South Carolina All-American defensive end and highly favored 2014 No. 1 overall NFL draft pick Jadeveon Clowney is expected to play for the Gamecocks this season, according to his mother, Josenna Clowney. Josenna Clowney told SI.com Thursday that she expects her son to play, rather than sit out his junior season to avoid injury and [...]
Oregon’s Kenjon Barner Runs To Heisman Front-Runner Status
November 4, 2012 | Posted by
Oregon’s Kenjon Barner stamped his name into the record books, while also cementing his status as the unquestioned Heisman Trophy front-runner with Saturday night’s record-setting performance against USC. The speedy senior running back treated a national audience to a show to remember at the LA Coliseum, goring a stout Trojans defense for a school-record 321 yards [...]
SEC’s Alabama, LSU Top 2 Teams in Country – Again
September 17, 2012 | Posted by
Once again, Alabama and LSU are Nos. 1 and 2 on The Associated Press college football polls, their seemingly rightful place. This where they were much of last season and it is likely the two SEC schools will remain their much of the season – or until they meet on Novel 3 in Baton Rouge. [...]
USC Loses Starting CB Isiah Wiley To Academics
August 25, 2012 | Posted by
A University of Southern California football roster still in flux because of ongoing NCAA sanctions became a bit clearer on Friday with the announcement that starting cornerback Isiah Wiley had been ruled ineligible for the season. Trojans coach Lane Kiffin delivered the news, while also adding that linebacker Marquis Simmons and cornerback Brian Baucham had [...]
Penn State’s Silas Redd Considering Transfer To USC
July 26, 2012 | Posted by
While many Penn State players are professing to band together in the aftermation of heavy sanctions againt the program, running back Silas Redd was in Conneticut Thursday, visiting with the USC staff and campus as he considers transferring to play with the Trojans. The Nittany Lions’ leading rusher last season met for three hours with [...]
Penn State Back Silas Redd May Transfer To USC
July 24, 2012 | Posted by
The inevitable raiding of Penn State players has begun. A day after the NCAA crippled the program with unprecedented punishment for a coverup of former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky child rape binge, it was reported that USC has made a pitch to extract Littany Lions running back Silas Redd from Happy Valley. As part of [...]
Kevin Ellison, ex-USC Star, Sets Fire, Claims God Told Him To
June 16, 2012 | Posted by
Kevin Ellison, once one of the top defensive backs in the nation for USC before being sidelined by a knee injury as a senior, has been arrested on federal arson charges after he reportedly told investigators he set his bed ablaze with a marijuana-filled cigar because “God” told him to. According to local media, Ellison [...]
Vindicated: Falsely Accused Player’s Rape Charge Vacated 10 Years Later
May 25, 2012 | Posted by
Ten years after he was falsely accused — and five years after his release from prison for rape — a former USC football recruit was cleared of all charges by a judge after the alleged victim in the case came forward to recant her story. Now 26, Brian Banks had his college career and aspirations [...]
