During the last six months or so, when the topic of linebackers and the 2012 NFL Draft came up, Arizona State’s Vontaze Burfict was always discussed. He was considered to be towards the top of the class and a potential first-round pick. But, that seems like forever ago. And now, teams don’t seem to care [...]
We were all so excited when we finally got Lincoln University football back on the field and practicing again. It’s almost like Christmas. Getting to see those Lincoln University colors (whatever they might be) back on the football field again getting ready for the season. Well, this clip is like if Christmas ate Easter and [...]
Tons of mock drafts say tons of stuff that isn’t true. And tons of pre-draft reports say even more stuff that is less truer (how is that for grammar?). But, most experts/mock drafter have Texas A&M QB Ryan Tannehill falling no farther than No. 8 to the Miami Dolphins. Do the Miami Dolphins even want [...]
We understand why there is a Combine for the NFL. NFL teams need to get a good look at these guy so they don’t go drafting one-eyed receivers like Wesley Walker and not find out about him having one eye until after they took him (turns out it didn’t matter, he was really good). But, [...]
Arkansas football head coach Bobby Petrino has always prided himself on having complete privacy in his personal life. So, one would think he’d be a little more careful when riding his motorcycle with a 25-year old female employee, Jessica Dorrell, on the back. Yes, we heard that he crashed that bike, but we now know [...]
If you aren’t familiar with the Wonderlic Test, it’s given to every NFL draft prospect at the Combine every year. It’s a 50-question test that you have 12 minutes to complete. You score a point for every question you get right. The questions are kind of IQ style, like “complete this series”-type of stuff. While [...]
One of the most talented, yet polarizing, players in this year’s NFL Draft is Northern Alabama CB Janoris Jenkins. He was kicked off the football team at the University of Florida and has been arrested three times. Sounds like great guy! But, it gets better. We not learn that Jenkins has four children, from three [...]
The NFL Combine is several days of college players being treated like a complete piece of meat. How strong are you? How fast are you? How smart are you? Was your mother a prostitute? (ok, that wasn’t technically during the Combine, but you get the point). This whole obsession with knowing every possible thing about [...]
One of the guys that may have benefited the most from USC’s Matt Barkley’s decision to stay another year was Texas A&M QB Ryan Tannehill. As of five minutes before he injured his foot, he was rated by many as the third-best QB in this year’s NFL Draft behind Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III. [...]
There are a lot of upset people in the Louisiana area after last night’s complete shellacking by Alabama against the LSU Tigers. The final score was 21-0, but the game did not seem that close. LSU didn’t cross the 50-yard line until the fourth quarter and ended up with just five first downs. And LSU [...]
There’s been a lot of talk – maybe too much talk – about next year’s NFL Draft class, mainly because there are some hot quarterbacks who could be a part of it. USC QB Matt Barkley was potentially one of them, as he could have taken off after his junior year. We can quell that [...]
Well, this isn’t good for Syracuse basketball coach Bernie Fine. Usually, when you do bad things (rape, murder, extortion, whatever you want to name), your wife is the last person in your corner. Even just to deny your involvement for their own personal sanity. So, when she’s even in agreement that you’re a no-good douchebag, [...]
I mean…you can’t make this up. If this doesn’t show you how out of whack our society is, I don’t know what does. You may or may not have heard about the biggest scandal in the history of collegiate sports that’s still being sorted out at Penn State? Yeah, so Jerry Sandusky spent quite a [...]
I admit that I am getting pretty tired of the Penn State/Joe Paterno/Jerry Sandusky discussion. Everyone has an opinion and I’m just sick of hearing about it. Should they have fired Joe? What did he know? When did he know it? It’s mostly conjecture right now and while I have an opinion too, I’ll spare [...]
According to Jim Gardner of ABC 6 News, JoePa’s time at Penn State has come to an abrupt end. Penn State Board of Trustees announces that Joe Paterno will not coach another game. Assistant coach Tom Bradley is interim coach. President Graham Spanier has resigned. Penn State Provost, Rodney Erickson has been named interim President. [...]
When word first broke that former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was hired by the Indianapolis Colts as a game day assistant, there was a bit of outrage from fans and media. Here the NFL had just suspended Terrelle Pryor for five weeks due to NCAA violations that yielded the same discipline at the college [...]
LSU is opening the season as the No. 4 ranked team in the nation. That’s great, right? Well, sure, but it would be a lot better if they knew they’d have their starting quarterback. Jordan Jefferson is turning himself in, along with backup linebacker Joshua Johns, after an arrest warrant was issued. These two apparently [...]
I can’t say this is shocking. The Oakland Raiders used a 2012 third-round pick on Terrell Pryor out of Ohio State. Pryor was the only player selected in today’s Supplemental Draft. The move makes perfect sense. Al Davis loves guys with great physical tools. Can you throw far? Can you run fast? Great, you’re hired. [...]
We’ve never been huge Terrelle Pryor fans. He’s big and athletic, but he’s not our cup of tea as a QB. Sure, he’s a pretty good college quarterback, but we don’t love his accuracy and other intangibles at the next level. But, who are we? Certainly not NFL scouts. But maybe we could be, because [...]
Former University of Michigan star Robert “Tractor” Traylor was found dead in his apartment in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. He had suffered a massive heart attack at the age of 34. Traylor was a McDonald’s All-American and a big-time player at Michigan. In 1998, he was drafted with the sixth-overall pick and then traded by [...]
The news on Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett just keeps getting worse. We mentioned the other day that he admitted to recreational drug use at the Combine, now we hear about him thoroughly shirking responsibility. And we don’t use the word “shirk” lightly. Mallett met with Carolina Panthers officials for dinner on April 8th, the day [...]
Eric Davis played cornerback in the NFL for 13 seasons, most notably for the San Francisco 49ers. So, his opinion does have some merit when it comes to ranking collegiate CB prospects as they prepare to head into the NFL. And while the consensus is that LSU CB Patrick Peterson is the only “can’t miss” [...]
Few are concerned about the talent level of Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett. However, everyone seems to be worried about his character issues and party habits. While he has continued to downplay any drug use, he reportedly did admit to teams at the Combine that he’s used them in recreational fashion during his time at college. [...]
Every year before the NFL draft, there is tons of speculation about this player and that player and whose stock is rising, whose is falling and what players have been erased off of teams’ draft boards completely. And as far as that last point, there are rumors that some teams have wiped Colorado CB Jimmy [...]
One of the biggest topics of this year’s NFL Draft (besides, you know, will these guys even have a rookie season?) has been the knee of Clemson DE Da’Quan Bowers. At one point a few months ago, some had him projected to go No. 1 overall. There has been absolutely none of that talk recently. [...]
