Dorial Green-Beckham ducks the drama, but not the expectations waiting at Mizzou
Follow the day's most anticipated signings with Rivals' announcement watch, updated throughout the day. It's official: Dorial Green-Beckham is a Missouri Tiger. And …well, that just about sums it up....
View ArticlePitt files countersuit against Mike Haywood
Big East schools just can't seem to stay out of court. The Pitt News reported Tuesday that the University of Pittsburgh filed a countersuit in October against former coach Mike Haywood for breach of...
View ArticleSigning Day Roundup: Deontay Greenberry leaves Irish at the altar for…Houston?
Follow the day's most anticipated signings with Rivals' announcement watch, updated throughout the day. • Swag of the Day. Oxford, Ala., linebacker Kwon Alexander only has four stars from Rivals, but...
View ArticleESPN may have helped Lane Kiffin commit another recruiting violation
It wouldn't be a National Signing Day without a potential NCAA violation by Lane Kiffin. Around 8:30 a.m. on the USC campus, ESPN reporter Shelley Smith recounted a text message she had received from...
View ArticleVideo: Richie Brown turns Miss. State commitment into signing day’s cutest...
Every National Signing Day, there's always one recruit who captures the "Awwwwww" moment. Last year, Georgia running back Isaiah Crowell nailed it when he brought along a bulldog puppy wearing a...
View ArticleYes, Dorial Green-Beckham’s signing with Mizzou does warrant its own billboard
New Missouri receiver Dorial Green-Beckham said Wednesday that his official visit to Missouri last weekend — where fans cheered his name and held up signs for him — was a key factor in him choosing...
View ArticleJackpot offensive line haul suggests Stanford has a little staying power
Follow the day's most anticipated signings with Rivals' announcement watch, updated throughout the day. Most accounts of Stanford's ascension over the last three years begin and end — justifiably so —...
View ArticleCassanova McKinzy spurned Clemson because he missed the Chick-fil-A
What's really important to a college football athlete when choosing the right school? Location, academics, the ability to start early? How about a school's proximity to Chick-fil-A? That's apparently...
View ArticleGeorgia may get Josh Harvey-Clemons, but ‘AWOL’ grandfather is going to make...
Mark Richt worked hard in pursuit of five-star Valdosta, Ga., linebacker Josh Harvey-Clemons — at one point he may have even tithed hard — and as of Wednesday morning, it looked like his efforts had...
View ArticleAnother year, another mile between Alabama and everyone else on the trail
Even for someone like me, who generally vouches for the broad utility of recruiting rankings in the big picture, the idea of a "recruiting national champion" only has utility as a joke. There are no...
View ArticleHeadlinin’: Akron brings Jim Tressel back to the Buckeye State
Making the morning rounds. • The vest is back. Nine months after he was fired for a gross lapse of administrative oversight at Ohio State — and a little less than a week after he was passed over for...
View ArticleRIP Tyrone Duplessis: Louisiana Tech running back found dead at age 21
Louisiana Tech has confirmed that running back Tyrone Duplessis was found dead this morning at his off-campus apartment in Ruston. Cause of death has not been determined. He was 21 years old....
View ArticleBig Ten coaches would like Urban Meyer to stop poaching their recruits, please
The Big Ten welcome wagon has officially left Columbus and nearly ran over new Ohio State coach Urban Meyer on its way out. Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio and Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema both...
View ArticleVideo: Les Miles mocks Gunner Kiel’s ‘chest and ability to lead a program’ to...
Still smarting from a BCS Championship blowout at the hands of Alabama, LSU fans were in the market for a little good news Wednesday, and they certainly didn't get it from the recruitniks: Rivals...
View ArticleJerry Kill’s wife hit the recruiting trail with her husband
Jerry Kill made national headlines last year after suffering a seizure on the sidelines of Minnesota's Sept. 10 loss to New Mexico State, and after several other seizures he still hasn't completely...
View ArticleOhio State revives a traditional Michigan diss
Last year, when it was Michigan suffering through a miserable, seven-year skid against Ohio State, the new administration under first-year coach Brady Hoke installed a countdown clock, a count-up clock...
View ArticleHeadlinin’: Bret Bielema takes his anti-Urban campaign to a higher power
Making the morning rounds. • I shall have satisfaction. Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema followed up his signing day shot at Urban Meyer Thursday by asking his athletic director, Barry Alvarez, to have a...
View ArticleBarry Alvarez sides with Urban Meyer in the burgeoning Big Ten recruiting wars
Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez doesn't seem nearly as upset with Urban Meyer's recruiting tactics as his coach Bret Bielema. Bielema has taken a little bit of heat for his crusade against...
View ArticleBig Ten fans have spoken, and they are totally down with ‘Legends’ and ‘Leaders’
The Big Ten got an awful lot right in last year's expansion effort, pulling off as seamless a transition to a 12-team, two-division format as anyone could have reasonably. But there was one thing...
View ArticleVideo: Robert Griffin III challenges Obama to a game of hoops
We're nearly two months removed from his triumph as the first Baylor quarterback to win a Heisman Trophy, but the Robert Griffin III publicity tour hasn't slowed down. Griffin, who recently announced...
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