High school quarterbacks committing to colleges sooner

This story originally appeared with The Red & Black on June 25, 2015 and can be found here.

Recruiting in college football is a nonstop endeavor that usually culminates with announcements on National Signing Day. If the quarterbacks in the class of 2016 have their say, the annual day of celebration for fans will be nothing but an afterthought next year.

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Conference reconstruction inevitable for college football

This column was originally published with The Red & Black on June 17, 2015 and can be found here.

This week marks the five-year anniversary of one of the strangest times in the history of college football.

In a matter of days, Nebraska and Colorado bolted from the Big 12, Texas and Oklahoma flirted with other conferences and Utah moved up from the Mountain West to join the Pac-10. The strange summer of 2010 set off moves that are still happening, and at this point 34 Football Bowl Subdivision teams have new homes, and one conference — the Western Athletic Conference — no longer exists.

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For Georgia and Georgia Tech, all is fair in hate and rivalries

This column was originally published with The Red & Black on June 14, 2015 and can be found here.

Georgia Tech ruffled a few feathers around Athens this week when they revealed the rings that football players from the 2014 team would receive. The feature that fans found noteworthy was the emblem of the state of Georgia with the words “State Champs” nestled in the middle, a clear shot at Georgia and the Yellow Jackets’ 30-24 win over the Bulldogs last November.

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100 Proof bar enforces dress code despite student complaint

This article was originally published with The Red & Black on June 5, 2015 and can be found here.

Interrupt if you’ve heard this one before: a guy walks into a bar. Well, a guy tries to walk into a bar. The bouncer stops him and tells him he’s not allowed in.

Looking for the punch line? It’s a popular joke setup, but the situation that played out at Athens’ 100 Proof on the first weekend in May is no laughing matter.

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Bulldogs struggle with control, lose 10-3 to Michigan

This article was originally published with The Red & Black on May 22, 2015 and can be found here.

Georgia pitcher Chelsea Wilkinson had several losses this season with one bad inning that let the game slip away. The situation was worse than ever in Friday’s matchup against No. 3 seed Michigan, as Wilkinson failed to get past one out in a disappointing 10-3 loss for the Bulldogs.

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