LOCK IT UP - College Football - 2009 Season/2010 Off-Season

[fear the ibis]

Originally Posted by kickz4242

shut up

 

[fear the ibis]

[h2]Joe Schad's 2010 Top 100 College Football Players To Watch[/h2]
March 3, 2010 5:03 PM ET

Now that Tim Tebow, Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy have left for theNFL, three new quarterbacks are getting ready to take center-stage atFlorida (John Brantley), Oklahoma (Landry Jones) and Texas (GarrettGilbert). So which players will generate the hype on Saturdayafternoons this fall? ESPN's Joe Schad ranked the top 100 players whosenames you need to know.

http://No surprise, Alabama has 7 of the top 100players - highlighted by reigning Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram(#3) and wide receiver sensation Julio Jones (#

. Landry Jones (#31)and the Oklahoma Sooners have 6 and both Florida and North Carolinahave 4 players who cracked the list.

RANK PLAYER SCHOOL POSITION
1 Ryan Mallett Arkansas QB
2 Jake Locker Washington QB
3 Mark Ingram Alabama RB - (Reigning Heisman Trophy Winner)
4 Terrelle Pryor Ohio State QB
5 Tyrod Taylor Virginia Tech QB
6 Kellen Moore Boise State QB
7 Robert Griffin III Baylor QB
8 Julio Jones Alabama WR
9 Dion Lewis Pittsburgh RB
10 Ryan Williams Virginia Tech RB
11 A.J. Green Georgia WR
12 Michael Floyd Notre Dame WR
13 Noel Devine West Virginia RB
14 Mark Herzlich Boston College LB
15 Greg Romeus Pittsburgh DE
16 Marvin Austin North Carolina DT
17 Greg Jones Michigan State LB
18 Matt Barkley USC QB
19 John Brantley Florida QB
20 Patrick Peterson LSU DB
21 Luke Kuechly Boston College LB
22 Case Keenum Houston QB
23 Christian Ponder Florida State QB
24 Jacory Harris Miami QB
25 Von Miller Texas A&M LB
26 LaMichael James Oregon RB
27 Garrett Gilbert Texas QB
28 Andrew Luck Stanford QB
29 Jeremiah Masoli Oregon QB
30 Jared Crick Nebraska DT
31 Landry Jones Oklahoma QB
32 Manti Te'o Notre Dame LB
33 John Clay Wisconsin RB
34 Jonathan Baldwin Pittsburgh WR
35 Stephon Gilmore South Carolina DB
36 Trent Richardson Alabama RB
37 Ryan Broyles Oklahoma WR
38 Chris Galippo USC LB
39 Vontaze Burfict Arizona State LB
40 Blaine Gabbert Missouri QB
41 DeAndre Brown Southern Miss WR
42 DeMarco Murray Oklahoma RB
43 Marcell Dareus Alabama DE
44 Jerrod Johnson Texas A&M QB
45 Evan Royster Penn State RB
46 Jacquizz Rodgers Oregon State RB
47 Dayne Crist Notre Dame QB
48 Alshon Jeffrey South Carolina WR
49 Travis Lewis Oklahoma LB
50 Russell Wilson NC State QB
51 Zach Collaros Cincinnati QB
52 Quan Sturdivant North Carolina LB
53 Bruce Carter North Carolina LB
54 Andre Debose Florida WR
55 Christine Michael Texas A&M RB
56 Rahim Moore UCLA DB
57 Allen Bradford USC RB
58 Aaron Murray Georgia QB
59 Cam Heyward Ohio State DT
60 DeAndre McDaniel Clemson DB
61 Jeremy Beal Oklahoma DE
62 Mohamed Sanu Rutgers WR
63 Bernard Pierce Temple RB
64 Allen Bailey Miami DE
65 Anthony Allen Georgia Tech RB
66 Jordan Wynn Utah QB
67 Bryce Brown Tennessee RB
68 Tate Forcier Michigan QB
69 Ronell Lewis Oklahoma LB
70 Aldon Smith Missouri DE
71 Donta' Hightower Alabama LB
72 Ray Ray Armstrong Miami DB
73 Shane Vereen California RB
74 Michael Mauti Penn State LB
75 Nate Irving NC State LB
76 Dre Kirkpatrick Alabama DB
77 Janoris Jenkins Florida DB
78 Stephen Paea Oregon State DT
79 Daniel Thomas Kansas State RB
80 Josh Nesbitt Georgia Tech QB
81 Kendall Hunter Oklahoma State RB
82 Juron Criner Arizona WR
83 Tyler Sash Iowa DB
84 Sam Acho Texas DE
85 Mark Barron Alabama DB
86 James Rodgers Oregon State WR
87 Akeem Ayers UCLA LB
88 Chris Rainey Florida RB
89 DaQuan Bowers Clemson DE
90 Adrian Clayborn Iowa DE
91 Andy Dalton TCU QB
92 Kyle Rudolph Notre Dame TE
93 Jewel Hampton Iowa RB
94 Russell Sheppard LSU WR
95 Vidal Hazelton Cincinnati WR
96 Brandon Saine Ohio State RB
97 Brandon Weeden Oklahoma State QB
98 Titus Young Boise State WR
99 Deunta Williams North Carolina DB
100 Greg Salas Hawaii WR

