Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The feeling is already in the air. The band is playing, the fans are cheering, and No. 11 is set ready to take a handoff to the house. Still some six-seven months away from the start of the 2016 high school season and the excitement is building for a breakout season for the all-purpose […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The future is bright at Rancho Cucamonga High School heading into the 2016 California High School football season. The Cougars wrapped up a 9-4 season in 2015 that was upended in the third round of the CIF playoffs in a 62-56 loss in five overtimes against Vista Murrieta. The skill positions on offense at […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA A couple of Cinderella seasons came crashing down while other storybook campaigns continued after another wild weekend of college football. Of all the ups and downs offered by the sport we all love, none was bigger than the fall of Ohio State at the hands of bitter rival Michigan State. Big Ten One Cinderella […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Hopefully all the high school teams in Hawaii got their shots in against ‘Iolani High School this year because the 2016 season is shaping up to be a much harder task. The Raiders jumped up a level of competition in 2015, had a short roster of some 40-plus players, was seemingly constantly dinged with […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Week 11 of the college football season did not disappoint bringing four big upsets of Top 10 AP ranked teams; Oregon vs. then- No. 7 Stanford, Arkansas vs. then- No. 9 LSU, No. 10 Utah vs. Arizona, and No. 12 Oklahoma vs. No. 6 Baylor. The losses racked up by ranked teams did not […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Week 11 of the college football season was as dramatic of a weekend on the gridiron as seen throughout the 2015 season with three Top 10 teams falling. The end result puts the Big 12 and Pac-12 on the edge of the college football playoffs with Notre Dame appearing to be on the verge […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The 2015 high School football season across the U.S. is starting to come to a close after two months of a lot of blood, sweat, and tears by thousands of kids. Week after week and game after game the unexpected continues to happen making each week all the more exciting and while making preseason […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Week 9 of the college football season did little to restructure or add mounting drama to the 2015 college football season with more near misses than amazing Top 25 upsets but all of that is sure to change in Week 10. AAC The American Athletic Conference showed that the top of the class deserves […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Nestled in the northwest corner of the San Fernando Valley is an emerging California high school powerhouse, Sierra Canyon. The Trailblazers are off to an 8-0 record this season with their closest margin of victory being two separate 25 point wins (Taft High School and Brentwood School). Head coach Jon Ellinghouse has a talented […]
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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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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA In every sport coaches are always looking for that rare athlete that can change the fortunes of a given game on talent and athleticism alone. College coaches have identified a rare talent at Merced College, cornerback Devron Davis. Davis is a true freshman working his way through a standout junior college season after lighting […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA America lost sports icon Yogi Berra on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The all-time New York Yankees great was an 18-time All-Star, appeared in 14 World Series winning 10, and cemented a place in sports and pop culture history with his famous quotes. While Berra’s quotes are greatly amusing and funny many of his “isms” have […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA College football fans were treated to several key matchups in Week 7 with conference and national title implications. Week 8 does not have the flair of last weekend’s games from top to bottom, especially from how the preseason rankings dropped, but several conference races will tighten up once Week 8 games have completed. AAC […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The AAC is on the move with a couple key wins during the 2015 season but none bigger than Memphis’ 37-24 derailing of No. 13 Ole Miss. When the AP voters turned in their ballots at the conclusion of Week 7 the American Athletic Conference, for the first time ever, had three teams ranked […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The 2015 California high school football season is barely past the mid-point of the season but Calabasas (6-1) cornerback/wide receiver Darnay Holmes is already one of the most sought after players in the 2017 recruiting class. The 5’11”, 190 pound, star athlete is already past the 20 scholarships offered mark with the potential to […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Once alleged alcohol abuse questions arose on Sunday leading to head coach Steve Sarkisian’s indefinite leave of absence from the USC Trojans football program, the fallout from his actions did not take long. Sunday night 5-star linebacker/tight end Daelin Hayes posted a tweet de-committing from USC. The top recruit updated his status on Twitter […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The fertile college football recruiting grounds in northern California are finally starting to get recognized on a national scale with more and more area talents extending their careers to the collegiate ranks. On Sunday, Oregon secured a commitment from a rising Class of 2016 star, Bryson Young. Young, listed at 6’5”, 220 pounds, started […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA With Week 5 of the college football season in the books, Week 6 offers 10-12 games that have conference and/or national title contention shaping outcomes. The conference that could come into sharper focus when the week is over is the Big Ten with the Pac-12 right behind. The Big Ten East Division is seemingly […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Have the AP rankings ever been this temperamental? The 61 voters spread across the nation are having love affairs with a different team every week and much like a grade school or junior high kid, off to the next shinny object when all of Saturday’s scores have been tallied. The Week 6 bull’s eye […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Saint John Bosco is at it again jumping out to a 5-0 start. The Braves are stacked with talent, like they have been the last three season, but one familiar thread from Bosco’s 2013 California state championship and national championship team, their 2014 California semifinalist squad, and this year’s state and national title contenders […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Parity is alive and well in college football where the strength of a team’s quarterback and backup quarterback is seemingly the difference between success and failure. For the Oregon Ducks, a lopsided 62-20 loss at the hands of Utah at home with backup Jeff Lockie running the show proved to be a monumental downfall […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Sierra Canyon High School in Chatsworth, California is 4-0 on the season with all cylinders firing on offense. The Trailblazers have a rising star in quarterback Niko Harris under center with big targets like Kohl Hollinquest, Eric Markes, and Christian Graves to throw to in the passing attack. Graves, 6’2”, 193 pound, is having […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Continuing off an All-State performance in 2014, Class of 2016 offensive lineman Noah Johnson is back at it on the Arkansas high school gridiron. Helping push Fayetteville in the right direction in 2015, the Bulldogs have a 3-0 record with nice wins over Eisenhower (OK) 58-6, North Little Rock 53-14, and Muskogee (OK) 55-20. […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The mighty (Alabama) has fallen and chinks in the armor of those atop the AP rankings have already started to come through in Week 3 of the college football season. The AP voters have been finicky all season quickly demoting a team for a poor showing and that is exactly what they did to […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The AP voters took an opportunity to do a big over-correct with the Top 25 rankings on Sunday kicking three SEC teams out of the polls while slicing off a little bit of Ohio State’s stronghold on the No. 1 spot. No two ways around it, in Week 2 the SEC got beat up […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Week One of the college football season is in the books and the AP voters see the SEC as the top conference placing a record 10 teams into the Top 25. The previous record for most teams in the Top 25, also set by the SEC, was eight, a mark that was tied […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Yes! It is that time of year when drinking a beverage of choice and eating meats while sitting in a parking lot is not considered a crime or weird… it’s time for college football to begin! With every college football season comes preseason hopes, dreams, and expectations laid upon teams to exceed the success, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The anticipation over which college football team would start the 2015 preseason No. 1 was never in doubt but the curiosity factor wondering if an AP writer would be brave enough to vote a team other then Ohio State as the top in the land was all one could wait until Sunday to see. The results […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA When the 2014 Georgia high school football season had come to an end Newton High School had posted a record of 7-4 that included a tough 43-29 third-round playoff loss to Etowah. The Rams have high expectations entering the 2015 season especially with No. 2 Kurt Taylor in the backfield. Taylor is just entering […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Every year roughly a handful or slightly more of high school football players across the nation are deemed worthy of being ranked as a 5-star recruit. Some players earn the award for being a skilled athlete able to play multiple positions but few are truly as uniquely talented at multiple positions as Valparaiso High School’s Jared […]
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