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Archive for November, 2009

David Thorpe breaks down the five best rookies and updates the progress on other first-rounders.

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As is usually the case, the press conference after the press conference with media with Kirk Ferentz gave us some of the more revealing insights into the Iowa Football program. This week the Hawkeyes head coach talks more about his thought process on the late game decisions, the play of Adam Robinson at running back, the development of James Vandenberg and if there is an emerging QB controversy, plus much more

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The effort was better from the Hawkeyes, especially in the second half where they held to Duquesne to just 19 points, but the result was the same as the Hawkeyes fell to 0-2 on the season after a two point loss on Tuesday night. After the game, Coach Todd Lickliter met with the media to talk about the shooting problems, the defensive effort from his team, plus a whole lot more

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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Michigan State’s winning streak at home against nonconference teams was in jeopardy, Tuesday, when Raymar Morgan, Kalin Lucas and Durrell Summers helped will the Spartans to a somewhat sloppy but gutty victory over Gonzaga

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The Illini moved to 2-0 on the season with an 80-61 win over Northern Illinois University in their first ever meeting. An announced crowd of over 14,900 watched Brandon Paul score 20 points in the first half and Illinois put 5 players in double figures to get the win

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Brandon Paul scored 20 points in the first half, leading No. 23 Illinois to a 80-61 victory over Northern Illinois on Tuesday night. Check out some pictures from the win in this photo gallery from the Orange&Blue News

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Traevon Jackson picked a great weekend to make his first visit to the University of Wisconsin. The 2011 basketball prospect from Westerville (OH) South watched UW’s 45-24 win over Michigan Saturday at Camp Randall, followed by the Badgers’ first regular season victory over IPFW the following day at the Kohl Center.

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While other top prospects who were thought to likely be late signees are making their decisions during the early signing period, five-star guard Josh Selby is expected to stretch his recruitment out until the spring. Rivals.com’s Jerry Meyer has the latest on Selby and much more in the Weekly Whisper

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Though it’s been eliminated bowl contention, Purdue’s treating its looming Old Oaken Bucket tilt with Indiana as if it’s the postseason. Here what players have to say about this weekend’s trip to IU here in this Ultimate Ticket GoldandBlack.com report

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SpartanMag.com was able to confirm that Michigan State will officially host running back James C. White of St. Thomas Aquinas High School on an official visit this weekend. White is one of the top prospects in Florida for the class of 2010 and the Spartans are competing with several Big ten and ACC schools to land him. See why he is top target for the Spartan

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Kip Smith and Josh Huff, two of the best prospects at their position, are current verbal commitments to Minnesota. However, that has not stopped other schools from recruiting them and each has picked up offers recentl

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Junior cornerback Donovan Warren is fourth on the squad in tackles with 59 total stops, leading all Wolverines with four interceptions and seven passes broken up. See what he has to say about the progress of the true freshmen and more in an exclusive video interview

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When Chaz Powell was forced to leave the Nittany Lions’ win over Indiana on Saturday early in the game because of a shoulder injury, Penn State wasn’t left with too many options to fill his role as a slot receiver

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Michigan freshman quarterback Tate Forcier has improved in recent Big Ten games, but he’ll face his biggest challenge of the year when Ohio State comes to town Saturday. ESPN analyst and former Tulane and NFL quarterback Shaun King said he expects Forcier to continue to progress in the offseason

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Indiana coach Bill Lynch met with the media this afternoon to talk about what kind of motivation the loss to Purdue last year provides for the Hoosiers on Saturday, and why he believes the IU program has such a bright future

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After 11 weeks of shaky special teams play, including arguably the worst of the season against Indiana last Saturday, Penn State head coach Joe Paterno was asked to address the issue at his final weekly press conference of the season at Beaver Stadium this afternoon

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The Florida Gators’ 18th commitment in the class of 2010 is a big one. Rivals100 prospect Joshua Shaw out of Palmdale, California. Rivals.com recruiting analyst Mike Farrell explains the impact of this commitment

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There’s still a weekend of football remaining, but soon after this season’s conclusion will come the Big Ten’s annual all-conference selections, with several Boilermakers in line for honors. This and more in this FREE report from Coach Danny Hope’s (pictured) weekly press conference

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Four-star running back Rajaan Bennett out of Powder Springs (Ga.) Mceachern is done with his senior football season but while on the field, he put up the kind of numbers you would expect out of a four-star back. Despite ending his season earlier than he would have liked, Bennett hit nearly all of the personal marks he had set for himself

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After officially visiting a pair of schools this month and thinking about his options over the weekend seven foot Henry Sibley center Jake Kreuser has decided against signing early. Tonight he made his college decision