College Football: National Signing Day Highlights - part 1

February 6th, 2008 khawe Posted in Arkansas Razorbacks, College Football, College Football Recruiting, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, USC Trojans 4 Comments »

Today is the day that the top High School prospects can officially sign with their chosen college.  Most of the athletes will stay with the schools that they verbally committed to - however things can change. Here is our first run down of who signed where and who has yet to make a official decision.

  • Top quarterback recruit, and the player with the most buzz this year, Terrell Pryor did not commit anywhere and said that he needs more time to think this through.
  • Top wide receiver prospect Julio Jones (ESPN #2 overall) signed with Alabama.
  • Running back Jamie Harper (ESPN #3 running back) signed with the Clemson Tigers.
  • Defensive End Robert Quinn has chosen North Carolina.
  • Running back Joe Adams has switched from USC and signed with Arkansas.
  • Top Tight End prospect Dwayne Allen switched from Georgia (who he verbally committed to) and signed with Clemson.
  • Running back Jermie Calhoun has signed with Oklahoma.
  • Shockingly, Al-American wide receiver Martin Bayless is going to play at non-BCS powerhouse Northwestern.
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish have signed 10 ESPN 150 players - including defensive end Ethan Johnson and quarterback Dayne Crist.
  • Defensive End Nick Perry has chosen USC over Michigan.

Ok that is it for now, we will post another update from College Football Signing Day later.


College Football: Boston College wins 8th straight bowl game

December 29th, 2007 khawe Posted in Boston College Eagles, College Football, Michigan State Spartans No Comments »

Yesterday, the Boston College Eagles beat the Michigan State Spartans 24-21 in the Champs Sports Bowl for their 8th bowl win a row. Led by quarterback Matt Ryan’s 3 touchdown passes the Eagles extended the nations longest bowl winning streak. Ryan completed 22 of 47 passes for 249 yards and threw 2 of his 3 touchdowns to wide receiver Rich Gunnell. All-American safety Jamie Silva had 2 interceptions and was named the game’s Most Valuable Player.

In their first bowl appearance in 4 years the Spartans turned over the ball 5 times and finished the season 7-6. The Spartans were also playing without a handful of their leading defensive and offensive players due to academic ineligibility. The absence of these players combined with the inexperienced players who replaced them caused the Spartans to look a lot worse then the final score indicated.

Boston College finished the season 11-3 and were ranked as high as #2 in the country mid-season but ended up losing 3 of their last 5 regular season games.  The Eagles will look to build on this years success next season but will have to do it without 17 players who went into this season as 5th year seniors.