The top 15 players in NCAA ’14 Revealed

By Adam Kramer   Jun. 11, 2013

The top 15 players in NCAA ’14 have been broken down by Tradition Sports, as E3 takes over our Twitter feeds, our hearts, and, of course, our virtual football gaming interests.

The No. 1 player is one Jadeveon Clowney.  He has been given a Mortal Kombat-like Fatality where a player’s head will come off with a tackle and he will also explode on contact.  No. 2 is one Johnny Manziel, surprise, surprise. His special move is that you can meet celebrities in the game, on the field, on 2nd downs only. Neat!

The full list can be found below, and more detailed breakdown of their attributes—seriously, let’s get our nerd on, y’all—can be found here.

1) 99 – Jadeveon Clowney DE#7 – South Carolina – JR

2) 97  – Johnny Manziel QB#2 – Texas A&M – SO(RS)

3) 97 – De’Anthony Thomas HB#6 – Oregon – JR

4) 97 – A.J. McCarron QB#10 – Alabama – SR(RS)

5) 97 – Marqise Lee WR#9 – USC – JR

6) 97 – C.J. Mosley MLB#32 – Alabama – SR

7) 96 – Braxton Miller QB#5 – Ohio State – JR

8) 96 – Teddy Bridgewater QB#5 – Louisville – JR

9) 96 – Jake Matthews LT#75 – Texas A&M – SR

10) 96 – Aaron Murray QB#11 – Georgia – SR(RS)

11) 96 – Taylor Lewan LT#77 – Michigan – SR(RS)

12) 95 – Tahj Boyd QB#10 – Clemson – SR(RS)

13) 95 – Sammy Watkins WR#2 – Clemson – JR

14) 95 – Denicos Allen ROLB#28 – Michigan State – SR(RS)

15) 94 – Ka’Deem Carey HB#25 – Arizona – JR

You may now be angry about how [insert player here] is [insert too high/too low/not included].

 


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  • Golden Nugget releases 250 college football point spreads for 2013 regular season

    By Adam Kramer   Jun. 07, 2013

    Golden Nugget’s annual tradition of releasing its ‘Games of the Year’ is upon us once again, a degenerate holiday we can all celebrate. We now have 2013 college football point spreads – lots of them, actually – that can be bet well in advance. We’re not there yet, but we’re getting closer.

    In 2013, the Nugget has gone above and beyond its normal point spread turnout. Altogether it released 250 point spreads for the 2013 season. Translation: Grab a cocktail(s), you’re going to be here a while.

    Here they are; point spreads galore. Enjoy.

    Thursday August 29

    UNLV at Minnesota (-13)
    North Carolina at South Carolina (-12)
    Mississippi (-4) at Vanderbilt 

    Saturday August 31

    Washington State at Auburn (-11.5)
    Northwestern (-10.5) at California
    Nevada at UCLA (-15)
    Colorado vs. Colorado State (-3.5)
    Temple at Notre Dame (-24)
    Penn State (-6.5) vs. Syracuse
    Mississippi State vs. Oklahoma State (-14)
    BYU (-3.5) at Virginia
    Boise State at Washington (-2)
    Alabama (-17) vs. Virginia Tech
    Georgia (-3.5) at Clemson
    LSU (-4) vs. TCU

    Monday September 2

    Florida State (-13) at Pittsburgh

    Saturday September 7

    Washington State at USC (-21)
    South Carolina at Georgia (-4)
    Syracuse at Northwestern (-13)
    South Florida at Michigan State (-16)
    Notre Dame at Michigan (Pick ‘em)
    San Diego State at Ohio State (-21.5)
    West Virginia at Oklahoma (-16)
    Texas (-7.5) at BYU
    Oregon (-21) at Virginia
    Florida (-2.5) at Miami
    Arizona (-17) at UNLV

    Thursday September 12

    TCU (-4) at Texas Tech

    Saturday September 14

    Mississippi State (-1) at Auburn
    Wisconsin at Arizona State (Pick ‘em)
    Ohio State (-21) at California
    Boston College at USC (-21.5)
    Nevada at Florida State (-26)
    Iowa at Iowa State (-4)
    Louisville at Kentucky (+14)
    UCLA at Nebraska (-6)
    Tulsa at Oklahoma (-18)
    Alabama (-6) at Texas A&M
    Mississippi at Texas (-8)
    Oregon State (-6) at Utah
    Washington (-11) vs. Illinois
    Central Michigan at UNLV (-4)
    Tennessee at Oregon (-25)
    Notre Dame (-14) at Purdue
    Vanderbilt at South Carolina (-11)

