Sunday, January 6, 2013
MRH and Brentwood head coaches agree with the oddsmakers. We've got your radio and TV listings for the big game.
Tonight, the college football bowl season comes to an end, as Notre Dame and Alabama square off in the Discover BCS National Championship Game. The Fighting Irish and the Crimson Tide, ranked number 1 and 2 respectively in the BCS poll, kick off at 7:30 CT. The game can be seen on ESPN TV and can also be heard on 101 ESPN Radio. Oddsmakers have Alabama favored by more than a touchdown, but we asked Creve Coeur and St. Louis area high school football coaches for their analysis: Maplewood Richmond Heights Coach Rich Nixon: Alabama Alabama ( In my opinion has the best Head Football coach in the country and one of the most imposing defensive fronts in all of college football.) ND has a sense of family that has developed this year and its a …
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
We've got your complete list of NCAA Division I football bowl games coming up in December and January featuring plenty of players from the St. Louis area.
The University of Missouri may not be going to a postseason bowl game for the first time since 2004, but there are plenty of intriguing football bowl games on the schedule this year. We've got your complete list here, along with notes on teams featuring players who played their prep ball in and around the St. Louis area. If we've missed out on any of the local connections, tell us about it in the comment section. (All times CST.) Dec. 26 Dec. 27 Dec. 28 Dec. 29 Dec. 31 Jan. 1 Jan. 2 Jan. 3 Jan. 4 Jan. 5 Jan. 6 Jan. 7
Monday, December 3, 2012
We've got your complete list of NCAA Division I football bowl games coming up in December and January featuring plenty of players from the St. Louis and Creve Coeur area.
The University of Missouri may not be going to a postseason bowl game for the first time since 2004, but there are plenty of intriguing football bowl games on the schedule this year. We've got your complete list here, along with notes on teams featuring players who played their prep ball in and around the Creve Coeur area. If we've missed out on any of the local connections, tell us about it in the comment section. (All times Eastern.) BCS National Championship Game, Notre Dame vs. Alabama January 7, 8:30 p.m., ESPN De Smet Jesuit's Andy Bauer, a junior offensive lineman, and one of the top prospects in the class of 2014, has been heavily recruited by the Crimson Tide. He was a guest of Alabama at the Iron Bowl game vs. Auburn last week. …
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Antar Thompson has offers and interest from the likes of Mizzou, K-State, Notre Dame and Alabama.
Antar Thompson, the Maplewood Richmond Heights lineman who caused some serious damage to area offenses last football season, is now grabbing more than opposing quarterbacks. During the season, he had interest from Division 1 schools, now he has offers. Mizzou and Kansas State have made offers to the 6-foot-3 (almost 300-pound?) MRH junior, and according to MRH head coach Brandon Gregory, Louisiana State University, Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Purdue have shown interest. Thompson had seven sacks and 74 total tackles for a total of 77 lost yards to opposing teams in 2011. He made the St. Louis Post Dispatch All-Metro team too. Gregory said he sends highlight films to coaches, but coaches at big-time schools get films “every day, all …
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Maplewood Richmond Heights junior drew attention at a camp at Mizzou this past summer.
Maplewood Richmond Heights coach Brandon Gregory said his junior lineman Antar Thompson is a baby. If that’s so, at 6-foot-3 and 295, he’s a baby who knows how to block pretty well. At a weeklong camp at the University of Missouri this past summer, Thompson was voted the MVP for the whole camp. He came out of that summer with serious interest from Mizzou and Kansas State. Just recently, Gregory received an envelope from Notre Dame for Thompson. “I told him that’s kind of big-time,” Gregory said. “I know K-State and Mizzou are very interested. It’s only mail, but when I got that Notre Dame envelope for him, it was pretty impressive.” Thompson is keeping his priorities straight. He knows how important grades are. “I’ve got a lot of schools …
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