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Why NFL QB draft choices fall short
Things have gone wrong. Tune in to First Take to see Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith debate the hottest topics in sports every Monday through Friday at 10 a.m. ET on ESPN2. Embrace Debate In each case I wound up publicly pilloried as a madman, a football fool, a quarterback hack who is daft […]
Continue readingPosition U: Why 2023 could be a defining year for the rankings
At quarterback, Oklahoma and USC have battled back and forth in recent years for the No. 1 spot, and the Trojans are on the verge of tipping the QBU scales after swiping both coach Lincoln Riley and Caleb Williams from the Sooners. On the D-line, Jared Verse and Florida State are closing in at the […]
Continue reading‘He’s been Superman out there’: Caleb Williams’ season was full of Heisman moments
For a handful of individuals, Caleb Williams’ Heisman-level season was appreciated on tape delay. When Williams was tearing off long runs, escaping pressure in the pocket and delivering Patrick Mahomes-like lasers to receivers, his offensive linemen weren’t always able to watch. They were blocking. So every Monday, when USC came in for film study, the […]
Continue readingBest ManningCast moments from Ravens vs. Saints
Peyton Manning and Eli Manning were once again on hand for “Monday Night Football” in Week 9’s edition of the “ManningCast.” The Baltimore Ravens were on the road for a 27-13 win in Lamar Jackson‘s first start against the New Orleans Saints. Jackson boasts the best record among quarterbacks since 1950 when facing a team […]
Continue readingOozing with talent, USC Trojans’ Air Raid offense among best in college football
It would be easy to do so; through the Trojans’ three victories that have kicked off the Lincoln Riley era, the USC punter has had only five punts, and three of them were in the fourth quarter with the game already well in hand. Twice on Saturday night, Sleep-Dalton started to put his helmet on […]
Continue readingDrafting college football’s best players into four superteams, position by position
But what if we had a draft featuring all college football players? We polled four writers — Andrea Adelson, David Hale, Adam Rittenberg and Alex Scarborough — to come up with their best all-22 selections (plus a place-kicker and return specialist) to create the best team of college football players possible. So, yes, Caleb Williams, […]
Continue readingPredicting every college football Power 5 conference for the 2022 season
As much as college football has changed over the past few seasons through the transfer portal, conference realignment and NIL money, the lopsided nature of the sport has largely remained unchanged. Alabama, Clemson, Georgia and Ohio State are still the most dominant teams in the FBS, and it’s difficult to find any other program that […]
Continue readingPac-12 spring football recaps: Breaking down the offseason for each team
How is the USC offense progressing under Lincoln Riley? How will Oregon’s defense come together in the fall? Who will be Washington’s starting QB? We break it all down. What we learned this spring: Ever since Jack Plummer announced he was transferring from Purdue to Cal in December, he has been the projected replacement for […]
Continue readingBig 12 spring football recaps: Breaking down the offseason for each team
Dave Wilson and Bill Connelly break down Baylor’s quarterback situation, how the new-look Sooners will jell on offense, how Texas gets back on track and more. What we learned this spring: Coach Dave Aranda named Blake Shapen the starting quarterback after the spring game, and last year’s starter, Gerry Bohanon, who led the Bears to […]
Continue readingBaker Mayfield’s statue, Brent Venables’ Oklahoma football debut and a hope-filled weekend in Norman
Karen marked the occasion by wearing an “IT AIN’T GOOD ENOUGH” shirt, an homage to new Sooners coach Brent Venables, who returned to the plains after spending 1999 to 2011 as an Oklahoma assistant under Bob Stoops and the past nine seasons as Dabo Swinney’s top lieutenant at Clemson. All offseason, Venables has challenged fans […]
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