Any NFL draft without a quarterback at the top of the board is different from most editions of the annual affair, and that’s the case this year. Without a consensus quarterback you’ll hear more divergent opinions about how the top 20 picks will go when talking to scouts, coaches and general managers around the league. […]
Continue readingThe 2022 NFL draft is four weeks away, and I can’t wait. At the moment, 24 teams will have the chance to add at least one impact player in Round 1 — eight teams no longer have a first-round selection — and while this year’s class might be light on surefire franchise quarterbacks, it certainly […]
Continue readingCollege football bowl season is here! Here are the key players and storylines you need to know for every team in every game, starting this week and running all the way through the College Football Playoff. Bahamas Bowl Middle Tennessee vs. Toledo Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas Noon, ESPN and the ESPN App Middle Tennessee […]
Continue readingHeisman Trophy winner Bryce Young and Alabama teammates Will Anderson Jr. and Jameson Williams have been selected as All-Americans by The Associated Press, giving the top-ranked Crimson Tide more players on the first team than any other school. The AP All-America team presented by Regions Bank, selected by a panel of Top 25 college football […]
Continue readingAlabama, Cincinnati, Georgia and Michigan will compete for the 2021 national championship in the College Football Playoff, and those teams are well represented on ESPN’s All-America team, as well. The Crimson Tide have four All-Americans, the Bulldogs have three and the Bearcats and Wolverines each have one. Of the 26 players included on offense, defense […]
Continue readingIf you were squinting just right, you could see the ground moving beneath Nick Saban’s feet last season. LSU, until recently one of the last proud purveyors of Big Burly Manball, had modernized its offense and produced numbers no one had seen before, throwing for 6,000 yards, beating Alabama in Tuscaloosa and zooming to 15-0. […]
Continue readingEvery college football team begins a given season with questions to answer. Some just have far more than others. This time last year, we were wondering if Justin Fields was ready to dominate at Ohio State or if Joe Burrow’s late-2018 surge at LSU meant something significant. He was, and it did. This year the […]
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