By: Chad Wilson Twitter: @GridironStuds We are in the midst of wild times when it comes to college football recruiting. Over the last 5-6 years we have witnessed more changes than perhaps all the years that existed before it. With the rapid onset of more freedom for college football players, the unintended and probably unforeseen […]
By: Chad Wilson Twitter: @GridironStuds We are all keenly aware of how recruiting works by now. The players play. The schools hand out the offers and the writers issue the stars. We are also aware that every year there is a debate over whether a star really deserves the rating. Today we are going to […]
By: Chad Wilson _ Editor GridironStuds Blog Twitter: @gridironstuds College football has always been more about the coaches than the players. Those players are in and out of there in 3, 4 or 5 years. Coaches were the figure heads of programs for years Osborne, Switzer, Schembechler, Hayes, Bowden, Frye, Stoops. At some point winning […]
By: Chad Wilson Twitter: @gridironstuds Two days ago I had a vision of Brian Kelly doing an in home visit for LSU watching Notre Dame play a college football playoff game with a recruit and his family. Soon thereafter he fields a question from the recruit’s mom…. “do you plan on staying at LSU?” Sounds […]
As we head towards the end of another college football season we are of course embroiled in another daily discussion of who’s going to get fired next and who is going to take the current jobs that opened up. It’s a cycle that is inevitable and continues to repeat itself each year. Some schools are […]
By: Chad Wilson Twitter: @GridironStuds The scouting business is all about projections whether that be at the high school to college football level or the college to pro level. A big part of the projection is size and speed but what should not be lost is the skill level that is needed to actually compete […]