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Spring Preview: The Secondary, Part 2: Who Else Wants to Play?
Yesterday, we talked about Chad Jones and Patrick Peterson, who we at ATVS (the royal "we") expect to make up the nucleus of the Tigers' starting secondary. Now, we talk about the other players who want to be in that starting group. First, the veterans: From left to right we have junior...
Spring Preview: The Secondary, Part 1: The Certitude
Previous installments of this series can be found here: Wide receivers Linebackers Quarterbacks Defensive ends Defensive tackles Offensive Line Considering that the LSU football team is starting its 3rd week of Spring Practice, we are now officially stretching the definition of...
Position Preview: Cornerbacks
Oh, hey, whaddya know? Aqib Talib is gone. I know, his departure to the NFL has gone relatively unnoticed, as he wasn't that good anyways, wasn't even taken in the NFL Draft, and has been completley out of the news thus far in his NFL career, both on the field and off of it. Oh, you're saying that...
Will Patrick Peterson Start This Year?
Patrick Peterson was the biggest recruiting "get" for LSU for the 2008 football signing class. He's probably the best cornerback LSU has ever signed. He has come to Baton Rouge and has done absolutely nothing to make people question his credentials. He is by all accounts the most ready-to-play...
2008 Football Preview: The Cornerbacks
No position is more fraught with uncertainty entering the 2008 season than cornerback. Gone are multi-year starters Jonathan Zenon and Chevis Jackson. Enter a number of very athletic but very inexperienced young corners. From left to right and high to low, we have #4 Jai Eugene,...
Penn State Lands Commitment Number Nine
Is it fair to say Larry Johnson owns the state of Maryland? Penn State landed their ninth verbal commitment, and fourth from Maryland, when Greenbelt defensive back Stephon Morris committed to LJ Sr during his unofficial visit to State College this weekend. Morris is teammates with fellow Nittany...
Commit Number Six
Blogging is a funny thing. You may have noticed I slacked off last week as there wasn't much news to talk about. Blogging is somewhat of a leap of faith as you always trust new events will keep happening to give you something to talk about. When you get into slow periods, like last week, you start...
Penn State Lands Two Commits
It's Mother's Day, but we all got a present this weekend. Two actually, as Penn State has landed verbal commitments from two highly recruited defensive backs. Penn State's football program received verbal commitments from a pair of highly rated defensive backs over the weekend. New York's...
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