Tag: college football
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Inside the SEC: Conference Announces Preseason Football Picks
The University of South Carolina football squad has been tabbed as favorites to win the 2014 Eastern Division title, according to the media attending the annual SEC Media Days in Birmingham. The Gamecocks received 1,895 points to outdistance Georgia (1,777) for the top spot in the East. Florida (1,362) and Missouri (1,263) were picked third…
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Triple Option Attack: 2014 Doak Walker Award Watch List Announced
Ten SEC running backs and xxxx ACC highlight the 53 players nationwide nominated for the Doak Walker Award, it was announced on Thursday. Georgia junior Todd Gurley, a native of Tarboro, N.C., was an All-SEC Second Team selection last year despite playing in only 10 games because of injuries. Gurley averaged 98.9 yards a game in 2013…
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Triple Option Attack: Jim Thorpe Award announces 2014 Watch List
The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame has announced its Watch List for the 2014 Jim Thorpe Award honoring the nation’s top defensive back. Nine of the 39 nominees came from the SEC and ACC. Those players were: Jeremy Cash, Duke, Jr. Landon Collins, Alabama, Jr. Kendall Fuller, Virginia Tech, So. Vernon Hargreaves, Florida, So. Anthony…
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Georgia Tech’s Mason named to Outland Trophy Watch List
Georgia Tech senior offensive lineman and 2013 first-team All-ACC secection Shaquille Mason was named to the preseason watch list for the Outland Trophy, selected by the Football Writers Association of America. The Outland Trophy goes annually to the nation’s top down lineman, including both offense and defense. Mason, a native of Columbia, Tenn., has helped…
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Four Georgia Bulldogs Included On Nagurski, Outland Trophy Watch Lists
Three Georgia football players have been named to the Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List while another Bulldog has been included on the Outland Trophy Watch List. Sophomore outside linebacker Leonard Floyd, junior outside linebacker Jordan Jenkins and senior inside linebacker Ramik Wilson are three of the players named to the Nagurski Trophy Watch List. The award is given to the…
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Florida State’s Aguayo headlines Lou Groza Award Watchlist
Reigning Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Winner Roberto Aguayo headlined the Groza Preseason Watch List released by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission on Wednesday. The redshirt sophomore from Mascotte, Fla., is looking to join fellow Seminole Sebastion Janikowski as the only two-time winners of the Groza Award. Janikowski won the award in 1998 and 1999.…
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