Author: Adam Gibby

The 12-team College Football Playoff hasn’t even been played once, and there are already calls for it to be changed again. Various models have been proposed, but the most common change seems to favor a 14-team playoff. This format gained another supporter with Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark who said the following: “My feeling is more access for student athletes is a great thing…Providing them with championship experiences is a wonderful thing. … Hosting games on-campus is fantastic for all the right reasons. And if we ended up going to 14, and we can further enhance the championship experience for…

College football has certainly changed a lot in the last couple of years. Whether it is rule changes, new uniforms, NIL, or the play style of the game, everything looks completely different than it did a few years ago. However, the most impactful changes to the game have been the transfer portal. Originally, the transfer portal was viewed as something that would be utilized by players who were looking for either a better opportunity or perhaps hadn’t played at the expected level and were looking to play at a lower level. However, it has evolved into something much more than…

When BYU Football entered the Big 12 nearly a year ago, the plan and goal was to have the football team finish with a winning record and to begin to see more players drafted in the NFL Draft. Up to this point, things haven’t gone as planned. The Cougars finished with a 5-7 record, including a 2-7 record in the Big 12, and this past weekend, the Cougars only had one player, Kingsley Suamataia, picked up in the NFL Draft. Both of these numbers are very underwhelming, and while no fan will say they regret BYU going into the Big…

The 2024 NFL Draft is officially over and the NFL offseason now really begins. Outside of a few spring camp headlines between now and the preseason in August, fans now enter the long desert of an offseason (sometimes called baseball season) looking for any kind of headline and content to consume about their favorite team. With the players now all selected, and many other players beginning to sign mini-camp and NDFA deals, let’s take a look at the actual NFL Draft and what went well and what seemed to struggle. This analysis will be based off of the broadcast on ESPN/ABC.…

Of the first twelve picks in the 2024 NFL Draft, six of them were quarterbacks. It was no surprise that there was a record tying six quarterbacks taken in the first round, but nobody saw it happening in the first twelve picks with shattered the record of quickly six quarterbacks got picked up. After the first six quarterbacks taken, the next question became, when would another quarterback be taken? Yesterday, I wrote about the possibility of a QB not being taken in the second or third of the draft, and sure enough, none were. But now what? Surely another QB…

If there is any downside to the Kansas City Chiefs winning the Super Bowl, it is that many believed it would be difficult for them to have a very good 2024 NFL Draft. With their first two picks coming in 32nd and 63rd overall the Chiefs certainly made the best of it and picked up two key players that could very well put them in position to win a third Super Bowl in a row. The nice thing about the Chiefs is that they already have so many pieces in place that they don’t need to add a ton of…

Everyone knew that the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft was going to be very QB heavy, but nobody saw six quarterbacks being taken in the first 12 picks, shattering the record for the most QB’s taken in the first 15 picks. The interesting thing about this year’s draft is that while nobody knew how quickly the first six quarterbacks would get picked up, everyone did know who the first six quarterbacks would be, and that they would all likely be picked up either in the first round, or early in the second round. But now what? No Remaining…

Everyone knows that it is long passes, crazy runs, and ridiculous catches that sell tickets and drive up ratings, but an NFL football team, or any football team for that matter that they can only be as good as their defense. A team may score 30 points per game, but it won’t matter if they give up 31 points. Don’t tell that to NFL owners and head coaches. Through the first 14 draft picks in the 2024 NFL Draft, all 14 were offensive players, even though teams like the Atlanta Falcons desperately need help on the defensive line. UCLA’s edge…

J.J. McCarthy is officially heading to Minnesota. McCarthy was perhaps the most interesting player to follow in this year’s 2024 NFL Draft because nobody knew exactly where he was gonna end up. Unlike other players such as Caleb Williams, drake me, or Jayden Daniels, nobody was sure whether McCarthy was gonna be a top five pic, or perhaps he could be this year’s version of lettuce who ended up falling all the way to the second round last year’s draft. Well it’s certainly not surprising that he picked him up, again, he was certainly one of the most watched players…

As wide receivers are being used and relied on more and more in the NFL, players like Marvin Harrison Jr. are beginning to become as essential and important as what running backs used to be back in the wishbone offense era of football. There used to be a time where receivers were good to have, but having a particular receiver was less important than having a great quarterback. However, as the league has moved to being more sideline to sideline, having receivers that can get open in any kind of route or formation is now essential. Every year there are…