Auburn SEC Media Days Tweetcap/Recap

Auburn led off SEC Media Days in the gorgeous 2nd floor of the Hyatt Regency at the Hoover Galleria*. Let’s see what all four participants had to say.

Head Coach Gus Malzahn

Before his press conference started, Malzahn told beat reporters that the four players arrested for marijuana possession will not miss playing time. This isn’t necessarily a big surprise, since the Auburn Athletic Department policy is usually a team-focused punishment rather than missed playing time. I’m sure some people will try to make a big deal out of this (if Auburn were playing Louisiana-Monroe first, would they be suspended), but to me it’s a non-issue. I’m sure they didn’t enjoy their individual punishments. As long as the players don’t repeat their offense, this is not a problem.

As usual, Auburn has a slogan for this season:

One of Malzahn’s biggest talking points was the quarterback battle:

I think it’s interesting that Malzahn is more-or-less admitting that Woody Barrett will not be able to win the job this year. I think that’s the smart move. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if Barrett redshirts this season. Either way, the offense will be designed around the winner of that QB battle:

Malzahn also gave a bit of a preview of Auburn’s first opponent and referenced the schedule:

Watson was heavily recruited by Auburn, so the coaching staff has a good idea about what he can do.

Malzahn also hit on one of the biggest issues from last season that I think wasn’t brought up enough:

Auburn was also 12-3 in close games with Malzahn as offensive coordinator (all three losses were in 2009).

What might help in winning those close games? The defense. Malzahn had some lofty praise for the other side of the ball:

Though Malzahn has never really worked with a dominant defense, the 2010 group had a good pass-rush and was great against the run (109.1 yards per game). If this truly is the best group, it will help carry the load until the offense gets humming.

Malzahn ended with some nice comments about former Georgia coach Mark Richt:

DT, Montravius Adams

The big man was certainly looking dapper, as he went with a bow-tie and vest combo

Montravius kept his priorities in order with his first statement of the day:

He also challenged himself for the upcoming season:

Don’t we all?

Adams also put some of the blame for last year’s struggles on the players. Especially one game in particular:

Adams was also asked about today’s climate of racial violence. I thought he handled it well:

DE, Carl Lawson

Carl has never been one to mince words:

Lawson later dropped this one:

Considering how much different the defense truly looked with Lawson in the game, that’s amazing. If Carl can stay healthy, he could have the kind of season that Nick Fairley had in 2010. It could even be better. We’ve seen flashes of what he can do, and I think he has a better mindset than Fairley did.

WR, Marcus Davis

Marcus probably had the fewest tweeted comments. I suppose that comes from him being the least-heralded of the 3 players, but I wish there would have been more posted about what he had to say.

Davis gave his perspective on the QB battle:

He was also complimentary of John Franklin III’s work ethic:

That will be a key in Franklin winning the job. I remember several similar quotes about Nick Marshall from June of 2013. I’m not saying Franklin will be anywhere near as good as Marshall was, but at least he has a full spring practice behind him already.

That’s it for Auburn’s portion of SEC Media Days. I have a feeling Malzahn requested to go first so that he could come up to Hoover, get it out of the way, and get back to coaching. I don’t think he enjoyed the verbal sparing with BERT from 2013. He’s not much for Talkin’ Season.

*-This will serve as my yearly “I’m so SEC I got married at the Wynfrey” tweet/reminder. There. Done.

Written on July 11, 2016 at 3:55 pm


Syracuse Football: Zaire Franklin & Jason Emerich Will Rep Orange at ACC Football Kickoff

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Franklin returns for another media go-round while Emerich makes his first appearance.

Zaire Franklin was a surprise selection in 2015 when he was chosen to represent the Syracuse Orange at ACC Kickoff. This year, it’d be weird if he wasn’t chosen. The junior linebacker and redshirt senior center Jason Emerich will rep the Orange at the 2016 media event.

Franklin is one of only three athletes who will be on hand for the second time. Last year he became only the fourth sophomore captain in the history of the Syracuse football team. He ended up as Syracuse’s leader in tackles (81) and was second on the team in tackles for loss (11.0). Zaire was also on the Spring 2015 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

Emerich played in all 12 games for the Orange last year, starting in ten of them. He enters the 2016 season entrenched as the team’s starting center and as one of the leaders on offense. He was also on the Spring 2015 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and a 2015 All-ACC Academic Team selection.

