Bo Jackson is the unquestioned starter going into 2026, but Ohio State’s best version almost always comes with two backs the staff trusts. That is why the RB2 job is quietly one of the most important position battles of the offseason. A real second option changes how defenses play early downs, keeps the run game […]
From Land-Grant Holy Land
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The college all-star circuit is wrapped up, which means that several prospects have caught the eyes of scouts and media alike ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft. That includes a handful of names that Green Bay Packers fans should keep an eye on. Brian Gutekunst and his staff have found a handful of players from […]
From Acme Packing Company
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This column is a lot more fun to write after Purdue wins games. That three game losing streak that knocked us from the top 5 and out of first in the Big Ten put a real damper on what was supposed to be a very special season. Fortunately, it still can be. Barring an absolute […]
From Hammer and Rails
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—Spread check: Louisville by 17.5. —ACC commissioner Jim Phillips says the tiebreaker for making the ACC football championship game will change for next season. —Ryan Conwell has been named to the Julius Erving Award (best small forward in college basketball) midseason list. —Jeff Brohm has been impressed by what he’s seen from Lincoln Keinholz over […]
From Card Chronicle
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From U of L: University of Louisville football assistant coaches Mark Ivey and Steve Ellis have been named Co-Defensive Coordinators, head coach Jeff Brohm announced. Ivey and Ellis will share defensive coordinator responsibilities, with Ivey leading the defensive line and Ellis overseeing the secondary. Ivey has coached the Cardinals’ linebackers since being retained when Brohm was hired prior to the 2023 […]
From Card Chronicle
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No. 9 Ohio State women’s basketball is bound for the Pacific Northwest as the Big Ten side takes its second annual conference trip to the West Coast for two games. This time, against the No. 24 Washington Huskies and Oregon Ducks. It is a trip that features a ranked matchup, a return to Eugene, Oregon […]
From Land-Grant Holy Land
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For the first time since 2021 a Minnesota Golden Gopher alum is guaranteed to win a Super Bowl when the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks meet in Super Bowl LX Sunday night in Santa Clara, California. Nineteen previous Gophers have touched the Lombardi Trophy, and at the end of the night on Sunday that […]
From The Daily Gopher
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Signing Day may have lost some of its lustre in the age of the transfer portal, but Nebraska landed a genuinely important piece with the signing of defensive lineman Dylan Berymon. Berymon comes in at 6-foot-2, 330 pounds and carries an impressive four-star rating, ranked No. 124 nationally by 247Sports. He hails from Monroe, Louisiana, […]
From Corn Nation
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Football starts in the trenches. That fundamental truth has been repeated so often it’s become a Hall of Fame coachspeak example. And yet, it remains a constant in football. Brian Schottenheimer seemed to understand that when he built out his offensive staff a year ago. Klayton Adams took the reins as offensive coordinator after spending […]
From Blogging The Boys
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If you didn’t remember, today is National Signing Day for football. Softball starts its season this weekend. And did you know that a former UW athlete will be competing in the Winter Olympics which start this weekend? Those and more for your Wednesday dots. Football Dots Basketball Dots Other UW Athletics Dots
From UW Dawg Pound
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Northwestern football brought in 16 total transfers during the winter portal window while bringing back 27 of its 30 eligible players who logged more than 100 snaps in 2025, per Northwestern Athletics. The Wildcat transfer class is the highest-ranked in program history, finishing ninth and 11th in On3 and 247Sports’ respective Big Ten rankings. Per […]
From Inside NU
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If Ohio State wins the Big Ten Championship this upcoming season, it will be their first conference championship in six seasons. The Buckeyes haven’t gone six seasons without winning a Big Ten Championship since 1986-1993. In three straight seasons from 2021 to 2023, Michigan beat Ohio State in The Game and went on to win […]
From Land-Grant Holy Land
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Shane Wickes met his partner online thanks to his TED Talk. The two got engaged just in time for the holidays.
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From Outsports
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A standout on the baseball diamond as well as the gridiron, Nolan McLean was a two-sport star while attending the eponymously named Garner High School in Garner, North Carolina. As a football player, he lettered three years and threw for 6809 yards for 62 touchdowns. He was a three year letterman in baseball as well, […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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With the conclusion of the 2025 season for the Chicago Bears, we get to fondly look back and reflect on what we saw. There were plenty of “wow” moments in all phases from the ‘25 squad, but no player on the team embodied that “wow” factor more than second-year quarterback Caleb Williams. With the arrival […]
From Windy City Gridiron
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As college athletic departments look for more ways to generate revenue, they will get a new opportunity in the 26-27 athletic year as jersey patches are coming. Each sport can wear up to two commercial pathches on uniforms and an additonal on equipment, so how should Syracuse approach this? Do you go for a sponsor […]
From Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician
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Today’s column and all the Wednesday columns for this month will be recruiting-themed. Traditional recruiting rankings are nice, but they don’t come close to telling the entire story. Even if a team recruits better the next year, their ranking may actually be lower if enough teams also recruit better. What makes the most sense is […]
From Mountain West Connection
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National Signing Day isn’t what it used to be. It used to be the day when all the high school recruits signed their letters of intent to play at their future schools. Recently, that day has been overshadowed by early national signing day in December. For Rutgers, 22 of its 23 commits signed on early […]
From On the Banks
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Former Wisconsin Badgers defensive coordinator and interim head coach Jim Leonhard found his first defensive coordinator job since leaving Madison with the Buffalo Bills over the weekend. Leonhard, 43, had been in consideration for several defensive coordinator jobs this offseason after working as the pass game coordinator and assistant head coach for the Denver Broncos […]
From Bucky's 5th Quarter
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Eagles Question of the Day: Let’s pretend the Eagles won Super Bowl LVII. Do you think they definitely win another after that? Or do you think they needed to lose LVII in order to win LIX? Head over to The Feed and weigh in with your answer and explanation! Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles […]
From Bleeding Green Nation
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Louisville Cardinals (15-6, 5-4) vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-11, 2-7) Game Time: 7 p.m. Location: KFC Yum Center: Louisville, Ky. Television: ESPN2 Announcers: Wes Durham (play-by-play) and Dennis Scott (analysis) Favorite: Louisville by 17.5 Series: Louisville leads, 27-19 Last Meeting: Louisville won 75-60 on Feb. 16, 2025 in South Bend Series History: Projected Starting Lineups: Louisville Notre Dame Injury Reports: […]
From Card Chronicle
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He’s back (reportedly.) Tino Sunseri, coming off of a brief stint as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at UCLA, is set to return to Indiana as the Hoosiers’ quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator ahead of the 2026 season, according to several reports. Sunseri previously worked in that role on head coach Curt Cignetti’s first […]
From The Crimson Quarry
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Using the charting data from every Big Ten football game in the 2025-26 season, excluding garbage time and games against FCS opponents, we can make granular comparisons of how each team performed. The strongest correlation with scoring strength that survives regardless of opponent quality — that is, what teams bring with them into the postseason […]
From Addicted To Quack
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As a chaotic #transferszn seems to finally have come to a close, it’s now time to dig through the rubble, count the casualties and take stock of how it all played out. A larger than normal (or at least exected) wave of young players exited the program through the portal, leaving the Tigers short not […]
From Rock M Nation
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Christian Scott was the first of the Mets’ current crop of young minor league starters to make his MLB debut back in the summer of 2024. It says a lot about the strength of the Mets’ farm system that despite Scott getting Tommy John Surgery late in that year, as well as trading away three […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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