The Clemson Tigers added another weapon to their passing game for the 2016 season. Wide receiver Tavares Chase, a 4-star prospect, revealed that he's headed to "Death Valley," per Paul Strelow of Rivals.com: According to 247Sports' composite rankings, Chase is the 32nd-best wideout for 2016 and 137th-best player overall. The Plant City, Florida, star is also the top-ranked player committed to Clemson's '16 recruiting class so far. ESPN.com's Derek Tyson sees Chase having a big impact for the ...

In an ideal world, every SEC team would prefer to have the same amount of balance and depth at every position, both offensively and defensively. It doesn't happen that way, though, thanks to injuries, graduation, early NFL departures and recruiting. Instead, what more often happens is that teams end up looking OK in most areas but really good in a few others. Not surprisingly, those loaded positions tend to determine how those teams will fare. Taking a ...

TCU's ascent to national relevance in 2014 is continuing to pay dividends. Courtney Lark, a 4-star receiver out of Bellaire (Texas) High School, committed to the Horned Frogs on Saturday, spurning offers from Baylor and Nebraska among others. Gerry Hamilton of ESPN reported the news: TCU was a bit of an upset choice given expert predictions. 247Sports' crystal ball gave Lark a 62 percent chance of committing to Baylor, with Oklahoma coming in second place at 25 percent. ...

Florida's Dorian Finney-Smith broke his game-long scoring drought Tuesday night in one of the most dramatic ways possible. The junior forward threw down a hammer dunk against Alabama that ended up winning it for the visiting Gators.Finney-Smith's jam finished off Alabama, 52-50. It was his first basket in 61 minutes and 31 seconds of game clock, dating back to last Saturday's loss to Ole Miss, and constituted his only two points of the evening.[CJZero]Read more ...

The North Carolina Tar Heels passed the first of three major tests in a row Monday with a 93-83 win over Syracuse.  The Tar Heels played a sloppy first half against the struggling Orange, but they cleaned their game up enough to breeze past the visitors in the second stanza.  Four North Carolina players scored over 17 points in its seventh ACC win of the season, but it still has to work on a few things before ...

The past two months have seen Indiana transform from an afterthought into a contender in the Big Ten. Considering head coach Tom Crean was on the hot seat at the start of the season, this has to be surprising for just about everyone outside of the locker room. While there are many reasons for the turnaround, a lot of the credit has to go to the players themselves. The competitors have put in the work to improve ...

California's passing game was just upgraded, as wide receiver prospect Carlos Strickland has decided to commit to the school. Greg Powers of Scout.com tweeted the news: Eldridge Massington, a freshman wide receiver for UCLA this past season, congratulated Strickland on his decision on Twitter:  Strickland is a 4-star prospect from Skyline High in Dallas, Texas, according to 247Sports. The ranking site lists him as the No. 144 prospect in the country, the No. 20 player from the state of Texas ...

The recruiting season for the UCLA football 2015 class is coming down to the wire.  Jim Mora and his staff have about one more week to make their pitches before national signing day on Feb 4. As it currently stands, the Bruins have 16 public commitments. There are also a handful of prospects considering the program at this time.  This piece will take a look at the five most underrated recruits for UCLA in 2015. This includes ...

Cory Batey and Brandon Vandenburg, two former Vanderbilt football players charged with raping a female student in June 2013, were found guilty on all counts by a Nashville jury on Tuesday. According to a report from The Tennessean—which contains graphic descriptions of the charges—the jury found Batey and Vandenburg guilty on a total of 16 charges. Batey, 21, was charged with five felony counts of aggravated rape and two of aggravated sexual battery. Vandenburg, 21, was found guilty of those same ...

At 9 p.m. ET, the Florida Gators (10-9) will take on the Alabama Crimson Tide (13-6) at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The game tonight is a crucial one for both teams as each needs to steady the ship after a rocky couple of weeks. Florida coach Billy Donovan and his players will be looking to end 3-game losing streak that has put them at 3-3 in SEC play and 9th overall in the SEC conference.  Alabama ...