NCAA basketball: Are student athletes being cheated?

By James Spearman     Once again, as I’m getting ready to talk about something important like how LeBron is doing in south beach, or maybe even Kobe’s “season ending” injury, something of extreme importance came to mind. According to the 2013 Forbes list of the NBA’s highest aid ...

My 2013 NFL Draft Top Receiver Prospects

By Jsmith1119   Wide receiver Keenan Allen of Cal (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Ranking  Receiver/WO College  1 Cordarelle Patterson Tenn 2 Quinton Patton La Tech 3 Keenan Allen Cal 4 DeAndre Hopkins Clemson 5 Justin Hunter Tenn 6 Terrence Williams Baylor 7 Robert Woods USC 8 Da’Rick Rogers Tenn Tech 9 Chris Harper K State 10 Rodney Smith FSU Ranking Receiver/Slot College 1 Tavon Austin West V 2 Ryan Swope Tx A&M 3 Marcus Wheaton Ore St 4 Stedman Bailey West V 5 Josh Boyce TCU ...read more Source: BeyondtheCombine

Is the Final Four Overrated?

  We’ve watched college basketball all season awaiting this moment, Final Four weekend. It has arrived, and we’re just as excited as can be—well, aren’t we? If there was a questionnaire that asks what’s the most exciting month in the sports year, most likely the response would be March, for March Madness. This includes the … Continue reading »

#6 Desmond Trufant, CB, Washington

By Jsmith1119 HT :    6-0                             WT:    190 YR :    SR                             Pos:    CB Notables: 2012 First Team All Pac -12 45 Straight Starts  Pros Good size Natural instinct you can’t teach Knows how to be active with his hands in coverage Great ball skills Knows how to get off of WR blocks Fluid ...

#54 Jesse Williams, DT, Alabama

By Duke Manyweather #54 Jesse Williams, DT, Alabama HGT: 6-3 WGT: 323   Jesse Williams is one of the more recognizable former members of the Alabama Crimson Tide. Originally from Australia, Williams came to Alabama via Arizona Western Junior College in the spring of 2011. As a Junior in ...

#73 Sharrif Floyd, DT, Florida

By Duke Manyweather #73 Sharrif Floyd, DT, Florida HGT: 6-3 WGT: 297   In 3 seasons as a Florida Gator, Sharrif Floyd appeared in 36 games with 26 starts. Floyd racked up 115 career tackles, 26 TFL, 4.5 sacks, 1 pass breakup, three blocked field goals and a forced ...

#16 Phillip Thomas, S, Fresno State

HT: 6 – 0     WT: 208 YR: Sr     Pos: S Notables: 2010 : 64 tac, 3.5 tfl, 2 ff, 3 int, 9 pbu 2012:  84 tac, 12 tfl, 4 sac, 4 ff, 8 int (3 for TDs), 5 pbu  Pros Coming off arguable the most productive year of any ...

Will College Basketball’s Best Team Please Stand Up!

By The BP CJ Spillers With just under a month before March Madness makes its way to the national spotlight, the college basketball enthusiast are still scratching their heads trying to figure out who is the country’s top team, lets take a look at some possible candidates. Could it be the Indiana ...

Duke vs Syracuse

By All-WNY17 It is time to put an end to this discussion. A former colleague of mine, Dave St. John was born and raised in Syracuse, New York, and is of course a die hard Syracuse basketball fan. Nothing wrong with that, glad he supports his ...

National Signing Day

By G.O.A.T As all you college football fans know, yesterday was National Signing Day – college football’s “draft” I guess you could call it. Just as there are in the NFL Draft, there too are surprises on National Signing Day. I think we can all agree ...

Butler Gonzaga Buzzer Beater

Got home from the UB game last and was able to catch the ending of the Butler vs Gonzaga game and boy was it a good one. Hickle Fieldhouse, a

Catfish: Manti Te’o Edition

Doug Moron here with a new username. News broke earlier today regarding Manti Te’o's girlfriend who “passed away” from leukiemia earlier in the 2012-2013 college football season. Turns out, she

2013 NFL Draft Preview: #3 Chris Harper, WR, KSU

C.J. Leslie to the Rescue

ACC Preseason player of the year, C.J. Leslie was absolutely heroic in leading the North Carolina State Wolfpack to the slaying of the Duke Blue Devils, who were the top

#88 Gavin Escobar, TE, San Diego State University (Junior)

Ryan Potter: Recruiting Gem

Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennessee finished the 2012 season with a record of 9-4, falling in the semifinals to Ensworth High School 35-7. Senior cornerback/Kicker Ryan Potter (@PotterTre0) put together

Musburger Not in the Wrong

ABC legendary play-by-play guy Brent Musburger has been under some fire after the National Title Game for his remarks about Miss Alabama, less commonly known as Katherine Webb. Webb, the

The Tide Rolled: A BCS Title Game Recap

Honestly, is there really much to recap here? Here’s one way of recapping the game: go back and re-watch the first drive for each team. It’ll take you all of