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There’s new blood in Funky Town for the first time this century. Now it’s time for TCU to compete again. The 2021 season produced two new title contenders in the Big 12 Conference as Baylor and Oklahoma State faced off in the Big 12 Championship Game. The conference announced plans to replace Texas and Oklahoma in 2025 by adding Houston, UCF, Cincinnati and BYU in 2023. The 2022 season will be the last season of the Big 12 Conference as it’s been known for th...
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Three SEC teams make the Top 10 and SIX are in the Top 25. SIX teams from the SEC have landed in the 2022 Preseason USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll .
The Alabama Crimson Tide begins the 2022 season ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll. The Tide received an overwhelming amount of first-place votes, 54, as no other team received more than six. ‘Bama figures to be a fixture in the CFP and at the top of the rankings, as that train hasn’t stopped rolli...
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Williams flipped from Nebraska to the Tigers. The Auburn Tigers successfully flipped a four-star commit on Wednesday.
Edge rusher Ashley Williams, previously committed to the Nebraska Cornhuskers , announced he would instead play college ball down on the Plains. He made the announcement of his pledge to the Tigers on his personal Twitter account:
I’m heading to the PLAINS!!! #WDE @CoachHarsin @CoachRoc @TrovonReed @CoachBenBlack @crob45 @SchmeddingJeff @DarrenUscherAU @_ZHSFootball @Co...
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Smith was arrested early Wednesday morning. Texas A&M Aggies wide receiver Ainias Smith was arrested early Wednesday in Texas. Smith was arrested on charges of DWI, possession of fewer than 2 ounces of marijuana, and the unlawful carrying of a weapon.
He has promptly been suspended by the program and will not attend SEC media days on Thursday with his team.
According to The Eagle , Smith was pulled over on Wednesday morning by Texas A&M University poli...
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Webb is a top-level tailback in the Class of 2023. Treyaun Webb is a Florida Gator.
The four-star running back from Jacksonville committed to the Florida Gators on Thursday night. Webb announced his commitment to the Gators on his Twitter account:
Why Not Florida ? pic.twitter.com/TjTv8qgsxm — Treyaun Webb (@w_treyaun) July 7, 2022
Webb is a top-level running back in the Class of 2023. The Trinity Christian Academy attendee ranks fifth among all...
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The Tide pulled in a talented wideout from Oklahoma. The Alabama Crimson Tide welcomed in another 2023 recruit on Wednesday. 4-star wide receiver Cole Adams announced his commitment to the Tide, giving them another talented skill position player in their class. Adams, a native of Owasso, Oklahoma, announced his commitment on his Twitter account.
110% COMMITTED @HolmonWiggins @SP_RisingTide @CoachBBlank @jcjohnson40 @CoachAGraham...
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Another Manning could well be in the SEC after all. Ba dum, tss. Arch Manning is going to Texas Longhorns . The highly-touted Class of 2023 recruit announced Thursday he was choosing the Longhorns over SEC powers Alabama and Georgia , among others. Manning, on his personal Twitter account, announced that he will be in Austin playing for Steve Sarkisian come 2023 and beyond:
Committed to the University of Texas. #HookEm pic.twitter.com/jHYbjBaF5K — Ar...
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The Supers await us! The 2022 NCAA Super Regionals await us soon! Regional round play brought us some very exciting and dramatic moments, and now the high-stakes Supers loom later this week. Five SEC teams will represent the conference in this round. Tennessee , Texas A&M , Auburn , Arkansas , and Ole Miss comprise the quintet hoping to go through to Omaha. The first two — the Vols and Aggies — will be hosting this coming weekend against Notre Dame and...
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The NCAA season is inching closer than ever with just days to tipoff as another crop of 10+ players chose their next stops with hopes of eventually making it to the L during the month of October. We’re here once more to cover everything related to those decisions in the third monthly installment related to the 2022 HS class. While last month saw 17 players pick places, this month we’re down to 16—not that concerning...—and 14 of those 16 kids are top-7...
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We obtained copies of the complaint and pre-answer motion to dismiss filed in Jane Doe vs. Syracuse University, John Wildhack, & John Desko. This is the first in a series of posts & podcasts on what we’ve found out about the case so far. Over the course of the last few days numerous reports appeared that a federal lawsuit was filed on August 30th by Jane Doe against Defendants Syracuse University, Director of Athletics for SU John ...
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USC continues to win over nearby talent. The Trojans have landed a big-time wide receiver prospect in Kevin green Jr., a four-star right in the school’s backyard. Green announced his commitment on his Twitter account this past Sunday.
According to 247Sports, the 5’11, 165-pound Green is the 38th-ranked wide receiver in the class of 2022. He plays his prep ball at local Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills, California.
The final eight schools G...
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These two Trojans will have the world watching them this season. We’re not even a month out from the 2021 NFL draft but analysts and fans alike haven’t wasted anytime in beginning to look towards next year’s crop of prospects.
The Draft Wire’s Luke Easterling recently came out with a new 2022 mock draft and among those players selected in the first round are a pair of Trojans in quarterback Kedon Slovis and defensive end Drake Jackson.
Slovis is th...
