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We continue our 2026 NFL Draft preview of draft prospects that could interest the Dallas Cowboys. Today we are looking at Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles. Sonny Styles LBOhio State Senior5-star recruit 6’4”243 lbs History As a true freshman at Ohio State in 2022, he was eased in defensively playing the safety position, but got real game reps. He featured in […]
The NCAA Tournament Selection Committee’s top 16 reveal shook up a few of the projected seeding decisions from prior weeks, although most teams largely remained in the same ballpark. No team in particular stole the show in the B1G this week, but there were buzzer-beaters, big upsets, and more in seemingly every West Coast game, […]
Throughout the year, we will be asking and answering questions about various Ohio State teams, the players, and anything else on our collective minds of varying degrees of importance. If you have a question that you would like to ask, you can tweet us @LandGrant33 or if you need more than 280 characters, send an email HERE. While we didn’t […]
It’s another week of the Mountain West Recruiting Roundup. The class of 2026 is signed, sealed, and delivered, but our coverage of the class is still going. New offers for the class of 2027 and beyond are being handed out, as some teams are wasting no time in doing work for next year’s class, but […]
With the gold medal awarded at the 2026 Winter Olympics and the NHL roster freeze lifted as of Sunday at midnight, the transactions are expected to really pick up ahead of the trade deadline just 12 days away. One name that could certainly be moved is Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen and according to recent reports, there are several teams interested in the hulking rearguard. According to Daily Faceoff’s Anthony Di Marco, the Flyers are receiving trade interest from at le...
Chris Ballard loves his picks. The more darts he has to throw at the board, the better in his opinion. In 2026, Ballard is missing his biggest dart after the Indianapolis Colts traded it for Sauce Gardner before last year’s trade deadline. It was a swing for the fences type of move that didn’t pan […]
The regular season is wrapping up and this past week had no shortage of shocking outcomes. The race for conference player of the year continues to be an intriguing one, with multiple players still in contention. Let’s take a look at who stood out this past week. Offensive Player of the Week Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn (UNLV) […]
Last week was a pretty eventful one for Indiana Athletics with both basketball teams in action, baseball’s early season struggles continuing and a steady stream of news out of the football program with the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine looming. Here’s what you need to know about the Hoosiers today: What they’re saying about the Hoosiers […]
In Today’s Links: more on the Seattle Seahawks’ free agency situation, prepping for the scouting combine, and the draft; the possible numbers of a Kenneth Walker III contract, a bit on new ownership, and more. Still feeling it, on a Super Bowl hangover. Draft is soon-ish and the news will be ramping up soon. For […]
On Saturday, the NCAA selection committee released its annual top 16 reveal. They did not have much to say on the Illini, but what they said about other teams can provide some insight into how Illinois will be valued by the committee. Illinois was 7th, behind a clear top three of Michigan, Duke and Arizona, […]
For the first time in more than a decade, Illinois has a top-10 win on the road. Illinois blew out No. 6 Coast Carolina 14-5 on Sunday at the Coastal Carolina Tournament. It’s the program’s first win over a top-10 team away from Illinois Field since March 2015, and the highest ranked road win since […]
Outside the top 75 of KenPom, Risk to Miss the ACCT 18. Georgia Tech (Prev: 17, 2-11): Losers of 9 in a row and 12 of 13, Georgia Tech lost by 26 to Virginia at home and then went to Louisville and lost by 17. 17. Boston College (Prev: 17, 2-12): The Eagles similarly have […]
The Memphis Tigers know stability. The streak now stands at 12-straight seasons finishing .500+. Ten of those seasons featured at least 8 wins. Five of those seasons featured at least 10 wins. And although Memphis still awaits its first conference championship since 2019, the Tigers are always guaranteed to be in the conversation. But during […]
Omar Cooper, Jr., WRSchool: Indiana | Conference: Big TenCollege Experience: Redshirt Junior | Age: 22Height / Weight: 6’0” / 204 lbsProjected Draft Status: 2nd-3rd RoundPlayer Comparison: Rashee Rice College Statistics Receiving & Rushing Table Receiving Rushing Scrimmage Season Team Conf Class Pos G Rec Yds Y/R TD Y/G Att Yds Y/A TD Y/G Plays Yds Avg TD Awards 2022 Indiana Big Ten FR […]
The 2025-26 women’s college basketball season will NOT smoothly slide into March. Instead, the second-to-last Sunday of the regular season for Power Four conferences sent a tremor through the top 10, as three top-10 teams were taken down. Here’s how Clemson, Virginia and No. 13 Iowa earned upsets over No. 9 Duke, No. 8 Louisville […]
You watched the NFL playoffs. You saw the problems the New England Patriots offense had. You heard the Will Campbell discourse. Well, what if we told you that he actually is fairly low on the list of questions the team has? A 22-year-old former fourth overall draft pick whose development was disrupted by a mid-season […]
On this episode of the podcast Ryan and I talk about the life and legacy of Rondale Moore, the Purdue Boilermaker who passed away over the weekend. This was not fun to record and I think you can tell in my voice that I was struggling. He was just so young at just 25 years […]
In what has been a roller-coaster season and one full of new records, Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats just keep adding on. The Cats dropped their third game in a row on Saturday in Neville Arena, which puts them at 17-10 on the season with four regular-season games remaining on the schedule. The Wildcats […]
Last week Ohio State sent out its spring practice schedule to recruits in preparation for another busy offseason of visits. The Buckeyes are set to return to the practice field on March 10, with this year’s Spring Game happening on April 18, so spring football is just around the corner. As such, recruiting efforts will […]
Brown has named Tom Upton its new head coach, replacing Brendan Whittet, who stepped down last week.Upton is currently an assistant coach at Massachusetts. He will remain there through the end of the season, while Jason Smith continues as Brown's interim head coach."Tom's track record as a skillful and proven leader, a respected builder of programs and culture, and a strong connector made him the ...
If you watched any portion of Juventus loss to Como over the weekend, you would have noticed that Kenan Yildiz was hacked at by opposing players — a lot. Some were called fouls, others weren’t, but either way Como players who had the task of trying to slow down Yildiz were doing just that by […]
The Notre Dame women’s basketball team went to Dallas to take on the SMU Mustangs, and left 88-63 winners thanks in large part to a magnificent perrformance by Hannah Hidalgo.
In between the third and fourth quarters of the NBA All-Star Game, NBC announced that they will be showing “The Quiet Work,” a five-part documentary on Jayson Tatum’s return from the torn Achilles injury that he suffered in Game 4 of the second round playoff series against the New York Knicks. During the pregame show […]
Bama moves to 13-0. GAME 1: ALABAMA 7, ELON 0 – Perfect Game! We won’t bury the lede. It doesn’t matter who the opponent is. A perfect game is a difficult task to accomplish. Early Friday morning, Kaitlyn Pallozzi faced 21 batters and knocked down 21 batters. Not a single dribbler, walk, HBP, error, dropped […]
Last week all four pro tournaments in the United States were won by Americans; this year it was just the ATP 250 in Delray Beach that featured a champion from the United States, with the four other tournaments going to international players.Sixteen-year-old Kristina Liutova, who was born in Moscow but has lived in the United States for many years, captured her first pro title, beating wild card