Utah Utes Cleaning Up in NCAA Transfer Portal with Six 4-Star Talents

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook In the last three recruiting hauls, Utah has signed four 4-Star recruits in each receiving five total in the 2018-17 class combined. Jump to this season’s NCAA Transfer Portal, life has been very good to the Utes landing seven Power 5 players that includes six former 4-Star recruits. Utah is losing […]

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2019 College Football Bowl Performance by Conference

Posted by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG The measuring stick among college football fans on how good a conference is top to bottom comes with wins in non-conference games. No matter how many wins a program may have during the season, if their schedule is weak, the program and fanbase will hear about it. A program can make excuses during the […]

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Complete Breakdown and Insight to the 2018 Recruiting Rankings

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG Another National Signing Day has come and gone, meaning another year of college football programs from across the nation restocking the proverbial shelves of football talent. The future is an unknown for all, players and coaches alike, but for now all classes are graded by the number of five-, four-, and three-star talents signed. […]

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Breakdown of Week 13 College Football Games with AP Week 14 Rankings

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Rivalry week in Division I football did not disappoint ending the season on an exciting note. While some teams are still crying foul over their losses, regardless, the conference championship games are set in four of the five Power Conferences with Oklahoma and Oklahoma State left to battle it out in the Big 12 […]

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Former USC Head Coach Steve Sarkisian Suing University for Wrongful Termination

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Admission of wrongdoing and accepting consequences for one’s actions are no longer the norm. As America seeks to redefine substance and alcohol abuse as a disease and a disability, a different set of circumstances are expected to follow when terminating an employee, at least that is Steve Sarkisian’s point of view. On Monday, the […]

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USC Hires Interim Head Coach Clay Helton as Trojans New Head Coach

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The search for a new head coach at USC did not take long and athletic director Pat Haden did not have to go far hiring interim head coach Clay Helton as the Trojans new head coach on Monday. Helton has twice been named interim head coach of the Trojans but had more time to […]

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Hawaii 5-Star P/K Jet Toner Talks Commitment to Stanford

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Sometimes in high school and college football, dreams do come true. For Punahou High School 5-star punter/kicker Jet Toner his dream came true receiving an offer from Stanford, an offer he immediately accepted. Toner is a 6’3”, 185 pound, kicker with a cannon for a leg. At the end of his junior season he […]

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Portrait of Ongoing Alcohol Abuse coming to the Forefront with USC HC Steve Sarkisian

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA A day after USC Athletic Director Pat Haden placed head football coach Steve Sarkisian on an indefinite leave of absence, a bigger picture of ongoing alcohol abuse is now being painted about the once highly regarded coach. Reports indicated on Sunday that Sarkisian showed up for a team meeting Sunday morning at 11 a.m. […]

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UCLA Suffers another Setback with Loss of LB Myles Jack for the Season Due to Injury

Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA UCLA has jumped out to a 3-0 record in 2015 with early season wins over Virginia, UNLV, and BYU moving from a preseason No. 14 ranking to No. 9 in the latest AP poll. The results on the field have been promising leading many to believe the Bruins could be a Pac-12 South title […]

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Pass Happy Pac-12 Lands Five Players on Preseason Jim Thorpe Award Watch List

Written by Ryan Wright The preseason Jim Thorpe Award watch list was released on Monday outlining the thought best of the best defensive backs in the nation. While no preseason watch list is perfect, one message has been sent to the rest of the Power 5 conferences in college football by the Pac-12 – your defensive backs are not better […]

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UCLA nabs a top Class of 2016 FB from Crespi over Iowa State

Over the weekend Iowa State attempted to go into UCLA’s backyard to pickup FB/RB/LB Jalen Starks but on Thursday the battle was over when the local product verbally committed to the Bruins. Starks, 6’1”, 240 pounds, helped Crespi High School to a 9-2 record in 2014 by blowing open holes for running back Torrance Brumfield and his 1,258 yards rushing […]

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Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh opens can of worms with satellite camps, SEC approves the practice

In late April new Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh taunted SEC head coaches with his “Summer Swarm.” The Summer Swarm is nine planned satellite football camps in seven states with the intent to draw recruits from other regions to the University of Michigan. Harbaugh had the upper hand due to a SEC rule that outlawed the practice. With the […]

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Saraland, Alabama WR Velus Jones Jr. takes path less traveled on gridiron

When Saraland High School’s Velus Jones Jr. hauls in a reception, make no mistake, he knows how to blaze a well worn path to the end zone. Either by finding that extra gear outrunning defenders, placing a well timed hesitation step, or putting a juke on two or three defenders at one time leaving all three grasping for air, Jones […]

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St. John Bosco OT Joe Murphy talks UCLA and USC unofficial visits

Class of 2016 offensive tackle Joe Murphy has been grinding it out on the Saint John Bosco varsity football team over the past two seasons. First as a reserve during his sophomore season behind monster USC signee Damien Mama (6’5”, 360 lbs) through a state and national championship in 2013 and then as a devastating starting tackle in his own […]

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UCLA has tough decision under center after Spring Showcase

