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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
14
2018

Georgian Adrian Green followed original pioneering trail from south to north to play in Division II National Championship.

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College football mines hundreds of prospects from the talent-rich South, where the sport is religion, to play for northern schools at all levels. An experience on their own attracts some. Others were overlooked by schools closer to home. Adrian Green of Cedar Grove High in Ellenwood, Ga., falls into the latter category. He held out …

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Dec
11
2018

The Army-Navy Game should be on every fan’s bucket list

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The Army-Navy Game never disappoints. That’s what two of us told the other as three old friends from Big Rapids, Mi., gathered for the 119th Army-Navy Game Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. For me, it was my fourth Army-Navy Game but first outside the press box and seated in the stands. U.S. Army …

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Dec
07
2018

Army and Navy players commit to football and toughest duties

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“I get to work daily with heroes that joined the military AFTER we were attacked on 9/11, AFTER the war started in Afghanistan and AFTER the war started in Iraq. I would like to think I’m that brave, but I’m not so sure.” — Phil McConkey, Navy grad and New York Giants Super Bowl champion …

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Dec
05
2018

Charlotte QBs Daniel Jones and Kelvin Hopkins find success

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Kelvin Hopkins and Daniel Jones stood out as an odd couple at clinics five summers ago. That observation, though, applied only if viewing the NFL as the end-all-to-be-all for two college-bound high school kids from Charlotte, N.C. Jones has developed into a 6-foot-5 prototype drop-back passer at Duke. He has been projected as high as …

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Nov
26
2018

Pat Narduzzi finds his home, lands Pitt in ACC title game

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Six years ago Pat Narduzzi turned down tripling his salary for a lateral move as a defensive coordinator. Five years ago he declined a chance to become a head coach for the first time. Thanks to his discerning eye, this year, his fourth as Pitt’s head coach, he’s sitting pretty with a job he was …

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Nov
24
2018

Wake Forest routs Duke to maintain bowl consistency

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DURHAM, N.C. – The past decade or so has seen ACC schools top to bottom invest in their football programs. That means seeking out the right coach and properly funding recruiting while building state-of-the-art facilities. Duke and Wake Forest are two developmental programs that have climbed out of the bottom with such investments and coaches …

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Nov
23
2018

Duke and Wake Forest playing for more than one win

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Duke and Wake Forest are known as developmental programs. That means the Blue Devils and Demon Deacons must build recruiting classes based on 3-star prospects and lower rated athletes to compete with ACC schools that are heavy on 4-stars. Their place in the college football food chain made Duke’s 31-23 win at Wake Forest in …

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Nov
16
2018

Duke’s journey to Clemson shorter than hosting Alabama in 2010

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On the long list of examples documenting Duke’s rebuilt football program under 11th-year head coach David Cutcliffe, add Saturday’s game at Clemson compared to the Blue Devils meeting Alabama in the 2010 season. That was Cutcliffe’s third year of his arduous task upon inheriting a program that had gone 2-33 the previous three seasons, including …

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Nov
15
2018

Bryce Holland’s dream job was as Army officer over the NFL

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“I’d like to be an example for the future, but the truth is everyone here is an example. I wouldn’t change my decision to come here.” — Army senior center Bryce Holland as a freshman in 2014. By Tom Shanahan Bryce Holland committed as a rare 3-star prospect to Army five years ago. What’s significant …

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Nov
12
2018

Georgia Tech’s Josh Pastner launched Luke Walton’s coaching career

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“The Lakers had a tough start, but they’ll turn it around. They’ll get on a winning streak. Luke is a great coach and they have the best player in the world, LeBron.” — Josh Pastner, Oct, 24 at ACC media day By Tom Shanahan Luke Walton’s coaching career is attached to Steve Kerr among most …

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Nov
10
2018

Daniel Jones beats UNC with 547 total yards to join elite ACC company

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DURHAM, N.C. – It’s nothing new for NFL scouts to travel to Durham to take another look at Duke quarterback Daniel Jones. They’ve shown up since he took over as the starter in 2016, his redshirt freshman season. The notion, though, that they might also have been attracted to see other prospects was dismissed long …

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Nov
08
2018

Humbled Kentucky will be salve for Duke’s victims

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My guys at Ferris State, who earned an exhibition game invitation from Duke as the defending NCAA Division II basketball champion, should feel more confident in themselves after watching Duke dismantle Kentucky on television. The numerical comparisons of Duke routing Ferris on Oct. 27 in an exhibition game at Cameron Indoor Stadium and Kentucky in …

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Nov
06
2018

Jim Boeheim tells Tom Izzo just keep moving forward after tough season

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Michigan State is again part of the Champions Classic, an “Early Four” event in its eighth year, but something clouded Tom Izzo’s image entering his 24th season coaching the Spartans. Oh, he’s again directing a Final Four contender in a season that opens on Tuesday with the first game of the Champions Classic double-header at …

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Nov
02
2018

Fate allowed Drew Brees to save only one city’s NFL franchise

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As the ageless Drew Brees continued his milestone tour, his NFL records overlapped with the historic Navy-Notre Dame series visiting San Diego. It reminds me fate prevented Brees from saving his city’s NFL franchise. I mean San Diego, not New Orleans – the one he actually saved when he joined the Saints in 2006 and …

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Oct
31
2018

Air Force’s Micah Capra rises for Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy games

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Micah Capra practiced dutifully yet watched on Saturdays from the sidelines his first two seasons. Now, though, he is another uncanny example among academy athletes that overcome their inexperience when called upon in the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy series. Capra, an Air Force senior second-year starting defensive tackle, was ready for Army and Navy despite the pressure …

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Oct
31
2018

Ken Niumatalolo sees different Notre Dame with Ian Book and resolve

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A week ago Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo, while studying video to face Notre Dame, judged Irish quarterback Ian Book a dynamic difference between coach Brian Kelly’s 2018 team and recent seasons. Well, now what does he think? With a chance to see Notre Dame (8-0) up close in the Irish’s 44-22 win over the Navy …

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