Three senior Michigan state players and a junior player have accepted the invitation to play in the 2008 NFL Scouting Combine to be held from 20th to 26th of February at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. The running back Michigan State player Jehuu Caulcrick, safety Nehemiah Warrick and tight end Kellen Davis along with Devin Thomas, the junior wide receiver, are the Spartan players who will play in the 2008 Scouting Combine.

Jehuu Caulcrick who owns a school record of rushing for 872 yards and 21 touch downs in 2007 is well known for his powerful running. Caulcrick is ranked 8th in the league for his rushing and he is virtually unstoppable when he is in full flow. The tight end Kellen Davis, a 6-6, 246 pound man, is a well known Spartan player who has a career record of 513 receiving yards, 6 touchdowns, and 32 receptions in 2007 season, of which 18 out of the 32 catches coming in the last five games he has played. He can be utilized as a possession receiver as well as a play maker. Devin Thomas was ranked as the fifth best receiver in the 2008 NFL Draft and is selected in the 32 prospects by Scouts, Inc.

The super Bowl remains the most followed and anticipated sport event in America. The NFL has just voted that the venue for the 2011 super Bowl event would be the Arlington Stadium in Texas. The Arlington is the new home stadium of the Dallas Cowboys currently under construction. The stadium is expected to be ready in time for the 2009 season and thus would be early way before the 2011 super Bowl date. The stadium is expected to have a seating capacity of at least 100,000 fans. This would allow a further 20,000 tickets to be sold to fans who would be able to watch the match via large wide viewing screens to be placed at each end zone.

The bid to host the 2011 Super bowl Event had been narrowed down to be between the Arlington Stadium of Dallas cowboys and the Arizona stadium. After a number of considerations the bid was won by the Arlington Stadium of Texas. The stadium is estimated to cost about $1 billion and would replace the Texas Stadium which was opened in 1971. When open it would host all home games of the Dallas Texas. The stadium would on completion be the most expensive sport venue ever constructed.

The Detroit Lions are in their 75th year into the NFL season and have planned to celebrate their achievement in style by honoring the lions who wore the shirt number 75 for their games. The former players John Gordy, Lomas Brown and Jim Yarbrough as well as the current 75 player Shaun Cody will be honored as chairmen for the Lions’ annual golf outing, Detroit Lions Invitational that raises funds for the Detroit Lions Charities. The event will be taking place at the TPC Michigan in Dearborn on the 3rd of June 2008.

John Gordy was the right guard star for the Lions for 10 years from 1957 and 1959 to 67 and was awarded Pro Bowl status thrice during his tenure for the Lions. Jim Yarbrough burst into the Detroit side in 1969 and played nine seasons for the Lions. Lomas Brown was a starting left tackle player for the Detroit lions from 1985-95 and was a seven time Pro Bowl standout for the Lions. The current player who is playing for the Lions with the 75 number shirt is Shaun Cody who is a defensive tackle. He is in the side since 2005 and is a very important man in the Detroit Lions unit.

Tyrone Willingham, head coach for the University of Washington Huskies, has hired a new assistant coach, Brian White. White is a former national assistant coach of the year and served as an offensive coordinator in the Big Ten and the Big East. He will begin in his new position now and be coaching the tight ends or other special teams that may be needed depending on Willingham’s needs.White graduated from Harvard University and received his Master’s degree from Notre Dame. He spent the last two years as offensive coordinator for Syracuse University.

For eleven years, he was the running backs coach at the University of Wisconsin. He also served as an offensive coordinator as well. He also served as offensive coordinator at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas in the early nineties for three years. He has been named Assistant Coach of the Year by the Division I American Football Coaches Association. H went on to mentor Ron Dayne, a 1999 Heisman Trophy winner. He also coached Anthony Davis, the 2001 Big Ten Freshman of the Year. With his great track record, he should lead the Huskies to a new season of winning and getting ahead of everyone else.

Seminoles will play most of their matches in front of their home crowd in 2008.According to the schedule released recently they will play 7games out of 12 in the home ground. Their neutral site game against Colorado will be played in Jacksonville and the Atlantic Coast conference Game venue is at Miami. They will have to leave Florida only for three ACC matches at North Carolina State, Maryland and Georgia tech. Seminoles will face Georgia Tech in the ACC schedule as they replace Duke. This year Labor Day will be an off day for the Seminoles.

For the last four years they have opened their season with the ACC opponents but this year it will be with non- conference game against Western Carolina and Chattanooga. But, the team is facing a problem as some players are suspended from the first three games due to cheating scandal. The top two dozen players were suspended from four matches from the Music City Bowl in Nashville last season, in which Seminoles got defeated by the Kentucky. Other visitors for this year to Tallahassee include teams like Florida, Virginia Tech and Boston College. As Seminoles is having most of their matches in their home, players and team management is expecting that the team will put up good performance this year.

