There is a feeling in the air. It can be felt on the campuses of south Florida all the way to the most upper northwest corner of Washington; the feeling college football season is less than one week away. Emotions of anxiousness and excitement rage as dormitories fill to capacity and college towns see their [...]
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The Tide has turned as the addition of Demarcus Walker to the 2013 Alabama Crimson Tide Recruiting class has given them plenty of momentum on the recruiting trail one week away from the season. Walker, a 6-foot-4, two hundred and eighty pound athlete, who despite his size, carries a very lean frame. Although he’d been [...]
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In college football when word comes out a school is being investigated by the NCAA, programs wear the news like a Scarlet letter, however fans, especially those of teams who are not on the radar of national prominence should be proud. I mean like honor roll student bumper sticker proud. I’m talking about you Mississippi State. For [...]
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As the college football season nears, the talk of conference champions and post season awards increases, including the discussion of who could win the Heisman Trophy. A name that has come up in this discussion as a dark horse candidate is Alabama Center Barrett Jones. During a late night tour of my Twitter page, I [...]
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With college football season fast approaching, and as the day count reaches single digits, we border the top 10 in our Rant Sports 100 teams in 100 days college football preview. Today we take a look at the 11th ranked team in the Rant Sports Preseason top 25, the South Carolina Gamecocks. The Gamecocks come [...]
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Grown adults have been known to do some crazy things when it comes to following college football recruiting, but one fan took it to another level, contacting College of the Sequoias defensive back Steven Nelson. The Atlanta Journal Constitution followed up on the story that had made the rounds on internet message boards. The story stars [...]
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With the departure of Darius Hanks and Marquis Maze the Alabama receiving corps was handed a pair of vacancies, but Kevin Norwood has been doing his part to fill one of the voids. During the 2011 BCS National Championship game, one recurring image was then LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu struggling to lock down his [...]
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It is still just under two weeks away from the first game of the season against the Michigan Wolverines and signs have pointed that the Alabama Crimson Tide may have to rely a bit more on standout freshman TJ Yeldon at running back. Alabama head coach Nick Saban announced after the second scrimmage Saturday that [...]
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If the Crimson Tide look to repeat as national champions, the Alabama Crimson Tide football team may want to draw on a similar theme that drove them to a 2011 title: never again. The theme derives from the 2010 Iron Bowl in which Alabama jumped out early to a 21-0 lead, only to let the [...]
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