By Chris Hughes SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Junior Williams and Tim Buckley are the ultimate diamonds in the rough. Hey recruiting coordinators, take note. Junior and Tim’s got game. Two special players with a promising future playing on Saturdays will clash this Friday in Raleigh when […]
By BJ Bennett SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page What James Franklin is pitching, the opportunity he is taking to the streets, isn’t one modest in merit. When James Franklin was hired as the eventual replacement to Bobby Johnson at Vanderbilt, many asked the question: what could he […]
By BJ Bennett SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page As kickoff for the BCS National Championship Game approaches, so does another grand opportunity for a receiver who has recently risen to every occasion. It’s an old football adage that by the end of your first season, you are […]
By BJ Bennett SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page For arguably the NFL’s best, his head coaching career started at Boston College. With two Super Bowl championships, both wins coming over Bill Belichick, and control of the NFL’s top franchise, Tom Coughlin has become the game’s new standard-setter. […]
By BJ Bennett SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page This past weekend was a wild one. Not because we visited some college campus with one hundred thousand others. But because we stayed at home with one. Experts talk about the importance of the grip. And, believe me, proper […]
By Matthew Osborne SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Florida and Georgia each secured three verbal commitments over the weekend. The Easter Weekend was more than generous to both the Florida Gators and the Georgia Bulldogs on the recruiting trail, as each program reeled in three 2013 recruits […]
By Matthew Osborne SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Despite a disappointing end to their 2011 season, the Georgia Bulldogs are still extremely optimistic about the future of their program. The Bulldogs will return the vast majority of their starters next season, and they have a bevy […]
By BJ Bennett SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page One year ago today, with his body fighting for footing, the game Derek Heyden felt like defined him up and passed him by. Life, like the people who live it, is constantly in motion. People change and grow, ebb […]
By Chris Hughes SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Eric Ebron is dominating at the high school level at tight end and wide receiver and headed to North Carolina. Most players who receive offers to play college football at the BCS level are normally high school standouts and […]
By Matthew Osborne SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Diggs’ commitment is absolutely huge for Maryland head coach Randy Edsall, who has made in-state recruiting a major point of emphasis. In what many recruiting experts would consider a surprise, the nation’s No. 2 wide receiver prospect in the […]
By Matt Smith SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page The offseason coaching carousel made a long stop in Knoxville, as Tennessee looks for a spark. Not much went right for the Tennessee football program in 2011. In reality, not much has gone right for the Volunteers since Erik […]
By BJ Bennett SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Home to a powerful flagship university and a versatile community of dreamers and thinkers deep in the Piedmont hills, Athens has an imitable feeling and flow. In our “Around the Town” feature, we will spotlight each of the hometowns […]
By Southern Pigskin Staff SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page App St. football held an entertaining 54-play intrasquad scrimmage in front of over 8,000 fans during Appalachian’s annual Fan Fest. BOONE, N.C. — Saturday’s scrimmage pitted ASU’s first-team offense versus its second-team defense and its first-team defense against […]
By BJ Bennett SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Athletic accomplishments are temporary, personal accountability is much more everlasting — just ask Tim Worley. By the time he was a teenager, Tim Worley knew that he could run the football. He, and the rest of the country, knew […]
By Southern Pigskin Staff SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Look for these pre-season SEC magazine covers in stores soon. The Athlon Sports 2012 Southeastern Conference College Football Annual kicks off with regional features covering the SEC’s move to become a 14-team league by adding Missouri and Texas […]
By Southern Pigskin Staff SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Harvey Updyke Jr., the man accused of poisoning the trees, is set to go to trial April 8. AUBURN — Officials at Auburn University have announced the iconic oak trees at Toomer’s Corner will be removed. University officials […]
By BJ Bennett SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Bailey dazzled at the weigh-in, showing off a chiseled frame that became college football lore during his time in Coral Gables. The Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama is underway and many players are making headlines as they look to […]
By Southern Pigskin Staff SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page SouthernPigskin.com expands its radio reach with the new ESPN Savannah 104.3. Sports radio listeners in Savannah, Georgia, the Coastal Empire and the Lowcountry of South Carolina may have noticed a change this week. There is a new home […]
By Ryne Hancock SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page In recruiting circles all across the country, for every Texas and Alabama there is an Eastern Michigan and Middle Tennessee. To translate it for the reader, some fans enjoyed the day that was National Signing Day while some felt […]
By Brandon Rink SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Big money – Clemson has it, and they’re making it rain on the football program right now. Stealing away Oklahoma co-defensive coordinator Brent Venables, despite comparable Sooner offers, for a reported $800,000 this week, and the securing of up-and-comer […]
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 uncommitted high school seniors in the Southern Pigskin coverage area and where they might be headed. Days away from National Signing Day, some of the south’s top prospects have yet to decide. Here […]
By WoadBlue SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page If the Big East added Navy for football to make Notre Dame happy, it added Memphis out of desperation to prop up both its basketball quality and bowl ties. Memphis is a city that invariably is Top 10 nationally, usually […]
By BJ Bennett SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page SouthernPigskin.com Senior Editor B.J. Bennett takes a look at Titletown USA, Valdosta, Georgia. By B.J. Bennett SouthernPigskin.com Senior Editor SouthernPigskin.com Senior Editor B.J. Bennett takes a look at Titletown USA, Valdosta, Georgia. Follow us on Twitter at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become […]
By Southern Pigskin Staff SouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Mike Bobinski will be introduced as Georgia Tech’s athletic director on Friday at a 10 a.m. press conference in the Edge Building on campus. Georgia Institute of Technology President G.P. “Bud” Peterson has named Xavier University’s Mike Bobinski […]
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