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Athlon Sports Features
Non-BCS RB Profiles
Athlon continues its release of the 2009 college fantasy football draft kit, with a look at running backs from the WAC, Mountain West and Independents.
2009 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Preview
The key to the 2009 season will be how Tulsa’s offense reacts without offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn and with a new quarterback and revamped offensive line. If the offense hits some lulls early, it will need rapid improvement from the defense. Tulsa improved on its overall defensive numbers from 2007 to ’08 but was still far from the “championship defense” that Graham craves.
Nos. 61-70
Teams in the 60s are featured today as Athlon Sports releases teams 26-120 in reverse order 10 at a time.
2010 To Watch: Defensive Ends
Athlon begins its coverage of the Class of 2010 with a position by position breakdown of the best high school juniors in the nation. Today, we look at the pass rushers.
CFB Fantasy: Looking Ahead: QBs
With spring practice underway, it's time to start thinking about the 2009 college fantasy football season. Quarterback should be a loaded position and Athlon takes a look at some of the key storylines to watch.
Recruiting: Quarterback Rankings
Athlon's positional rankings for the class of 2009 wrap up with the most important position on the field: Quarterback.
Recruiting: Athlete Rankings
Athlon's positional rankings for the class of 2009 continue with the athletes. These players could end up at many different positions.
Recruiting: Defensive Back Rankings
Athlon's positional rankings for the class of 2009 continue with the defensive backs, where South Carolina pulled in six quality players.
Recruiting: Linebacker Rankings
Athlon's positional rankings for the class of 2009 continue with the linebackers. The Trojans had the best LB corp in the nation heading into 2008, they start '09 off with the top class at that position.
Recruiting: Running Back Rankings
Athlon's positional rankings for the class of 2009 continue with the running backs, a position that still has a bunch of talented players uncommitted.
Recruiting: Defensive Tackle Rankings
Athlon's positional rankings for the class of 2009 continue with the defensive tackles. This is one of the best run-stuffer classes in recent history.
Recruiting: WR/TE Rankings
Athlon's positional rankings for the class of 2009 continue with the pass catchers. Neither the wide receivers nor the tight ends are as strong as last season, but there is still plenty of talent.
Recruiting: Defensive End Rankings
Athlon's positional rankings for the class of 2009 continue with the defensive ends, where the South Florida Bulls pulled in the best end class in the nation.
Recruiting: Impact of early enrollees
The process of enrolling in classes early is one of the major new trends in college football. Aided by a sped up recruiting calendar, these early enrollees are playing a much bigger role than ever before.
Recruiting: Signing Day Recap
NSD '09 was certainly filled with excitement but it was what did not happen that was most intriguing. Athlon crowns a recruiting champion, looks at a serious new trend and highlights some NSD winners.
Recruiting: Signing Day '09
Each year hundreds of high school standouts make their selection by signing a letter of intent on National Signing Day. Where will the top prospects in the class of 2009 end up? Athlon Sports gets fans ready for NSD '09.
Recruiting: NSD Announcements
There are plenty of No. 1s announcing today. The nation's top wide receiver, linebacker and cornerback will make their picks. But will the nation's top running back? Check out the list of prospects that are set to announce on NSD.
Departed players leave holes to fill
With 49 underclassmen entering the draft, there are plenty of holes to fill going into 2009. Which offensive players are ready to step into the spotlight next season?
News From Around the Web
Road woes
(www.tulsaworld.com)Tulsa has struggled in all five of its road games this season culminating in backtoback losses at Arkansas and Houston.b...
TUs title hopes
(www.tulsaworld.com)Tulsas loss to Houston leaves the Hurricane needing help to win the Conference USA West division title. A look at one wa...
Tulsa cant catch a break
(www.tulsaworld.com)After being a team that did things right for much of the season Tulsas Golden Hurricane seemed to have a positive genius...
TU Report card
(www.tulsaworld.com)Tulsa moved the football into Houston territory in its first five possessions but couldnt get the ball into the end zone...
TUORU Notebook
(www.tulsaworld.com)bDiffering viewsb Oral Roberts coach Scott Sutton would like to reinstitute a homeandhome series in the crosstown rivalr...
Tulsas big players play big in win
(www.tulsaworld.com)Lets get straight to the point of why Tulsa players and not Oral Roberts players were hoisting the Mayors Cup trophy and...
TU Notebook
(www.tulsaworld.com)bChilling effect bHouston is a warm city most of the time as the palm trees in each corner of Robertson Stadium attest.b...
Trophy triumph
(www.tulsaworld.com)Ben Uzoh answered the call when Tulsa needed the junior guard the most....
Blown away
(www.tulsaworld.com)The overrated chant began midway through the fourth quarter of Tulsas 7030 loss to Houston.br hrbrimg srchttpwww.tulsawo...
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New coaches: Mississippi St. and New Mexico
Throughout the summer, we'll profile all of the new head coaches in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Today, we look at Mississippi State's Dan Mullen and New Mexico's Mike Locksley.
2009 Best Units: Wide receivers/Tight ends
They’re the teams within the team — those cohesive little units bound together by their shared responsibilities within the larger team context. Today, we look at the best wide receiver/tight end units in the country.
Michigan State is no longer second to Michigan
As the Wolverines search for answers coming off a 3-9 campaign, Michigan State is on the rise. Yes, the little brother isn't so little anymore.