From Conquest Chronicles
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Hearns was selected as multiple outlets Player of the Year California Golden Bears defensive signee Lu-Magia Hearns earned some significant end-of-season honors this past week, being selected as the San Francisco Chronicle and Bay Area News Group’s Defensive Player of the Year for the high school football season past.
From a story posted May 8, Hearns was nabbed as the San Francisco Chronicle’s Metro Player of the Year .
Hearns, The Chronicle’s 2021 Metro Player of the Year and a Cal com...
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David Shaw spoke on how his student-athletes will be prepared for success when the NIL laws go into affect The Stanford Cardinal student-athletes are better off than most when they leave the university because simply put: they have a Stanford education. It wouldn’t be a surprise, however, to hear that the Cardinal are actively preparing for the changes that are to come within collegiate athletics when the name, image and likeness bills are expected to pass. ...
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The Bruins currently have a top-25 class The UCLA Bruins class of 2022 is shaping up quite nicely and is currently ranked second in the Pac-12 by 247Sports. With seven committed players, we take a comprehensive look at those players who are set to join UCLA this circuit as the summer starts to heat up.
4-star TE Jack Pedersen IMG Academy, Bradenton, FL
At 6’4, 255 pounds, Pedersen plays for powerhouse IMG in south Florida. He ranks as the country’s fifth-bes...
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The former Auburn safety is set to join a relatively young secondary Chris Thompson Jr. has officially announced his transfer destination, pledging to YOUR USC Trojans late Thursday night. It’s not his first time out ‘west’ as he visited USC back during his high school recruitment days out of Duncanville, Texas.
Thompson played in six games a year ago as a true freshman for the Auburn Tigers , recording just eight tackles.
He was the country’s 199th overall ...
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Bynum was the only Bear selected in the 2021 NFL Draft The 2021 NFL Draft didn’t hear quite as many California Golden Bears as any fan may have hoped, but that wasn’t that big of a surprise for any of those who watched the team the past few seasons. With the amount of talent they’ve produced into the league, mainly from the defensive side of the ball and in the secondary, it’s actually quite amazing they can keep producing top-notch players in such a short amou...
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Adebo landed with the New Orleans Saints in the third-round of the 2021 NFL Draft The Stanford Cardinal were represented very well in the 2021 NFL Draft with Walker Little hearing his name first. Former QB Davis Mills happened to go second after just one shortened year as the starter while 2018’s “lock for first-round pick” Paulson Adebo landed in the third round to the New Orleans Saints .
Adebo is absolutely as talented as the entire crop of cornerbac...
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Odighizuwa could absolutely see some serious time in 2021 The UCLA Bruins weren’t as prominent during last month’s 2021 NFL Draft as maybe they had been in previous years, but with Osa Odighizuwa’s selection to the Dallas Cowboys in the third round, Odighizuwa could be in line early to make an impact during his rookie season.
Odighizuwa was selected with the 75th pick overall, the 11th pick of the third round by Dallas. He was the first Bruin to be selec...
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It’s been awhile – what did I miss while I was gone? It’s been a good bit of time since I’ve been here — and since you’ve heard from me. After 88 ‘business days’ and what equated to just over four months, yours truly is back at it. And what better way to start than dropping all the latest info on your UCLA Bruins as it happened over the weekend.
It was a busy past few months for me as we had a baby, adjusted to life with two, bought and moved into a new house while the real estate marke...
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After a few-month hiatus, what’d I miss? First things first, it feels great to be back. After 88 business days and what equated to just over four full months away, yours truly is back on the grind. Our son is completely healthy and our daughter is coping with being a big sister in all the ways you’d expect while also being a tremendous help. My wife has been amazing through this journey.
And if you’d guess it, we choose the timeframe of having a newborn to also buy and move into a new house ...
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Darnold joins former college coach Matt Rhule in Carolina after spending three years with the New York Jets. The USC Trojans had one player selected in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft . Offensive lineman Alijah Vera-Tucker went 14th overall to the New York Jets .
Vera-Tucker is joining the team that selected a former USC QB No. 3 overall at the 2018 draft. Sam Darnold spent three seasons with the Jets before being traded to the Carolina Panther...
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IT’S HAPPENING! For all the people who never gave up hope and for all the people who refused to believe that the franchise would continue to fade into nothing, this one is for you.
On Tuesday, EA Sports officially announced that they will be rebooting their long-missed franchise of NCAA Football games that has been on hiatus since the 2013 season with the last installment of the series being NCAA Football 14.
For those keeping track at home, it’s bee...
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The Ducks will now face the Trojans for all the marbles The Oregon Ducks may not have reached the Pac-12 Championship Game the way that they wanted to — but nevertheless, they’ll be playing for the crown on Friday night against the USC Trojans .
The Washington Huskies , after meeting with the Conference, will not have the requisite number of 53 scholarship student-athletes available for the meeting against USC as originally scheduled, and per a statemen...
From Pacific Takes
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The Conference announced all 6 matchups for Week 7 The Pac-12 Conference announced all Week 7 matchups ahead of the final week of the football season, headlined, of course, by the USC vs Washington Pac-12 Championship Game.
The conference announced the following matchups for Week 7:
Washington @ USC — Pac-12 Championship Game on Friday at 5:00 pm
Washington State at Utah at 10:30 am Stanford @ UCLA at 5:00 pm Oregon vs Colorado (at USC) at 6:00 pm...
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