The second week of the season features several high-profile nonconference games.
Read moreBlogPoll: Preseason (Week 1) Ballot
TrojanWire is proud to be back in the BlogPoll for 2010. As part of this weekly ritual, we’ll be posting our ballot every Monday, and giving you the chance to provide your input. Then on Wednesday morning, we’ll cast a ballot that represents the views of the entire TrojanWire readership. That being said, this first […]
Read moreHP’s Preseason Top 10 Teams
1. Texas 2. Miami 3. Alabama 4. Boise State 5. Ohio State 6. TCU 7. Arkansas 8. Florida 9. Oklahoma 10. Stanford Just missed the cut: Virginia Tech, Auburn, Oregon, Cincinnati, Nebraska, Florida State, Wisconsin, Georgia, Houston, Notre Dame
Read moreMorning Buzz
The SEC, which has its three-day media day circus this week, announced its preseason all-league team today. FIRST-TEAM Offense Pos. Name School Ht. Wt. Class Hometown QB Ryan Mallett Arkansas 6-6 238 Jr. Texarkana, Ark. RB Mark Ingram Alabama 5-10 215 Jr. Flint, Mich. RB Derrick Locke Kentucky 5-9 190 Sr. Hugo, Okla. WR A.J. […]
Read moreHeadlinin’: Disgraced Evans officially out at Georgia
Making the morning rounds. • Unhappy trails. To no one’s surprise, Damon Evans appears to be officially out as Georgia athletic director following his tear-filled, panty-wielding DUI arrest with a younger woman in the passenger seat last Wednesday, minutes before the start of a new, $550,000-per-year contract. Evans reportedly met with university lawyers over the […]
Read moreTop 10 Running Backs for 2010
HP’s preview of the 2010 season continues with a look at the top 10 running backs. See the top 10 receivers here and the top 10 tight ends here. 1. Ryan Williams, Virginia Tech–It looks to me like Williams is the complete package. He’s got size, speed, vision, toughness and a nose for the end […]
Read moreJonesing to Go Home
Linebacker Jarvis Jones is heading home. Jones, a sophomore, has decided to return to his home state of Georgia to play football for the Bulldogs. He will have to redshirt next year. Jones’ transfer was not a product of the NCAA sanctions, as he was granted a release some two weeks before the NCAA ruling. […]
Read moreDispatch from Galen: Wear Twins Transferring, Polee Recruiting Follow-up, & Other Hoops Notes
Could the Wear twins follow the path of Alex Stepheson, who left North Carolina to return to Los Angeles to play USC? (Photo Credit: Dailyme.com) View full size photo » I figured since most of the “big shot” bloggers had cool, witty names for their columns and articles, I might try and pretend to be […]
Read moreCFT: ‘You don’t want to trust’ Kiffin, Herschel says
CFT: “He (Kiffin) is a guy you don’t want to trust at all. I think it’s sad when you trust your kids with someone like that and they leave,” ex-Georgia star Herschel Walker says.
Read moreHeadlinin’: Notre Dame wakes up the Freekbass singing her name
Making the morning rounds. • The new Notre Dame hype video undermines everything Notre Dame claims to hold dear. Whatever pretense Notre Dame ever had to possessing some kind of unique, dignified otherness that set it apart from the craven secularists of college football has been completely and utterly destroyed forever by a guy named […]
Read moreHeadlinin’: Count Notre Dame out of the mix for Big Ten expansion
Making the morning rounds. • Irish need not apply. The Big Ten is playing it cool, taking it slow, keeping its conference expansion cards close to the vest. One card it will not be playing, according to an anonymous source in the Boston Globe: Notre Dame. The Irish "haven’t been in the mix for a […]
Read moreMcCoyijuana?
Every year the NFL releases a list of players that fail the NFL combine’s “confidential” drug test. Every year the confidential report is leaked. This year NBC is reporting USC tight end Anthony McCoy is one of headlining acts, along with Georgia Tech running back Jonathan Dwyer. But while Dwyer’s positive amphetamine test was likely […]
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