UCLA football is headed in the right direction under head coach Jim Mora Jr. but a lasting fingerprint from the Rick Neuheisel era remains. Not only his Neuheisel’s son, redshirt junior quarterback Jerry Neuheisel, still on the team but so are a few of his recruits brought to Westwood during his tenure from 2008-2011. One of Neuheisel’s key recruits was […]
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St. Anthony High School’s Logan Gamble presents a dilemma of sorts for college recruiters, but it is the best kind of dilemma possible and that is where to play him. Gamble is a 6’5.5”, 198 pound, two-way star in Southern California lining up at wide receiver and defensive end presenting a world of options at the next level on both […]
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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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When Saraland High School’s Velus Jones Jr. is not ripping opposing Alabama high school defenses apart hauling in 51 passes for 1,118 yards with nine touchdowns or receiving scholarship offers from top schools like Arkansas State, Cincinnati, Florida, Georgia Southern, Louisiana Tech, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisville, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Troy, Tulsa, and UCLA, what is he doing off the field? In […]
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Every year U.S. high schools across the nation turn out amazing gridiron talents. Many of those talents matriculate onto college campuses hoping to make their impact at the collegiate level while receiving their degrees before hearing their names called during the NFL Draft, if lucky. Some players make their mark by being skilled technicians, fast-on-fast, big and strong, heady, or […]
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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 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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When it comes to sports everyone has an opinion. Be it the arm chair quarterback watching the game from home, the cocky up and coming athlete with much left to prove, the shock-jock style beat writers looking for attention, or our trusted “living legends” giving their two cents on local sports shows for ratings. Whether you believe the opinion of […]
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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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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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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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Recruiting update with top Carrollton, Texas offensive lineman As the hype and anticipation builds leading into the first Wednesday of February for National Signing Day, one Class of 2015 recruit will already be on a college campus going through the daily grind of classroom work, offseason workouts, and learning a new playbook. That student-athlete is Carrolton, Texas’ star offensive […]
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An exclusive interview with Los Angeles OG Nate Meadows College coaches recruiting on the West Coast have several “must stop” locations to hit when making the rounds in California, one of them is Windward High School in Los Angeles. Windward consistently puts out Division-I talent and offensive guard Nate Meadows is another in a line of talented players destined […]
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