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Name: Tom Shanahan
Date registered: April 8, 2018
URL: http://shanahanreport.com

Latest posts

  1. Here is the unromantic Alabama Rose Bowl story the media won’t tell you — December 27, 2023
  2. My Michigan State history lesson for UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz — December 11, 2023
  3. Antonio Gates on his fatherly advice for his namesake and Nick Saban’s advice he ignored — September 22, 2023
  4. Another round of realignment brings up folly of adopting legends — September 7, 2023
  5. Air Coryell, the offense that changed football, lands in Canton — August 6, 2023

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  1. Pat Narduzzi rebuilt Pitt with model his old boss used to close in on Duffy — 3 comments
  2. Duke football isn’t one of Kirk Herbstreit’s white flag teams — 2 comments
  3. Brian Kelly says Notre Dame QB competition is closer but better — 2 comments
  4. Ian Book’s play answering questions why Notre Dame recruited him — 1 comment
  5. Don Coryell’s Hall-of-Fame case supported by Pro Bowl record — 1 comment

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Nov
27
2022

NFL 360 producing documentary pioneering Black QB and Black coach Jimmy Raye

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I enjoyed spending a day at E.E. Smith High in Fayetteville, N.C., at the invitation of NFL 360 director/producer Osahon Tongo. He invited me down as the author of “Raye of Light” for interviews on a documentary on Jimmy Raye, Michigan’s pioneering Black quarterback and pioneering Black coach in both college and the NFL. E.E. …

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Sep
03
2022

The Duke-BYU volleyball match lacked a hero from yesteryear stepping up

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  The Incident remains under investigation A fan shouting racial slurs at an African American athlete was repulsive but far from unprecedented. Adding to the shame, though, was no one intervened at the Duke-Brigham Young women’s volleyball match last week in Provo, Utah. A day later, BYU officials released a statement, apologizing for the verbal …

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Sep
02
2022

Army West Point brings more than a century of football to Coastal Carolina

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Coastal Carolina is a relative newcomer on the college football scene, but if you’re a college athlete, the upstart from the Sun Belt Conference located the shores of South Carolina has been around long enough. The Chanticleers – a mascot adaptation taken from their older sister school, the South Carolina Gamecocks – began playing football …

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Aug
25
2022

The Kentucky athletics history lesson Stoops needs to teach Calipari

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There’s one more storyline to consider regarding John Calipari’s self-serving comments that Kentucky is a basketball school. And I’m here to explain it. The headlines last week favored Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops’ snappy comeback while responding to Calipari’s blunder. “This program wasn’t born on third base,” said Stoops, correctly noting the contrast of Calipari …

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Aug
16
2022

Andre Carter II attracting NFL scouts to West Point

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NFL scouts make their annual trips this time of year to Tuscaloosa, Norman and Columbus to evaluate draft prospects. When they check out of their hotel, they tell the clerk, “Same time, next year.” But they’re scheduling a new destination as a mandatory trip this year – to West Point. Andre Carter II, Army’s first …

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Aug
14
2022

Tom Izzo promotes Michigan State; John Calipari sells himself

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John Calipari’s comments that Kentucky is a basketball school at the expense of his school’s improving football program not surprisingly drew an angry reaction from Wildcats’ coach Mark Stoops. It’s not that Calipari’s statement isn’t true. Kentucky has long been considered a basketball school. The problem is Calipari uttered a smarmy, self-serving comment. He didn’t …

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Aug
14
2022

Army’s scrimmage day began with more than football

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Across the country this weekend, college freshmen participated in their first football scrimmage. That’s plenty of bundled nerves to handle for any 18-year-old kid. But at Army West Point, by the time the freshmen reached Michie Stadium to dress for their afternoon scrimmage, they had already experienced a full day of emotions and nerves. Saturday …

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Aug
01
2022

Big Ten Network touches on some true college football integration history

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The Big Ten Network crossed into Michigan State territory previously ignored. And in 2022, the Spartans finally had the right messenger to respond insightfully to questions and comments about an otherwise untold story. Here’s what happened at the Big Ten Media Days Wednesday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. MSU coach Mel Tucker sat on …

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Jul
25
2022

College football preseason optimism mixed with uncertainty

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CARY, N.C. – A preseason football luncheon is the perfect setting to discuss the virtues of college football. The National Football Foundation Bill Dooley Chapter’s annual Pigskin Preview is a time for renewal and optimism. To that end, North Carolina coach Mack Brown, 70, shared wisdom from his 33 years as a head coach at …

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Jul
23
2022

State of North Carolina coaches discuss state of college football

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CARY, N.C. – Name, Image and Likeness combined with the transfer portal to further unsettle coach football, but if you’re looking for a glimpse of tradition, Mike Elko provided one. Duke’s new football coach attended his first Bill Dooley Chapter of the National Football Foundation Pigskin Preview Friday at the Embassy Suites in suburban Raleigh. …

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Jul
05
2022

Dan Fouts on the NFL’s Awards of Excellence and Jimmy Raye’s career

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Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Fouts served as the Master of Ceremonies for the NFL’s inaugural “Awards of Excellence” presented June 30 at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Museum in Canton, Ohio. He was a fitting choice for more than his gold jacket. “When I was a kid, I was a ball boy …

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Jun
30
2022

Jimmy Raye remembers Marlin Briscoe, accepts honor from NFL

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In many ways Jimmy Raye was Marlin Briscoe and Marlin Briscoe was Jimmy Raye. They were both pioneering figures connected in similar but different ways. They lived in a big country but a small world. Briscoe died on Monday at age 76 from circulation problems in his legs and from pneumonia. Raye recalled how he …

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Jun
18
2022

Free-enterprise irony: All-American commitments left out of the NIL era

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Army football coach Jeff Monken appeared on a Zoom call not long ago to talk about the Black Knights’ spring game, so I jumped on it. As usual, he offered interesting insight on some players developing into productive Division I talent. One of the players mentioned was tight end Joshua Lingenfelter, a 6-foot-3, 240-pounder positioned …

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Jun
17
2022

Hubert Davis was ready for the NIL era from his NBA days

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The Name, Image and Likeness one-year anniversary is upon us. It was July 1 last year when the NCAA threw in the towel on holding back against public sentiment, state legislatures and looming court rulings permitting college athletes to cash in. NIL’s impact continues to evolve rapidly entering year two, but looking back, North Carolina …

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Jun
07
2022

Maybe Title IX moms can revive the decathlon

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Michigan State’s 2022 track and field season opened with Ryan Talbot essentially a newcomer to the decathlon, the 10-event all-around athleticism test. The COVID-19 pandemic wiped out his first college season, 2020. He was injured in 2021. By 2022, his career goals of a Big Ten title and school record remained only a vision. Well, …

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Apr
22
2022

They don’t know about the transfer portal at Army West Point

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Across the college football landscape, the transfer portal and Name, Image and Likeness has turned the sport on its head. Coaches are learning the old ways don’t work anymore, especially with the conclusion of spring football. Release a depth chart and expect your No. 2 quarterback to start packing his bags. J.T. Daniels announced last …

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