Of course new head coach Dino Babers will also be on hand to meet the ACC media and drop some sound bites.

Other notable players attending include Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson, Clemson linebacker Ben Boulware, FSU running back Dalvin Cook, Miami quarterback Brad Kaaya, and Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson.

The event takes place July 21-22 at the Westin Charlotte located in Charlotte, N.C. Head coaches and student-athletes from ACC Coastal Division schools will be available on Thursday, July 21, with the head coaches and student-athletes from Atlantic Division teams available on Friday, July 22.

Written on July 11, 2016 at 3:27 pm


Stanford football success is still a recent trend

It is a great time to be a Stanford football fan, but it was not always that way.

The Bay Area is home to world champions both on and off the field. The Bay Area is home to billion-dollar companies like Facebook and Oracle and billion-dollar franchises like the San Francisco Giants, San Francisco 49ers, and the Golden State Warriors. Then you have Stanford University. The best university not only in the Bay Area but in the world.

Stanford is the alma mater to great minds and great athletes. Heck, many people don’t realize that without Stanford, Nike co-founder and chairman wouldn’t have got his business degree to actually create his own billion-dollar empire. Now back to point, since 2010, the Bay Area has taken off to new heights and from a sports standpoint, the world has tipped on its axis. Since 2010, the San Francisco Giants have won 3 world championships, the Golden State Warriors have won one championship with a Finals appearance loss, The San Francisco 49ers and San Jose Sharks have made it to the championship in their respective sports and Stanford has gone to 3 Rose Bowls with 2 victories, won an Orange Bowl, and had a Fiesta Bowl appearance.

Now while we celebrate the championships with pride and humble ourselves with championship losses, let’s never forget that just 10 years ago, Stanford football was the Enron of college football. While we should enjoy every moment of our current success, never forget where we started.

10 years ago, Stanford football was heading into its second season under Coach Walt Harris. Harris had taken his previous team, University of Pittsburgh to the Fiesta Bowl just two years prior and while he knew Stanford was in total rebuild mode, he had shown some progress in his first season on the Farm. It started in week 1 with a road victory at Navy. Stanford had only won 2 road games in 3 years under Buddy Teevens and scored 40 points on a team not named San Jose State for the first time in 4 years. And when I stated he showed some progress just two sentences ago, I meant to say after game 1; it went down the drain for the next 22 games. The following week, Stanford lost to UC Davis; a loss that 10 years later almost seems unfathomable. Stanford finished the year 5-6 and for a team that hadn’t gone bowling since 2001, it SEEMED like progress. Fast forward to 2006 and 2005 would go on to feel like a dream.

Stanford opened up the season at ranked Oregon and while Stanford lost 48-10, they put up a fight early on to make you think that while losing isn’t great, it was a good team and we should be able to fix some problems down the road. Enter another week 2 Walt Harris special. Stanford was actually forced to play AT San Jose State as Stanford was still rebuilding the stadium. Stanford had been treating San Jose State as a little brother in the series and was dominating the series. Stanford would go up 27-7 in the game and into half 34-21 and it was looking like another blowout was going to happen. Instead, Stanford turned it over twice deep into SJS territory and would give up 14 unanswered and lose 35-34. It was their first victory over the Cardinal since 2000 and last one since. That loss would linger into the following week where it should have been a grand time as the new Stanford Stadium was open. After the jet flyover, it was the last loud thing you heard as Stanford crawled into a ball and lost 37-9.

The next 3 games would determine the 2006 season and if Stanford showed life that it could possibly play for a bowl game or hope the worst doesn’t happen and go winless. Stanford would go on to lose all 3 games in ugly fashion. They were outscored 43-3 in the first halves of those games, 98-20 overall, and were shutout in one. And to keep the honesty about how bad Stanford football was, the following week against Arizona looked like something even the Cleveland Browns don’t see. Stanford didn’t just lose 20-7 that day. Stanford scored their only points of the day on a pick-six. Stanford was shutout just two weeks prior and had more of an offense that day. Starting quarterback Trent Edwards went down with an injury early on but I know some middle-school kids who could have found a way to do something. I WILL PUT IN CAPS TO ILLUSTRATE THE OFFENSE: 4 FIRST DOWNS….FOUR!!!! 52 TOTAL YARDS AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE 58 PASSING YARDS WERE ENGATED BY -6 RUSHING…. When you see Christian McCaffrey running the football this season, REMEMBER THIS. Stanford was 0-7 at this point and would go on to lose to Arizona State and USC by a combined score of 80-3 in the following weeks.