    Thursday September 19

    Clemson (-11) at North Carolina State

    Saturday September 21

    Oregon State (-6.5) at San Diego State
    Arizona State at Stanford (-10)
    Michigan (-12) at Connecticut
    Tennessee at Florida (-12)
    North Carolina at Georgia Tech (-4.5)
    Michigan State at Notre Dame (-6)
    Auburn at LSU (-18)
    West Virginia (-2) at Maryland
    Arkansas at Rutgers (Pick ‘em)
    Kansas State at Texas (-9)
    Utah at BYU (-7.5)
    Colorado State at Alabama (-41)

    Thursday September 26

    Virginia Tech (-1) at Georgia Tech

    Saturday September 28

    Texas A&M (-17) at Arkansas
    USC at Arizona State (Pick ‘em)
    Miami (-10) at South Florida
    LSU at Georgia (-6)
    Southern Mississippi at Boise State (-21.5)
    Oklahoma at Notre Dame (-2)
    Florida (-20) at Kentucky
    Florida State (-17) at Boston College
    Wisconsin at Ohio State (-11)
    Colorado at Oregon State (-22)
    Wake Forest at Clemson (-21)
    Arizona at Washington (-5)
    Stanford (-18.5) at Washington State
    Oklahoma State (-11) at West Virginia
    Mississippi at Alabama (-17)
    South Carolina (-14) at Central Florida
    California at Oregon (-34)

    Thursday October 3

    Texas(-12) at Iowa State
    UCLA(-5) at Utah

    Saturday October 5

    Washington at Stanford (-10)
    Oregon (-37) at Colorado
    Arkansas at Florida (-17)
    Ohio State (-8) at Northwestern
    Arizona State vs. Notre Dame (-4)
    Minnesota at Michigan (-15)
    Clemson (-8) at Syracuse
    Kansas State at Oklahoma State (-9)
    TCU at Oklahoma (-9)
    Louisville (-17) at Temple
    West Virginia at Baylor (-7)
    North Carolina at Virginia Tech (-6.5)
    LSU (-9) at Mississippi State
    Michigan State (-9) at Iowa
    Georgia Tech at Miami (-7)
    Kentucky at South Carolina (-23.5)
    Georgia (-11) at Tennessee

    Thursday October 10

    Arizona at USC (-7)
    Rutgers at Louisville (-10)

    Friday October 11

    Temple at Cincinnati (-18)

    Saturday October 12

    South Carolina (-12) at Arkansas
    Colorado at Arizona State (-27)
    California at UCLA (-16.5)
    Missouri at Georgia (-18)
    Alabama (-30) at Kentucky
    Florida at LSU (-4)
    Texas A&M (-4) at Mississippi
    Michigan (-2.5) at Penn State
    Boston College at Clemson (-22)
    Oklahoma vs. Texas (Pick ‘em)
    Georgia Tech at BYU (-3)
    Stanford (-13) at Utah
    Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech (-13.5)
    Oregon (-14) at Washington
    Oregon State (-13) at Washington State
    Northwestern at Wisconsin (-6)
    Baylor at Kansas State (-5)

    Thursday October 17

    Miami at North Carolina (Pick ‘em)

    Friday October 18

    Central Florida at Louisville (-11)

    Saturday October 19

    Washington at Arizona State (-5)
    Utah at Arizona (-12)
    UCLA at Stanford (-10)
    Oregon State (-13) at California
    Minnesota at Northwestern (-15)
    USC at Notre Dame (-5)
    Florida (-6) at Missouri
    LSU at Mississippi (-2)
    Iowa at Ohio State (-23)
    TCU at Oklahoma State (-10)
    Florida State at Clemson (-2)
    Georgia (-10) at Vanderbilt
    Auburn at Texas A&M (-24)
    Arkansas at Alabama (-29)
    Washington State at Oregon (-35.5)

    Friday October 25

    Boise State at BYU (-1)

    Saturday October 26

    Utah at USC (-18)
    Arizona (-20) at Colorado
    North Carolina State at Florida State (-20)
    Louisville (-13) at South Florida
    Oklahoma State (-14) at Iowa State
    South Carolina (-7) at Missouri
    Penn State at Ohio State (-16)
    Texas Tech at Oklahoma (-14)
    Stanford (-3) at Oregon State
    Vanderbilt at Texas A&M (-16)
    California at Washington (-17)
    Tennessee at Alabama (-27)
    Notre Dame (-18) at Air Force
    Northwestern (-12) at Iowa
    West Virginia at Kansas State (-9)
    UCLA at Oregon (-20)
    Texas (-3) at TCU
    Arizona State (-15) at Washington State

    Friday November 1, 2013

    USC at Oregon State (-2)

