Archive for August, 2014

Rice vs. Notre Dame: Game Grades, Analysis for Fighting Irish

Posted by David Luther on August 30 2014 Add Comments
Everett Golson had 600 days off between games. Instead of spending a week shaking off the rust, he stepped onto the field at Notre Dame Stadium in Week 1 and instantly looked to be in midseason form. The Fighting Irish easily dispatched the Rice Owls, 48-17, on Saturday. With a lopsided score like that, it's easy to point out all the good things the Irish did. But it wasn't all puppy dogs and rainbows. As with ...

Is Notre Dame a Top 10 Team?

Posted by Team Stream Now on August 30 2014 Add Comments
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish came out with a 48-17 win over the Rice Owls in Week 1 of the 2014 season. Quarterback Everett Golson made his return to the field firing on all cylinders. Bleacher Report college football analysts Michael Felder and Adam Kramer discuss how good this team really is. How well do you think this program can do this year? Watch the video and let us know.Read more College Football news on BleacherReport.com

Oregon Ducks Reveal Uniforms for Game vs. South Dakota

Posted by Tyler Brooke on August 30 2014 Add Comments
The Oregon Ducks are always releasing new uniforms for their players, and they've done exactly that for their season opener.For Saturday night's game against the South Dakota Coyotes, the Ducks will wear these uniforms with white helmets, white jerseys and apple green pants.[Twitter]Read more College Football news on BleacherReport.com

LSU vs. Wisconsin: Live Score and Highlights

Posted by Jason Fray on August 30 2014 Add Comments
Wisconsin 24, LSU 13 ; Early 4th Quarter Perhaps the biggest nonconference game in Week 1 takes place Saturday night in Houston, as the No. 13 LSU Tigers take on the No. 14 Wisconsin Badgers.  A full box score for tonight's game can be found here, courtesy of NCAA.com. The game in its entirety can be seen on ESPN at 9:15 p.m. ET.  Bleacher Report appreciates you tuning in with us. Stick around for game updates, analysis, social media ...

Predicting the 2014-15 SEC All-Conference Teams

Posted by Kerry Miller on August 29 2014 Add Comments
Just about every rational person in the country is picking Kentucky to win the 2014-15 SEC title, but the all-conference teams aren't anywhere near as cut and dry. Sure, those all-conference teams will be loaded with Wildcats as the 40-0 train preps to leave the station for a second straight preseason, but there are five different teams that could legitimately produce the SEC Player of the Year. In the sixth week of our second seven-week series of ...

UNC Basketball: Will Preseason All-American Pressure Help or Hurt Marcus Paige?

Posted by Brian Pedersen on August 29 2014 Add Comments
Practice doesn't begin for five weeks, and the opening tip is still more than two months away, but the accolades have already started coming in for North Carolina junior Marcus Paige. Earlier this week Blue Ribbon Magazine released its 2014-15 College Basketball Notebook, which featured Paige in the middle of its cover showing its preseason All-American team. Paige was joined on the first team by fellow ACC players Malcolm Brogdon of Virginia and Montrezl Harrell of ...

NBA Draft Expert’s Notebook: Meet Delon Wright, the Next Big 2015 Prospect

Posted by Jonathan Wasserman on August 29 2014 Add Comments
Delon Wright was good last year—the kind of good that put him on NBA radars despite spending the previous two years in junior college. Wright earned scouts' attention. And this year, I'm expecting him to keep it and ultimately convert it into first-round dollars. The younger brother of 10-year NBA veteran Dorell, Delon seemingly came out of nowhere as an impact junior at Utah. He got the occasional national shoutout last season. And chances are if you're ...

The Greatest Concern for the Top 20 College Basketball Teams in 2014-15

Posted by Brian Pedersen on August 29 2014 Add Comments
No team is perfect. Each one has a weakness, something that can be better than the current state. This is the case for every one of the 350-ish college basketball teams as we slowly inch toward the 2014-15 season, even those that will begin the year atop polls and best-of lists. There's something of a concern for each, something that like a loose thread on a sweater could cause everything to unravel if pulled on instead ...

Michigan Basketball: Ranking U-M’s Most Important Role Players in 2014-15

Posted by Daniel Stack on August 28 2014 Add Comments
Heading into the 2014-15 season, we know by now that the Michigan basketball program will be led by its core of Caris LeVert, Zak Irvin and Derrick Walton Jr.; but they cant carry the team alone and that's where the importance of role players comes in. The Wolverines lost a lot of manpower from last season and will now have to make up for the loss of Nik Stauskas, Glenn Robinson III, Mitch McGary, Jordan Morgan ...

Duke Basketball: Will Forgotten Man Semi Ojeleye Crack 2014-15 Rotation?

Posted by Scott Henry on August 28 2014 Add Comments
There may not be many finer athletes in all of college basketball than Duke forward Semi Ojeleye. The Kansas native is an explosive leaper, lightning-fast on the break and boasts a 6'7", 230-pound frame that's already NBA-ready. Now, if only he could find some game action to prove all of this. The forgotten man in Duke's Jabari Parker-led 2013 recruiting class, Ojeleye seemingly struggled with the transition from small-town Kansas basketball to the ACC. He played all ...