With USC's football program mired in the depths of sanctions delivered by the NCAA for perceived transgressions related to its investigation of former Trojan Reggie Bush, the entirety of its recruiting department has now had to alter its approach to luring prep athletes to the Los Angeles southland. Operating with the shackles of minimum available scholarships to offer, USC has been forced to change its typical approach in terms of recruiting. This new master plan ...

Two of the most promising prospects in the 2011 recruiting class have committed to the Kentucky Wildcats.  They now have some hardware to bring with them. The USA U-17 team won the gold medal on Sunday in the FIBA U-17 World Championships in Hamburg, Germany, absolutely running wild and ultimately dismantling Poland 111-80 in the final. The USA team went 8-0 in the tournament. They have had striking comparisons to the original "Dream Team," and ran through the competition ...

The Georgia Bulldogs suffered another setback over the weekend , as the football team made its way back into the headlines. The arrests of Tavarres King (WR) and Dontavius Jackson (RB) cast another shadow over the football program, which means there will be more depth chart shuffling. At the end of spring practice, Tavarres King won out over Rantavious Wooten for the No. 2 receiving spot behind A.J. Green . The competition would likely have stretched ...

Beer, sports, and football are three of the main staples in the daily lives of many men. Tie in TV—the way most of us catch a big game—and more than likely, we’ll see a number of comical, amusing and creative commercials on beer. For example, there’s Dos Equis—featuring the “most interesting man in the world.” Just in case you live in a bubble, here’s a montage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI58wj4b4g0 Now that you have your Dos Equis in hand (and the ...

USC appealed its June 10, 2010, NCAA football sanctions requesting that they be cut in half. Many USC fans feel that greater reductions are appropriate based on information made public since the NCAA report. There is a tremendous amount of misinformation about the primary USC “infractions” which the NCAA used to justify its harsh sanctions. This report identifies many reasons the recent NCAA sanctions against the USC football team are not fair. These ...

Who's the greatest? This is the third slideshow in a series that will reveal the greatest college football players by the number jersey that person wore at their respective universities. Let's continue with Nos 21 through 30... Begin Slideshow

There is not just one word that describes how much Derrick Locke means to the Kentucky Wildcats. He is a very elusive back with great vision. Coming out of high school he was an amazing talent on the football field as well as on the track. LSU passed on Locke because they 1) Thought he was too small and 2) He did not just want to play football—he wanted to run as well. Rich Brooks and Kentucky ...

When talking about the best athletes from any major university, limiting the list to five just isn't enough. But I am not talking about the best athletes from the University of Alabama—I am talking about the five GREATEST athletes the Tide has produced over the years. I know the names of many heroes and legends are already racing through your mind. And some of them just might be on this list. I also ...

There are many sports prognosticators that nonchalantly say that USC will return after some massive NCAA sanctions.  I would argue that USC is in such a mess right now that it is a question of not "when" USC will get back up, but "if."  Many may laugh at that notion, but trust me, this comes from an alum from the University of Alabama. While I was earning my degree, from 2003-2008, I witnessed how brutal NCAA sanctions ...

During the Big Ten's announcement that the Nebraska Cornhuskers would join the conference in 2011, Commissioner Jim Delany said that he assumed a conference title game would be forthcoming.   That's as close as Delany's political instincts will let him get to a solid yes, and according to the Chicago Tribune's Teddy Greenstein, that's all some venues needed to hear to start planning their sales strategies. While the Big Ten has allegedly not scouted possible venues yet, ...