Over The Middle With Jeremy Crabtree

Jeremy is joined by Garden City Community College coach Jeff Sims. College coaches know Sims as a national-championship winning coach and as one of the first people to develop a player personnel department in college football. He also coached more than 40 NFL players, including Jason Pierre-Paul. But many will recognize Sims from his appearance on season three of Netflix's Last Chance U. Jeremy also breaks down why recruiters have flocked to Tulsa's Booker T. Washington High School.

With Urban Meyer returning to college football after being suspended after an investigation into allegations that he mishandled domestic assault accusations made against former assistant coach Zach Smith, it’s the perfect time to examine if the Buckeyes’ recruiting efforts have been impacted by the situation. Jeremy is joined by four-star Ohio State quarterback commit Jack Miller of Scottsdale Chaparral and Ohio State recruiting writer Marc Givler of BuckeyeGrove.com.

Jeremy is joined this week by Joe Johnson, the Creative Director for the University of South Carolina. Johnson was one of the pioneers of edits, the social media designs that are an important part of the recruiting process. Johnson talks about how these edits are created, why they've become a key recruiting tool and the future of designers in college football offices. Jeremy is also joined by Graham Mertz, the nation's No. 2 quarterback and a Wisconsin Badger commitment. Plus, Jeremy will preview the upcoming Jenks vs. Union rivalry game from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Jeremy visits with Rivals.com Publisher Network Director John Talman. Rivals.com is one of the most influential sports business in the last 20 years, and its coverage revolutionized the college football recruiting process. Jeremy talks with Talman about what Rivals.com must do to stay ahead in today’s competitive landscape and how the premium content model is popular in sports journalism. Jeremy also breaks down the biggest high school games of the week, including Bishop Gorman and Centennial, a game that can be seen on Yurview Arizona and YurView.com.

To kick off season two, Jeremy catches up with recruiting expert Max Olson. Max covers national college football for The All-American. He previously covered the Big 12 and recruiting for ESPN.com and also worked for the Omaha World-Herald. Max was recently seen on the Netflix documentary Last Chance U. Jeremy and Max will run down Texas recruiting, SEC, Alabama, Georgia Bulldogs, Jason Brown, Chandler High School (Arizona), Centennial (CA)and so much more.

This week, Jeremy is joined this week by Scout.com’s Brandon Huffman. Jeremy and Brandon discuss the impact of the upcoming early signing period in college football recruiting, why Chip Kelly is a home run hire for UCLA and who are the winners and losers in the 2018 cycle. Plus, Jeremy makes some bold predictions two months before the final signing day.

Almost 10 years ago today, Kansas, yes Kansas, was on top of the college football world thanks to coach Mark Mangino. Mangino joins Jeremy to talk about how that 12-1 team was assembled. He also shares stories from his time at Kansas State and Oklahoma and why Bill Snyder and Bob Stoops are such good recruiters.

Josh Ward host of Rocky Top Podcast on SECCountry.com and Sportsradio WNML in Knoxville, along with Host Jeremy Crabtree break down the situation at the University of Tennessee and the recent dismissal of coach Butch Jones. Jason Suchomel from Orangebloods.com on the Texas Longhorns and their powerhouse recruiting success of late.

This week, a deep dive into high school and college football in the state of Oklahoma. Josh McCuistion of Soonerscoop.com hits the state of union with the Oklahoma Sooners. David Alexander Head Coach at Broken Arrow (OK) talks about some of his big recruits. Plus, coach Alexander explains the changes in recruiting from his days as a student-athlete.

This week, Mark Givler from Buckeyegrove.com hits the Ohio State Buckeyes coming off their big win vs. Penn State, legendary Jenks high school football coach Allan Trimble and Rob Cassidy from Rivals.com stops by and chat with Jeremy about the Florida coaching situation.

Barton Simmons from 247 Sports explains how players get ranked. Andrew J. Bone from Rivals.com breaks down Alabama's recruiting class. Jeff Palermo previews the YurView Louisiana Game of the Week with Walker vs. Live Oak and looks at the Louisiana high school playoff picture.

Former Oklahoma St. Cowboy Deion Imade breaks down the YurView Oklahoma Game of the Week and keys in on some of the amazing talent coming out of the area. Kelly Underwood from Arms Software gets us up to speed on the latest technology in the world of football recruiting. Plus Jeremy poses some interesting questions about Florida Gators and where that program seems to be headed.​

ESPN's Tom VanHaaren will break down some of the new recruiting rules, UGASports.com's Radi Nabulsi gets us up to speed on the impact of Justin Fields' commitment to the University of Georgia. YurView's Dale Halestrae previews the Arizona Game of the Week as two of the top rated teams in the state, Desert Ridge at Mountain Pointe do battle.

Jeremy takes a deep look into the recent FBI recruiting crackdown and how that may impact college football with guests Evan Daniels from Scout.com and Jason Kirk of SB Nation. Should college athletes be paid? Would that help or hurt the situation? We'll breakdown these questions and more.

Trent Dilfer joins us to discuss his Elite 11 QB camp and the NFL Network documentary on the subject. Adam Gorney from Rivals.com previews the huge matchup this weekend in Arizona between talent loaded St. Thomas Aquinas and Centennial. Former Tulsa coach and now Owasso high school coach Bill Blankenship will tee up the talent matchup for this weeks Owasso vs. Union game out of the Oklahoma area. Blankenship was also the former coach at Union, so emotions will be running high.

Andrew Nemec, recruiting beat writer for The Oregonian and host of "Recruiting with Andrew Nemec" on 1080 The Fan in Portland chats with host Jeremy Crabtree on Oregon's recruiting renewal under Willie Taggart. Independence Community College coach Jason Brown and star of the Netflix documentary "Last Chance U" gets us up to speed on the world of junior college prospects and how that landscape has changed. Plus a preview of the huge matchup in Oklahoma between Union @ Edmond North.

Josh Ward from WNML in Knoxville breaks down the Tennessee-Florida recruiting rivalry. Yurview analyst, former Dallas Cowboy and SMU Mustang Dale Hallestrae previews the feature game of the week, plus his thoughts on how Arizona and Arizona State have struggled with local recruiting. Dale recounts his memories of being recruited back in the SMU Pony Express days. Matt Mueller, COO of Hudl discuss the impact Hudl has had on college football and the recruiting process.

Jeremy Darlow stops by to discuss his book "Brands Win Championships" and the impact branding has on recruiting. Sports Writer Barry Lewis previews the huge Ford Game of the Week MidFirst Bank Backyard Bowl featuring Oklahoma's Union vs Jenks. This game has tons of blue chip talent and University of Oklahoma commits. Plus a recap of some of the big upsets in week one of college football.

University of Michigan Director of Recruiting Matt Dudek takes us behind the scenes of the Big Ten. YurView Louisiana's Jeff Palermo Previews John Curtis vs. Landry Walker, a game loaded with blue chip D1 talent. Host Jeremy Crabtree cues us in on the impact for recruiting of this weekend's Alabama vs. Florida State college matchup. Plus, the special bond between the victims of Hurricane Harvey in Houston and Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana.

In our Inaugural high school football recruiting weekly Podcast, host Jeremy Crabtree catches up with ESPN Sr. Writer Mitch Sherman as they discuss the impact of college football's first ever early signing period. YurView Arizona's play by play announcer Chris Harris will break down the high school football talent explosion in the Grand Canyon State, especially at the QB position. They'll also preview Week One's Mountain View vs Valley Vista matchup. Plus, we'll hit some SEC recruiting talk. All that and more.