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That is the question. Not the other way around. The conventional wisdom is starting to sprout that, because of a variety of things, including a poor Wonderlic test, Young probably won’t be a success in the NFL. The word is that Texas simplified its offense for Young to be successful and so he can’t learn [...]

I collect a fair amount of college football memorabilia and I came across something very interesting (at least to me) in a stack of papers recently. It was a copy of a letter written by a USC assistant coach to the President of the Tournament of Roses Committee. The date? December 10, 1935. Some of [...]

Thanks to Michigan Zone for pointing us to this amazing story about Jason McElwain, an autistic teenager who just wanted a chance to hoop it up with his classmates. Jason McElwain had done everything he was asked to do for the Greece Athena High School basketball team — keep the stats, run the clock, hand [...]

Click here to read the second part of Lannie Julias’ tale of the recruitment of former NFL running back Walter Shockley. It’s a great story told only the way Lannie can tell it.

The onepeat.com people have finally put their billboard up. The location? It’s across the street from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, on Figueroa street, south of the USC campus, and facing south. Now, the funny thing is that if you are familiar with that location, as I am (being from LA), it’s actually one of [...]

ESPN’s Ivan Maisel is seemingly everywhere these days. His travels the past couple weeks have produced stories ranging from Syracuse’s attempt at rebounding from a 1-10 season, to Oklahoma’s high-tech winter conditioning to TCU’s enthusiasm-building workouts. And today, he has this story on the rehab of Butkus Award winner Paul Posluszny. It’s the dead of [...]

Long-time NFL analyst Gil Brandt has an informative column on recent draft history. Included are such numbers as: Most Draft Picks In Last 10 Drafts 1. Tennessee — 64 2. Florida State — 62 3. Ohio State — 61 4. Miami (Fla.) — 60 5. Florida — 56 6. Nebraska — 54 7. Georgia — [...]

Been thinking about the jungle that is the college football blogosphere and thought I’d give my opinion on who deserves some kudos out there. Funniest Blog–EDSBS.com. Orson and Stranko found a good niche with their blog, combining Onionesque humor with a writing style that reminds me of one of my favorites, P.J. O’Rourke. In the [...]

I’ve been at it on this blog since August of 2004 and, therefore, I produce one of the oldest college football blogs in existence–which is a little like saying you are one of the tallest midgets, but still. Even after over 800 blog entries, however, I have yet to look back on how it is [...]

Check out the first part of this fantastic recruiting story from Lannie Julias at LannieJulias.com. His first tale took us into the recruiting offices of coaching great Chuck Fairbanks, as the Colorado coaching staff debated the recruitment of a then-unknown player (but future NFL star) named Jeff Donaldson. Along the way, we learn how Lannie’s [...]