A true fan and maybe even just any real person in life doesn’t forget the time or two that they were thrown under the bus. Just 5 years earlier, Washington Coach Tyrone Willingham was the head coach at Stanford. He was the head coach for 7 years at Stanford and while there, won 44 games, single-handedly beat Cal 7 times and STILL owns the record for most consecutive wins in the Big Game, and went to 4 bowl games including the Rose Bowl in 2000. He was on top of the world but in 2001, he left Stanford in the middle of the night to accept the position of Head Coach at Notre Dame. He didn’t just leave it at that as while at Notre Dame, he faked a punt on Stanford in 2003 while already having 50 points. It was the ultimate sign of disrespect.

Again, fast forward back to 2006 as 0-9 Stanford rolls into Washington as Willingham and Co. have lost 5 straight games but this should be the game to change that. It was a brutal game to watch as it went scoreless in the first and 3-3 into half. With just under 7 minutes to go in the third, Stanford had scored a touchdown on a pick-six and Stanford had a lead a game for the first time since September against San Jose State. A little over 465 minutes of tied or trailing football for Stanford was over. Early in the 4th quarter, Richard Sherman caught a 74-yard touchdown pass and Washington put up a second-half goose egg and lost 20-3. Tyrone Willingham was never really the same and would eventually go 0-12 just two years later. That was the end of hating Tyrone Willingham.

Unfortunately for Stanford, that victory, like the Navy victory in week 1 of 2005 was all for nothing as Stanford would lose their home finale against Oregon State 30-7. From a fan point of view, Stanford went right down the field on their opening possession and scored a touchdown and looked like a football team. The next 3 ½ quarters said otherwise as that was their only scoring possession. It also was Stanford’s first season since 1960 where it went winless at home. Stanford would limp into the season finale against a Cal team that featured players such as Marshawn Lynch, Justin Forsett, DeSean Jackson, Alex Mack, among other future NFL players. Anyone who is a fan of the Big Game knows anything can happen and while Stanford never had the lead at any point, Stanford was down by 6 or less for over 50 minutes in the game and had a chance. That chance was taken away with a field goal by Cal with 58 seconds remaining to go up 9 and seal the game 26-17. Stanford would finish their worst year since the 1983 Stanford team that also had 1 win.

Harris was fired two days later and while Stanford was truly debating on going into Division II, they waited it out and hired Jim Harbaugh…. The rest of that story is history. So the next time you see someone stroll into Stanford Stadium and they just assume Stanford will win, remind them we all don’t get to take day trips to Paris. Some of us have endured loss after loss and we should enjoy every minute of our championship runs in the Bay Area because you never know when the other show might drop.

Written on July 11, 2016 at 3:11 pm


Arizona football recruiting: 3-star OT Ryan Nelson in communication with staff every day

Arizona will be looking to round out their recruiting class with one last offensive lineman

The Arizona Wildcats are sitting pretty with 21 verbal commitments for the 2017 recruiting class, only holding a few more open spots. While this coaching staff figures to end this class with some of the most highly-touted recruits, there are still a few necessities, including offensive linemen.

Arizona currently has two offensive line commits in 6-foot-6, 295 pound tackle Edgar Burrola and 6-foot-4, 285 pound guard Cody Shear. It seems as if the Wildcats are going to be pursuing one more, and there are essentially two options: 3-star OT Tucker Robertson, who I have will have more on shortly, and 3-star OT Ryan Nelson.

I was able to catch up with Nelson, the 6-foot-6, 255 pound tackle out of Buena Park, California.

“I’ve been in contact with Coach (Jim) Michalczik almost every day,” Nelson said about his relationship with the staff. “We just talk about everyday things like our families. I really like (Arizona’s) coaches and program.”

Nelson has over 20 offers to his name including California, Northwestern, Utah, Virginia and Washington State, but two are currently sticking out to him.

