Ohio State has an outstanding recruiting class coming onto campus for the 2012 season.But even though Luke Fickell may have made a mistake by playing most of his freshman from last year's class instead of redshirting some, there are some redshirt freshman ready to step into action.These players have had a chance to sit on the sidelines for a year and focus on either getting stronger or rehabbing, in preparation for this season and beyond.Here ...

Kellen Moore is a very productive quarterback out of Boise State University.  He was a great college quarterback playing in the Boise State system.  Moore seems to be a highly polarizing figure as some think he can play at the NFL level and some don't. Kellen Moore does some things very well and will look at his five biggest strengths as a quarterback.  There are also things that he either doesn't do well or things ...

LSU finished with a perfect regular-season record in 2011, which included an SEC Championship and a spot in the BCS title game.Is it really possible that this year's 2012 team could be even more loaded?Well yes, it is.Les Miles' team is stacked with talent from top to bottom this season, and while they lose several big-time players to the NFL such as Morris Claiborne, Michael Brockers and Rueben Randle, they have replacements just waiting in ...

Fan approval is what keeps coaches' seats cold. Notre Dame's head coaching gig is a prime example. And current head coach Brian Kelly has made it through two seasons in South Bend, despite the fact that some may consider his seat to be "lukewarm."Two consecutive seasons of the Fighting Irish finishing with a final record of 8-5 may not sound pretty, but it's the little things that the team is doing right which are keeping ...

ESPN may have made a mistake in choosing Cee Lo Green’s “Bright Lights, Bigger City” as the backdrop for its campaign promoting the 2012 NFL draft. Sure, the song selection makes sense considering the draft is held in New York City. But, considering that five former Alabama stars are projected to be selected in the first round  Thursday night, the cable giant’s brass may be inclined to engineer a last minute trade in favor of ...

Player Name: Marquis Maze  School: Alabama  Position: WR   College football's stars of yesterday are ready to take the leap into the world of professional football. While expectations run the gamut, fans are hopeful that each player their favorite team selects will resemble a current or former NFL star. Will Andrew Luck be the next Aaron Rodgers? Is Trent Richardson the next Adrian Peterson? In Bleacher Report's Prospect Comparison Series, we compare the 2012 NFL draft's top 300 prospects ...

Player Name: James Hanna  School: Oklahoma  Position: TE  College football's stars of yesterday are ready to take the leap into the world of professional football. While expectations run the gamut, fans are hopeful that each player their favorite team selects will resemble a current or former NFL star. Will Andrew Luck be the next Aaron Rodgers? Is Trent Richardson the next Adrian Peterson?In Bleacher Report's Prospect Comparison Series, we compare the 2012 NFL draft's top 300 prospects to ...

Regardless of the situation, the University of Tennessee's baseball program was in need of repair. Under former head coach Todd Raleigh, the diamond Vols proved it could stack up competitively in one of the nation's toughest conferences. But it was clear work needed to be done coming off a season that saw the Vols claim only seven divisional wins alongside an onslaught of recruiting violations. A onetime power program had fallen by the wayside.Tennessee believed ...

June 17, 2005 was the pinnacle of Nebraska baseball. They had just beaten Arizona State before a crowd of almost 25,000 (including myself) to win their first-ever College World Series game. Nebraska fans could recite the names of players like Joba Chamberlain, Johnny Dorn, Alex Gordon and Brett Jensen almost like they could Nebraska football players.The hope was there that this Nebraska team could win the national championship. They had beaten Texas and Baylor, two ...

*This is my article from Moraine Valley Community College's newspaper the Glacier. This article won first place in the Illinois Community College Journalism Association spring conference.America’s pastime is turning into a deadly game of life and death. Young ballplayers have been experiencing horrific injuries such as broken jaws, fractured skulls, comas and even death due to the use of aluminum baseball bats.The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFSHSA) adopted new standards for aluminum ...