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How the 2012 All-Big East Team Ranked as High School Recruits

College Football The merits of recruiting rankings are debated in every sports bar and around every water cooler in the nation. Athlon continues its look at how each all-conference team ranked as high school recrui...

21 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Louisville Cardinals, Pitt Panthers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, South Florida Bulls, Syracuse Orange, Temple Owls

How the 2012 All-SEC Team Ranked as High School Recruits

21 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Kentucky Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Missouri Tigers, Ole Miss Rebels, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies, Vanderbilt Commodores

College Football's Top 10 Offenses of the BCS Era

College Football The BCS is wrapping up its 15th season of action and Athlon Sports is continuing its series of BCS rankings. We ranked the best performances of each BCS bowl game and we ranked the best teams of ea...

21 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon Ducks, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, USC Trojans

How the 2012 All-ACC Team Ranked as High School Recruits

21 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, ACC, Boston College Golden Eagles, Clemson Tigers, Duke Blue Devils, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Maryland Terrapins, Miami Hurricanes, NC State Wolfpack, North Carolina Tar Heels, Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia Tech Hokies, Wake Forest Demon Deacons

How the 2012 All-Big Ten Team Ranked as High School Recruits

21 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

How the 2012 All-Pac-12 Team Ranked as High School Recruits

College Football The merits of recruiting rankings are debated in every sports bar and around every water cooler in the nation. Athlon continues its look at how each All-Conference team ranked as high school recrui...

21 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Pac 12, Arizona Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, Cal Golden Bears, Colorado Buffaloes, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars

College Football's Top 10 Defenses of the BCS Era

21 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, LSU Tigers, Miami Hurricanes, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, TCU Horned Frogs, Tennessee Volunteers, USC Trojans

8 Amazing Stats from NFL Sunday: Week 15

NFL NFL football is the greatest reality TV program of all time. The Giants and Colts made sure of that back in 1958. Each NFL fall weekend is a completely new and original experience for every player,...

21 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams

How the 2012 All-Big 12 Team Ranked as High School Recruits

21 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, West Virginia Mountaineers

5 Amazing College Basketball Stats of the Week: Dec. 11-16

College Basketball With 347 Division I teams, following college basketball can be overwhelming. Let Athlon Sports start your college hoops week each Monday with a look at some of the most intriguing, most important a...

21 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Basketball, Arizona Wildcats, Butler Bulldogs, Florida Gators, Georgetown Hoyas, Indiana Hoosiers, Kansas Jayhawks, Marquette Golden Eagles, Villanova Wildcats

10 Young NBA Players Who Will Be Hall of Famers

NBA From 1980 to 1989, the average NBA rookie class produced two Hall of Famers per year. In fact, 14 future Hall of Famers entered the NBA over a four-year period (1984-87) in the mid-80s. To sugg...

22 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: NBA

2013 NFL Draft Rankings: Defensive Ends

College Football Each year a unique set of prospects enters the professional ranks with a chance to make an immediate impact on the country's most powerful sport. The 2013 NFL Draft, held April 25-27, won’t be an...

22 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, NFL, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, Auburn Tigers, BYU Cougars, Florida State Seminoles, LSU Tigers, Michigan State Spartans, Oregon Ducks, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns

College Football 2012 All-America Team As Recruits

College Football The merits of recruiting rankings are debated in every sports bar and around every water cooler in the nation. But one quick look at the 2012 Associated Press All-America team, and it is hard to ar...

10 Greatest Basketball Advertising Campaigns of All-Time

NBA 10 Greatest Basketball Advertising Campaigns of All-Time ...

22 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: NBA, Overtime

Manziel, Mariota Highlight Best Redshirt Freshman QB Class Ever

College Football Technically, Johnny Manziel is a sophomore. So are Notre Dame’s Everett Golson and Oregon’s Marcus Mariota. Manziel, like Mariota and Golson, has been a student-athlete for two football sea...

22 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oregon Ducks, Stanford Cardinal, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas A&M Aggies, UCLA Bruins, Wisconsin Badgers

15 Young NFL Players Who Will Be Hall of Famers

NFL Projecting the Hall of Fame is virtually impossible, especially for the youngest athletes in football. Yet, rookies are expected to contribute quicker than ever on the NFL gridiron and a few have m...

22 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

5 Amazing College Basketball Stats of the Week: Dec. 4-10

22 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Basketball, News, Gonzaga Bulldogs, Illinois Fighting Illini, Syracuse Orange, Texas Longhorns, UCLA Bruins, Wyoming Cowboys

The Worst Free Throw Attempt in the History of Basketball

College Basketball Western Carolina (4-6) and Appalacian State (1-7) got together this weekend to play some basketball. But junior center Brian Okam stole the show for all the wrong reasons. We've seen underhanders, ...

22 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Basketball, Overtime, News

10 Amazing Stats from NFL Sunday: Week 14

22 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL, News, Dallas Cowboys

What if the Heisman was awarded after the National Championship?

College Football The Heisman Trophy is an inherently flawed award. That’s the bad news. The great news is we the fans have the power to change it. Just six years ago, underclassmen weren’t really considered...

23 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, Florida Gators, Kansas State Wildcats, Miami Hurricanes, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Virginia Tech Hokies

20 Most Amazing College Football Stats of 2012

College Football Single-game, single-season and career records. School, conference and national benchmarks. Remarkable performances and embarrassing moments. The good, bad and ugly makes college football the great ...

2012 Heisman Trophy Final Voting: Our winner is...

College Football Each week, the Athlon editors and others who closely follow college football vote on the most prestigious award in the sport. A 13-man conglomerate of college football gurus from Athlon Sports and ...

23 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Independent, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Kansas State Wildcats, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oregon Ducks, Texas A&M Aggies, USC Trojans

15 BCS Championship Match-ups that should have happened

College Football Argument reigned supreme last season when one-loss Alabama got the nod to rematch with LSU over Oklahoma State in the BCS Championship game. Had the Cowboys simply beaten Iowa State two weeks earli...

10 Greatest Football Advertising Campaigns of All-Time

NFL 10 Greatest Football Advertising Campaigns of All-Time ...

23 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL, News

5 Amazing College Basketball Stats of the Week: Nov. 26-Dec. 3

College Basketball There are 347 division-I college basketball teams. Following college hoops these days can be overwhelming. Let Athlon Sports start your college basketball week each Monday with a look at some of th...

23 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Basketball, Duke Blue Devils, Kentucky Wildcats, SMU Mustangs, UNLV Running Rebels

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