Receiver Chad Johnson from Cincinnati Bengals is being eyed by the Washington Redskins for trading.  Based on a report from the Washington Post, The Redskins are interested in going after Johnson, saying he would be a help to the team.  Daniel Snyder, owner of Redskins, said that he had been wanting to have an excellent receiver in the team, and Johnson was actually at the top of his list.  Some reports said that Johnson was also happy to sign a new big contract from Washington.

The Bengals announced they did not want to trade Johnson, but Johnson’s own agent Drew Rosenhaus had been quietly working to push through with the trade.  The former Bengals receiver has caught more than 87 passes in each of the previous five seasons.  However, he has also had conflicts with coaches and other people because of the way he played.

The Washington Post remarks that it most probably would take a low first-round pick and a third-round pick and maybe even two second-round picks to get Johnson.  But according to a coaching candidate, Snyder made it really clear that Johnson was his number one choice.  Whether Johnson gets traded over to the Redskins or not is another thing to watch out for.

The Hurricanes are slated to play their first game at the new Dolphin Stadium against the Charleston Southern, a team that plays in the football championship subdivision. The Miami Hurricanes have signed a 25 year lease agreement for playing at the new Dolphin Stadium and the entire team are looking forward to have a wonderful home season in this new stadium which is also home to  the NFL’s Miami Dolphins as well as Florida Marlin’s, a major league baseball team. Miami has left the Orange Bowl that has been their home for seven decades as the historic stadium is in a decaying state.  The shift from the historic Orange Bowl to the new Dolphin stadium will fetch Miami an additional revenue of more than $ 2 million annually and the team is also expected to get a new corporate sponsor by the year 2010. The Dolphin Stadium is undergoing a major changeover that is worth $ 300 million and the organizers are working overtime to get the stadium up and running for Miami’s opening game on the 30^th of August 2008. The Miami fans are hoping that this shift to the new stadium will bring more victories and championships to the team.

The Georgia Legislature voted to recommend NCAA to adopt the playoff for the major college football. Some oppose this rule as Georgia Bulldogs weren’t picked up for the Series title game of Bowl Championship Series, which further divide the NCAA Division I Bowl the national champions as Division I-A. On 1st February, out of 60 votes 51 were given for the NCAA while there were only 9 votes against it; which resulted in the opposing reaction of state law makers who called Bowl Championship Series BCS polling system “dysfunctional. So they claim that fans deserve a national championship not a popularity poll, they should develop a playoff system and gives a chance to the teams to play in fields. The bill said it’s a great disappointment of college football in 2007 that BCS is now accused of dysfunctional. BCS should not select teams on the basis of politics, mathematical computation or television and corporate influence which do not represent the true spirit of the national championships of football. The college football has major fan following which does not allow them to take these serious steps against the will of NCAA, although the politician love this game who have voted against the petition but still NCAA will not compromise on that.

The University of Alabama gets three five-star recruits this year, namely, wide receiver Julio Jones, offensive lineman Tyler Love, and four-star quarterback Star Jackson from Lake Worth. All in all, Alabama signed up a total of 32 recruits this year, making the Crimson Tide the number one recruiting class. In 2007, Alabama made a 7-6 record including an Independence Bowl victory over Colorado.

Notre Dame got 23 recruits, ranking as the second top recruiting class in the nation, and got Michael Floyd from Minnesota, quarterback Dayne Crist from California, and Kyle Rudolph from Cincinnati. The third rank was taken by Florida, which took in 22 new players. These included Omar Hunter, Matt Patchan, and Carl Moore.

Oklahoma and Miami-Florida both ranked number five, with the Hurricanes getting 33 commitments including two five-stars and 15 four-stars. Twelve were from Miami and there were almost 20 from south Florida. Twenty-one recruits were signed up for the Sooners, among who was five-star R.J. Washington from Texas as defensive end. Leaving the top 10 this year are USC, Florida State, Georgia, and Michigan. USC went down from third place in 2007. On the eleventh place is BCS National Champion LSU, which had two five-stars and eleven four-stars.

Surprisingly, there was someone who did not sign with anyone — Terrelle Pryor from Jeannette Senior High School. He himself declared it, even if big ten schools from Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, and Oregon are after him.

Ryan Mallett just transferred from Michigan to Arkansas. He would normally have to sit out a year before he could play on the football team there. Arkansas is trying to get special permission for him to start playing and not have to wait the year. It is definitely going to go through, the paperwork just needs to be filed.

At six feet seven, Mallett was the leader for the Wolverines last season. However, he decided to leave when Coach Lloyd Carr decided to retire from Michigan. He had seven touchdown passes and intercepted five balls.

He has a great arm and great strength behind the arm. His size alone would lead you to think he is a force coming at you. He does need some foot work, but for the most part he can hold the ball under pressure until an opportune moment comes to pass it to another or throw it down field to another receiver. His size lets him shake off most of the guys who would pull him down for a tackle. He is the perfect candidate for Arkansas’ quarterback.

If you can catch him in a game, you should try to see him at least once. He has great timing and an impeccable throw. He can blast them out of the arena if necessary. But he is good in the short as well as long throws.