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Report: Vince Wilfork Named in Miami Allegations

By ⋅ August 17, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

In an 11-month Yahoo! Sports investigation surrounding the University of Miami, Nevin Shapiro and “impermissible benefits” to Miami players, current Patriots defensive tackle Vince Wilfork’s name has appeared as a player that may have received benefits from Shapiro. The report says that Wilfork accepted $50,000 on behalf of Axcess while he was in Coral Gables. [...]

From Pop Warner To UMass: RB Jonathan Hernandez Ready For 2011

By ⋅ April 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

At 8 years old, Jonathan Hernandez repeatedly begged his father, Cesar Batallas, to sign him up for Pop Warner, a non-profit football organization for kids from the ages of five to 15. Despite being financially strapped, Batallas caved in and allowed Hernandez to play. Before long, Hernandez developed a love for the game and brought [...]

Boston College to Play Florida State on Primetime in 2011

By ⋅ February 16, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

The 2011 schedule was finalized Monday, as the Boston College Eagles will kick off their season at home against out-of-conference opponent Northwestern. Northwestern finished 2010 7-6, after starting off the season with five consecutive victories. The Wildcats closed out the season with three straight loses — including a 70-23 trouncing by Wisconsin. Other out-of-conference foes [...]

Boston College, UMass Complete 2011 Recruiting Class

By ⋅ February 4, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Local programs Boston College and the University of Massachusetts have their 2011 recruiting classes signed, sealed and delivered. Days after losing its No. 1 prospect Graham Stewart to Florida, Boston College bounced back and signed a total of 23 prospects Wednesday. At the top of the list includes, Albert Louis-Jean, Brian Miller, Connor Wujciak and [...]

College Football: The SEC Reigns Superior Again

By ⋅ January 12, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

With Auburn University’s 21-19 win over Oregon in the 2011 BCS National Championship Monday, the Tigers made it five straight championship wins for the SEC. Furthermore, the win reassured that the best conference in the NCAA belonged in the South. Since the 2003 season, the SEC has taken the college football nation by the throat [...]

Boston College’s Offense Struggles in Fight Hunger Bowl Loss

By ⋅ January 10, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Boston College started their season inconsistently, the middle stretch mirrored that same performance, and the end concluded the both patterns. In a way, the beginning, middle and end all resembled inconsistency and underachievement. Despite coming off a five-game winning streak, BC fell to Nevada 20-13 in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. BC started off the [...]

Stanford’s Andrew Luck To Stay For Senior Season

By ⋅ January 6, 2011 ⋅ One comment

In a day and age where young, athletic football players get showered with endorsements and big NFL contracts, one player reckoned for that path decided to put all that on hold — for now. Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, the consensus No. 1 overall player in the 2011 NFL Draft, has decided to remain in school.

Patriots 2011 Draft Report: Mock Draft

By ⋅ December 22, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

Heading into January, the Patriots are poised to make a deep run into the playoffs. However, with the end of the season on the horizon, the NFL Draft is beginning to come into conversation. One of the more pressing issues as of right now is the current CBA agreement. If a deal is not made, [...]

A Strong Turnaround: Louisville Lands Top Recruit Bridgewater

By ⋅ December 22, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

First-year head coach Charlie Strong is familiar with the big stage. Strong was the defensive coordinator at the University of Florida for seven years, where in that span, the Gators won multiple National Championships. Strong was a big part of the recruiting machine that was in Gainesville, as he helped bring in the likes of [...]

Weekend Wrap-Up: Newton, Muschamp and the Big 10

By ⋅ December 14, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

This past weekend was a historic one for the NCAA. Not only did college football crown the — most controversial – 76th Heisman Trophy winner, but the league also announced the formation and logo of the Big 10. Cam Newton Wins the Heisman Let’s face it. There wasn’t a better college football player in the country [...]

Urban Meyer Steps Down at University of Florida

By ⋅ December 9, 2010 ⋅ One comment

The successful five-year run at Florida has came to an end for coach Urban Meyer. According to ESPN, Meyer stepped down from his coaching duties Tuesday to spend more time with his family. Meyer briefly retired following Tim Tebow’s departure, for the same reasons, but decided to come back for the 2010 season. Meyer had [...]

College Football Edition: Who Should Teams be Thankful For?

By ⋅ November 24, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

As we all prepare to sit around the dinner tables with our families and feast on lots of turkey and stuffing, we as people have a lot to be thankful for. Whether it may be our job, our car, our wife, our husband, our kids, etc., we have at least one thing to be thankful [...]

Keep the BCS!

By ⋅ November 20, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

In last week’s Sports Illustrated, Austin Murphy and Dan Wetzel, who coauthored Death to the BCS, wrote an article outlining the reasons why college football still doesn’t have a playoff system to choose its national champion, instead relying on “an inexact, capricious, widely despised system that is propped up and defended, in the main, by [...]

College Football Power Rankings: Oregon and TCU Remain Perfect Despite Scare

By ⋅ November 14, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

What was thought to be a quite weekend in college football brought us a lot of close games as we sit here on Monday asking “what if.” What if California, Georgia and San Diego State pulled off the upsets. California held Oregon’s high-powered offense to just 15 points, but could only muster up 13 points [...]

What to Watch For: The Fall of Auburn and the Rise of Syracuse?

By ⋅ November 12, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

As the regular season nears the finish line, the overall bowl picture becomes clearer by the week. Last week we witnessed Alabama, Utah and Oklahoma all see their potential BCS bowl game bids get shattered. However, this weekend should be an uneventful one for college football, minus a couple of conference games by the No. [...]

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