Rob Leath - Executive Editor

Name: Quinton Coples Height: 6’6 Weight: 285 School: North Carolina Year: Senior Draft Projection: 1st Round (Top 15) Quinton Coples entered the 2011 season as the consensus top draft eligible defensive line prospect in the nation.  Entering the draft season, however, there is serious doubt as to whether or not he still maintains that crown.  Watching Coples in 2011 often left you wondering how in the world he garnered so much preseason hype.  His inconsistent motor often resulted in him [...]

1.                             Indianapolis Colts: QB Andrew Luck (Stanford) The quarterback situation in Indianapolis will undoubtedly be one of the bigger storylines of this NFL offseason.  Peyton Manning, perhaps more than any other player in the league, is the face of his organization.  He has carried the Colts for his entire career and made Indianapolis one of the NFL’s elite franchises over the past decade plus.  Ultimately, however, pragmatism often rules in the NFL, and it just makes little sense to invest [...]

Height: 6’4 Weight: 235 Year: Junior School: South Carolina Draft Projection: Late 1st/Early 2nd Mammoth receiver Alshon Jeffery has made SEC defensive backs look silly for the past three seasons, often simply using his size to bully them on his way to the football.  A dominant force during his sophomore season, Jeffery’s production took a huge hit during his junior campaign, though much of that can be attributed to the dismissal of Stephen Garcia.  The Gamecock offense was dialed back [...]

Name: LaMichael James Height: 5’9 Weight: 185 School: Oregon Year: Redshirt Junior Draft Projection: 4th-5th Round The focal point of Oregon’s spread offense, LaMichael James has lit up the Pac 10 (or Pac 12) during his three years on the field in Eugene.  He’s established himself as one of the nation’s premier runners and big play threats, showing the ability to go the distance on any play.  James was a perfect fit for Oregon’s spread attack thanks to his lateral [...]

Name: Justin Blackmon Height: 6’1 Weight: 212 School: Oklahoma State Year: Redshirt Junior Draft Projection: 1st Round (Top 15) For the second time in three years, the Cowboys are sending a top receiver to the NFL, with Justin Blackmon likely following in the footsteps of Dez Bryant as a first round pick.  While it is often misguided to simply compare top prospects because they happened to attend the same school, there are some distinct similarities between Blackmon and Bryant.  Both [...]

The rematch is official.  Oklahoma State’s throttling of Oklahoma was not enough to push the Cowboys past Alabama, with the computers and the pollsters still favoring the Crimson Tide by a close margin.  While the Game Of The Century turned out to be far from the game of the century, the Tide did prove they were the only team capable of hanging with LSU for four quarters, and it is not as though other quality teams hadn’t tried.  The Tigers [...]

1. Louisiana State Tigers 2. Alabama Crimson Tide 3. Oklahoma State Cowboys 4. Oregon Ducks 5. Stanford Cardinal 6. Arkansas Razorbacks 7. Virginia Tech Hokies 8. Southern California Trojans 9. Oklahoma Sooners 10. Wisconsin Badgers 11. Boise State Broncos 12. Michigan State Spartans 13. South Carolina Gamecocks 14. Kansas State Wildcats 15. Michigan Wolverines 16. Houston Cougars 17. Georgia Bulldogs 18. Baylor Bears 19. Texas Christian Horned Frogs 20. Nebraska Cornhuskers 21. Clemson Tigers 22. Penn State Nittany Lions 23. [...]

It finally seemed to be a banner year for the BCS.  The top teams kept winning, the ones below them did nothing to distinguish themselves, and the consensus was that the rankings were fair and accurate.  Then two weeks of chaos ensued and the system, once again, had its flaws exposed and has become the center of late-season controversy.  If things play out as expected (which is hardly ever a safe bet) we could very well see a rematch of [...]

Name: Trent Richardson Height: 5’11 Weight: 220 School: Alabama Year: Junior Draft Projection: 1st Round (Top 15) Even with quarterbacks slinging the football all around the field and a myriad of backs being employed by many teams, the feature back still has a home in the NFL.  Guys like Adrian Peterson, Arian Foster, Ray Rice, etc. are invaluable pieces to their team’s respective offenses, chewing up yards on the ground and through the air.  While it has and always will [...]

The Top 25… 1. Louisiana State Tigers 2. Oklahoma State Cowboys 3. Alabama Crimson Tide 4. Oregon Ducks 5. Oklahoma Sooners 6. Arkansas Razorbacks 7. Stanford Cardinal 8. Clemson Tigers 9. Virginia Tech Hokies 10. Wisconsin Badgers 11. Kansas State Wildcats 12. Boise State Broncos 13. Michigan State Spartans 14. Southern California Trojans 15. South Carolina Gamecocks 16. Nebraska Cornhuskers 17. Georgia Bulldogs 18. Houston Cougars 19. Michigan Wolverines 20. Texas Christian Horned Frogs 21. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 22. [...]