Defense wins championships. Its a mantra that fans here numerous times throughout football season. Even more so, fans hear of their favorite team’s need for pass rushers. In the National Football League, its a position that franchises spend top draft picks on. In college football, its a position that is highly recruited ever year. On [...]
TweetCollege football teams from across the country are opening fall camp, which means two things. Not much longer until toe meets pigskin and school starts for students of all ages. What do these two events both affect? College Football recruiting. As the high school season draws nearer every day, recruits from across the country are [...]
TweetJohnny Unitas is known by many to be one of, if not, the most prolific quarterback to ever play the game of football. Unitas passed away in 2002 but his name and honor survive as the namesake for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. The award is given annually to the nation’s best quarterback. The [...]
TweetAs teams begin padded practices in preparation for the upcoming 2012 college football season, a group of Rant Sports writers got together to rank the top 25 teams in the nation. A total of eight writers created their own individual top 25 rankings for use in the 2012 Rant Sports College Football Writers Preseason Top [...]
TweetAnother Penn State football player is on the move. Senior wide receiver Justin Brown has decided to transfer to Oklahoma to become a Sooner, confirmed the school Sunday morning. Brown will report to the Sooners on Monday and is expected to make an impact immediately. Oklahoma returns only one wide receiver with game experience, making [...]
TweetAs the high school football season draws nearer, college football recruits have been narrowing down their list of schools and some even committing before the season starts. The motivation behind this being to eliminate the chance of distractions occurring during the season. No conference has benefited from this trend more than the SEC. Teams from [...]
TweetEvery college football fan eagerly awaits two things during the month of August, the release of the USA Today Coaches Poll Top 25 and the Associated Press Writer’s Poll Top 25. The USA Today Coaches Poll Top 25 was released earlier this week and caused fans from every fanbase to shriek in joy or disappointment. [...]
TweetAs Sandra Bullock states in the Blindside, offensive tackle is one of the most important positions in the game of the football. NFL teams spend millions of dollars on them and college football powers spend countless hours recruiting them. Hours on the recruiting trail paid off for the Florida Gators and offensive coordinator Brent Pease [...]
TweetWith less than a month until the 2012 College Football season kicks off, the Rant Sports 100 in 100 College Football Preview series continues with our No.28 team, the Missouri Tigers. After finishing 8-5 in the Big 12 last year, the Tigers and coach Gary Pinkel will move to the SEC this season, where they [...]
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