Top 100 Breakdown By Position:
QB--------26
RB--------21
LB--------15
WR-------15
DB--------10
DE--------8
DT--------4
TE--------1

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

I was just about to post that

Glimore, Burfict, Kilpatrick, Ray-Ray, Daquan, Greg Jones

Interested to see how RGIII returns back from that knee injury

 

[eneyekayee]

1 Ryan Mallett Arkansas QB
Big Tex

EDIT: "wide receiver sensation Julio Jones (#8.)" 

This list is pretty bogus after looking over it some more (and no, it has NOTHING to do with only 1 Wolverine in the top 100

).

 

[stackjaxx]

vareen in the 70's?
yeah. i buy that.

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

It's 100 players to watch, get familiar with.

Not the 100 best players in the nation.

 

[eneyekayee]

^ My bad

I realized that when it said there are 26 QB's in the top 100 at the bottom...

 

[tmay407]

I have no clue why, but A&M offered Christian LeMay. That kid's offer sheet is ridiculous.

 

[scott frost]

Remember some clown saying in one of these threads that "42 DeMarco Murray Oklahoma RB" was just as good as Adrian Peterson.

 

[newbs24]

They better get familiar with Craig "Death" Roh. His old man has said he is 255lbs (he played around 220lbs last year) and is more explosive than ever. Kid is non-stop. I think he COULD end up having a BG type impact for this team. He is good.

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Originally Posted by tmay407

I have no clue why, but A&M offered Christian LeMay. That kid's offer sheet is ridiculous.

Y'all are in his top 10:

Florida, Georgia, Clemson,Alabama, Miami, Texas A&M, LSU, Notre Dame, Auburn and Tennessee.

 

[N41D]

A&M is trying hard to use Terrell Williams' connects in the South...

A few Florida offers out already.. Bringing kids from SoCarolina in for visits... They even went West and offered the Hundley kid from Arizona as their QB in this class... Can't get em in Texas, I guess it's not a bad idea to go find athletes somewhere else.. Get a little Florida speed on that defense.

 

[ezflash26]

Lawrence Thomas to State....Ann Arbor gotta be feeling

& Brandon Graham said if Rich Rod dont win next year he gotta go

 

[gobucksbc]

No surprise...LB Lawrence Thomas to Michigan State

 

[rook]

Originally Posted by Newbs24

They better get familiar with Craig "Death" Roh. His old man has said he is 255lbs (he played around 220lbs last year) and is more explosive than ever. Kid is non-stop. I think he COULD end up having a BG type impact for this team. He is good.

Can't wait for this kid to show off this year

 

[superofficial]

Lawrence Thomas! Now we just gotta keep him committed.

 

[rook]

Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT

[h1][/h1]

[h1]Gators' success doesn't translate to NFL[/h1]
Posted by Keith Arnold on March 3, 2010 5:41 PM ET
While most of the draft talk surrounding the Florida Gators is contained to a certain Jesus-loving, Heisman-winning quarterback, worries of success at the NFL level should hardly be levied solely on Mr. Tebow.

Most likely as a response to the grief Texas players take for under-performing in the NFL, the Houston Chronicle's Lance Zierlein took at look at all the Florida Gators drafted by NFL teams since 2001. The results are pretty surprising.

To a man, nearly every pick (save maybe Alex Brown of the Bears) since 2001 out of Gainesville has been disappointing, up until Percy Harvin stopped the bleeding this season. The list of first and second round picks that amounted to nothing has been pretty staggering:

Gerard Warren, Kenyatta Walker, Lito Sheppard, Jabar Gaffney, Mike Pearson, Reche Caldwell, Rex Grossman, Taylor Jacobs, Ben Troupe, Keiwan Ratliff, Chad Jackson, Jarvis Moss, Reggie Nelson, Derrick Harvey, and Percy Harvin.

