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With spring in the books for more than a month, the long march through the offseason and back to football is only beginning. But BuckeyeNation is going to keep doing its part to speed up the journey -- or at least make it more interesting. This week,...

There were a number of highly recruited quarterbacks at last weekend's Elite 11 stop in Northern California, and all eyes were on Vanderbilt commit K.J. Carta-Samuels (San Jose, Calif./Bellarmine Prep), Michigan commit Wilton Speight (Richmond, Va./C...

Blog | May 23, 2013

Texas' search for potential 2015 quarterback targets has taken Major Applewhite all the way out to California. The Longhorns offensive coordinator has at least five West Coast quarterbacks on his radar right now and is visiting them this week. Kyl...

TULSA, Okla. - Tulsa (Okla.) Union wide receiver Jeffery Mead simply doesn't know how to slow down and doesn't want to. Mead is a three-sport star for the Redskins at receiver, small forward in basketball and shortstop/pitcher in baseball. The sca...

With spring in the books for more than a month, the long march through the offseason and back to football is only beginning. But BuckeyeNation is going to keep doing its part to speed up the journey -- or at least make it more interesting. This week,...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Despite being one of the final stops in Nike Football Training Camp tour, Oakland certainly proved it was worth the wait. The event's biggest impressions centered around a handful of ESPN 150 members, the region's top-rated running...

Teammates and friends since the age of 7, Cal seniors Lindsey Ziegenhirt and Jolene Henderson have had different experiences with the Bears but have one unified goal for their team.

With three solid pickups in the month of May, Northwestern has been hot with its recruiting. The Wildcats are hoping to add to his class with rising cornerback Verkedric Vaughns (Mesquite, Texas/Poteet). Hearing Vaughns tell it, however, a decisio...

Blog | May 13, 2013

Inspired by Florida's "#ComePlayWRFortheJoker" campaign, our recruiting writers looked at other ways schools can sell themselves on the trail. Here's a look at recruiting pitches for the Pac-12: Arizona Wildcats What they're selling: Rich Rodrigu...

Blog | May 10, 2013

New California coach Sonny Dykes talks about spring practices and the new College Football Playoff....

Several days ago, safety Mattrell McGraw (River Ridge, La./John Curtis Christian) was perusing Facebook when he decided to get in touch with Florida State defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt. That prompted Pruitt to examine McGraw's film and, soon...

Running back Auston Anderson (Plano, Texas/West) committed Thursday to sign with the Northwestern Wildcats, multiple sources report. He is the second 2014 prospect from the Lone Star State to pick NU for 2014. Three-star safety Jordan Thomas (Klein...

1. Stanford: The Cardinal have no obvious holes. Unlike last season, Stanford is set at quarterback, and the defense looks as if it will be even better in 2013. It's always nice to have the nation's most talented offensive line. 2. Oregon: While S...

1. Quarterback competitions (mostly) unresolved: Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon State and USC entered spring with straight-up QB competitions, and none arrived at any clarity at the position, though some seemed to hint at a front-runner. B.J. ...

Brian Fremeau runs his post-spring projections for the Pac-12, giving his projected order of finish as well as win range windows and conference title chances for every team.

Story | Conversation | May 08, 2013

Some of the top prospects in the West turned heads during this past weekend's IMG West Regional, but while Adoree' Jackson (Gardena, Calif./Serra), John Smith (Long Beach, Calif./Poly), Tyler Luatua (La Mirada, Calif./La Mirada) and Jalen Brown (Phoe...

Blog | May 07, 2013