If you’re going to watch one day of college baseball in Omaha, it has to be Sunday, which features four teams with some very impressive young players.The bracket that features the teams' opening game at the College World Series is easily the best, as it’s filled with many strong clubs and players that are getting a ton of national recognition for their play—whether it’s getting drafted or named to an All-American team. The game between ...

Four teams will start their run toward the National Championship on Saturday when the College World Series commences from Omaha, Neb., and be sure to expect the unexpected. Oregon State is the only program on this side of the bracket that was expected to make it this far in the tournament. Louisville, Indiana and Mississippi State all had to take down one of the top national seeds in order to even get to Omaha. ...

All-American prospect Aaron Gordon committed to the Arizona Wildcats in early April. After his commitment, he told Scout.com (subscription required) he expects to play on the wing. That didn’t stop national debate on what position the athletic specimen should play on head coach Sean Miller’s roster. The argument has continued into the summer. NBC sportswriter Rob Dauster thinks he’d be best suited at power forward. Some want him at the 3. Others claim fellow freshman stud ...

Ohio State is undergoing an overhaul of its defensive line after losing all four starters, with the focal points of this new group being highly touted sophomores Adolphus Washington and Noah Spence.Spence may be the more hyped of the two, but don't sleep on Washington.Both ends have a great amount of potential and will need to be outstanding if the Buckeyes defense hopes to regain its form after two subpar seasons.While Spence gets the most ...

EA Sports released its player ratings for NCAA 14 this week and the verdict is in; South Carolina's Jadeveon Clowney is the highest rated player with a perfect rating of 99.  Clowney has been a beast on the field during his career so far with the Gamecocks and even though he is a junior, he is more than deserving of the highest overall rating. Clowney is the best player in NCAA 14 and the best ...

With the 2013 season fewer than three months away, preseason predictions are to be expected. The SEC has some of the nation's best scoring defenses (six of the top 20), but where do the offensive lines fit in this equation?First, the offensive line's job is to create opportunities for the entirety of the offense. Secondly, the line is responsible for making room specifically for the running backs. Both of these responsibilities include statistical verification in ...

Nebraska football fans love their team, and love to see their team ranked highly in every list possible. It doesn’t matter if it is a list of best recruits for the next season or best hot dogs served, Nebraska fans expect to see NU cracking the top 20 at a bare minimum. (And if you think Fairbury brand hot dogs aren’t top-20 material, then you and I are going to have words.) And, sure, recruiting ...

Ah, the old Pac-12 football coaching hot seat: offseason edition.In a league that appears to be trending upward, there aren't too many coaches that ought to be worried about their spot on the sidelines in 2014. New coaches Todd Graham and Rich Rodriguez (of ASU and U of A, respectively) both had solid 2012 campaigns.Jim Mora has UCLA on the doorstep of becoming a conference power once again, and Mike Riley's seat cooled off a ...

The Miami Hurricanes boast one of the most dynamic offenses heading into the 2013 college football season, but Miami's defense is another story.In 2012, the 'Canes allowed the fifth-most (486.42) yards per game in the country and compiled only 13 sacks, which tied for fifth-worst in the Football Bowl Subdivision.Michael Casagrande of the South Florida Sun Sentinel notes the defensive line is trading criticism for confidence, and it all starts with the tackles stepping up.But ...

Da'Shawn Hand and Lorenzo Carter, the top two defensive ends in the country, are two talented players who would be ranked high in any year. Hand, who hails from Virginia, is considered the nation's best recruit by some observers.Others feel Carter is a supreme talent and has a higher ceiling than Hand. This debate has raged on since the start of this recruiting cycle over which defensive end is the better player. As has been ...