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College Football Countdown: The Heisman Special

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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Last year's Heisman winner, Mark Ingram, gives his acceptance speech.

Here at NextGen Sports, our College Football Countdown series has chronicled some of the nation’s most talented incoming freshman and spotlighted several of the best BCS dark horse teams (Oklahoma, LSU, North Carolina, and Pittsburgh). Today we have another entry in the series: our Heisman selections for the 2010 season, along with a surprise player who we think could closely contend for one as well. With typical Heisman favorites Tim Tebow, Colt McCoy, and Sam Bradford now in the NFL, this could be as wide open a race as we’ve seen in college football for the past decade. Last year Alabama tailback Mark Ingram won the award, which broke the streak of quarterback recipients. This season, though, there are more quarterbacks capable of winning the award than ever, along with a very strong group of running backs and receivers. Without further ado, here are the picks:

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Who’s Next?…Perry Jones

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Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Perry Jones
Height/Weight: 6′11″/230 lbs.
Power Forward
Hometown: Duncanville, Texas
School: Baylor
Year: Freshman

Elite big men are rare. Elite big men who handle the basketball like guards are even more so. Perry Jones, a charismatic and Baylor-bound power forward, is the latter. The recent graduate of Duncanville High school draws comparisons to NBA superstars ranging from Dwight Howard, to Anthony Randolph, to Kevin Durant. Jones already has NBA scouts salivating despite not having played a game in the college ranks yet.

Even with all the athletic ability in the world, Jones was never a truly dominant scorer in his prep years. He led Duncanville to a Texas High School championship game his junior year, which they lost to Cedar Hill High by 8 points. The knock on Jones is his production isn’t where it should be scoring-wise. The big man is a very unselfish player to the point where it is detrimental to him. Scouts were eager to see him take over games in high school, which he does on occasion, but usually were just spectators to his solid rebounding, defense, and easy put backs. The rest of the big man’s game is eye popping and will transition over to the next level, with his combination of strength and skill handling the ball. Jones’s raw potential still attracted schools from coast to coast, yet he decided to join rising basketball power Baylor and their coach Scott Drew, fresh off an appearance in the Elite 8. Read More→

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College Football Countdown Team Spotlight: Oklahoma Sooners

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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Ryan Broyles returns a punt.

The last meaningful memory of the Oklahoma Sooners’ 2009 season was the sight of star quarterback Sam Bradford awkwardly hitting the turf under the weight of a BYU defender. Originally, the team was seen by many to be a contender for a national title. And why not? With their Heisman winning quarterback returning, along with a stellar offense featuring All-World tight end Jermaine Greisham. and rock solid defense headed up by tackle Gerald McCoy, the sky was the limit. That sky came crashing down in their season opening loss to BYU. Not only did they lose their chances at a national championship right off the bat, but they also lost Bradford.

This season, coach Bob Stoops knows the fans in Norman, Oklahoma are yearning for success. Stoops has created a winning environment for the Sooners, with his savvy recruiting skills and astute game planning, as proven by his 2000 National Championship. Last year the Sooners were able to pull of a win in the Sun Bowl versus Stanford, but a victory in a non BCS bowl hardly quelled their appetite for success. The Sooners have had a rough recent history in Bowl games before last year, losing to Florida in the ‘08 Championship game, and then back to back Fiesta Bowl losses to Boise State and West Virginia the seasons before that. Bob Stoops and company have a chance to change the unlucky string of outcomes the Sooners have endured over the past couple seasons, and with most of their starters on both sides of the ball returning from last year they can do just that. Read More→

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NFL High Impact Rookies

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Friday, July 30th, 2010

With training camps upon us, that feeling of fall and football comes with it. A new crop of rookies have hit fields across the country to show veterans and coaches that they have will have roles in their team’s 2010 successes. At NextGen Sports, we present to you which rookies we believe will have the most impact on the league in their first years, and those to come. These players may not be first round selections, but will produce more than some of their higher paid counterparts because of the situations they are in and the skill sets they bring to the table.

Jimmy Clausen, Quarterback, Carolina Panthers – The former Notre Dame signal caller began his NFL career with a whimper rather than the roar we all expected. Clausen, who I believe was the best quarterback in the draft, fell out of the first round because of questions about his maturity. Character issues aside, Clausen has every tool needed to be an elite NFL quarterback. He throws possibly the most accurate and powerful ball out of any other rookie quarterback, and has solid awareness in the pocket. With running backs DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart to keep pressure off him, and elite wide out Steve Smith to throw to, Clausen has all the pieces to succeed in Carolina. He starts training camp as third on the depth chart, but expect him to move up past practice squad regular Hunter Cantwell to the backup position. If quarterback Matt Moore slips up during the season, expect Clausen to step in and take over the Panther offense. Read More→

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Run, Reggie, Run

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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Bush pictured with the Heisman Trophy in 2005.

Well, it’s official. The 2005 Heisman Trophy no longer belongs to one of the most electrifying players in college football history, Reggie Bush. The NCAA and Heisman Trust made quite clear to the national media, USC, and Bush himself, that he hopped a clearly marked boundary in the world of prep and collegiate athletes: accepting extra benefits from agents and “handlers”.

An eight month official NCAA investigation concluded this past week, with the final statement that Bush’s award for being the best player in the country will be nullified in the record books. Though he will be able to keep his own trophy, USC will give back their’s and also remove all mementos and images pertaining to Bush on campus. Over his tenure in Southern California, Bush and his family allegedly accepted up to $100,000 dollars worth of limousine rides, high price vacations, and paid rent from handlers; all under the table and all violations as well. These efforts were in attempt to woo the San Diego product to sign with their agencies before he left for the NFL. Once Bush took the money, he gave up his status as an amateur, and became a paid professional. Read More→

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