Senior Bowl has already started but the pinnacle of the prestigious NFL draft event comes on Saturday in Mobile, Alabama. The game will feature the best seniors in the country looking to make a good impression on one of 32 teams in the NFL. As usual, there is no shortage of big names on this year’s rosters, which is headlined …
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Tennessee offers 2027 cornerback Ace Alston
Tennessee offered a scholarship to 2027 cornerback prospect Ashton Alston. “Extremely blessed and grateful to receive a D1 offer from the University of Tennessee,” Alston said. The 5-foot-10, 150-pound cornerback prospect is from Anderson High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. There are not recruiting rankings currently for Alston from Rivals, 247Sports, On3 or ESPN. He is recruited by Tennessee tight ends coach …
Read More »The crazy Eagles connections with Super Bowl-bound 49ers and Chiefs
The crazy Eagles connections with Super Bowl-bound 49ers and Chiefs originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles didn’t make it to the Super Bowl this year, but their fingerprints are all over the two teams that did. Some 18 players, coaches, scouts and front office execs who spent time with the Eagles will be in Las Vegas for Super …
Read More »LSU offers 2025 4-star EDGE from Humble, Texas
Brian Kelly and his recruiting staff took a trip to Humble, Texas, to extend a scholarship offer to one of the top 100 players in the 2025 recruiting class. LSU will have to fend off the Texas Longhorns to land the recruit though. Chad Woodfork is a 6-foot-4, 220-pound, four-star edge rusher from Humble, Texas, where he plays for Summer …
Read More »Titans to hire Nick Holz as offensive coordinator
The Titans have found their offensive coordinator. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team will hire Nick Holz to fill that position on Brian Callahan’s staff. Holz joins the Titans after working for the Jaguars. Holz was hired as the passing game coordinator in Jacksonville last year and he spent the 2022 season as the offensive coordinator at …
Read More »Wisconsin’s new safeties coach & co-DC was arguably the worst defensive coordinator in the nation
Wisconsin hired former USC and Oklahoma defensive coordinator Alex Grinch to be its new safeties coach last week, and also gave him the tag of co-defensive coordinator. The move directly follows former safeties coach Colin Hitschler taking the same job under Kalen DeBoer’s new staff at Alabama. Grinch has previously worked as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at Washington …
Read More »Seahawks request interview with Tanner Engstrand for offensive coordinator
The Seahawks have hired Mike Macdonald as their head coach and they now have to fill out the rest of their coaching staff for the 2024 season. Lions pass game coordinator Tanner Engstrand is under consideration for a role on that staff. Albert Breer of SI.com reports that the team has requested an interview with Engstrand for their offensive coordinator …
Read More »Mater Dei 2026 standout Tomuhini Topui could be a USC favorite
Santa Ana (California) Mater Dei incoming junior Tomuhini Topui won’t play college football until 2026. He took a visit to USC this weekend. The on-campus visit couldn’t have been better for the elite defensive lineman. Topui had a stellar sophomore season in the Monarchs’ defensive line rotation. He is already one of the best 2026 prospects on both sides of …
Read More »NFL continues to explore shifting to XFL-style low-impact kickoff
We noted before the 2023 season that the NFL was studying the XFL’s low-impact kickoff, and after another season of tinkering with the kickoff rules, the league is continuing to consider a major change. The NFL found during the 2023 season that concussions were down mostly because kickoff returns were down, thanks to the new rule giving the receiving team …
Read More »Wisconsin basketball remains one of KenPom’s top teams in the Big Ten
The No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers choked away a 19-point lead in a 80-72 loss to Nebraska in Lincoln last night. The loss drops Wisconsin to 16-5 on the season and 8-2 in Big Ten play, now 0.5 games behind Purdue for first place in the Big Ten standings. Nebraska had been nearly perfect at home entering the contest, entering with …
Read More »Keenan Allen: I don’t see myself going anywhere
The Chargers introduced Jim Harbaugh as their new head coach at a Thursday press conference and his comments focused on winning the championships that have eluded the team under other management. There wasn’t much talk about the moves the team will be making to get to that point, but there are some tough decisions looming. The Chargers are projected to …
Read More »2027 linebacker Liufau Loumoli gets USC offer
Liufau Loumoli is a 6-foot-1, 210-pound linebacker from Federal Way, Washington. He played his freshman year of football at suburban Seattle powerhouse Eastside Catholic High School. He has been offered by USC. Along with his recent USC offer, Loumoli already has offers from Washington, Louisville, Miami, BYU, Colorado State, Arizona State, Michigan State, UCF, Penn State and Nevada. He has …
Read More »NCAA men’s tournament Bracketology: North Carolina hanging onto top seed by a thread
North Carolina guard RJ Davis (4) reaches for a ball against Georgia Tech during their game at McCamish Pavilion. North Carolina remains on the No. 1 line in the USA TODAY Sports updated men’s tournament bracketology after Tuesday night’s road loss to Georgia Tech, but to stay there the Tar Heels will need a rivalry win this weekend against Duke. …
Read More »2024 NHL All-Star Skills: Favorite events, predictions, more
After featuring a dunk tank in South Florida, and an accuracy contest within the spray of the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas, the NHL elected to revamp its All-Star skills competition for the 2024 edition. The league worked with Connor McDavid to bring the skills contest back to its roots as a test of actual on-ice hockey skills, resulting in …
Read More »Penn State grad assistant lands full-time job with FCS school
Penn State has seen some major changes on the coaching and football staff this offseason, and one more went down this week. Graduate assistant Bryce Jones, who had been working with the secondary, has reportedly landed a full-time job with Northern Iowa, an FCS program. FootballScoop was the first to report the news of the new job for Jones. According …
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