By Southern Pigskin Staff SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Alston Burger is this week’s Southern Tide Tailgater of the Week. After a well-received and popular first season last fall, the Southern Tide Tailgater of the Week is back! If you travel to any college or university throughout […]
SouthernPigskin Top 25
By Southern Pigskin Staff SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Members of the SouthernPigskin.com staff release their week ten top 25. 1. Oregon 2. Boise State 3. Auburn 4. TCU 5. Alabama 6. Utah 7. Wisconsin 8. Ohio State 9. Oklahoma 10. LSU 11. Stanford 12. LSU 13. […]
Southern Pigskin Top 75
By Thomas Johns SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Jadeveon Clowney of Rock Hill, South Carolina and Curtis Grant from Richmond, VA lead a stellar group of high school seniors who are being recruited by schools from all over the country. The Southernpigskin.com staff with help from coaches […]
South Florida Top 80 Prospects
By BJ Bennett SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page SouthernPigskin.com Contributor Luke Stampini releases SoFLAFootball’s Top 80 south Florida prospects including the versatile Teddy Bridgewater of Miami Northwestern. By Luke Stampini SouthernPigskin.com Contributor SoFlaFootball.com SouthernPigskin.com Contributor Luke Stampini releases SoFLAFootball’s Top 80 south Florida prospects. The winter camps, […]
Spring Games Lead to Commitments
By Matthew Osborne SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page With 12 teams from the ACC and SEC hosting their spring games Saturday, there was a great deal of recruiting activity which took place over the weekend. Spring football games are always spotlighted as an important event on the […]
Star Studded
By BJ Bennett SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Looking back at the high school star rankings of the 2011 first round draft picks. Many of the players recently selected in the 2011 NFL Draft were high-profile national high school recruits not too long ago. A look back […]
Starkville’s Season on the Brink
By BJ Bennett SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Mississippi State’s quest for a winning conference record will feature three teams likely ranked in the top 15, the 2010 BCS Champions and a road game at Georgia. Mississippi State hasn’t had a winning season in the SEC this […]
Steak ‘n Shake SoCon Power Poll
By Southern Pigskin Staff SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Appalachian State, Georgia Southern and Wofford have all earned bids to the FCS playoffs. Steak ‘n Shake was founded in February, 1934 in Normal, Illinois. Gus Belt, Steak ‘n Shake’s founder, pioneered the concept of premium burgers and […]
Sumlin, Aggies Paying Price of Success
By Matt Smith SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page The challenge for Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin is to ensure the program continues to grow as they transition from the hunter to the hunted. No one foresaw Texas A&M’s SEC debut finishing with an 11-2 record, a […]
Sunshine State Key to Wake’s Success
By Garrett Strunk SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Head coach Jim Grobe has thrived at finding under-the-radar recruits from the state of Florida. How can a school with the smallest undergraduate enrollment in major college football stay competitive with the four other FBS programs in their state […]
Swinney Scores Big Again
By Brandon Rink SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Dabo Swinney is bringing in some talent to Upstate South Carolina. It was just another ho-hum Signing Day in TigerTown. No big last-minute pulls like last year’s last-day announcements for Clemson from five-star linebackers Stephone Anthony and Tony Steward. […]
Taking on a Leading Role
By BJ Bennett SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Miami’s Al Golden champions organization, preparation, focus and accountability; those should be traits his veteran defense can show. In college football, a game where newcomers often go from being banned from buying R-rated movie tickets to being the feature […]
Taking The Next Step
By Ryne Hancock SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Football excitement has them talking bowl game at Duke during March Madness. Duke in a bowl? When a person thinks of Duke football, the first thing that comes to their mind is Steve Spurrier. Yes, that Steve Spurrier. Before […]
Ted Roof Takes Over Georgia Tech Defense
By Southern Pigskin Staff SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Ted Roof has strong ties to Georgia Tech. He was a four-year letterwinner as a linebacker under head coach Bill Curry from 1982-85. THE FLATS – Ted Roof, defensive coordinator at Penn State in 2012 and at Auburn […]
‘Terps Focused, Ready
By BJ Bennett SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page For Maryland it’s been a season of proving doubters wrong as theTerrapins stand directly in the mix in the conference championship race. Having lost two of their last four after a 4-1 start, the pressure is on the Maryland […]
Texas A&M can Dethrone Alabama in 2013
By Matthew Osborne SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page It is still way too early to make definitive statements about the 2013 season, but things certainly appear to be falling nicely into place for the Aggies next season. Fresh off of the program’s third national championship in […]
Texas A&M Suspends Kirby Ennis
By Southern Pigskin Staff SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Kirby Ennis was arrested on Friday night by the College Station Police Department and charged with disorderly conduct, discharge or display of a firearm. COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M defensive lineman Kirby Ennis has been suspended from […]
The 10 Biggest Official Visits in the SEC
By Matthew Osborne SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page This weekend will afford SEC coaches with one final opportunity to make their recruiting pitches to the nation’s top prospects. We have finally reached the final recruiting weekend before National Signing Day. As teams are making their final push […]
The Best High School Team in the Country?
By BJ Bennett SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Nine games through their step onto the big stage, Camden County has been beyond good. They’ve been perfect. Nestled in the picturesque far southeast corner of the state of Georgia, Camden County is home to Kings Bay Naval Submarine […]
SEC: The Biggest Off-Season Loss?
By Jeremy Hillman SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Led by two Heisman Trophy winners, the SEC is losing a few headliners this off-season. The SEC is losing a considerable amount of talent to the NFL this off-season. Two Heisman winners, Cameron Newton (Auburn QB) and Mark Ingram […]
SEC West: Signing Day Stress
By Flint Harris SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page As we close January, here is what I know in the SEC West… Facebook certainly had a part in keeping 5-star LB recruit C.J. Johnson from choosing Mississippi State. Partly due to constant hounding by State fans on his […]
SEC West Trick or Treat
By Jeremy Hillman SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page SouthernPigskin.com Senior SEC Writer Jeremy Hillman lists his Halloween projections for the SEC West. Somehow, in what seems like a blink of an eye, here we are rolling into the last weekend of October. Halloween weekend is upon us, […]
SEC’s Most Underrated Verbal Commitments
By Matthew Osborne SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page The SEC offers up some ultra talented recruits that are flying under the national radar. This Saturday will mark the end of the season for nearly half of the nation’s 120 FBS football programs. As bowl invitations are being […]
Select Signal Callers
By BJ Bennett SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page A look at the top ten prep quarterbacks in the Southern Pigskin coverage area and where they are headed. Brandon Allen, 6’2”, 214, Fayetteville, Arkansas A very accurate thrower who will be a good fit for the offensive system […]