“UVA might be recruiting the hardest right now, same with Arizona.”

“I’ve seen Arizona, ASU, Cal, Colorado, Colorado State, UCLA, USC,” he said of his campus visits. “I’m going to see Utah in two weeks and I’m taking an official to Arizona and UVA.”

It seems clear that Arizona and Virginia are his leaders, and I got a stronger Virginia vibe from him.

“I like the staff, the school and history of the area,” Nelson said when asked about what Virginia has to offer him. “I want to be a teacher and teach history so it would be a good school and I could play early.”

While he said he won’t be deciding until September at the absolute earliest, he knows what he wants in his future school.

“Where I feel wanted. Where it feels like family. Where I can learn the game while I play and have the best chance to play.”

The Arizona coaching staff has told him that they’ll keep him in the loop in regards to the rapidly filling recruiting class, letting him know when everything starts to fill up.

Arizona beat out Virginia to land Cody Shear. The Cavaliers currently have 17 commitments themselves, two of which are offensive linemen. If they land Nelson, he will be the second highest ranked commit for Bronco Mendenhall’s staff.

At Buena Park, Nelson’s team finished 10-3 last season, losing in the CIF Southwest Division semifinals. His junior year highlights are below.

Written on July 11, 2016 at 3:05 pm


LB Malik Jefferson represents Texas at The Opening

Malik Jefferson – Student Sports

Every day is Malikmas.

Two years ago, linebacker Malik Jefferson looked like a Texas A&M Aggies lean months away from making his decision as he shined at The Opening. This year, Jefferson was a counselor coaching Texas Longhorns quarterback commit Sam Ehlinger’s 7on7 team.

So not only did Jefferson have a chance to interact more with the Austin Westlake product who will join Jefferson on campus next January, the rising sophomore also had a chance to interact with a number of other important Longhorns targets at the event.

Kennedale linebacker Baron Browning, for instance, told Burnt Orange Nation back in March that he didn’t really know Jefferson personally, but was able to change that this weekend. Browning was a member of Jefferson’s Flyrush team with Ehlinger.

The nation’s No. 1 defensive tackle, Marvin Wilson, was also in attendance at the event, as well as No. 1 inside linebacker Anthony Hines and top tackle target Walker Little.

As one of the players who is around the football offices constantly with head coach Charlie Strong, Jefferson has a unique perspective on Strong and the direction of the Texas program. With his personal charisma, he can be an extremely effective messenger for the school’s football program, as he demonstrated during the end of the 2016 recruiting cycle.

Jefferson’s time in Oregon isn’t going to convince any of those prospects to commit to the ‘Horns in the coming days, but Strong noted on National Signing Day that players are often more effective at coaches in giving recruiting pitches because they have more credibility with recruits.

With Longhorns momentum cresting once again after picking up the four former Bears signees over the last several weeks, Jefferson was able to further pitch Texas turning things around on the field.

And so we find, once again, that every day is Malikmas.

Written on July 11, 2016 at 2:50 pm


West Virginia Football 2016 Player Previews: Yodny Cajuste

WVU is firmly entrenched as a passing team. The most important lineman in a passing offense is the left tackle.

2015 Season Review

A redshirt freshman out of Miramar, Florida, Yodny started the first six games of West Virginia’s season before an injury sidelined him for the remaining regular season games. Standing at 6′-5″ and weighing 300 pounds, Yodny has the traits to be a top tier left tackle in both college and the NFL.

Yodny earned the starting nod in 2015 despite being only 19 and having seriously played football for only a few years. Cajuste played basketball growing up before deciding to give football a try his junior year of high school. By the time he graduated high school, he was ranked the No. 40 nationally among tackles. The Miami Herald included him in their Top 100 prospects of 2013 in Florida.

Cajuste took over the starting left tackle role last year. He earned high praise from Dana Holgorsen during fall camp when Coach Holgs said Cajuste was more advanced than Tyler Orlosky or Adam Pankey were during their younger years at WVU. Cajuste performed well. His first game against Georgia Southern drew rave reviews from line coach Ron Crook. Cajuste was exposed a bit during his next game against Liberty. He drew the assignment of defending Chima Uzowihe, a 6-2, 250-pound pass-rusher who set school and Big South records with 25 career sacks. The second game did not go so well, and Uzowihe had six tackles and a sack.

