Author: BF Mclaughlin

The Detroit Lions have lost their RG to IR heading into the start of the season. The team announced on Monday that they have placed starting right guard Halapoulivaati Vaitai on the reserved injured list. Vaitai missed time between the second and third preseason games with a hip and back injury. The team has not disclosed what caused Vaitai to land on the IR.  Lions O-Line Will Be Missing A Starter Again To Begin The Season Detroit started the 2021 season without starting left tackle Taylor Decker. They were also without their Pro-Bowl center Frank Ragnow for most of the season. Lions…

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Bring on the cynicism. I don’t care. No really, I don’t give a damn if you think pointing out Florida A&M’s day’s success at North Carolina (yes, the Chapel Hill version, not the A&T or Central kind from the old MEAC days). The Rattlers are one of the top HBCU programs in America, and who knows? This year, this program may be the best HBCU program. We’ll see. Coming into this game at UNC (6-7 last year with a bowl-game loss to South Carolina), things looked like an uphill challenge. Clearly, FAMU’s defensive stud Isaiah Land — last year’s FCS/Defensive…

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The FCS is the least understood, yet most impressive college football level in Division I — and Gridiron Heroics is going to tell you all about it, for 12 months a year, conference by conference, beginning with this week’s FCS football preview series for 2022. Today we publish the FCS’ Patriot League Football Preview for 2022. The college football programs are good, these programs produce NFL-level talent, they beat FBS teams every year (want evidence? stay tuned – we will publish this in the next week) and they still get overlooked. But Gridiron Heroics won’t be overlooking the FCS as…

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It’s up and ready for a listen — BMac and The Nach’s FCS Podcast will be here every week of the season from now until the national championship in January. What’s going on in Week Zero? Who is going to win the FCS Kickoff Classic in Montgomery, Ala. this Saturday evening — Stephen F. Austin or Jacksonville State? Who will win the MEAC-SWAC battle in Atlanta between Howard and Alabama State? And will there be an FCS over FBS upset during this abbreviated week of action. And who is No. 2 in 2022 in the FCS this year behind obvious…

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The FCS is the least understood, yet most impressive college football level in Division I — and Gridiron Heroics is going to tell you all about it, for 12 months a year, conference by conference, beginning with this week’s FCS football preview series for 2022. Today we publish the FCS’ Colonial Athletic Association Football Preview for 2022. The college football programs are good, these programs produce NFL-level talent, they beat FBS teams every year (want evidence? stay tuned – we will publish this in the next week) and they still get overlooked. But Gridiron Heroics won’t be overlooking the FCS…

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We break down the 14 teams that make up the SEC. The Missouri Tigers 2022 Football Preview is part of Gridiron Heroics’ first-ever SEC football preview. Check it out, team by team. SEC CONF. PREVIEW: Overall SEC Conf. Preview SEC EAST PREVIEWS:  Florida | Georgia | Kentucky | Mizzou | South Carolina | Tennessee | Vanderbilt SEC WEST PREVIEWS:  Alabama | Arkansas | Auburn | LSU | Mississippi State | Ole Miss | Texas A&M Missouri is always an interesting program to watch within the SEC. The Tigers have proven they can knock off the elite, but over the past…

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THE SEC — ENOUGH SAID We break down the 14 teams that make up the SEC. Check it out, team by team (Aug 8 – 14) — with today kicking things off with our Florida Gators 2022 football preview. SEC CONF. PREVIEW: Overall SEC Conf. Preview SEC EAST PREVIEWS:  Florida | Georgia | Kentucky | Mizzou | South Carolina | Tennessee | Vanderbilt SEC WEST PREVIEWS:  Alabama | Arkansas | Auburn | LSU | Mississippi State | Ole Miss | Texas A&M INTRO: The Florida Gators aren’t what they once were, but — there’s potential to get back to that…

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Since  2009, ESPN’s began a documentary series that has been one of the best documentary series of all time, not just in the sports world. We take a look at the top 30 for 30 shows about college football, whether it’s on a rivalry, a program’s resurgence, recruiting, or rise-and-fall epics. Not surprisingly, college football has had some of the most impressive stories told in sports. Agree? Disagree? I think we all can agree that it’s that special time of year when we need to brush up on our CFB stories, ahead of the season kicking off in about a…

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FLORIDA GATORS STARTING QB SINCE STEVE SPURRIER STARTED IN 1990 STARTING CAREER CAREER CAREER NFL GATOR QB YEAR(S) STARTS YDS TDS YRS Jack Miller 2022 1 180 0 N/A Emory Jones 2021 11 3,347 26 N/A Ant. Richardson 2021-22 14 3,105 24 N/A Kyle Trask 2019-20 19 7,386 69 1 Feleipe Franks 2017-19 21 4,593 38 1 Malik Zaire 2017 2 349 0 0 Austin Appleby 2016 7 1,447 10 0 Luke De Rio 2016-17 8 1,496 9 0 Will Grier 2015 6 1,202 10 1 Treon Harris 2014-15 14 2,695 18 0 Sky. Morninweg 2013 3 344 3 0…

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