Archive for June, 2013
Jon Runyan Jr. Commits to Michigan: Wolverines Land 2015 Legacy Recruit
Former Michigan great Jon Runyan is currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and on Tuesday morning, his son, Jon Runyan Jr., committed to playing in the Big House as a member of the Wolverines' 2015 recruiting class, as first reported by Steve Lorenz of 247Sports.com.According to 247Sports, Runyan Jr. claimed just one offer from Michigan but had drawn interest from an impressive list of schools that included Arizona, Miami (Fla.) and Big Ten Conference ...
New Oregon Ducks Helmets Leak in Student-Produced Video
A preview video produced by students in a sports media class at the University of Oregon gave us a quick look at what may be the new helmets for the Ducks next season.Here are more photos of the lime green liquid metal helmets.Here's the video titled "Change" in which the helmets are featured.What do you think?Read more College Football news on BleacherReport.com
Ex-Alabama H-Back Brent Calloway Headed to JUCO
Former Alabama H-Back Brent Calloway will continue his football career at Arizona Western College in Yuma, Arizona, according to al.com.Calloway was dismissed by Alabama four months ago after his second run-in with law enforcement since arriving in Tuscaloosa.Shortly after arriving on campus in October of 2011, Calloway was charged with a misdemeanor count of possessing marijuana.Then, this past February he was arrested in connection to two robberies. Despite not participating in the robberies himself, he ...
No. 1 Recruit Leonard Fournette Opens the Door For Michigan, Texas
As if Michigan fans needed anymore reason to feel good about their 2014 recruiting class; No. 1 recruit Leonard Fournette has expressed interest in the Wolverines.The top two candidates for the nation's best running back and overall recruit has long been thought to be Alabama and LSU, but according to a report from Mike Herndon of AL.com, Fournette denied that those were the only two schools he's looking at:"That's not accurate," Fournette said Thursday, insisting ...
Former Texas Tech Running Back Arrested After Strange Naked Shower Incident
Ever walk home and find a former athlete shaving his naked body in your tub? Me neither, but a woman in Albuquerque, N.M. did when she and her family came home and found former Texas Tech running back Ronnie Daniels naked and bathing leisurely in her bathroom. I know, some people have all the luck. The story was spotted by David Ubben of ESPN, and Alana Grimstad of KOAT Albuquerque gives us the breakdown of the weird ...
College World Series 2013: Keys to Mississippi State Championship Series Rally
The Mississippi State Bulldogs might be down in the 2013 College World Series—but they certainly aren't out. The Bulldogs fell to the UCLA Bruins in Game 1 of the CWS championship series, 3-1, on Monday to put Mississippi State's back against the wall in the tournament's best-of-three format. However, this is a Bulldogs team that is more than capable of mounting a comeback. After all, like the Bruins, the Bulldogs made it to the finals by going ...
College World Series 2013: Ranking the Biggest Stars of This Year’s Tournament
There's been no shortage of heroics so far this year at the 2013 College World Series, with Mississippi State and UCLA now vying for the prestige that comes with a national title. The Bruins took a 1-0 Championship Series lead behind the strong outing from starting pitcher Adam Plutko on Monday evening in Omaha, putting them just one win away from college baseball's everlasting crown. As we pause to prepare for Game 2 of the series on ...
Predicting the 2013-14 Team MVP for Every Big Ten Team
Last season, the Big Ten conference was far-and-away the best conference in all of college basketball. After seven of the 12 league members secured spots in last year's NCAA tournament, including the Michigan Wolverines who reached the national championship game, the conference as a whole returned to its elite status. Gone, however, are many of the players that made the conference play so special. Michigan's National Player of the Year Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr., ...
Ranking the 10 Most Entertaining NCAA Basketball Teams in the Past Decade
One of the most appealing qualities of college basketball is that it provides captivating teams, year after year, with which fans can easily connect.Some of these are from well-known, celebrated programs that are cornerstones of the sport. Others are less familiar schools that virtually come out of nowhere, but still capture the attention if not hearts of the masses.The following is a quick look at the 10 most entertaining college basketball teams from the past ...
Michigan Basketball: Wolverines’ 5 Best-Ever NBA Products
The 2013 NBA draft will see two prominent Michigan basketball players be selected by professional organizations. Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. both have a chance to be the first Wolverines taken in the first round of the draft since 2000. Despite the lengthy drought of first-rounders, Michigan has sent several successful players to the NBA over the years.Five stand tall above the rest. The following group of players have been ranked based on the number ...