James Gomez
Pac-12 / Mountain West columnist
In addition to being a PAC-12 and Mountain West contributor for Rant Sports, James is an update anchor and producer at 104.3 The Fan in Denver, Colorado. When not avidly following college football James enjoys spending time with his friends and family.
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College Football Recruiting: Trojans Still Class of Pac-12 with Jalen Ramsey Verbal
Probation wasn’t supposed to be this easy. The fallout of the Reggie Bush improper benefits scandal slashed USC’s scholarship’s by 10 for three seasons. The Trojans just finished their two year postseason ban meaning 2012 could end with a crystal football being raised by head coach Lane Kiffin. Bad publicity and 30 overall scholarship reductions [...]
TweetPac-12 and Big Ten Suspend Scheduling Agreement
Boo. That was the first word that came to mind upon hearing of the decision by both the Pac-12 and the Big Ten to suspend their non-conference agreement. In 2011 both conferences threw convention out the window and struck a deal to ensure each member of each conference would play a team of the other [...]
TweetCollege Football Recruiting: Death Threats Not Deterring Seals-Jones
The Dallas Morning News reported a rather distrubing revelation regarding four star recruit Ricky Seals-Jones. According to the Sports Day section, the hearalded receiver has well… received death threats for decommiting from Texas. While the story is disgusting, it should not surprise. College football fans are known for taking their beloved teams very seriously. Seals-Jones [...]
TweetNo Honor in Winning at Penn State
Today former FBI Director Louis Freeh released a 267-page report detailing the failure of university of officials to protect children from the now convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky. There is no easy way to say it. Joe Paterno and the rest of the Penn State leadership failed the most vulnerable humans on their campus. Sandusky, [...]
TweetArizona and Hawaii Will Play a Home and Home Series Beginning in 2019
Aloha Rich Rodriguez. Both Hawaii and Arizona have announced a partnership to play a home and home series beginning in 2019. The first game in the series according to the Hawaii press release, will be in Aloha Stadium on August 31 2019. The next season both the Warriors and the Wildcats will meeet in Tuscon [...]
TweetCollege Football Recruiting: Oregon State Locks Up Three Star Receiver
Corvallis just got a little larger earlier today. Oregon State added talented receiver Jordan Villamin to their 2013 commitment list. Villamin is rated as a three star receiver by Rivals and is a legitimate deep threat which would surely help out Mike Riley’s squad in the coming years. A decommitment is always a possibility, but assuming the Beavers can keep Villamin into signing day and [...]
TweetMurphy Plans to Depart CSU and Play for Buffs
Today Matt Stephens of the Coloradoan reported some not so good news for CSU Rams fans; linebacker Jordan Murphy plans on leaving Ft. Collins to go to… wait for it … Boulder. Ouch. If the Rammies don’t already feel like the little brothers of CU, this story isn’t helping. Murphy hails from Castle Rock a community [...]
TweetCollege Football Recruiting: Defense Highlights Top 5 Undecided in the West
The Western United States provides more than its fair share of talent to FBS programs. Reaping most of the benefit of the talent pool from Seattle to San Deigo, and San Francisco to Denver is the undoubtedly the Pac-12. Of the top five recruits left uncommitted in the West, all are making a splash on the [...]
TweetMountain West Conference: Best and Worst Case Scenarios
Just as we did with the Pac-12 a couple weeks ago, let’s take a look at the best and worst case scenarios for Mountain West programs entering the 2012 college football season. There are newcomers in Hawaii, Fresno State, and Nevada. Boise State enters its second and final season in the conference. Below are the [...]
TweetRant Sports 100 in 100 College Football Previews: No. 52 Louisiana Tech
The 2012 college football season is now less than eight weeks away. Today we preview the No. 52 school on the Rant Sports 100 in 100 college football preview series, the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. The Bulldogs return from an eight win season in 2011 with a loss to TCU in the Poinsettia Bowl. Getting to [...]
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