New safeties coach and co-defensive coordinator Anthony Poindexter is bringing a wealth of college football experience to Penn State’s coaching staff.
Poindexter played at the University of Virginia from 1994 to 1998 and accumulated 342 tackles and 12 interceptions en route to being named first-team All-ACC three times. Additionally, he was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year in 1998.
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2020 due to his legendary career. Poindexter joked that because he played back in the 90s, he’s “like a dinosaur” to some players today.
“I played so long ago that most of the kids I’m talking to nowadays, either they don’t know or they haven’t ain’t done the research,” Poindexter said Monday.
Brohm hopes new defensive coaches help Boilers bounce back
By MICHAEL MAROTFebruary 19, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2018, file photo, Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm looks on during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Indiana in Bloomington, Ind. Brohm did not like how his defense performed last season so he shook it up. He fired defensive coordinator Bob Diaco after one season, hired three new assistants and got more involved in the defensive meetings. Now it is time to find out how much has changed. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2018, file photo, Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm looks on during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Indiana in Bloomington, Ind. Brohm did not like how his defense performed last season so he shook it up. He fired defensive coordinator Bob Diaco after one season, hired three new assistants and got more involved in the defensive meetings. Now it is time to find out how much has changed.
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When It Comes to Recruiting, the Rich Stay Rich
College football elite have all the recruiting tools to remain the elite
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College football elite have all the recruiting tools to remain the elite
In between bouts of shoveling snow and sipping hot tea, I’ve been thinking about football recruiting in general, and Big Ten recruiting in particular. You may have seen these (not) breaking-news items that appeared recently:
Ohio State topped the Big Ten in football recruiting.
The sun rose in the East. In what could easily be items 3 and 4, Alabama led the nation. And the SEC and its Soviet satellite, Clemson, dominated the top 10.
Conference USA hit rock bottom in 2020
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Look, we all had a rough year this year but few of us had it as bad as Conference USA did in 2020. The beleaguered league just wrapped up a bowl season where they went winless in postseason play, which was sadly unsurprising given the performance in the regular season.
Before C-USA got thumped in bowl season the league was taking losses in measuring stick games left and right. The conference finished the season with a 52-63 overall record and boasted just one moderately impressive out of conference win, a slim victory for Marshall over Appalachian State.