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santo said:
Which Ohio State WR is Stroud going to try to recruit here? lol
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His best friend tank was from the University of Houston and despite his injuries was a pretty good draft pick. So I'm thinking perhaps a wide receiver from a Texas school?
Hint the team I'm thinking of also has a bull as a mascot.
 
TheRealJoker V2 said:
He runs a lot and passes a lot. I actually think that pace and tempo could go well with DeMeco’s SWARM defense. Why not put both opposing units in a pressure cooker and annihilate our opponents?

www.elevenwarriors.com

New Ohio State Offensive Coordinator Chip Kelly Has History of Leading Elite Offenses, Especially in the Run Game

Chip Kelly’s track record of success at Oregon, UCLA and in the NFL includes five seasons in which his offenses led the FBS or NFL in rushing yards per attempt.
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I didn't realize BO'b took the job at Ohio State, then stiffed them 3 weeks later.


What a guy.
 
steelbtexan said:
He got a HC position close to home at Boston College.

I dont blame him for taking a promotion that's close to home.

Are you saying you wouldn't have done the same thing?
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It seems like the closer to home position was available at the time he chose Ohio State?
 
Question for those who not long ago stated that Walter football.com was the most accurate in the draft. What are your thoughts on his most recent mock draft of this week?
 
I like his Texan picks but I’ve come to believ that Booker will be a top 15 pick. The 2nd is a good pick if we go d at that time. I think the tits will draft Abdul Carter so the mock he has is close to what i agree with. For sure the pokes will draft Jeanty. This all will change during the combine but he is right on about Texans OL needs.
 
I guess this was inevitable.

Great Blue North Draft Report - Covering The NFL Draft

News, Opinions, Updates, Information and Analysis of The NFL Draft.
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Top college QB ‘holding out’ … Star Tennessee QB Nico Iamaleava, a top prospect for the 2026 draft, was a no-show at the Vols’ practice session earlier today amid an on-going dispute over his NIL contract. Put simply, Iamaleava wants to renegotiate his current NIL deal with the school; the school doesn’t. And with the spring transfer portal set to open next week (April 16th) there’s some real nervousness in Knoxville how this all ends.
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TheRealJoker V2 said:
Sad story all around. From the inexcusable action that left someone else dead to the waste of ending his own life.

www.profootballrumors.com

LSU WR Kyren Lacy Passes Away At 24

Former LSU WR Kyren Lacy, a 2025 NFL Draft prospect, died by suicide at age 24. More at Pro Football Rumors.
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People make terrible mistakes.

A very sad ending for this young man.
 
In bipartisan effort, five Senators discuss college sports compensation
By Mike Florio
Published April 14, 2025 08:04 PM


The NCAA has only two viable solutions to its current chaos — a nationwide union or an act of Congress.

At a time when multiple bills are circulating in the U.S. House of Representatives, five Senators from both sides of the aisle have been discussing legislation that would regulate compensation in college sports.

Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports reports (via Sports Business Journal) that Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticu), Cory Booker (D-New Jersey), Chris Coons (D-Delaware), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) have met several times in recent weeks in connection with a potential bill. Per the report, Cruz and Booker are viewed as “essential to any advancement of a bill.”

The bill, if it moves forward, is expected to have three major components. First, federal preemption of any state-based NIL laws. Second, a declaration that athletes are students and not employees. Third, and most importantly, a limited antitrust exemption that would allow the NCAA and the major conferences to enforce eligibility and transfer rules without fear of liability.

Without some sort of antitrust protection, any rule that applies across independent collegiate institutions would violate federal law. Without a multi-employer bargaining unit (which allows the 32 NFL teams to make rules that would otherwise violate the law), a Congressional exemption to the existing antitrust principles would be needed.

Absent either, the chaos will continue.

Some would say Congress shouldn’t get involved in free enterprise. The schools should, in theory, compete with each other for players. The players should have maximum freedom of mobility. And if the various universities want to impose restrictions, they should embrace unionization.

An antitrust exemption would essentially protect the universities from themselves, limiting the rights and the compensation of the athletes.

So if Congress is going to get involved, maybe Congress should include a provision that, you know, forces coaches to honor their contracts and not hopscotch from school to school. If it’s fair for the players, it should be fair for the coaches.
 
Greed is the lack of confidence of one's own ability to create
Vanna Bonta
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Report: Multiple programs are waiting for Nico Iamaleava’s NIL demand to drop to $1 million
Published April 15, 2025 04:16 PM

Don’t make a power play if you don’t have the power.

That’s the lesson former Tennessee quarterback (and current man without a college football country) Nico Iamaleava has learned in recent days. He had a $2.4 million NIL bird in the hand in Knoxville. His effort to beat the bushes for $4 million caused the bird in his hand to fly away.

With North Carolina reportedly out and only Tulane and UCLA currently linked to Iamaleava, Pete Nakos of On3.com now reports that multiple schools are waiting to see whether his price falls into the range of $1 million.

It’s a new wrinkle in the NCAA’s NIL dynamic. Now that a player can play the leverage game, there’s a chance he’ll overplay his hand. Iamaleava apparently has.

The $4 million he wants seems to be nowhere to be found. The $2.4 million he had may be gone for good. And the entire exercise will raise the stakes on his ability to perform well enough to position himself for an NFL career that, given the ongoing surge in quarterback salaries, could pay him a lot more than $4 million.

For now, it looks like he got bad advice, or that he ignored good advice he received. Regardless, Iamaleava has left money on the table that he quite possibly will never see. And he’ll eventually be landing in a place where he’ll need to establish himself all over again in the hopes of laying the foundation to play quarterback at the next level.
 
TheRealJoker V2 said:
BB was the last person I thought would take his girlfriend to work with him:

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Bill Belichick's Girlfriend Jordon Hudson's Role in UNC CFB Program Detailed in Report — Bleacher Report

One month after North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick requested members of his staff to include his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, on any emails being sent to him, details about her role with the football program have come to light.
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People dont know how much family means to Belichick. Employees his sons everywhere he goes, now his GF. He took the North Carolina job so that he could leave a legacy job to his son Steve.

The media gives you what they want you to think about Belichick. He's actually quick witted and looked like he is fun to hangout with while fishing with Jimmy Johnson on Johnson's boat.
 
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UCLA, Tennessee swap quarterbacks
Published April 21, 2025 07:47 PM

There are no trades in college football. However, two programs have performed a de facto signal-caller swap.

With Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava transferring from Tennessee to UCLA, UCLA quarterback Joey Aguilar is now transferring to Tennessee.

That’s the word from Pete Nakos of On3.com. Wake Forest and Tulane also were in the mix.

Aguilar had transferred from Appalachian State to UCLA earlier this year.

It’s one of the basic realities of college football in the NIL era. Unless and until the universities recognize a union or Congress provides an antitrust exemption, the NIL-fueled chaos will continue.
 
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