Wednesday, February 5th, 2014 at 11:22 pm
When people talk to you about the Kentucky Wildcats, the thing they bring up most often is the fact that the program's a basketball program which happens to play a bit of football. And with former Jared Lorenzen suddenly in the news for, er, eating Jared Lorenzen, the school's football program's been a source of laughter for many.
But with former Kentucky defensive star Danny Trevathan helping to take the Denver Broncos to the Super Bowl, 'Big Blue' winning a basketball game comfortably and Mark Stoops having a solid National Signing Day, things might be changing in Lexington with this good
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Wednesday, February 5th, 2014 at 11:02 pm
No Championship? No problem for Nick Saban.
The Alabama Crimson Tide was AGAIN the No.1 recruiting team on National Signing Day, with a tremendous signing day haul.
It included: Three of the ESPN 300's top 10 players (OT Cameron Robinson, DE Da'Shawn Hand, CB Tony Brown), and the No.10 and No.12 players in the nation, too (ATH Bo Scarborough, and CB Marlon Humphrey).
They also stunningly picked up OLB Rashaan Evans from Auburn High school - who had also been rated highly, despite many thinking - including Auburn itself- that Evans was a cert to play in Jordan-Hare. The move seemed to have
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Wednesday, February 5th, 2014 at 10:30 pm
LSU capped a fantastic National Signing Day with the signing of Leonard Fournette - the No.1 player in the nation and the No.1 running back.
Fournette, a running back from New Orleans, was always relaxed about signing for LSU, wearing school clothing even before class to relax the worried Tiger faithful.
Such was his size, Fournette's press conference got some on Twitter saying: "You can't tell me [he's] an 18-year old man".
But before that, WR Malachi Dupre from John Curtis - the country's No.1 wide receiver, also declared that he was going to be a Tiger and "bring a National Championship
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Wednesday, February 5th, 2014 at 10:00 pm
Usually when it comes to Georgia fans, they like to swear in the general direction of Mark Richt.
They blame him when the Bulldogs lose. They blame him when the Bulldog players get arrested. They blame him when the Bulldog players get injured.
But now, Georgia fans are actually happy with Mark Richt- especially after National Signing Day.
The Georgia coach landed No.14 player on the ESPN 300 list DE Lorenzo Carter (despite the close attentions of Florida, LSU and Florida State), which definitely got the fans buzzing - especially those who had been critical of Richt for not filling out
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Wednesday, February 5th, 2014 at 4:20 pm
What a morning for LSU head coach Les Miles on National Signing Day.
The bombastic coach probably expected No.1 wide receiver in the nation Malachi Dupre to sign for them....and he did.
He said in a press conference at his high school at John Curtis Christian: "I feel that it was right to stay home and bring a national championship back to the state...It was best to stay here ... It's time to get ready for Wisconsin and the first game.".
Dupre is part of a recruiting surge by Les Miles and his team, who got five commitments and letters of intentions that they weren't particularly expecting
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Wednesday, February 5th, 2014 at 2:49 pm
Former Georgia tight end Ty Flournoy-Smith has signed his letter of intent to Alabama, the player confirmed.
"It's confirmed", he tweeted.
Flournoy-Smith, who was booted out of Georgia for filing a false police report for some stolen books that he'd sold, as well as admitting to smoking marijuana with DB Josh Harvey-Clemsons, who was recently caught for doing it and banned for the first three games of this season.
Flournoy-Smith went to Georgia Military Junior College, where he did a great blocking job.
He will be expected to do the same in an offense which is going to feature two
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Tuesday, February 4th, 2014 at 6:51 pm
Brad Pendergrass, Tennessee's head of football operations, has stepped down - only two days before National Signing Day.
In a release, Pendergrass said: "It is with a heavy heart that I have decided to resign from my position on the football staff here at Tennessee...I am very appreciative of the experiences this great university has afforded me, and I look forward to watching the successes that lie ahead on many fronts. I would like to thank [Tennessee AD] Dave Hart, Butch Jones, and many others for their support and advice in this decision, and I look forward to new opportunities for professional
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Tuesday, February 4th, 2014 at 4:17 pm
Right, so National Signing Day's tomorrow, which means that it's Christmas for anyone who loves seeing if their school's signing up some good talent.
Why haven't we gone more crazy on the recruiting front? It's easy. I could get excited about a recruit, only for him to de-commit 400 times before making a decision, so I'd rather wait until National Signing Day. And then go crazy folks. Which I will do.
Somewhere in the SEC, our head coaches are calling, texting, FBing and sexting recruits (OK, maybe not the last) in an effort to get them to come and play for their schools. As a unit, it's
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Tuesday, February 4th, 2014 at 2:53 pm
The date of Auburn’s trip to Kansas State has been moved from September 20th to September 18th.
The Tigers’ trip to the Little Apple will be the Tigers’ first since 1978. Auburn currently holds a 3-0 record against the Wildcats.