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Class of 2011: Notre Dame
College Football -by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden) Charlie Weis was a good recruiter. He landed Athlon Consensus 100 stars like Dayne Crist, Michael Floyd, Cierre Wood, Jonas Gray, Kyle Rudolph, Trevor Robinson, ...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football

'11 Team Rankings: Big Ten
College Football The finalizing of recruiting in the Big Ten for 2011 symbolizes the end of an extremely transitional year for the country’s most lucrative conference. (Well, at least it's over for now.) Heartlan...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten

'11 Team Rankings: SEC
College Football The rich get richer. It is a cliché to end all clichés, but it applies to the SEC in recruiting these days (otherwise, someone needs to investigate who butters the recruiting service bread – bu...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, SEC

'11 Team Rankings: Pac-12
College Football The addition of Utah and Colorado has added two large states for talent to the west coast conference’s footprint. Both states produce quality athletes that most Pac-10 schools have already been r...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Pac 10

Uncertainty With ACC QBs
College Football Believe it or not, the research for the 2011 college football season is already in high gear. Seems like it was only yesterday when Auburn beat Oregon for the national championship, but as soon as ...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football

'11 Team Rankings: Big East
College Football Since conference realignment took place back in 2004, either Pitt or West Virginia has won every Big East recruiting crown. In fact, in four of those six years since, the Panthers and Mountaineers ...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big East

'11 Team Rankings: ACC
College Football When Florida State officially handed the reins to Jimbo Fisher, it expected to inject some energy and passion into its program. But after a trip to the ACC Championship game in his first season, Fi...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, ACC

'11 Team Rankings: Big 12
College Football With two less teams signing players in the Big 12, the talent-hoarding taking place in Austin and Norman has actually gotten worse (or better, depending on the angle). Of the top 30 players to sign...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big 12

National Signing Day
College Football -by Braden Gall National Signing Day elicits one of two responses from sports fans. One is a ravenous, insatiable desire to tie day-to-day happiness to the decisions of teenage boys. The other ...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football

No Show For No. 1
College Football This post-National Signing Day signing nonsense has to go. For the fourth year in a row, the nation’s top recruit will not put pen to paper on National Signing Day. In 2008, it was Terrelle ...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football

Class of 2011 Team Rankings
College Football With less than 24-hours left until National Signing Day 2011, Athlon Sports takes a look at the top classes in the nation with a little help from national recruiting analyst JC Shurburtt of 247Spor...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football

Defensive End U?
College Football Notre Dame is known for several things. Iconic symbols like Touchdown Jesus, the Golden Dome, the Gipper, Leprechauns speak to the rich tradition of South Bend, Ind. However, this year’s recruiti...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football

Big 12 QB Quandary
College Football Quarterback play is usually strong in the Big 12, but there's quite a shakeup among passers next season. The early departure of Blaine Gabbert creates a significant question mark for Missouri, whil...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football

Pre-Preseason CFB Fantasy Ranks: WRs
College Football Despite the departure of A.J. Green, Randall Cobb, Julio Jones and Torrey Smith to the NFL Draft, plenty of talented receivers will return to lead college fantasy rosters in 2011. Oklahoma State’...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Fantasy

Everybody's No. 1
College Football With the (re-) release of the 2011 Athlon Consensus 100, and for the first time in the brief four-year history of the truest and most accurate high school recruiting top 100, the nation's No. 1 pro...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football

Pre-Preseason CFB Fantasy Ranks: QBs
College Football Fantasy owners didn’t have much debate atop the quarterback rankings last season, but 2011 will be a different adventure. Houston’s Case Keenum was the heavy favorite at No. 1 last year, but a ...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Fantasy

Pre-Preseason CFB Fantasy Ranks: RBs
College Football Although quarterbacks and wide receivers are important to any college fantasy owner, running backs are where leagues are won and lost. With the emergence of more committee approaches at this positi...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Fantasy

Athlon's Pre-Preseason Top 25: 1-10
College Football The 2011 season is still eight months away and spring practice hasn't started, but here's an early glance at how the top 25 might look when Athlon's college football annuals hit newsstands in June.Ath...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football

Athlon's Pre-Preseason Top 25: 11-20
College Football The 2011 season is still eight months away and spring practice hasn't started, but here's an early glance at how the top 25 might look when Athlon's college football annuals hit newsstands in June.Ath...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football

Athlon's Pre-Preseason Top 25: 21-25
College Football The 2011 season is still eight months away and spring practice hasn't started, but here's an early glance at how the top 25 might look when Athlon's college football annuals hit newsstands in June.Ath...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football

Missing College Football Already?
College Football Already suffering from college football withdrawals? Need something to look forward to? With the 2010 season in the books, it's time to start thinking about 2011. How about an early look at s...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football

Michigan Man
College Football After a 15-22 record in three seasons under Rich Rodriguez, Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon decided to make a change. Rodriguez was making progress, but not fast enough. The former West Virgin...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football

What's next for Auburn and Oregon?
College Football The curtain has closed on the 2010 season, with Auburn claiming its first title in 53 seasons. With Auburn and Oregon facing some key losses this offseason, how will both teams look in 2011? Here'...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football

Auburn Claims BCS Championship
College Football The 2011 BCS National Championship didn’t feature the offensive fireworks many predicted, but certainly provided some late drama. After a late touchdown and two-point conversion by Oregon to tie...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football

Early 2011 Heisman Ballot
College Football Tonight was the first BCS Championship game-winning field goal. Congrats to Auburn, by the way, for the great game So, it seems perfectly natural to take a look at 2011 Heisman ballot, right?What have...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football

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