Yodny was injured during the Baylor game and would miss the rest of the regular season. He was cleared to play in the Cactus Bowl, where he switched numbers so he could be used as a tight end.

2016 Outlook

It might sound weird but Cajuste is West Virginia’s most talented lineman. He has the ability to lock down the position for the new few years and protect Skyler Howard this year and Will Grier/Chris Chugunov or whoever else plays the position next year.

When Yodny went down with an injury, Marquis Lucas moved over to left tackle and Marcell Lazard saw time at right tackle. Lucas is gone but Lazard returns as the right tackle. Cajuste now has game experience and game film to study and improve. You can look forward to a big 2016.

Written on July 11, 2016 at 1:00 pm


Wisconsin football: Vince Biegel named to 2016 Bronco Nagurski Award watch list

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Another preseason distinction for the outside linebacker.

Just a couple of days after being named to the Bednarik Award watch list, Vince Biegel saw his name on another. The Wisconsin Badgers outside linebacker was added to the 2016 Bronco Nagurski Trophy watch list on Friday, given to college football’s best defensive player.

Biegel enters the season with 28 starts and 42 career games played (school record is 54) after register 14 tackles for loss and eight sacks in 2015. He was named a second-team all-Big Ten selection in 2014 by the media, and a consensus third-team pick by both coaches and the media last season.

The 6’4, 242-pounder leads a linebacker corp that is ranked among the best in the conference by ESPN.com and No. 4 in the nation by FoxSports.com’s Bruce Feldman heading into the 2016 season.

Here’s the official release from the UW Athletic Department:

Biegel, Voltz add to Badgers’ preseason honors

Wisconsin seniors placed on watch lists for Nagurski, Outland trophies

July 8, 2016

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin seniors Vince Biegel and Dan Voltz added to the Badgers’ growing list of preseason recognition Friday.

Voltz has been named to the watch list for the Outland Trophy, presented to the nation’s top interior lineman, and Biegel has earned a place on the watch list for the Nagurski Trophy, awarded to college football’s best defensive player.

A preseason All-America selection by Phil Steele, Voltz returns to the Badgers’ lineup after an injury-plagued junior season that saw him miss six games. He was the Badgers’ starting center in UW’s other seven contests.

The Barrington, Illinois, native has played in 32 games with 27 starts over this first three seasons at UW. As the starting center in all 14 games, he was integral to the Badgers’ record-setting rushing attack in 2014, when he earned second-team All-Big Ten honors. Voltz helped the Badgers run up a school-record 320.1 yards per game and paved the way for Heisman Trophy runner-up Melvin Gordon to rush for 2,587 yards, the second-most in FBS history.

There’s a strong possibility that Voltz will transition to offensive guard this season to maintain continuity, with sophomore Michael Deiter – who filled in for Voltz at center last season – remaining in the middle of the Badgers’ offensive line.

Voltz, who earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology in December, is a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, a 2015-16 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and twice has been named CoSIDA Academic All-District.

Biegel, an outside linebacker, is one of 13 players from Big Ten schools to be named to the Nagurski Trophy.

The Wisconsin Rapids native is the top returner for a Badgers unit that led the nation in scoring defense (13.7 points per game) and ranked No. 2 nationally in total defense (268.5 yards per game) last season. Biegel was a third-team All-Big Ten selection while recording 66 total tackles – including 14.0 for loss and 8.0 sacks – as a junior in 2015.

He enters 2016 as the Badgers’ most experienced player, with 42 games and 28 starts to his credit. Biegel has started 25 consecutive games at outside linebacker and enters his senior year ranked eighth in school history with 17.5 sacks and 15th all-time at UW with 33.5 tackles for loss.

Pro Football Focus has rated Biegel the nation’s top returning outside linebacker, grading him No. 1 both against the run and as a pass rusher.

A three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, Biegel also is a preseason candidate for the Bednarik Award.

Five finalists for the Nagurski Trophy will be selected on Nov. 17, with a winner chosen from the All-America team named by the Football Writers Association of America. The Outland Trophy will announce semifinalists on Nov. 17 and three finalists on Nov. 22. The winner, selected from the FWAA All-America team, will be named during The Home Depot College Football Awards show on Dec. 8.

