Chris Moller started playing football midway through high school and fell in love with it quickly. He converted from playing soccer and earned a scholarship as a placekicker at Morgan State in Baltimore. Now that he’s playing football in college, he’s seeing life a whole different way. Here’s his experience in his own words. –…
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by Ralph D. Russo, AP Sports PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Marcus Mariota and Oregon turned an avalanche of Florida State mistakes into a mountain of points and the Ducks rolled past the defending national champions 59-20 Thursday to turn the first College Football Playoff semifinal into a Rose Bowl rout. Mariota and the second-seeded Ducks…
Detailsby John Harvey, recruit757 JAMES CITY – Xavier Green is hard to miss on a basketball court. The 6-foot-6 junior guard is the tallest player on Williamsburg Christian Academy’s roster. He’s also usually with the player with the ball in his hands either attacking the rim for one of his trademark dunks or dishing off…
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by Ralph D. Russo, AP Sports LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Heisman Trophy winner on each sideline of the Rose Bowl. The most hallowed venue in college football. The defending national champion on a 29-game winning streak. A game that’s never been played before. Welcome to the College Football Playoff at the Rose Bowl, where…
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The first year of the College Football Playoff may have changed the look of the postseason. One thing stays intact: a New Year’s Day packed with anticipated bowl games, including the first national semifinals. Here’s your viewing guide to the five games: ___ OUTBACK BOWL No. 17 Wisconsin (10-3) vs. No. 19 Auburn (8-4), at…
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by Antonio Gonzalez, AP Sports SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Everything that Stanford was trying to do most of the season came together in the final three games, and each victory was more impressive than the prior one. Kevin Hogan threw for 189 yards and two touchdowns, Remound Wright ran for three short scores and…
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by Paul Newberry, AP Sports NEW ORLEANS (AP) — They rose to the top of their profession from different sides of the line. Nick Saban, the defensive mastermind. Urban Meyer, the offensive genius. The areas of expertise may be different, but their coaching principles are cut from the same cloth. A demanding quest for perfection,…
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by Teresa M. Walker, AP Sports NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Notre Dame and senior kicker Kyle Brindza finished the season off with some much-needed redemption. Brindza made a 32-yard field goal as time expired, and Notre Dame upset No. 22 LSU 31-28 in a Music City Bowl shootout Tuesday. The Tigers were unsuccessful on a…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Making a state championship run is good for the football program. It’s also good for getting respect for your players. Lafayette had eight different players earn Group 3A All-State honors including 6 first teamers. Defensive end Darius Reynolds of York and Jacob Calloway of Poquoson were also selected…
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by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Former Granby High School star Bobby Rome is looking to bring American-style football to college campuses across Russia. The USSR held the country’s first football games in 1986. Throughout the years, economic hardships have weakened the sport’s presence in the country. It wasn’t until American imports like Rome entered the country’s…
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