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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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Dec
10
2019

Dabo needs history lesson on 1966 Alabama comparison to his Tigers

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“Notre Dame was 8-0 and ranked No. 1; the Spartans were 9-0 and ranked No. 2. Despite the fact that Alabama was also undefeated — and, in fact, would end the 1966 season as the only undefeated Division I team in the country — no one doubted that the winner of the Notre Dame-Michigan State …

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Nov
26
2019

RIP, Hank, coach helping with untold Underground Railroad back story

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Death finally beat Hank Bullough. He passed away Sunday night at age 85, but the Michigan State Hall-of-Famer robbed death of at least another five years while recovering from health scares. Bullough, a national champion as both a player under Biggie Munn (1952) and assistant coach under Duffy Daugherty (1965 and 1966), suffered a major …

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Nov
24
2019

Tom Izzo views Maui as opportunity for Aaron Henry to lift game

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By TOM SHANAHAN LAHAINA, Hawaii – As the eight coaches participating in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational took their seats upon an outdoor dais with a Pacific Ocean backdrop at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa, tournament director Dave Odom asked them to don their Jim Maui sunglasses. You’ve got to have a little …

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Nov
20
2019

Tom Izzo joins a small coaching club in his 25th season

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Tom Izzo’s 25th season as Michigan State’s basketball coach clearly places him in rarified air. Among one-school identity coaches winning an NCAA title, Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim is the only other club member at 44 and counting. Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski is in his 40th Blue Devils season with five NCAA titles, but he spent five at …

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Nov
18
2019

Michigan State and Virginia Tech and more on Maui Invitational

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As you read this, Dave Odom is enjoying his annual Maui two-week working-vacation. The extended stay comes with the job as tournament director of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational next week that includes No. 3-ranked Michigan State. “Nice work if you can get it,” as the George Gershwin song goes. Odom, best known for his …

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Nov
16
2019

Duke’s disappointing season continues bouncing wrong direction

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DURHAM – Sometimes a team suffers through one of those inexplicable seasons the bounces of an oblong ball exacerbates. Take Duke in 2019, for example. The Blue Devils (4-6, 3-4 ACC Coastal) suffered their fourth straight loss and fifth in the last six games, while Syracuse (4-6, 1-5 ACC Atlantic) snapped a four-game losing streak …

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Nov
14
2019

Duke about to make quick ascent to No. 1 in revolving door rankings

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DURHAM – Get ready for revolving door of college basketball teams occupying the No. 1 chair in national rankings. Unless, that is, Duke’s pressure defense has something to say about the upcoming weeks. The No. 2-ranked Blue Devils are poised to become the third No. 1 team in three weeks of voting in next week’s …

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Nov
12
2019

Cutcliffe announces injury news with a statement for ACC

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  DURHAM – Duke coach David Cutcliffe opened his weekly Tuesday media session announcing center Jack Wohlabaugh underwent ankle surgery earlier in the day. That’s news since Wohlabaugh is a second-year starting center. But it also was noteworthy Duke announced the injury four days prior to Syracuse (3-6, 0-5 ACC Atlantic) facing the Blue Devils …

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Nov
11
2019

Navy adds unsinkable fullback to Top 25 Navy-Notre Dame matchup

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The sudden stardom of Navy fullback Jamale Carothers has been described as “surprising” and an “eye-opener.” Here are two better words: “unsinkable” and “unfazed.” Unfazed by a lack of Power 5 scholarship offers that came his way out of Bowling Green High in Kentucky, especially after the numbers he put up his senior year in …

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Nov
04
2019

Duke Basketball assembles a new trio with defensive pressure

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DURHAM – Duke basketball again confronts teams with a formidable trio, although it’s not comprised of one-and-done NBA draft picks like a year ago. This trio doesn’t require a hot shooting hand or drives to the basket to have a big night. Its defensive hands create a road block to the basket. The Blue Devils …

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Oct
24
2019

Navy’s ‘Hot Rod’ Lincoln QB powered by Ford O-line engine

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Ford Higgins began his Navy football career like many service academy linemen: lightly-recruited, undersized and relegated to the scout team his freshman season. He didn’t play a varsity snap in 2016. But unlike many Navy, Army and Air Force O-linemen that hope to develop their potential by their junior or senior season, Higgins jumped into …

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Oct
23
2019

Geraud Sanders pursued Air Force future over NFL dreams

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College football recruits typically dream they have an NFL future. They think as a scholarship athlete they have a leg up. Don’t bother telling them that a 2019 NCAA study showed only 1.6 percent of college players play pro football. That’s a short leg. If the scale of odds for a prospect to make the …

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Oct
20
2019

Bennett and Diakite on Cavs’ rising big men from North Carolina

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CHARLOTTE – Virginia, always on the lookout for the “hidden gems” coach Tony Bennett seeks to develop as a means to challenge the 5- and 4-star Duke and North Carolina recruits, has a possible Twin Tower pairing from North Carolina high schools. Jay Huff is a 7-foot-1, 243-pound redshirt junior from Durham’s Voyager Academy. Huff …

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Oct
18
2019

ECU relying on freshmen now and into advantage next season

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At the midway point of Mike Houston’s first 12-game regular season at East Carolina, the Pirates are relying increasingly on young players, including freshmen. True freshman cornerback Ja’Quan McMillian has started every game, true freshman wide receiver C.J. Johnson has started twice, true freshman running back Demetrius Mauney has been in the rotation since the …

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Oct
17
2019

Navy’s Jacob Springer sprung into bigger role with new position

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Jacob Springer, like his Navy teammates, looked forward to putting a 3-10 record in the rear view mirror. As a sophomore safety behind two seniors, he also welcomed 2019 as an opportunity to take on more responsibility as a starter. Losing is no fun, but after an injury plagued 2017 season, he played in 12 …

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Oct
15
2019

Ben Waters helping Air Force passing game take flight

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Historically, an Air Force receiver gaining separation running a deep pattern hopes the Falcons’ quarterback can get him the ball. After all, triple-option quarterbacks play the position for their legs and instincts, not their arm. This year is different. Arm strength is the least of wide receiver Ben Waters’ concerns with D.J. Hammond at quarterback. …

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