Written on July 8, 2016 at 10:32 pm


Mike Gundy named to Dodd Trophy preseason watch list

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Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy was included in the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award preseason watch list for 2016.

The Dodd Trophy is presented by the Peach Bowl to the Division I football head coach who “whose team excels on the field, in the classroom, and in the community”.

Written on July 8, 2016 at 9:46 pm


Four-star running back Khalan Laborn commits to FSU

Another big get from Virginia.

For the second straight recruiting cycle, FSU’s class includes the top player from Virginia Beach– and the entire state of Virginia, for that matter. The 2016 class was headed up by the nation’s top cornerback, Levonta Taylor, and after the Seminoles’ most recent commitment, a former teammate of his has bolstered the 2017 class. Khalan Laborn, the nation’s No. 2 all-purpose back, just pledged his services to Jimbo Fisher and the ‘Noles. In this deep year for running backs, he’s the second committed to Florida State, joining fellow four-star prospect Zaquandre White.

The ‘Noles were on Laborn (5-9, 193), a composite four-star prospect, from the jump, as only Rutgers offered him earlier. They were also able to get him to campus quickly, as he visited for Jimbo Fisher camp last summer and pulled the trigger while at The Opening today. His commitment is far from surprising, as the ‘Noles once again beat out Virginia Tech for an elite VA talent. In addition to the ‘Noles and Hokies, Laborn also boasts offers from Alabama, Auburn, Miami, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Georgia, and Miami.

Written on July 8, 2016 at 7:34 pm


Florida State football, recruiting news: ACC unaffected by satellite camp decision

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Brendan Sonnone of the Orlando Sentinel writes how Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly is the first of a number of talented signal callers with NFL potential who the Seminoles will face off with this year.

Could Miami’s stadium renovations cause their home game with Florida State to be moved to a neutral site? It’s a distinct possibility. With FSU already holding an advantage with regard to talent, a neutral-site game, with Orlando as a probable landing spot, is another tough hurdle to overcome if the Canes want to snap their six-year losing streak against the ‘Noles.

Andrea Adelson, a ACC football writer for ESPN, points out that with one conference heavily in favor of satellite camps (Big 10) and one at the other end of the spectrum staunchly opposed (SEC), the Atlantic Coast Conference has found a middle ground of apathy.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney, Duke coach David Cutcliffe and North Carolina coach Larry Fedora announced at spring meetings they would not go to satellite camps, and they held true to their word. After considering them, Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher and Miami coach Mark Richt ended up staying home, too.

Those decisions ended up being no brainers. Duke is highly selective about the players it recruits and also is in a terrific state for recruiting; Florida State, Miami, Clemson and North Carolina are also in fertile recruiting states. It hardly makes sense for them to start spending money to recruit when they have a large pool of talent just steps away from their campuses.

For them, the best camps are their own.

With NFL Network finishing its unveiling of the top 100 players ahead of the 2016 season, both Florida State representatives, along with the rest of the players in the countdown, were labelled with mind-blowing statistics from their play.

83. Telvin Smith – LB, Jacksonville Jaguars

Telvin Smith is a tackling machine. Last year, in his second season, Smith tallied 128 tackles to tie him for sixth most in the NFL. That brought his career total to 227 tackles, which are the most in Jaguars history over a player’s first two seasons.

50. Devonta Freeman – RB, Atlanta Falcons

In just his second NFL season, Devonta Freeman had a breakout year in 2015. His 11 rushing touchdowns were tied for the most in the NFL, and he didn’t even start the first two games of the season! But once he took over, his impact was significant.

Freeman became the only player since the 1970 merger to rush for at least three touchdowns in each of his first two career starts. He then became the eighth player since 1960, and first Falcon, to score seven rushing TDs in the first four weeks of a season.

Florida State baseball’s Taylor Walls and Cole Sands are making their mark as part of the US Collegiate National Team this summer. On Wednesday, Sands was the winning pitcher and Walls proved to be the difference with a pair of RBI in a 3-2 win over Chinese Taipei.

FSU diver Katrina Young is poised and prepared for her Olympic debut in Rio in just under a month, as reported by Jordan Culver of the Tallahassee Democrat.

Written on July 8, 2016 at 7:00 pm


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