Archive for July, 2014

Wisconsin Football: Predicting the Depth Chart Heading into Fall Camp

Posted by Brian Weidy on July 25 2014 Add Comments
Coming into fall camp, the Wisconsin football team has plenty of question marks and will look to answer as many of those as possible before their opening tilt against LSU in Houston. From quarterback to defensive end and kicker, the Badgers have heated position battles all over the place, while in some places, like the backfield or along the offensive line, the depth chart shakes itself out a bit more neatly. Without further ado, let's take a ...

What Brian VanGorder’s Georgia Defense Can Tell Us About Notre Dame’s 2014 Squad

Posted by Keith Arnold on July 25 2014 Add Comments
In a little over a week, Notre Dame will open training camp at the Culver Military Academy. While most of the headlines will focus on Everett Golson's return, the biggest question mark as the Irish enter the season is the state of Brian VanGorder's defense. Notre Dame's new defensive coordinator has had 15 practices to work with a young unit that needs to replace Louis Nix III and Stephon Tuitt on the defensive line, Carlo Calabrese, ...

James Lockhart to Texas A&M: Aggies Land 4-Star DE Prospect

Posted by Tim Keeney on July 25 2014 Add Comments
Texas A&M has added one of the best defensive ends in the Class of 2015, locking up the commitment of highly touted recruit James Lockhart.  ESPN's Damon Sayles provided confirmation of the news:  A 4-star recruit, Lockhart checks in as the 106th-best overall prospect, the sixth-best strong-side defensive end and the 11th-best player out of the state of Texas, according to 247Sports' composite rankings.  While many defensive ends at this level are focused merely on rushing the quarterback, Lockhart ...

Michigan’s Jabrill Peppers Shows How Ripped He Has Gotten in Only 4 Weeks

Posted by Kyle Newport on July 25 2014 Add Comments
For those who want to get ripped, Michigan freshman Jabrill Peppers showed that it can happen in a relatively short amount of time.The No. 3-ranked recruit in the class of 2014, according to Rivals, is in even better shape than when he committed to the Wolverines after putting in four weeks of hard work.Peppers is getting ready to play with the big boys in the Big Ten, so the added muscle should help him adjust to ...

Best- and Worst-Case 2014 Scenarios for Every Big Ten Football Team

Posted by Brian Leigh on July 25 2014 Add Comments
For the average college football fan, the offseason is a time of delusions. Whether they be delusions of grandeur for one's own team or delusions of squalor for one's rival, the fact that each team is 0-0 allows the imagination to run wild. Technically, every team's best-case scenario next season is going 15-0 and winning the national title, and the worst-case scenario is going 0-12 before getting the "death penalty" for major NCAA infractions. But for the ...

Texas Football: Previewing 4 Biggest Position Battles Heading into Fall Camp

Posted by Taylor Gaspar on July 25 2014 Add Comments
The Texas Longhorns will kick off fall camp Aug. 4, and there are a lot of positions on the team that remain wide open. First-year head coach Charlie Strong did not take over for Mack Brown because things were going well in Austin. He took over because it was the polar opposite. But the time has come for players to step up and prove their worth to the new leader at Texas. Here's a look at four of ...

Predicting the 2014-15 ACC All-Conference Teams

Posted by Kerry Miller on July 25 2014 Add Comments
Having spent the past seven Fridays projecting the standings for each of the major college basketball conferences, it's time to start back at the beginning and make predictions for the 2014-15 ACC All-Conference Teams. But this isn't just a slide show of the five first-teamers. No, we wanted to go all the way by projecting second team All-ACC, third team All-ACC and even the honorable mentions who don't quite crack the top 15. And why stop there ...

UCLA Football Best Quotes and Takeaways from Pac-12 Media Day

Posted by Jason Fray on July 25 2014 Add Comments
With the college football season nearly upon us, UCLA head coach Jim Mora, quarterback Brett Hundley and linebacker Eric Kendricks gave the media a look into the UCLA football team on Thursday afternoon.  Mora provided immense information on the team's outlook for this upcoming season. Both Kendricks and Hundley spoke about the development of the team in the offseason, including the enhanced expectations for the squad this year.  Here's a recap from Pac-12 media day with the ...

How Oklahoma Football Got Its Swagger Back

Posted by Ben Kercheval on July 25 2014 Add Comments
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops is more fun when he's feisty Bob Stoops.  And Stoops has been more outspoken—snarky, if you will—lately. He has every reason to be. He and his team are still buzzing from their Sugar Bowl victory over Alabama—a program-boosting win no matter who you are—and were picked to win the Big 12 by the media. With the two hardest conference games at home—against Baylor and Kansas State—the Sooners have a favorable schedule. No Big 12 team ...

OL Recruit Commits to Florida by Holding Up Live Baby Gator

Posted by Kyle Newport on July 25 2014 Add Comments
Recruits revealing a commitment to a school by putting on a hat has been done before. That's why George Brown Jr., a high school offensive lineman, decided to take things to the next level and show how committed he is to his school of choice. The Winton Woods High School (Cincinnati, Ohio) senior, who 247sports.com lists as a 3-star recruit, was deciding between Alabama, Florida and Kentucky. When it came time to reveal who he would play for, ...