The spotlight will be on Auburn's offense this spring, as the Tigers look to fix what was the SEC's worst offense last season and turn it into something that is at least somewhat competitive.While the offense—and particularly the four-man quarterback battle—will dominate headlines, a far more pressing matter for the Tigers is fixing the defense.That starts up front.The Tigers finished last season with the worst rush defense in the conference (197.58 YPG), giving up an ...

The best one-and-should-have-been-done NBA prospect spent draft night on Thursday in Prague, Czech Republic.Marcus Smart was beating up on the Ivory Coast at the FIBA U19 World Championships instead of shaking hands with David Stern in Brooklyn.Had Smart been in Brooklyn, the Oklahoma State sophomore-to-be may have been shaking hands with David Stern when Orlando picked second. Or, you never know, some team might have been inclined to trade Cleveland for the first pick ...

Appalachian State football will dance into the new season with new uniforms that will make every last one of its fans proud.Here is an image from Reddit of three players showing off some of the various combinations, which make use of solid black and white without ever traipsing into the realm of muted or boring.High Country Press has more information behind the new Nike uniforms unveiled at the Appalachian Athletics Center on Thursday.It provides a thorough ...

With four of the team’s five starters from a year ago graduating or bolting for the NBA, the Indiana Hoosiers will be a completely different basketball team in 2013-2014.Returning players must develop. Newcomers will be required to step in and contribute immediately, and in some cases, become leaders.The program has taken a step forward on Tom Crean’s watch during the past two seasons. It would be unfortunate for Indiana’s momentum, which currently signals the return ...

The Elite 11 quarterback competition is kicking off this Friday in Beaverton, Oregon, and will feature the best 18 QB prospects for the 2014 recruiting class.The roster for this year's Elite 11 competition—which will begin on June 28 and continue through July 3—features five prospects from the state of California and two each from Georgia, Texas and Arizona.However, of the 18 stud signal-callers, Norman, Oklahoma, native and Alabama commit David Cornwell may prove to be ...

Texas had a very good day.The Longhorns picked up commitments from 4-star receiver Armanti Foreman and 3-star running back D'Onta Foreman on June 27. The twin brothers had "dreamed of playing college football together," according to ESPN's Max Olson. With scholarship offers in hand from the same school, Texas was an easy decision. Armanti was originally a Sooner commit but decommitted from Oklahoma on April 2 after receiving offers from Texas on February 23 and Texas A&M on February 25.D'Onta ...

The Georgia secondary took another unfortunate hit Friday, as the school announced that freshman cornerback Paris Bostick underwent surgery to repair an injured left toe and will miss the 2013 season.The Bulldogs called the injury a chronic left great toe injury, which he sustained while in high school at Tampa Plant. In the short release, UGA confirmed that Bostick would take a medical redshirt for the 2013 season but is expected to make a full recovery. Marc ...

Former Pittsburgh running back Rushel Shell's career has been hanging in college football limbo ever since deciding to transfer from the Panthers, but that may change in the near future.According to his mother, Toni Zuccaro, Shell has narrowed down his list to Kentucky, Ohio State and West Virginia.According to the Sam Werner of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Shell's priority is to stay near his 16-month-old twin daughters. He was slated to transfer to UCLA, but a ...

Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Bo Pelini has dismissed two freshman defenders after an alleged altercation with another sophomore defender at a party last week.As reported by Eric Olson of the Associated Press (h/t Yahoo! Sports), freshman defensive end Ernest Suttles was ticketed for misdemeanor assault for hitting redshirt sophomore linebacker David Santos in the head with a bottle at a party last week.On Thursday, the Nebraska athletic department released a statement confirming the dismissal of ...

Ole Miss football collected yet another piece to the puzzle when Hugh Freeze signed one of the nation's most-talented recruiting classes this past February.If you "build it," they will come (and they're coming).The eighth-most important factor to 10-wins in 2013 are the "Rebel Recruits."Not only did the Rebel coaching staff sign five-star talent like DE Robert Nkemdiche, OT Laremy Tunsil, S Tony Conner and WR Laquon Treadwell, but equally as important, they signed potential early-impact ...