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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
NFL teams don’t seem to have any problems with the abilities of Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett on the field. However, it’s been made clear that they worry about him off the field. Whether it’s his attitude or his rumored drug use, teams aren’t in love with him. And according to SI.com’s Tony Pauline, it’s heavily [...]
Georgia WR A.J. Green and LSU CB Patrick Peterson should be thrilled that they aren’t quarterbacks. If a quarterback scored what they scored on the Wonderlic test (a la Vince Young), it would hurt their draft stock quite a bit. Luckily for Young, there was an owner who was also a Houston native, who was [...]
Ah, the Wonderlic test. Given to every player at the NFL combine in Indianapolis. Other than the individual interviews with teams, where they try to see what you know about reading coverages and different formations, this is the “smarts” part of the combine. It’s 50 questions (resembling IQ test) that you have to answer in [...]
In the last couple of months, there have been rumors speculating that Auburn DT Nick Fairley was slipping. He took plays off and has maturity issues. Alabama DT Marcell Dareus is the better pro prospect. Or is that just a bunch of nonsense? According to Sporting News writer Russ Lande, Fairley is still the better [...]
Just as recently as a month or so ago, there were many people who had Clemson DE Da’Quan Bowers pegged to go No. 1 overall to the Carolina Panthers. But, it’s been a while since anyone has predicted that. Bowers told NFL teams at the combine that his surgically repaired was fine and that he [...]
Johnny McEntee is some kind of UCONN quarterback or something. But, he’s a little different from other quarterbacks. Who knows if this guy as all the necessary tools to play QB in a real football game, but he sure as hell is accurate. He’s the “trick shot” quarterback and he goes around campus making some [...]
If you are an NFL team in need of a QB, look no further than the upcoming NFL draft. Plenty has been said about Missouri’s Blaine Gabbert, Washington’s Jake Locker, Arkansas’ Ryan Mallett, and Auburn’s Cam Newton. But you may be forgetting perhaps the best QB in the class; Nevada’s Colin Kaepernick. Photo Caption: His [...]
The Carolina Panthers literally have no luck. They can’t catch a break and they certainly didn’t catch one with the news that Andrew Luck will stay at Stanford to finish his education. “I am committed to earning my degree in architectural design from Stanford University and am on track to accomplish this at the completion [...]
If Stanford QB Andrew Luck is as smart as we associate Stanford student athletes with being, he’ll make one more pass. He’ll pass up the opportunity to return for another season as QB of the Cardinal. Yeah, yeah, yeah…he should go to school, get his degree and sit in a cubicle earning 50k a year. [...]
According to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, newly-hired Florida coach Will Muschamp has recruited Charlie Weis away from the Kansas City Chiefs to become the offense coordinator for the Gators. Although the deal is a ‘foregone conclusion,’ Weis will finish off the season, including the playoffs, with the Chiefs. PHOTO CAPTION: Charlie wears a grey shirt and [...]
And so it starts. Underclassmen have until January 15th to declare their eligibility for the 2011 draft, and it’s already starting. University of Maryland wide receiver Torrey Smith has announced on his Twitter page that he’s done with the NCAA and is going to head to the NFL. “I’m forgoing my last year of eligibility [...]