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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

Most commented posts

  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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Jan
21
2020

49ers in Miami for Super Bowl LIV triple-play for John Lynch

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John Lynch is a double-header guy, but his circumstances surrounding the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV are beyond fitting for the former football/baseball professional athlete and Stanford letterman in both sports. As the 49ers’ third-year general manager, he has the rebuilt 49ers in their first Super Bowl since the 2012 season. And a …

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Jan
19
2020

Chris Mack quickly rebuilt Louisville with talent and maturity

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DURHAM – The scandal-ridden and rag-tag Louisville basketball program that Chris Mack took over just two years ago has the gait of a legitimate national title contender, after all. Louisville’s climb to the No. 1 national ranking by the fifth week of the season with a 9-0 start was aided by stumbles from Michigan State, …

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Jan
12
2020

Duke more like a younger Steph’s Warriors than LeBron’s Heat

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DURHAM – Duke basketball this year is less Miami Heat circa LaBron James with stacked talent and more Golden State Warriors pre-Kevin Durant. The Blue Devils are a younger Steph Curry version of the Warriors with meshed teamwork, and that makes them more intriguing to watch as they chase their potential. A year ago Duke …

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Jan
10
2020

Duke and Michigan State streaking back to top of polls

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Michigan State and Duke – respectively the preseason Nos. 1 and 4-ranked teams — again appear Final Four worthy. Their lineup rotations that endured early season hiccups are coming into sharper focus with conference play fully underway. If so, the NCAA, come bracket time, surely won’t match them in the same regional like it did …

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Jan
07
2020

Michigan State helping grieving Cassius Winston learn to let it go, let it flow

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Cassius Winston is finding his way, painful step by step, to let it go, to let if flow. The hurt over his brother Zachary taking his life on Nov. 9 will always be with him and his family — younger brother Khy and parents Reggie and Wendi. How they move forward, letting go of the …

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Jan
04
2020

Roy Williams on tying Dean Smith and his team’s injuries

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CHAPEL HILL – Winning college athletic programs are often taken for granted. One assumption not to make, though, is that’s an easy transition for an assistant coach to pick up where his mentor left off. Sometimes there are hiccups before a blue blood re-establishes itself. At North Carolina, Roy Williams has made it look easier …

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Jan
01
2020

Duke using depth at point guard it lacked since 2015 title

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DURHAM – Duke looked impressive winning two games without Tre Jones and Jordan Goldwire starting in his place, but, wow, did the Blue Devils show talent, balance and depth with Jones returning to the lineup and Goldwire back to coming off the bench. The No. 2-ranked Blue Devils (12-1, 2-0 ACC) scored 45 first-half points …

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Dec
31
2019

Myths protecting Bear Bryant overlooked Oklahoma and Greg Pruitt

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Piece by piece, year by year, holes are punched in storyboards depicting Alabama coach Bear Bryant as a benevolent segregationist. The myths were created to hide his silent voice on race in the 1960s — the issue of his times for a southern leader to be on the right side of history — belie that …

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Dec
30
2019

Mike Krzyzewski on teaching old-school fundamentals in modern era

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DURHAM – Mike Krzyzewski said from the beginning this was an “old-school team, old-school season.” Relying on balance and depth was Duke’s path to an ACC and/or NCAA title. He meant teaching his players lost arts as a result of the modern AAU circuit that emphasizes individual workouts. Fundamentals such as talking on the court …

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Dec
28
2019

Duke finds another way to win without Tre Jones in lineup

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DURHAM – Two looks at Duke without Tre Jones in late December have offered contrasting views of the Blue Devils’ depth and balance. Those qualities, coach Mike Krzyzewski believes, are the key to the No. 4-ranked Blue Devils winning an ACC and/or national championship Duke (11-1) appeared to miss Jones’ presence more in its 75-50 …

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Dec
24
2019

Credit Charlotte Touchdown Club For ‘Defender’ Award

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Thanks to the Charlotte Touchdown Club for its “Defender of the Nation Award.” College football needs a “throwback award” and that’s what the Charlotte’s award has represented since instituted in 2016. The 2019 recipient was Air Force senior linebacker Kyle Johnson, who leads No. 24-ranked Air Force (10-2) into the Cheez-It Bowl against Washington State …

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Dec
23
2019

Air Force is bowling again, what it means to Geraud Sanders and program

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Geraud Sanders and his Air Force teammates as freshmen he arrived with in Colorado Springs were unaware how good they had it. In 2016, Air Force’s trip to the Arizona Bowl was the Falcons’ ninth post-season game in head coach Troy Calhoun’s 10th season. But then a 5-7 record in 2017 sent them home for …

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Dec
20
2019

Duke does without Jones what UNC couldn’t without Anthony

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DURHAM – Imagine Duke basketball this year without point guard Tre Jones. Well, the No. 4-ranked Blue Devils faced finding out the hard way when Duke announced prior to its home game against Wofford that Jones would sit out with a “minor injury.” Nevertheless, the Blue Devils (10-1) routed Wofford (7-5) with an 86-57 victory …

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Dec
19
2019

Malcolm Perry’s Navy season worthy of Keenan Reynold’s 2015 Heisman attention

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Navy quarterback Malcolm Perry put on a performance for the ages in the 120th edition of the Army-Navy Game, the grandest rivalry in college sports, rushing for 304 yards and two touchdowns last week to lead Navy’s 31-7 victory. If some retrospect can be allowed, maybe he deserved some of the national attention and Heisman …

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Dec
13
2019

Injured Kelvin Hopkins won’t offer excuses entering Army-Navy Game

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Kelvin Hopkins Jr. opened the 2019 season as Army’s record-breaking triple-option quarterback. He was named to validating watch lists such as the Manning, Unitas and O’Brien, awards that favor those throwing the ball. Now, four months later, he’s limping to finish line, the 120th Army-Navy Game. In the grandest rivalry in college sports, Army (5-7) …

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Dec
13
2019

Jer-uh, let’s add Air Force as a bookend to Army-Navy Game

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Letter to Jerry Jones: Jer-uh, I have a great idea that you and the NFL should embrace. You’ve been a leader at driving innovative NFL marketing and promotion. That’s one of the reasons you’re in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as the owner of the Dallas Cowboys. The week of the 120th Army-Navy Game …

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