The Florida State Seminoles ran a perfect slate in 2013 with an ACC championship preceding a BCS national championship and a Heisman Trophy quarterback capturing the college football world by storm. But Division 2 Shippensburg was better, and the Internet can prove it. While cleaning up my bookmarks collected over the course of the season […]

Michael Sam's support of his teammates and coaches is an important part of his story. Photo: USA Today Sports On Sunday we learned Missouri defensive end Michael Sam, an All-American and SEC Defensive Player of the Year, is gay. According to the New York Times, Sam announced his sexuality to his teammates before the start of […]

Florida and Florida State is the perfect cross-conference rivalry. What others can we make? Photo: USA Today Sports With conferences looking for ways to make for more attractive games — and maximize on television revenue — the idea of nine-game conference schedules continues to grow in popularity. For the record, I hate nine-game schedules for conferences. […]

Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher thinks he has two more years with Jameis Winston. Photo: USA Today Sports In one year — forget the redshirt year for a moment — Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston has accomplished just about everything there is to do in college football. Win the ACC? Check. Win the Heisman […]

Long Beach athlete John "Juju" Smith was one of the highlights for a strong USC recruiting class. Photo: USA Today Sports The Steve Sarkisian era at USC is off to a rock solid start. On his first national signing day as head coach of the Trojans, Sarkisian and his staff put together the top recruiting class […]

Photo: 247 Sports Michigan State secured the National Letter of Intent from the number one recruit in the state of Michigan and one of the best defensive players still available on National Signing Day. Defensive end Malik McDowell, despite earlier reports suggesting his family wanted otherwise, chose to stay close to home by submitting his […]

The early hours of National Signing Day have not given too many surprises, but this is certainly a notable exception. Treon Harris, originally committed to Florida State, announced Wednesday morning he will join the Florida Gators. Harris is a four-star prospect according to the 247 Sports composite rankings. Perhaps the success of Jameis Winston in 2013 […]

You never know what you will see on National Signing Day, and this year's edition perhaps started like no other. One of the top defensive end recruits on the board, Solomon Thomas, made his decision final with a unique approach. Thomas announced on ESPNU he would attend Stanford by whipping out a small tree on […]

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