College Football Injury

weaknesses are improved and fixed actively by USC. Overall, I believe USC is a good

On September 9th, 2007, tragedy struck as the Buffalo Bills’ tight end, Kevin Everett, broke his neck on the 2nd half kickoff against the Denver Broncos. The injury was caused by a helmet to helmet hit on the Denver Broncos’ kick returner, Domenik Hixon. Head and neck injuries like these continue to be a threat to many football players. Many solutions have been tried, but none have made a significant impact on the safety of the game.

#8 Indiana (25-7) - All year long, the Hoosiers were criticized about its weak schedule. After losing in late December to Duke, they started playing good defense and ended up running away with the Big Ten Conference title at 15-3. A low RPI landed them a five seed, but this is the third best shooting teams in the Division I at over 50% from the field. Led by All-American guard Yogi Ferrell, they could get hot and run the table.

After one of the worse season's in recent memory, the Michigan Wolverines needed a big change. That big change turned out to be the hiring of Head Coach Jim Harbaugh, former NFL coach of the San Francisco 49ers and former All-American QB at Michigan. For years, fans and boosters have been screaming for a coach who personifies Wolverines football. Now they have their man. His first task will be trying to revive an offense that went to sleep in 2014, scoring a meager 20.9 PPG on a total of 333 YPG.

Luckily for him, the strength of this team is its wealth of offensive talent, particularly on the offensive line. They feature what may be the best offensive tackle in college football in Ronnie Stanley, future NFL draft pick Nick Martin (brother of Zach Martin) at center, and 4-5 star talent at left guard, right guard and right tackle. This is the unit that paved the way for Notre Dame to run for 263 yards on 5.2 a carry and three touchdowns against LSU, which was only giving up 152 yards a game on the ground and 4.3 a carry. Notre Dame returns junior running back Tarean Folston, who in his first two seasons sharing time; he’s run for 1,359 yards, 5.1 a carry and 10 total touchdowns. Moving to back him up is converted receiver C.J. Prosise, who has some experience out of the backfield, and has even pushed Folston for first team carries in fall camp. At receiver, Notre Dame returns a core that has 223 career catches, 3,383 yards and 28 touchdowns. That group is led by one of the most underrated players in college football, Will Fuller, who finished his breakout sophomore season with 76 catches, 1,094 yards and 15 touchdowns. He’s a guy who teams, um, had trouble keeping up with. Right, Michigan? Notre Dame is going to look towards the Ohio State model on offense this year, they are going to hit teams hard with the run, and gash teams with

Obviously, these are the stats to success for the Cougars and thus far it has worked out for them. It will be interesting to see if these stats continue to work in their favor this upcoming season as they try to repeat as AAC

While the Owls' defense was causing havoc sacking Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg 10 times.

PREVIEW: This game has gone as high as five but it looks like the public has agreed that three is the correct line. This is a repeat of last year's game where the Irish trounced the Longhorns 38-3 in the first game of the year. Both teams are having QB issues and Kelly said veterans DeShone Kizer and Malik Zaire will share the quarterback duties duties for the Irish. Texas senior quarterback Tyrone Swoopes hasn't shown the ability to control the QB position for a good part of two seasons, so it will be more likely Freshman Shane Buechele who will see more action. The Irish were hit hard and now have the fewest number of returning starters in the country after losing their top rusher, three leading receivers, four top tacklers, a sack leader

The Mountaineers' offensive line has the ability to give the running backs and receivers a chance to flourish against anyone in the country.

The particular rivalry within this book that relates to Appalachian community is in his Ohio State vs. Michigan: Woody, Bo, and Beyond chapter. This chapter begins explaining the history behind the Ohio State vs. Michigan rivalry and “The Game” that began between them in 1897. Gitlin kindly included the origin of the “We don’t give a damn about the whole state of Michigan,” chant by introducing the Ohio State fan who shouted it before a game. “Soon a band in the lobby began laying a tune called ‘The Old Gray Mare,’ to which the fans substituted the new lyrics: ‘Oh, we don’t give a damn for the whole state of Michigan, we’re from O-HI-O.’ A chant was born that would remain a Buckeye put-down of “ that state up north ” for generations,” (Gitlin, 6). Ohio communities have memorized this chant and relate to one another through it. The memorable games between the two during 1969 and 1970 are known by every Ohio State or Michigan fan, player, or community member. In 1969, number one ranked Ohio State lost an upset match against Michigan and sought revenge. So, when the 1970 game came around the Buckeyes were focused and ready to deliver their payback. The Buckeyes rolled over the Wolverines only allowing Michigan 151 yards. This win for the Buckeyes not

Kessler leads an offense that is averaging 450 total yards and 35 points per game. USC wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, Kessler’s main target, is in the Top 15 Nationally in receiving yards and receiving TD’s (85 receptions for 1,389 yards and 10 TD’s). The Trojans rushing attack; a combination of Junior Tailback Justin Smith (157 carries for 875 yards, 5 TD’s, averaging 5.6 yards per carry) and Freshman All-American candidate Tailback Ronald Jones (145 carries for 940 yards, 8 TD’s, averaging 6.5 yards per carry), both players have a shot at a 1,000 yard rushing year.

Clay Helton and the USC Football team has done a pretty good job going about their business and keeping a low profile in preparation for their game against the defending National Champs, Alabama Crimson Tide. Well apparently whoever is in marketing and merchandise had different plans of their own. A few days ago USC bookstore posted a shirt that went on sale, referencing to the upcoming game against the Alabama and taking shot at the infamous “Roll Tide” chant.

Notre Dame Football was on the rise after a 12-1 season then going 9-4 in the 2012-2013 seasons. They had their Quarterback from their 12-1 season coming back and they were loaded. Head Coach, Brian Kelly had players believing in themselves and the pieces were being put together. But Notre Dame has high standards for their Academics and some pieces fell out.

Now as this year’s game approaches, Michigan State fans are worried that this game will be a blowout. Michigan State hasn’t been playing their best. They are currently on a 5-game losing streak. Michigan State is dealing with troubles on who will play as the starting quarterback, and on defense.

It feels like it’s been an eternity since Strong led the Texas Longhorns to an impressive victory over Notre Dame in the season opener. At the time it seemed like a big deal, but Notre Dame may not have been a good team despite the preseason hype.