Recently I began a series recapping the college football recruiting commitments each week, but let's do something a little different this time around. College football recruiting is a long and seemingly endless process, but everyday there are winners and losers. Every week someone is getting a big-time commitment and another school is getting the shaft. So it's not only important to recognize who got the talent, but also who didn't. Let's face it, there are only a ...

Mike Leach, Texas Tech’s winning-est coach, and his prolific offense is gone. So now what? Tommy Tuberville is now the Red Raiders new football coach, and with him comes some impressive records (110-60 all time) including 6 bowl wins and an undefeated season at Auburn in the toughest league in the nation, the SEC. Can Tuberville lead Texas Tech to a 10+ win season? It won’t be the easiest task, but it’s ...

While it’s clear that the Florida State Seminoles have not recently lived up to the hype of their past, fans should expect a lot more from upcoming seasons. Jimbo Fischer, whose coaching style is unknown and whose energy should push the Seminoles to rebound from the loss of legend Bobby Bowden, hopes to lead the team to a winning season that will place them within the top 25 ranked teams. Fischer, however, is not the only ...

When prospects announce their commitment, sometimes the decision just seems like the perfect one. Whether it's about potential playing time, a mentor whose footsteps they can follow, a coaching staff that knows exactly how to use talent, or a playing scheme that fits a prospect's skill set, there are some recruits who nail it when they pick a school. I went over some examples of that last month, but there's a flip side to that coin. There ...

Once crucial element that must be looked at when trying to predict a team's success for the upcoming season is their schedule. It's great to analyze a depth chart and see which players are coming back and which ones need to be replaced, but the way a team's schedule sets up is usually a major determinant of what the team can accomplish. There are trends that need to be looked at like bye weeks, who plays who ...

  The 2002 national championship game is controversial because Ohio State won by a referee’s bad call.  Not a missed call, a bad call.  It came four seconds after the game ended, while the Hurricanes were celebrating victory.  If it were a blatant penalty in a big game, a flag would have been thrown immediately. Miami fans agree it was a bad call.  Ohio State fans rationalize that the referees missed a call earlier in the game ...

When it rains, it pours. Or in the case of South Florida, the heat continues on. A colleague of mine posted "Ohio State stole the crown in 2002, Miami steals the king in 2010" on Facebook following LeBron James' announcement to play for the Heat. On Friday, Seantrel Henderson was released from a letter of intent without restrictions by the University of Southern California following the NCAA scandal. Now, he will give the Hurricanes a try. Also in the running for ...

It may look like a mug shot, but it's not. It's a Rivals recruit photo of Chase Harper, a four star tight end that many Nebraska fans thought would contribute right away even within one of the deeper positions on the team. Nebraska recruited Harper thinking that he would be able to become academically eligible over the summer and could contribute right away.  Sadly that isn't the case. One of the better blocking tight ends in the 2010 ...

January 7, 2010. A day that the Texas Longhorns would like to forget. After losing college football's winningest quarterback Colt McCoy to a shoulder injury, freshman Garrett Gilbert was thrust into last year's BCS National Championship Game and McCoy was forced to watch a 37-21 defeat at the hands of Alabama. With McCoy now in the NFL, the Texas Longhorns will have to produce star players quickly to stay atop the Big 12. Texas has averaged more than 11 ...

For some reason, reading through comments on my article "Conference Realignment: Frank the Tank and What Syracuse Should Do" http://bleacherreport.com/articles/414160-conference-realignment-frank-the-tank-and-what-cuse-should-do led me to ask myself: What would be best for Rutgers? That is an absurdly funny question for any college football fan older than 25 or 30. For most of history, Rutgers has been utterly irrelevant in football and basketball. That is true not merely due to endless losing teams and scant wins worth noting, but also ...