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Indiana football’s top cornerback is heading to the NFL. D’Angelo Ponds, on the heels of the Hoosiers’ win in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, said he plans on declaring for the 2026 NFL Draft on Thursday during an appearance at Raising Cane’s in Bloomington, per Zach Osterman of the Indianapolis Star. Ponds was […]
Ten Fourteen Eighteen B1G Things The Rundown Washington rides the ponies! And then Demond threatens to transfer, remembers —or was reminded— that he signed a contract, and decides to come back. Oregon gets the Penn State treatment Beat a G5 team? Check. Beat a Big 12 team? Check. Lose in the semis? Check. The difference […]
We’ve known for some time that the Hillsborough College (HC) Dale Mabry site was the leading candidate for a potential Tampa Rays stadium, and on Tuesday the HC board unanimously approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) authorizing the college to pursue a partnership with the Rays. Now, thanks to Neil deMause of Field of Schemes, […]
The 2025 season was TCU’s second under defensive coordinator Andy Avalos. The Horned Frogs fared well to stop the pass last season, but run defense was another issue. TCU allowed 160.5 rushing yards and 4.2 yards per carry, making the Horned Frogs one of the worst run defenses in the Big 12. Would that improve […]
Are all losses considered equal? Of course not. A home loss to an unranked team carries more weight than a road loss against a top-10 opponent, not to mention the impact of Quadrant 1 versus Quadrant 4 defeats on tournament resumes. But here’s a deeper question: are losses treated differently based on the school’s conference […]
Measurables 2025 Stats Awards/Accolades Strengths Weaknesses Draft Projection Round 2 Grade In my initial big board Cooper was 73rd Overall with a Round 3 grade, but his playoff tape since was very impressive. He wasn’t targeted as often with just 15 looks over the Hoosiers championship run, but he secured 11 of them for 133 […]
Former Maryland defensive back Kevyn Humes, who initially committed to Boston College after entering the transfer portal, has flipped his commitment to Rutgers. Humes was allowed to change his commitment as he had not signed any binding paperwork for Boston College. Humes originally enrolled with the Terrapins as a part of the 2024 class. During […]
The Wisconsin Badgers are back on track after an up-and-down start to the season, rattling off four straight wins ahead of their game on Thursday against the Penn State Nittany Lions. Wisconsin had seen some ugly losses to start the year, including a 28-point blowout against BYU and a 30-point blowout against Nebraska. After some […]
When I wrote my transfer portal to-do list, the ask for Virginia was pretty simple: use the final days of the window to plug the last holes in the roster in order to build on the success of the 2025 season. Add another receiver or two (in particular someone to play the slot), add to […]
A standard high school football offensive playbook is usually somewhere between a dozen and a hundred pages long (based on how serious the school takes the game). Throughout those pages, many have options on each such as route trees, shifts, motions, run/play action decisions and more. If each variation had its own page, they’d number […]
Good morning, Chargers fans! You know what to do! And now for today’s links. Chargers News: Six offensive targets the Chargers should watch at this year’s Shrine Bowl (Chargers Wire) Tyreek Hill and two other Dolphins who could follow Mike McDaniel to the Chargers (Bolt Beat) Former Chargers HC Anthony Lynn may finally be getting […]
In recent memory, the Indiana Hoosiers’ name on the calendar means an uphill climb for No. 12 Ohio State women’s basketball. Since the start of the 2021-22 season, the Buckeyes lost five of seven against head coach Teri Moren’s side, and one of them required a record 24-point comeback in the 2023 Big Ten Tournament. […]
While the New Orleans Saints 2025 season may be over, quarterback Tyler Shough efforts on the field are not going unnoticed as the rookie has just received another honor being named a finalist for Offensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press. Shough is nominated alongside Giants QB Jaxson Dart, Buccaneers WR Emeka Egbuka, […]
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Update (12:50 p.m.): Penn State has reportedly scheduled FCS Maine in Delaware’s place. Penn State and Delaware will no longer meet in the 2027 non-conference slate in 2027. The game had been scheduled for week two, with the Blue Hens set to visit Beaver Stadium. The Nittany Lions have not immediately filled the opening, and […]
The Indiana Hoosiers are national champions of college football. Indiana, the No. 1-seed in this past College Football Playoff, outlasted No. 10-seed Miami in a 27-21 victory in the National Championship Game on Monday night at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, winning its first national title in program history. The folks over at […]
UNC earned a much-needed victory last night against Notre Dame behind yet another incredible performance from Caleb Wilson. Coming off the West Coast trip, it felt like this team needed to get back to some of the key things that led to them entering conference play with only one loss. The team played with more […]
Jeff Choate expects UCLA transfer QB Luke Duncan to compete for Nevada’s starting job After a season of quarterback inefficiencies, Nevada is not settling for just Carter Jones. Increased competition has arrived in the form of UCLA transfer quarterback Luke Duncan, whom the Wolf Pack are hoping raises the ceiling of that room. Jerrod Calhoun […]
3 Ducks named to USA Softball Top 50 Watchlist WBB Drops 4th straight against Minnesota Oregon and Cal’s Tosh Lupoi pushing for 2027 4-star EDGE Troy Bowens Oregon pushing hard in 2027 4-star WR Dakota Guerrant’s recruitment Highlight of the Day: Ehis Etute’s Double Double keeps the Ducks in it
The Virginia men’s basketball team defeated the Southern Methodist University Mustangs 72-68 on Saturday in Dallas, handing SMU their first home loss of the season. Following the win, the ‘Hoos have jumped up to the No. 14 spot in the AP Poll. Now, the team is in the middle of a week-long break before facing […]
Kansas Jayhawks News Everything Jacque Vaughn said in his postgame press conference after his first game as acting head coach at Colorado The KC Star gives you an update on Bill Self’s health This year’s Kansas football schedule is out and it’s not going to be easy Links! Much of the US is about to […]
Hello everyone! We received such positive feedback from putting together a recruiting big board last year, that we decided to do it again. For the initial big board, we are revealing it in pieces instead of all at once like last year and how all the other versions will be displayed. We thought it would […]
We know that your life is busy, but that doesn’t mean you want to miss any news about your favorite team. So, we are rounding up all of the most important news, analysis, and commentary from LGHL and the rest of the Buckeye beat. For your Earholes… Land-Grant Podcast Network rolls out exciting new lineup […]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Much to the delight of Illini fans everywhere, defensive back Xavier Scott recently announced that he would be returning for the 2026 season. Scott has been a consistent star in the Illinois secondary and was eyeing his biggest year yet in 2025, especially with all the pre-season hype his team was garnering. […]
Part of what made Indiana football’s 2025 National Championship run so newsworthy was the makeup of the Hoosiers’ roster, largely full of players who were generally described as ‘overlooked,’ in some capacity. By now, most are familiar with the fact that Fernando Mendoza went from a 2-star recruit of high school to winning the Heisman, […]
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