The Texas Longhorns are seemingly set at the quarterback position regardless of what 2024 starting QB Quinn Ewers has decided to do. QB Arch Manning sat for two years and it appears as if 2025 will be his time. Ewers returned to the Longhorns even though he could’ve declared for the NFL draft after the conclusion of the 2023 season. After making it back to the College Football Playoff Semifinal, Ewers is heading to the NFL. Texas Longhorns QB Quinn Ewers was offered $8 million to stay in college According to Chip Brown of Horns 247, another school offered Ewers…
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The NCAA landscape continues to change and grow in the modern era of NIL and the transfer portal, though some might argue it is not for the better. As players continue to find ways to continue their lives as “student-athletes” for seven, eight or even nine years, fans continue to long for the college sports of the past. The NCAA is considering a fifth year of eligibility for everyone According to CBS Sports insider Jon Rothstein, the NCAA is looking into an eligibility system that would allow players to have five years of eligibility instead of the current four. NEWS:…
The Cincinnati Bengals have one more divisional matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers standing in their path to the playoffs. Alongside that matchup stands the Kansas City Chiefs backups and a New York Jets team that has seemingly given up on the season. If the Bengals take care of business and the cards fall in their favor, they will need every bit of help they can get to make any noise in the postseason. Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio thinks Cincinnati Bengals WR Tee Higgins should refuse to play in the playoffs if the Bengals make it In an article released…
A 29-10 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs has the Pittsburgh Steelers fanbase concerned about their ability to make a playoff run. The Steelers will have to face teams in the same tier of the Chiefs if they want to make noise in the playoffs, but they seemed completely outmatched by Patrick Mahomes and company on Christmas day. Another early playoff exit for the Steelers would confirm what many already believe: they are in NFL purgatory. NFL Purgatory and the Pittsburgh Steelers; the worst place for an organization to be In what is one of the most impressive coaching streaks…
After a promising 4-2 start to the season with a generational rookie talent at the helm, the Chicago Bears have collapsed, forcing the organization to do things they’ve never done. Midway through the season, the Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus, something which the organization had never done. Weeks later, sentiment among Bears fans has not changed. They are still waiting to see evidence that they will be breaking out of the cycle that has plagued them for the last decade. Thursday Night Football’s 6-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks did not inspire much confidence within the Bears’ fanbase. The…
Legendary Super Bowl-winning Green Bay Packers Quarterback Brett Favre remains in the spotlight years after the conclusion of his Hall-of-Fame career. Favre was closely tied to a massive welfare scandal that saw his ex-business partner plead guilty to using Mississippi welfare money for personal reasons. Favre was accused of using the money to build a volleyball court for his daughter. Favre was also featured in a recent viral video involving former New York Jets “New York Sack Exchange” member Mark Gastineau, who confronted Favre about giving himself up to legendary New York Giants pass rusher Michael Strahan. Gastineau felt his…
The bizarre modern landscape of college football involves countless never-before-seen headlines and the LSU Tigers are the focus of this one. LSU, Louisiana, Louisiana Monroe, Grambling, Northwestern, Southwestern and McNeese will be the recipients of a state-funded NIL deal in which the players will be involved in anti-vaping education and “vaping cessation programs,” among other things. The LSU Tigers’ state-funded NIL deal comes from a settlement with the vape brand Juul The disposable vaping boom of the last decade was driven by the vape brand Juul. Juul has been involved in numerous lawsuits with states and individuals. They recently settled…
The Ole Miss Rebels and head coach Lane Kiffin, like everyone else in the country, are learning how to navigate the not-so-well-thought-out modern college football landscape. Kiffin referred to the current college football landscape as a “dumb system,” largely due to the timing of the transfer portal and how that lines up with the college football postseason. Ole Miss Rebels HC Lane Kiffin clarified what he meant when he said CFB has a “dumb system” Kiffin responded to an X/Twitter post confirming his concern about the college football system. Kiffin is lamenting the fact that the transfer portal opens before…
A unique situation with the San Francisco 49ers unfolded during a Thursday Night Football loss to the Los Angeles Rams. 49ers linebacker De’Vondre Campbell followed in the footsteps of Vontae Davis by choosing to stop playing in the middle of a game. Campbell told coaches he did not want to play and left in the third quarter. Fans were shocked by San Francisco 49ers LB De’Vondre Campbell’s actions 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan explained to reporters that Campbell told coaches he didn’t want to go in when he was called upon. Shanahan did not say there was any indication of…
In the midst of a Thursday Night Football slugfest between the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams, one player decided to leave in the middle of the game. In a unique situation similar to that of defensive back Vontae Davis in 2018, 49ers linebacker De’Vondre Campbell told coaches he was done and left the game in the third quarter. San Francisco 49ers LB De’Vondre Campbell told coaches he didn’t want to go in According to 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan after the game, Campbell told the coaching staff that he did not want to play anymore when he…