The football offseason and the impending return of the NCAA Tournament bring about one of the staples of online college sports content: combined football and basketball coaching rankings. This is comfort food for bloggers. Badgers Wire editor Ben Kenney, a Wisconsin writer and podcaster, dove into Big Ten football and basketball coaching rankings with USC and other schools joining the …
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Sam Howell trade rumors: Multiple teams interested in QB as Commanders may be ready to part ways
Getty The Washington Commanders have undergone many changes this offseason. The team is in their first full offseason under owner Josh Harris, they fired head coach Ron Rivera after four seasons with the team, hired Dan Quinn as a replacement, hired general manager Adam Peters and brought in Kliff Kingsbury as the offensive coordinator after going 4-13 in 2023. Quinn …
Read More »UCF tackle Tylan Grable takes big step toward achieving his dream at NFL Scouting Combine
Like many kids who grew up around football, Tylan Grable dreamed of playing in the NFL. He never imagined that he could achieve those dreams as an offensive lineman. “As a kid, I never said I wanted to play a certain position when I got to the NFL,” Grable recently told the Orlando Sentinel. “My dream was always just to …
Read More »2024 NFL odds: Which team will draft Georgia TE Brock Bowers?
Georgia Bulldogs three-time All-American Brock Bowers is expected to be the first tight end selected in April’s NFL Draft, likely in the top 10. FOX Sports NFL Draft analyst Rob Rang has Bowers fourth on his top 50 big board, behind USC quarterback Caleb Williams, North Carolina QB Drake Maye and Ohio State receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. Rang calls Bowers …
Read More »A look at the hectic upcoming 2024-25 College Football Playoff schedule
It was a foregone conclusion that once college football went into a playoff format it would be expanded for more teams than just four. That expansion begins this coming year as the College Football Playoff will include a total of 12 teams with the top four receiving a first-round bye. Those first-round games will be played on campus sites. Expansion …
Read More »Georgia State hires Dell McGee: Georgia loses key recruiter with Bulldogs assistant off to lead Panthers
Georgia State hired Georgia running backs coach Dell McGee as its next coach following the abrupt departure of Shawn Elliott. McGee, who has also served as Georgia’s run game coordinator since 2019, will reportedly receive a five-year deal. Elliott left his post just a few days into spring practice to become the tight ends coach and run game coordinator at South Carolina. …
Read More »2024 NFL Mock Draft: Three teams trade up to take QBs in top 10, including Steelers replacing Kenny Pickett
… Source link : https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2024-nfl-mock-draft-three-teams-trade-up-to-take-qbs-in-top-10-including-steelers-replacing-kenny-pickett/ Author : Tom Fornelli Publish date : 2024-02-25 16:20:48 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Read More »Eric Bieniemy says he chose not to stay with the Commanders
After 16 seasons as an NFL assistant coach, Eric Bieniemy has taken a job as an assistant coach at the college level. In choosing to accept the position of offensive coordinator and associate head coach at UCLA, Bieniemy reduced some thoughts to writing and emailed them to ESPN.com. Among other things, he says he could have stayed with the Commanders. …
Read More »2024 NFL free agency: Kirk Cousins, Chris Jones headline Prisco’s Top-100 list front-loaded with defenders
1 He suffered a torn Achilles tendon last season, but he should be back for the start of the 2024 season. The Vikings found out what it was like without him, so they should make sure he’s back, and I think they will.2 He is a game-wrecker for any defense and the Chiefs would be wise to keep him. Jones …
Read More »Here’s what makes Caleb Williams a special NFL Draft prospect, and why he compares to a legendary QB
Caleb Williams made plenty of plays this past season despite operating in a flawed USC offense. (Taylar Sievert/Yahoo Sports) Caleb Williams is a known commodity for any general football fan. A former Heisman Trophy winner with experience at two of the deepest blue blood programs, Oklahoma and USC, Williams has produced both statistics and highlights with the best of them. …
Read More »2024 NFL Combine: 15 prospects who can improve their stock ahead of the draft
For fans of the NFL Draft, it doesn’t get much better than the next few months, starting with the NFL Combine that will kick off this week from Indianapolis. For decades, the combine has been a way to pick up insight on players and teams ahead of the draft. NFL general managers usually provide intel on their team’s plans, while …
Read More »Justin Fields names his Mount Rushmore of Ohio State stars
There has been a lot going on in former Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields life with the Chicago Bears. If you didn’t know, his current team holds the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft, with plenty of rumors surround Fields getting traded and the Bears drafting USC quarterback Caleb Williams. Fields added fuel to that fire by unfollowing the …
Read More »Saints push more salary cap charges to 2025 with Nathan Shepherd restructure
The Saints are continuing to chip away at their 2024 salary cap by pushing more money onto the 2025 cap. This time they’re doing that by restructuring the contract of defensive tackle Nathan Shepherd, according to Field Yates of ESPN. A portion of Shepherd’s base salary — which would have counted only against the 2024 cap — will be converted …
Read More »Elite TE Bear Tenney names top five schools
Elite tight end recruit Bear Tenney has named his top five schools. Who is Bear Tenney? 247Sports ranks Tenney as a three-star recruit in the class of 2025. The 6-foot-5, 230-pound tight end plays high school football for Lehi High School in Lehi, Utah. The three-star tight end recruit is the No. 382 player in the class of 2025. The …
Read More »Golden: How the Texas Longhorns (and others) would have fared in a 12-team CFP last season
Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers led the Horns to a Big 12 title and a College Football Playoff semifinal in 2023. There were several teams capable of winning it all and unbeaten Florida State and two-time defending national champion Georgia being excluded cast a pall over whatever went down between semifinalists Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama. So what would have happened …
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