http://www.elevenwarriors.com You're Stepping into Manhood Right Now Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:16:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's to plenty of fireworks at Ohio Stadium this upcoming season. Have a great holiday weekend and please remember all of our service men and women who help keep this country free, so we can enjoy things like college football. A special shout out to all of our loyal 11W ... http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2009/07/happy-4th-of-july-weekend.html Danny Hope brings a new sense of excitement. We're counting down the weeks until kickoff by profiling a different Big Ten team each week. We decided to switch up the order to reflect 11W's predicted finish for the upcoming season, which can be found here and we also reached out ... http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2009/07/11w-sneak-peek-purdue-2.html Indiana RB Roderick Smith surprised the staff Wednesday when he committed during an unofficial visit, becoming the 7th member of the 2010 class. This setup looks familiar A Rivals and Scout four-star, he's the former's 5th-rated running back prospect, while the latter has him 6th at his position. ESPN has this to say ... http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2009/07/roderick-smith-is-a-buckeye.html Ahhh, Summer. Boating, bored people talking on cellphones wishing they were anywhere but the baseball game they paid $120 to attend, and the frightening aftermath of catfish reared on nothing but Skyline. All-American, All-Buckeye, All-Awesome. Worry not Buckeye backers: the run on weddings is behind you, a short work week ... http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2009/07/prelude-to-a-long-weekend.html Can Pryor pull off a Heisman upset in 2009?Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks Terrelle Pryor has a more than legitimate shot at the 2009 Heisman Trophy. The odds for college football's most prestigious individual award have started to be released and Pryor is gaining some respect on a ... http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2009/07/five-things-for-heisman.html Turner's summer league digs (photo: USA Hoops) On the heels of earning props from various NBA scouts during three days of tryouts for Bo Ryan's World University Games squad, Evan Turner has seen moderate success in the three exhibition games making up the 2009 Serbia International Invitational preceding the start of ... http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2009/06/turner-helps-team-usa-to-2-1-exhibition-mark.html With just under 70 days until Navy steps into the Shoe, cretins like us everywhere are starting to turn our focus away from summer lounging and towards the start of the '09 season. There are Steele data points to digest and preseason composite rankings to scrutinize, after all. Part of ... http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2009/06/joepa-says-bring-on-the-awards-but-no-irish.html Mullens to call OKC home (D. Harker) Well, so much for B.J.'s tweet that the Bulls would take him at 16. In a not so surprising draft, Mullens fell to #24 before being traded to Oklahoma City (#25). The move to OKC could prove to be a good thing as Mullens ... http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2009/06/bj-slides-to-mavs-at-24-then-traded-to-okc.html Chappell must lead a young offense. We're counting down the weeks until kickoff by profiling a different Big Ten team each week, in order of the 2008 finish. Today, the Indiana Hoosiers are up and by the looks of it, they probably will lead it off again next year. After making ... http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2009/06/11w-sneak-peek-indiana-2.html Where will BJ and his crustache call home this year?As Chris mentioned briefly in his post yesterday, BJ Mullens will hear his name called Thursday night at the 2009 NBA Draft in Madison Square Garden. While it is not a question of if the 7-foot freshman will be drafted, there ... http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2009/06/where-will-mullens-go.html