The Big 12 is considered the ultimate quarterback conference. Teams are pass-happy more than ever, throwing the ball more than 500 times in a single season. Programs such as Oklahoma and Texas are just a couple of the schools that have seen many quarterbacks break passing records and go on to the NFL.But how many have actually had successful careers?The list may actually surprise you. One prestigious school hasn't yet produced an elite NFL quarterback, ...

The 2013 College World Series has been absolutely fantastic thus far due to both the high level of play and the surprising results, but only four teams remain in the mix.Both UCLA and Mississippi State are in the driver's seat, as they can advance to the finals with one more win each, but North Carolina and Oregon State won't go down without a fight.While North Carolina and Oregon State are in a difficult position with ...

If you could get in a time machine and put all of the best players Big Ten teams have produced throughout the years in their primes, it would be close to the perfect professional team. The league gave the NBA two of the best point guards ever, one of the best centers and two of the best power forwards the game has seen. When you get down to the historically irrelevant teams, they've sent mostly irrelevant players ...

Last January, when Bill O'Brien accepted the head coaching gig at Penn State, he inherited a messier situation than anybody could have ever imagined. Now, after a successful calendar year at the helm—both on the field and on the recruiting trail—the school is rewarding him with a massive payday.According to ESPN.com: [O'Brien's] contract when he arrived in January 2012 called for a base salary of $950,000. That's going up to $1.9 million starting July 1, according ...

Big games are won by players who have the ability to perform their best in the clutch, and the semifinals of the 2013 College World Series won't be any different.All four teams reached this point in the proceedings with a combination of superb pitching, timely hits and excellent defense. It's win-or-go-home time, and the tension within each club is palpable. Every player and coach has worked fingers to the bone all season long for a chance ...

And then there were four as the 2013 College World Series semifinals are set to begin Friday afternoon.The Mississippi State Bulldogs and Oregon State Beavers will start at 3 p.m. ET, with the UCLA Bruins and North Carolina Tar Heels facing off five hours later.It should be an entertaining series. You've got plenty of star players to watch out for, especially the ones that were picked in the early rounds of the 2013 MLB draft. ...

Just when you think the 2013 College World Series can't get any better, it does.After Thursday's action, the final four teams have been determined for the semifinals: Mississippi State, Oregon State, UCLA and North Carolina.Mississippi State will face Oregon State on Friday (3 p.m. ET) while UCLA will face North Carolina (8 p.m., ET).Here's a breakdown of the players to keep an eye on: Mississippi StateHunter Renfroe, OFRenfroe is Mississippi State's big bat. He has hit ...

None of the four teams remaining at the College World Series are perfect.While each program has several strengths, every team still in contention for the national championship still has a glaring weakness as well. It could be on the mound or it could be on the plate, but it’s definitely there. With the matchups for each bracket final now set in stone, overcoming these weaknesses are essential to advancing to the Championship Series and potentially ...

College football recruiting has become more of a science than an art, and the blue chips are followed almost as closely as A-list celebrities. However, there are some major surprises throughout BCS history coming from players who weren't good enough to merit an offer.Some are in the NFL, some are announcers and others on this list are still in college. The ones that are still around obviously have the opportunity to push themselves further up ...

Tom Herman may have only been an offensive coordinator at Ohio State for one season, but the young coordinator is one of the rising stars in the coaching ranks and will be the next Urban Meyer assistant to run his own program sooner rather than later.The resume speaks for itself: turning an offense which was No. 107 in total yards per game and No. 81 in points per game in 2011 into the Big Ten's ...