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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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Oct
14
2019

North Carolina’s past is still present with Dean and Ol’ Roy

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CHARLOTTE – As North Carolina took its turn on stage at the ACC basketball media day, the dominant subject was the Tar Heels blending their new roster. They have an influx of newcomers following the loss of four starters and six players in all. Roy Williams, with seniors Garrison Brooks and Brandon Robinson accompanying him, …

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Oct
12
2019

Duke makes Georgia Tech suffer through the triple-option

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Duke made Georgia Tech fans suffer for more reasons than the final score, the Blue Devils’ 41-23 victory Saturday afternoon at Wallace Wade Stadium. They forced them to endure watching Duke’s triple-option package convert plays, especially on fourth down to keep early drives alive. In the final seasons of Paul Johnson’s 11 at Georgia Tech, …

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Oct
12
2019

Paul Carothers grew from backup to image of a Naval Academy grad

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Imagine the number of impressive future officers Navy’s Ken Niumatalolo has guided as football players and observed as leaders the past 12 years as the Midshipmen’s head coach. Each year he has a roster of 100-some players cycling through toward graduation. Then, factor in Niumatalolo’s time as an assistant coach and offensive coordinator, making this …

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Oct
11
2019

Connor Slomka blends the old and the new at West Point

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In sports, there’s old school and new school. Most people fall on one side or the other, but Connor Slomka is both — an old-school warrior and new-age athlete. Warrior is a term thrown around too loosely in sports, but it applies to cadets training to be officers in the military during an endless war …

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Oct
10
2019

Mike Krzyzewski and Duke looking forward to visiting Michigan State

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Mike Krzyzewski sat with a dutiful expression as reporters and cameramen encircled his table at the ACC basketball media day on Tuesday in a Marriott City Center ballroom. Duke’s coach with five NCAA titles was peppered with subjects. Among them: the recently passed California Fair Pay to Play Act for college athletes …

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Oct
09
2019

Mike Houston and his ECU staff on recruiting trail during 16-day break

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East Carolina continues its 16-day break between losing to Temple on Thursday night and Oct. 19 game at UCF with new coach Mike Houston taking advantage of the time to emphasize recruiting. He has holes to fill. Trouble is that talent won’t arrive until next year as freshmen, although Houston did learn on Tuesday senior …

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Oct
08
2019

National champ Virginia taking same approach as a year ago

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CHARLOTTE — What a difference a year makes in college basketball and there is no better example these days than Virginia coach Tony Bennett and his team. The Cavaliers showed up for this year’s ACC Operation Basketball media day on Tuesday in Charlotte as NCAA defending champions. If anyone forgot, the ACC office was proud …

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Oct
06
2019

Pitt steps in front of Duke passes and its Cinderella hopes

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DURHAM – Duke raised some eyebrows in the ACC last week with its 45-10 win at Virginia. Maybe the Blue Devils do have enough to be the surprise challenger to ACC Coastal preseason favorite Virginia Tech. But that was before Pitt visited Duke Saturday night at Wallace Wade Stadium in a result that started as …

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Oct
04
2019

Jeff Monken’s halftime criticism taps into Gen. Patton’s spirit

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The last time we saw Army coach Jeff Monken on TV was two weeks ago in a halftime sideline interview with CBS’s Tina Cervasio. He was angry over Black Knights’ play and said he planned to let them know it in the locker room. It was as if the ghost of World War II hero …

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Oct
04
2019

Air Force’s Birdow soars over circumstances that set him up for failure

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Teven Birdow was 5-years-old when his father was sentenced to prison for a home invasion case in Oklahoma City. That left Teven set up for failure, like many American youths trapped into such circumstances, but his mother started him on another path. Jamie Rodrigues went without as a single mother to make sure her son …

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Oct
01
2019

ECU’s Kendall Futrell emerging after injuries stunted him last season

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GREENVILLE – A year ago, East Carolina’s former coaching staff thought as preseason camp ended it had a special year coming from a rapidly developing defensive end. They were right, but they had the wrong guy. Former head coach Scottie Montgomery predicted a big year from Kendall Futrell, but it was the defensive end Nate …

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Sep
27
2019

ECU’s new coach is about physical play but not rubbing noses

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As East Carolina drained time off the fourth-quarter clock with a 19-7 lead, the Pirates moved the ball 62 yards to William & Mary’s 1-yard line. Only seconds remained, but it was time enough to pad the final score. Impressive wins are important for a program trying to climb out of the depths of three …

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Sep
26
2019

Duke’s Scott Bracey regains confidence, plays with professorial approach

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So this is Scott Bracey. Yeah, he is an impressive guy. And that’s before we see if he is on the verge of completing a breakout season. Bracey met with the media for one of the first times – if not the first – since he arrived on campus in the Class of 2016 as …

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Sep
24
2019

CJ Williams found his way from Texas to Navy backfield

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A Navy, Army and Air Force player often follows a family member to the one of the service academies, but C.J. Williams’ football path to Navy had a roundabout twist. His older brother L.G. Williams led him to Navy … without attending Annapolis. L.G was recruited by Navy as a senior on the Cibolo (Tx.) …

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Sep
23
2019

Michigan State finally found Mark Dantonio as Duffy Daugherty’s Destination Man

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Duffy is no doubt proud of Mark Dantonio and happy for his school. In fact, the late College Football Hall of Fame coach is bubbling over in green and white. A Michigan State Destination Man, which Duffy Daugherty most certainly was for 19 seasons in East Lansing, emerged as the successor that ultimately broke his …

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Sep
20
2019

Navy’s Elan Nash Rambler cover front and back of new defense

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As Navy’s Elan Nash answered a question detailing how the senior safety managed to come off the bench to lead his team in tackles, he sounded “Belichickian,” meaning the New England Patriots’ vaunted head coach. That’s not necessarily hyperbole. After all, Bill Belichick has Annapolis roots as the son of the late Steve Belichick, a …

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