabama this year is a five turnover game against Ole Miss that cost the Crimson Tide an undefeated season (43-37). In the wake of going 12-1 with a SEC Championship and a No. 2 seed in the second annual College Football Playoffs, Alabama racked […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Alabama once again was the football standard in the SEC posting a 12-1, 7-1, record winning the West Division title on their way to claiming the SEC Championship with a 29-15 win over then- No. 18 Florida. For the squad’s efforts, coaches around the conference voted 10 Crimson Tide players to the All-Conference teams […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The Downtown Athletic Club announced their three finalist for the 2015 Heisman Trophy Award on Monday with a couple of snubs left off the distinguished list. The three players still in the running for the Heisman are Alabama running back Derrick Henry, Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson, and Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey. Hard to […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA When the pigskin is kicked off for the 24th annual SEC Championship Game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, it’s fitting that the Florida Gators will be taking on the Alabama Crimson Tide as the two programs are the stalwarts of college football’s most important title game. The Gators are making their 11th appearance […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Over the last two seasons the Arkansas Razorbacks have piled up more morale victories than 40 years’ worth of feel good Rocky Balboa storylines. If college teams were ranked off being close but no cigar, the Hogs would be a two-year running Top 10 program. As is, the Razorbacks (2-3, 1-1) finally turned a […]
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