    Saturday November 2

    Auburn at Arkansas (-3.5)
    Arizona (-11) at California
    Colorado at UCLA (-22)
    Miami at Florida State (-8)
    Georgia (-4) vs. Florida
    Navy at Notre Dame (-18)
    Michigan at Michigan State (-3)
    North Carolina (-2.5) at North Carolina State
    Illinois at Penn State (-19)
    Kansas at Texas (-31.5)
    Clemson (-13.5) at Virginia
    Iowa State at Kansas State (-13.5)
    Ohio State (-17) at Purdue
    Mississippi State at South Carolina (-15)
    West Virginia at TCU (-10)

    Thursday November 7

    Oregon (-4) at Stanford
    Oklahoma (-6) at Baylor

    Friday November 8

    Louisville (-10.5) at Connecticut

    Saturday November 9

    UCLA at Arizona (-4)
    USC (-17) at California
    TCU at Iowa State (+9.5)
    Nebraska at Michigan (-4)
    Penn State at Minnesota (+8)
    Florida State at Wake Forest (+18)
    Kansas at Oklahoma State (-29)
    Notre Dame at Pittsburgh (+10.5)
    BYU at Wisconsin (-8)
    Texas at West Virginia (+12)
    LSU at Alabama (-11.5, 39.5)
    Virginia Tech at Miami (-3.5)
    Auburn at Tennessee (-8)

    Thursday November 14

    Georgia Tech at Clemson (-9)

    Friday November 15

    Washington at UCLA (-2)

    Saturday November 16

    Georgia at Auburn (+15)
    Oregon State at Arizona State (-4.5)
    Washington State at Arizona (-19)
    Stanford at USC (-1)
    Syracuse at Florida State (-16)
    Michigan at Northwestern (-3)
    Houston at Louisville (-17)
    Michigan State at Nebraska (-6)
    Iowa State at Oklahoma (-20)
    Purdue at Penn State (-13.5)
    Oklahoma State at Texas (-6.5)
    Alabama (-23) at Mississippi State
    Ohio State (-23) at Illinois
    TCU at Kansas State (-4.5)
    Utah at Oregon (-28.5)
    Florida at South Carolina (-5)

    Saturday November 23

    Oregon (-12) at Arizona
    California at Stanford (-22)
    Arizona State at UCLA (-3)
    USC (-24.5) at Colorado
    Kentucky at Georgia (-29)
    Michigan State at Northwestern (-3)
    BYU at Notre Dame (-11)
    Memphis at Louisville (-24)
    Texas A&M at LSU (-1)
    Wisconsin (-10) at Minnesota
    Indiana at Ohio State (-25)
    Baylor at Oklahoma State (-11)
    Washington at Oregon State (-5)
    Nebraska at Penn State (Pick ‘em)
    Michigan (-10.5) at Iowa
    Oklahoma (-4) at Kansas State
    Virginia at Miami (-15)
    Vanderbilt at Tennessee (-1)

    Thursday November 28

    Texas Tech at Texas (-16)
    Mississippi (-6.5) at Mississippi State

    Friday November 29

    Iowa at Nebraska (-14)
    Miami (-7) at Pittsburgh
    Washington State at Washington (-14)
    Iowa State at West Virginia (-7.5)
    Oregon State at Oregon (-16)

    Saturday November 30

    Alabama (-24) at Auburn
    Arizona at Arizona State (-5)
    Notre Dame at Stanford (-5.5)
    UCLA at USC (-7)
    Florida State at Florida (-2)
    Georgia (-9) at Georgia Tech
    Tennessee at Kentucky (+7.5)
    Arkansas at LSU (-17)
    Minnesota at Michigan State (-14)
    Ohio State (-6) at Michigan
    Texas A&M (-13) at Missouri
    Virginia Tech (-10) at Virginia
    Penn State at Wisconsin (-9)
    Northwestern (-13) at Illinois
    Kansas State (-21.5) at Kansas
    BYU (-7.5) at Nevada
    Clemson at South Carolina (-4.5)
    Baylor at TCU (-5)

    Thursday December 5

    Louisville(-3) at Cincinnati

    Saturday December 7

    Oklahoma at Oklahoma State (-3)
    Texas (-8) at Baylor

    Saturday December 14

    Army vs. Navy (-9)

    [h/t to my Vegas and podcast buddy, Todd Fuhrman]


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  • Image: P.J. Fleck’s business card is a work of art

    By Adam Kramer   Jun. 06, 2013

    Western

    P.J. Fleck is the head coach at Western Michigan, and he also has a business card that is slightly different from that flimsy name card you walk around with.

    Yes, that’s real wood because I know that’s what you were thinking. No word on if his creative influence was Ron Swanson, although this is something even he would be proud of. (Even if it wasn’t handcrafted)

    And you thought the uniform arms race was getting intense. With James Franklin upping his business card game, and P.J. Fleck following up, we’re just getting started here.

    Via


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