UCLA head coach Jim Mora Jr. has put the Bruins program in a great situation but has put himself and offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone in a tough situation. The Bruins have done a great job of collecting top talent since Mora took over in 2012 but are now in between a rock and a hard spot after Brett Hundley bypassed […]

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Interview: Catching up with Cal signee CHS OL/DL Luc Bequette

Before National Signing Day 2015 came around Cal Golden Bear fans were a little nervous about potential two-way lineman Luc Bequette. The then 6’2”, 285 pound, now 290, star for Little Rock, Arkansas’ Catholic High School is the rare player who can play either guard spot, center, and line up at tackle on the defensive side of the ball. That […]

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Q&A with USC commit Mater Dei OT Frank Martin

Frank Martin is a 6’6”, 300 pound, star offensive tackle for Mater Dei High School with over 30 scholarship offers from top programs from across the nation including Arkansas, LSU, Florida, Miami, Oklahoma, Penn State, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Utah, Duke, Washington, Texas A&M, and in-state powers UCLA, California, Fresno State, San Jose State, and San Diego State. The Orange County, California […]

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Interview: Nevada TE Parker Houston makes Jr. Day rounds at Boise State, OSU, and UNR

The recruiting game is a fresh new world for dward C. Reed High School’s Parker Houston. The 6’4”, 228 pound, tight end exploded onto the scene during his junior season helping the Raiders to an 11-4 record with a state championship runner-up finish to national champs Bishop Gorman in 2014. During the season Houston caught 40 passes for 525 yards […]

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Interview: ASU OL commit Marshal Nathe looks to go back-to-back with Centennial

If there is one thing to learn about Arizona State Class of 2016 commitment Marshal Nathe that would be Sun Devils head coach Todd Graham got one of the biggest steals in the nation pretty much by virtue of geography and upbringing. The bold statement takes nothing away from the Sun Devils’ recruiting efforts but puts all the praise on […]

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Utah pulls Utes legacy out of Southern California, Interview with Tucker Scott

Mean, nasty, and has a bad attitude, that is the nicest summation of Tucker Scott on the gridiron even on a play going the other way. The 6’5”, 270 pound, offensive lineman may have 25 to 30 pounds to pack on before he starts routinely embarrassing college defensive linemen and linebackers, but make no mistake that is what will soon […]

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Stanford continues hot roll, picks up two commitments in two days

The Stanford Cardinal football program has never been known for rounding up early verbal commitments but more for slowly piecing together solid class after solid recruiting class. 2016 appears to be different having already landing five verbals with the addition of linebacker Curtis Robinson on Monday and defensive back Nygel Edmonds on Tuesday. Edmonds, a 5’11”, 183 pound, cornerback from […]

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UCLA loses WR Devin Lucien at start of spring practices

UCLA started spring practices on Tuesday and shortly thereafter lost one of their top wide receivers, Devin Lucien. Bruins head coach Jim Mora announced after the first of 14 scheduled spring practices that Lucien was leaving the team. In his post practice meeting with the media Mora stated, “He has decided to go a different direction. I thought I knew […]

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Stanford picks up commitment from 4-star QB KJ Costello

On Thursday Santa Margarita Catholic quarterback KJ Costello ended what could have been a very long recruiting period for the 4-star by verbally committing to Stanford. Costello, 6’4”, 218 pounds, rose to the top of the recruiting rankings as part of the 2016 recruiting class passing for 3,123 yards with 23 touchdowns against 10 picks. The pro-style quarterback picked up […]

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Utes string fans and QB Travis Wilson along for another spring

The Utah football program appears to be back on the rise after a 9-4 season in 2014. The Utes finished the season ranked No. 21 in the nation after toppling Colorado State 45-10 in the Vegas Bowl but the team starts spring practices with some uncertainty thanks to the coaching staff. Part of the resurgence for head coach Kyle Whittingham […]

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UCLA Bruins set to begin spring football practices

UCLA head coach Jim Mora heads into spring practices looking to get the Bruins into the Pac-12 Championship Game for the first time in his tenure after back-to-back 10-win seasons. One consistent option for Mora over his first three seasons in Westwood was quarterback Brett Hundley. With Hundley gone as an early NFL entry, the Bruins have a big hole […]

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USC picks up needed Oklahoma senior TE transfer

On Monday soon to be graduated senior Taylor McNamara announced his intentions to transfer from the University of Oklahoma opting to play his final year out at University of Southern California. The 6’5”, 245 pound, So Cal native from West View High School in San Diego was a lost piece in the Sooners’ offense playing in 11 career games, starting […]

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Arkansas head coach goes on player safety attack after Borland retirement

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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Washington Huskies QB Cyler Miles takes leave of absence

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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Central Catholic’s Brady Breeze, an athlete in every since of the word

Exclusive interview with the Oregon Ducks’ first 2016 verbal commitment   In high school football the word athlete is bantered about far too often. More times than not the word is used in place of “tweener”, a word used meant to describe a recruit whose size makes him a toss up say between cornerback or safety, running back or wide […]

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A third generation Razorback walks down his own path

An exclusive interview with Luc Bequette   Having one family member play Division-I college football at a Power Five program is a rarity in and of itself. Being a third generation legacy with an uncle and cousin, who has also played college ball, all at the same program, can present a different level of expectations that can be hard to […]

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