ESPN.com, Scout.com, and Rivals.com have been putting a lot of resources into recruiting news pages these days with National Signing Day coming up on February 6th, just three days after the Super Bowl. Some big-time prospects have recently made verbal commitments, including such notable ones as:
- Wide Receiver Laquan Treadwell (Crete, IL) - Ole Miss - The rebels nabbed one of the best overall prospects with the size and speed to compete right away.
- Running Back Derrick Green (Richmond, VA) - Michigan - The Wolverines got what many believe is a guy that can come in and take over at running back this fall.
- Outside Linebacker Jaylon Smith (Fort Wayne, IN) - Notre Dame - Might be the best defensive prospect in the country that could help Irish fans quickly get over this whole Te'o thing that we won't talk about here.
- Safety Leon McQuay (Seffner, FL) - USC - The Trojans got a kid that could be on the cover of a lot of magazines in the future, whether its for football or because of his dreams and goals of being a hip-hop recording artist.
- Defensive Back Priest Willis (Tempe, AZ) - UCLA - Built like a pro corner and could be a high draft choice in three years.
- Linebacker Alex Anzalone (Wyomissing, PA) - Florida - Another great building block to help construct another great defense in the near future.
New Big Ten Alignment: How hard could this be?
There has been some recent debate over the new Big Ten Divisional lineup with the addition of Rutgers and Maryland into the conference starting in 2014. The league is also changing the names of the divisions from the corny Legends and Leaders monikers to something a little more generic like East and West, which could then look something like this:
Big Ten East:
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Michigan State
- Ohio State
- Penn State
- Purdue
- Rutgers
Big Ten West:
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- Northwestern
- Wisconsin
It's also apparent that the league will go to nine or ten conference games per team as opposed to the current eight. We may see teams playing longer schedules to feed the demand for the sport because there is no doubt that the Big Ten wants to expand its already massive market. Hey, we're all for it.
Imagine the college football season running from mid-August through the first week of December with the conference championship games being played by December 8th. Then bowl games and the newly installed "playoff" system that will dominate headlines for two weeks leading up to New Year's Day, with the final being played the following week. In the end, we are talking five months of college football being played. That's almost half the year!
Imagine the college football season running from mid-August through the first week of December with the conference championship games being played by December 8th. Then bowl games and the newly installed "playoff" system that will dominate headlines for two weeks leading up to New Year's Day, with the final being played the following week. In the end, we are talking five months of college football being played. That's almost half the year!
Mark my words, pay for play will soon be an even bigger issue than it is now. That's the only way they will be able to contain this growing monster. And with the billions of dollars being generated I am one that believes it should be an issue.
Let them eat pizza!
Let them eat pizza!
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