When I was 14 years old, my dad scored two tickets to The Game. And while the annual matchup between Ohio State and Michigan is never just any game here in Columbus, this was a particularly important Game. Because if the Buckeyes won, they clinched an appearance in the Fiesta Bowl—that year's national title game. Standing in the freezing cold of Ohio Stadium while wearing my Eddie George throwback jersey, I watched my hometown team accomplish ...

The SEC is set to usher in a new era. Tuesday marks Day 2 of SEC Media Days, a spectacle that has blossomed in recent years to span the course of four days before each team kicks off preparation for the season on approach. Now, each day usually covers the typical topics. Departing players need to be replaced, off-field incidents need to be addressed, new coaches perhaps must seize the bull by the horns and turn a ...

With The Opening wrapped up, it's time to look at how some of the top Big 12 recruits performed in the elite Nike camp of the summer.  Malik Jefferson and SoSo Jamabo were among the standouts, while other under-the-radar players also shined.  So let's cut to the chase and grade the performance of the Big 12's top recruits at 2014 Opening camp.    All recruit information obtained from 247sports. Begin Slideshow

SEC football prospects rarely fly under the radar these days with recruiting having long since become its own multimillion-dollar industry. The Opening now allows future Saturday standouts to take center stage even earlier. The Oregon-based event hosts many of the nation’s top prospects and pits them against each other in workouts, drills and a seven-on-seven competition. It should come as no surprise that some of the top performers are bound for SEC programs or potentially bound for SEC ...

With college football media days officially underway, we can start the clock on the countdown to Pac-12 football, not that you haven't been marking off the days since January. But before we take a look ahead, we're going to look back at one of the marquee recruiting events of the offseason: The Opening, which took place at Nike headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. The nation's top high school talents all descended upon the Portland area from July 7-11 ...

While the Michigan Wolverines basketball program has been very successful the last few seasons, that doesn't necessarily mean the team will have it easy contending for the Big Ten title or go on to have another successful, deep NCAA tournament run this year. Playing in the Big Ten paired with a strong nonconference schedule, naturally there are some mismatches (think Wisconsin, Arizona, Syracuse, Ohio State, etc.) that could cause trouble all year for the Wolverines. With Michigan ...

The beginning of the 2014 college football season is just a mere six weeks away for the Clemson Tigers. However, it's 2015 that has Clemson fans most excited.  According to 247Sports, the Tigers currently have the nation's No. 3-ranked recruiting class. Clemson has commitments from 20 players, tied for most in the country. Last week, some of the top prospects in the class of 2015 gathered in Beaverton, Oregon, at The Opening. Four Clemson commits were present: ...

There's only so much you can learn about a college basketball team in July. But with a few weeks of summer workouts in the books, Fordham head coach Tom Pecora is getting an early look at his new team. "It's good, but it's July," a cautious Pecora said when asked about his team's mindset. "You want to keep them up as you go through the battles." Say what you want about the 2013-14 season—Fordham finished 10-21 and lost ...

Emmanuel Mudiay's decision on Monday to head overseas to play basketball instead of going to Southern Methodist University should strike fear throughout the college basketball world. According to a tweet from ESPN's Jeff Goodman: Mudiay's brother told Sports Illustrated's Luke Winn that this decision was made for financial reasons. Multiple reports, the first of which came from Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports, said Mudiay's decision had to do with eligibility concerns. A source told ESPN.com's Jeff Goodman that the "NCAA is on him, and ...

Emmanuel Mudiay, one of the top incoming freshmen in college basketball, will be taking a page out of NBA star Brandon Jennings' playbook and skipping college altogether, choosing instead to go overseas to play professionally until he is eligible for the NBA draft.     Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports first broke the story and acknowledged Mudiay was considering the option: The nation's No. 1 high school guard, Southern Methodist University signee Emmanuel Mudiay of Dallas, has been considering hiring an ...