The Odds Are in Your Favor with NSR As NSR scouts, we hear it far too often from well-intended parents, “We’re going to promote our kid on our own.” Then when we see the same parents six months or a year later, inevitably nothing has changed and little, if anything, has been done to help their … Read more
Illinois Women’s Volleyball Team NSR‘s #1 Cool Award this week goes to then-9th-ranked Illinois women’s volleyball squad which took on the much taller and ballyhooed #2 Penn State Friday night and won 3-2. Granted, they faced off in front of a packed house of 4,141 screaming Illini fans in Champaign, which certainly helped, but the Nittany Lions have practically … Read more
To Be Eligible to Play, You Must Register There’s no way around it, if you want to play sports in an NCAA Division I or II or NAIA institution, you are now required to register with their respective clearinghouses, or eligibility centers. As college athletics continue to come under increased scrutiny, academics have taken on a more … Read more
Week 4: Oklahoma 31, Cincinnati 29 Week 5: OU vs. Texas (Saturday) in the Red River Rivalry Former NSR prospect and Oklahoma QB Landry Jones led the Oklahoma Sooners (4-0) to another tightly contested win as OU downed the Cincinnati Bearcats 31 to 29 in Cincinnati at Paul Brown Stadium. A late interception of Landry resulted in a Bearcats TD, but the … Read more
Cool, Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio gets a big hand for the gutsy call to fake a field goal in OT against Notre Dame. The 29-yard TD pass gave the Spartans a 34-31 win in East Lansing against the Fighting Irish. It must have taken a lot out of Dantonio, though, who suffered a mild heart attack … Read more
Week 3: Oklahoma 27, Air Force 24 Week 4: OU @ Cincinnati (Saturday) Our Heisman Watch of former NSR prospect and Oklahoma QB Landry Jones begins with a tally of his stats through three games as the Sooners defeated Air Force last Saturday 27-24. Landry stats: 26 of 42 for 254 yards and one TD. This Saturday, … Read more
Brookhaven Academy Star QB Ready for the Next Level NSR 2011 prospect Brookhaven Academy‘s Chandler Rogers is considered one of Mississippi’s top prep QB. He showed his versatility two Friday’s ago by completing 11 of 18 passes for 202 yards and rushing for 113 yards (5 TDs) in a 42-13 runaway with Central Hinds. It was … Read more
The Recruiting Process Can Be Exciting and Fun, but You Gotta Be in It to Enjoy It There really is nothing like it, but far too many talented and deserving high school athletes miss out on the chance of a lifetime — to be recruited and offered a scholarship to play college sports. At NSR, … Read more
NSR’s Take? If Passed, Either or Both Will Shift the Recruiting Process Two significant NCAA rules are potentially looming and as the organization’s convention gets closer, it’s prudent to that we examine how these changes could impact prospects and recruits. Let’s take a look at the first one. It concerns incoming freshmen and transfers in basketball and football whose … Read more
NSR to Spotlight One of Our Own in Trophy Chase Okay, granted, we’re caving in to the whole media hype thing, but in this case we’re darn proud to jump into the fray. When you’re talking family, after all, you gotta be there for them. With former NSR prospect and current Oklahoma Sooner quarterback Landry Jones … Read more