Other than Harvin, only Lito Sheppard has appeared in the Pro Bowl, and his play could be characterized as up and down. Everyone else on that list has underperformed. That's not exactly the best track record when talking about important draft picks from one school.

As guys like Joe Haden and Carlos Dunlap project to be taken in the first round -- even with major question marks surrounding both -- you've got to wonder if NFL scouts will take a look at the track record of the Gators that came before them.

 

[newbs24]

Anybody that keeps up with recruiting knew that Michigan had zero shot with Thomas. Dude is real tight with Chris Norman and his coach has ill will towards Michigan because he thinks Michigan did Andre Criswell and Carson Butler dirty. Carson was a fool who couldn't stay out of trouble and got 5 more chances than he deserved. Criswell couldn't stay healthy and was shuffled around way too many times to learn a position. He is now a grad assistant with RR so I have no clue why he think RR didn't like him. Oh well. Just need to go after some other LBs and make sure that GRob can coach them up. I like the athletes we have at LB but still do not feel we have a true MLB outside of JB Fitzgerald.

I still wish they would have went after PoohBear Mars. I know he was little, but think his style of play could have done things with our team because he knew the basics of how to tackle from the LB spot.

Great pickup for Sparty. MD has made his inroads in Detroit and is very lucky that 2 schools that do not allow Michigan in are producing talent. Southeastern and Renaissance. Good think Cass Tech has a real good class for 2012, Royce Jenkins and Terry Richardson and also are real tight with James Ross from Orchard Lake St Marys. If RR can get those 3, I would be happy.
Also, just watched Jeremy Gallons highlight tape and I am praying that he gets healthy and hits the field this fall. Electric. 

 

[superofficial]

Originally Posted by Newbs24

Anybody that keeps up with recruiting knew that Michigan had zero shot with Thomas. Dude is real tight with Chris Norman and his coach has ill will towards Michigan because he thinks Michigan did Andre Criswell and Carson Butler dirty. Carson was a fool who couldn't stay out of trouble and got 5 more chances than he deserved. Criswell couldn't stay healthy and was shuffled around way too many times to learn a position. He is now a grad assistant with RR so I have no clue why he think RR didn't like him. Oh well. Just need to go after some other LBs and make sure that GRob can coach them up. I like the athletes we have at LB but still do not feel we have a true MLB outside of JB Fitzgerald.

I still wish they would have went after PoohBear Mars. I know he was little, but think his style of play could have done things with our team because he knew the basics of how to tackle from the LB spot.

Great pickup for Sparty. MD has made his inroads in Detroit and is very lucky that 2 schools that do not allow Michigan in are producing talent. Southeastern and Renaissance. Good think Cass Tech has a real good class for 2012, Royce Jenkins and Terry Richardson and also are real tight with James Ross from Orchard Lake St Marys. If RR can get those 3, I would be happy.
Also, just watched Jeremy Gallons highlight tape and I am praying that he gets healthy and hits the field this fall. Electric. 

James Ross is legit.  Saw them play a couple times.  Only kid MSU's offered so far in that class.  Jenkins and Richardson I assume will be all yours, correct?  

 

[newbs24]

If they get offers, which I expect, they should be Wolverines. Both are really good athletes but Royce is as raw as they come. Terry is a really good corner already. They also have Laron Taylor who is a very good football player but has tested awful as a frosh. He will be one to watch also. McElrath(spelling?) from Det Crockett is also a guy to watch.

 

[bigmike23]

Stephen Rivers(Philip little brother) to visit UCLA in a few weeks, he any good?

 

[gunna get it]

very good

 

[noskey]

I found this funny, considering Oregon's ever-growing list of crimes and the like.

EUGENE - Another Oregon football player has run into legal trouble.

LinebackerJosh Kaddu, 19, was cited Saturday for being aminor in possession of alcohol, according to Eugene police. An officernoticed him trying to pry open a car door shortly after midnight, andwhen questioned the sophomore appeared to be intoxicated and wasunresponsive, police spokeswoman Melinda Kletzok said.

Kaddu was cited and released.
How do you try to PRY open a car door

You open it or you dont. Eugene cops, though

Wonder if Kaddu is gonna get stuck in an 8 hour alcohol course where the instructors dont tell you anything but how to avoid legal troubles while you've been drinking and why you dont give anyone in clubs your ID.

 

[gunna get it]

Terrance Toliver was was involved in a fight and  arrested outside a bar this weekend for disturbing the peace and resisting arrest.

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]