Bruce Ellington is a two-sport star for the University of South Carolina.  However, his star is beginning to fade.  The reason? South Carolina's horrible basketball situation, and his lack of improvement as a basketball player.  While his shooting percentage as a point guard has improved from 32 to 36 percent, the areas that made him so valuable to the basketball program have gone down significantly.  His assists average and assists-to-turnover ratio have gone way down.  ...

Notre Dame wasn't finished bringing in some big guns to the program. Davonte Neal put the cap on what was a strong and promising winter in South Bend. Notre Dame loses some great talent after every season, such is the bane of top-shelf programs. You enjoy a player like Michael Floyd and then you have the joy in seeing him go, and taking his skills and talent with him. Head coach Brian Kelly is not immune to ...

Michigan head coach Brady Hoke and his staff could probably stop recruiting for the next 11 months and the Wolverines would still end up with a Top 25 class in 2013.Seriously.Whether it's because UM got big wins this season against schools like Notre Dame and Ohio State, or because the Wolverines knocked off Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl, or simply because the pageantry and long-time history is finally again out-weighing the recent past, Michigan has gotten ...

This week, all 11 BCS conference commissioners, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick, BCS executive director Bill Hancock and Washington, D.C., lawyer Tripp Monts met in Dallas with the fate of a college football playoff plan hanging in the balance. Not surprisingly, there were no tangible results from the two-day meeting. The group spent nine hours over two days reviewing and discussing a number of playoff possibilities that could include as many as 60 options. ...

The Playing Rules Oversight Panel for the NCAA has made some changes for the 2012 college football season, and they're for the better. Greg Johnson of NCAA.org reports that kickoffs will be moved from the 30-yard line to the 35-yard line, touchbacks will now be placed at the 25-yard line as opposed to the 20-yard line and, if a player loses their helmet, they must sit out the next play. Touchbacks on punts rolling into the end zone ...

There has always been a competitive edge between the University of Michigan and Ohio State, forged by decades of fierce competition. However, there has generally been great respect between the two schools, perhaps best exemplified by Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler during 10 years of battle.Both coaches were intense, but both coaches respected the other.In the book Bo by Bo Schembechler and Mitch Album, Schembechler says of Hayes:...his methods were tough, his temper was, at times, unforgivable. And, unless ...

Consider this our fond farewell to this year’s batch of college football graduates.The NFL Combine is upon us once again, which means they next few days will be all about reps, speed, technique, interviews and plenty of scouting terms that will make your wives and girlfriends question this exercise altogether. And while campaigning her on the sheer importance of “smooth hips” on these crucial days, you’ll also need entertainment to get through the hours upon hours ...

Penn State's offense was dismal last season, for the most part.The Nittany Lions must improve when they have the ball if they want to win games in 2012.Bill O'Brien's new system should provide some fireworks, but a few question marks could prevent that from happening right away.Most people are counting Penn State's offense out right away because of last season's performance. The Nittany Lions will surprise people to a degree, but much will remain status ...

Week one of the College Baseball season is in the books. Stanford was the biggest winner of week one, as they swept a very good Vanderbilt team in resounding fashion.As we head to week two, there are some notable series to watch out for. TCU travels to Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State hosts Cal, Stanford hosts Texas and Baylor will travel to UCLA.It should be an exciting weekend of baseball. See below for the ...

As baseball fans, we are all familiar with the great MLB stadiums in the game today. Fenway Park, Wrigley Filed and AT&T Park are just a few of the ballparks America has grown to know and love over the years.It should also be noted, however, that college baseball boasts some iconic ballyards of their own. Various teams across the nation are lucky enough to play their home games in stadiums that could best be described as ...