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Oklahoma Sooners vs. Texas Longhorns NFL Draft Watch

Sayre Bedinger — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:53:52 +0000

It’s that time of year. Not only are the trees turning all shades of orange and red, but the Red River rivalry is going to pack the Cotton Bowl with fans dressed in the great Texas and Oklahoma colors.

The Longhorns are surprisingly undefeated heading into this game despite issues at the quarterback position, which is a real testament to their overall talent.

Oklahoma has one of the most veteran teams in college football, as well as one of the most balanced teams in terms of offense, defense, and coaching. They are truly a national powerhouse.

This will be a great game featuring a ton of NFL prospects on both teams.

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50 Best Draft Picks From Small/Unknown Schools

jeremyh — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:00:13 +0000

One big, if not the biggest, pet peeves of mine is when fans or anybody sees their team draft a player from, let’s say San Diego State, and they cry out loud like they just saw “Two Girls, One Cup” or got a picture text from Brett Favre. They’re the same people who think the only good players come from the SEC, Texas, or California schools. It’s easy to make general judgments like that, especially if you’re a casual fan. If that’s the case, I have nothing against you. You don’t know any better. But in some places, where football is life (quite a few SEC and Big 12 places out there), people have trouble seeing past all the “great” wide receivers and quarterbacks from Florida or “future MVP quarterbacks” from Texas Tech. Pet peeve number two: huge stats in college don’t equal a good NFL prospect. I’m not saying everyone who follows and loves the SEC or Big 12 is like this, but in seeing so many comments on football websites, a lot of peoples’ love for their team gets in the way of seeing how a player stacks up as an NFL prospect.

Now, I’m not saying that the big/popular schools don’t produce a lot of NFL talent because they absolutely do. I’m just trying to let it be known that scouting departments, for the most part, do their homework on the entire country, not just the ACC, Big 10/12, SEC, and Pac 10, although that is where a ton of the talent comes from.

In order to prove to you that smaller and unknown schools produce big-time talent, I’ve compiled a list of very good players, some legendary, that I’ve seen in my lifetime that came from those types of schools. I went back in the NFL Draft’s history and went through every team’s draft since 1987, the year I was born. I came up with 89 players who could be considered for my list. In addition to those players, I probably missed quite a few more players since I only started seriously following football in 1996 when I was nine years old.

The list is in alphabetical order, NOT ranked in order of greatness (I just know if there are any comments on this, it’ll be from some guy criticizing me because Jared Allen is first). Some players on the list are young and have quite a few years left, so I put their age to show that even though they may only have one Pro Bowl selection, they still have years left to get more accolades. Kurt Warner is not on the list because he was undrafted out of Northern Iowa. Check out the list after the jump. … [visit site to read more]

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Saturdays Top Performers Week 8

joshd — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:00:03 +0000

Here at NFL Mocks, we like to take a quick look back at the week that was in college football and highlight some of the better performances on the gridiron. Here are some of the top performers from Week 8.

RB Andre Ellington vs Georgia Tech – 20 carries 166 yards 2 TDs, 2 catches 12 yards 1 TD

- Ellington had touchdown runs of 55 and 42 yards in the first two quarters and that was more than enough to keep Georgia Tech down. Ellington controlled the tempo of the game through out and as a 5’10” 180lbs sophomore has room to develop into a full time back in the NFL.

QB Robert Griffin III vs Kansas State – 26 of 38 (68.4%) 404 yards 4 TDs 1 INT

- Robert Griffin III led Baylor to its 6th win of the season and eligible for its first bowl since 1994. He led the Bears to several offensive personal and school records. He displayed the skills and leadership to work at the next level which is all the more impressive having transformed his game from a runner after breaking his leg last year.

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GameDay! Week 3

joshd — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:42:37 +0000

We have waited all week for Saturday, and now it is finally here! Conference battles are starting up and there are still a few great out of conference match-ups to keep you one with your couch. GameDay is going to be a weekly article that includes … [visit site to read more]

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