At Some Point, It’s Better to Know Than Not Know Unless you are at the top of a college coach’s recruiting list, pinning one down about a scholarship offer is, well, nearly impossible.  Coaches are elusive that way for a simple reason, they have to be.    Coaches are constantly on the prowl for the recruits … Read more

The following is a re-printing of an article written by Gordon Clemmer for The Riverside Sports Examiner in Riverside, CA, on December 18, 2010.  The Winning Edge; What does it takes to play at the collegiate level? Being a standout athlete in high school is no longer a guarantee of playing time in college, let … Read more

Perfect Football Was Played in the Orange Bowl Frankly, I found it unbelievable.  What Stanford did to Virginia Tech in the second half of the 2011 Orange Bowl could easily be called the Massacre in Miami.  Although the first half seemed even, at least on the scoreboard, there were hints that the Cardinal had the upper hand.   If you’ve seen … Read more

It’s time for that time-honored  ritual.  You know which one I’m talking about, right?  It’s the one which  immediately follows a sport’s season when coaches get canned for not producing enough W’s.  Happens all the time.  We’re used to it.  We’re even numb to it.  The coaching carousel turns round and round and we’re just along … Read more

For the past two years, Landry Jones has lived in the shadow of Sam Bradford, Oklahoma’s Heisman Trophy winner.  No longer.  On Saturday in the Glendale, AZ, Fiesta Bowl, the former NSR prospect from New Mexico threw for a school bowl-record 429 yards, surpassing the mark of 418 which he set last year in the … Read more

John Wooden’s Impact on Sports and American Life is #1   In this blog, we chronicle the ongoing saga of college athletics.  With 24/7 news outlets, blogs and investigative reporters constantly releasing stories at a feverish pace, it can at times be difficult to decide which pieces deserve our full attention.  Nonetheless, some key events have such an impact on college … Read more

While the timing may indeed be coincidental, the NCAA has nevertheless  just released a statement on their Web site (www.ncaa.org) seemingly in response to NSR’s blog published yesterday afternoon which called into question the consistency of the organization’s recent eligibility rulings.  The 489-word statement addressed each of the areas of contention which we pointed out in … Read more

Organization’s Consistency Called Into Question Perhaps more than at any time in recent memory, the NCAA has nearly everyone confused regarding their stance on rules enforcement.  With two lenient rulings in the past two months which appear to contradict historical NCAA positions, college sports’ most powerful organization has its members, the public and media scratching their collective heads. … Read more

National Scouting Report will have a constant presence at the upcoming (Jan. 9-12) annual convention of the American Football Coaches Association in Dallas, TX.  NSR Texas area directors Jason Espinoza, Randy Evans, Michael Crouch, Alan Driggers and Charles Haag along with Robert Cagle (NSR Southern Mississippi) will man the NSR booth while providing football coaches … Read more

Jump on the Fast Train to Put Yourself in the Best Recruiting Postion Wanting to play college sports is important to you.  It’s what you’ve wanted to do since you were very young.  But, when should you act on this desire?  What can you do to improve your chances, to put yourself in the position … Read more