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ESPN's Tom Luginbill says Texas' roster is way ahead of Oklahoma ·
August 8, 2023 1:09 pm CTAnother reputable source is buying the Texas Longhorns’ roster this offseason. He doesn’t seem too high on what the Oklahoma Sooners have on their 2023 roster.ESPN college football analyst Tom Luginbill shared his thoughts on the two rosters with Bobby Burton on his InsideTexas podcast “On Texas Football.” Luginbill said the following of the Longhorns and the Sooners for the ...
How Waffle House helped Tennessee football land Miami transfer John Campbell ·
Knoxville News SentinelMiami transfer John Campbell had some good reasons for coming to Tennessee: Waffle House, Neyland Stadium and Joe Milton.And, notably, he ranks them in that order.“I came out here (to Knoxville on an official visit), and it’s a city,” Campbell said. “And then we ate some food. The food is good.“They got Waffle House. That’s the place I like. At the U (Miami), there wasn’t really ...
Brewton becomes a leader after time away from UTC football ·
Ben Brewton often found his way to the Riverwalk last spring to watch University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football practices.He was supposed to be out there with the team, one he'd been with since 2018 after signing with previous Mocs head coach Tom Arth, but he had been left off the spring roster after what he called "some decisions that affected the future for me at that time.""That was a hard ...
Temple looking for leaders as it develops its football roster ·
by Kerith GabrielPublished Aug 7, 2023If there was a word of the day to kick-start Temple’s football training camp, it would be “develop.”It was the go-to word for head coach Stan Drayton in addition to offensive line coach Chris Wiesehan and defensive line coach Larry Knight during the Owls’ weekly coaches’ call on Monday.In a season that kicks off in just over three weeks with the Owls facing Akron ...
TCU Notebook: Who’s getting more playing time? Which big transfer is expected this week? ·
AUGUST 08, 2023 12:18 PMWith many of the stars from the 2022 season gone, TCU has leaned on new faces to fill key roles, especially on the offensive and defensive lines.One of those players is Caleb Fox. A key reserve at defensive end, Fox had the third most quarterback hurries on the team last year and played in every game.Fox has taken most of the first team reps at defensive end and could be the ...
Oronde Gadsden II named to Biletnikoff Award watch list ·
SENIOR STAFF WRITERAugust 7, 2023 at 2:31 PMSyracuse tight end Oronde Gadsden II has been named to the Biletnikoff Award watch list, one of 49 college players to make the cut. Though Gadsden is listed as a tight end, the award honors the top receiver in college football regardless of their position.After eight games last season, Gadsden, who totaled 671 receiving yards and six touchdowns during that ...
Syracuse football’s 2023 linebackers: Stefon Thompson wants SU to be ‘best in the nation’ ·
Syracuse, N.Y. — It’s rare when two teammates go down with the same injury in the same half of a game, but that’s exactly what happened to Stefon Thompson and Chris Elmore last year.Both suffered season-ending ACL tears in the first half of Syracuse football’s season opener against Louisville. Both were expected to be major contributors to the Orange.For Elmore, it was just another in a string of injuries ...
Syracuse football loses first player to season-ending injury ·
Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse football lost its first player to a season-ending injury in Week 1 of fall camp.Fourth-year tight end Steven Mahar Jr. is out for the year with an ACL tear in his left knee that he suffered during Friday’s practice, Babers said Tuesday.The diagnosis came in Monday night, Babers said, and Mahar will have surgery after his knee has settled and the swelling has gone down. His ...
Garrett Shrader named to preseason watch list for Davey O’Brien award ·
Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse football’s Garrett Shrader is one of 35 quarterbacks on the preseason watch list for the 2023 Davey O’Brien Award.The award is the oldest national quarterback award and has been presented annually since 1977.Shrader was a member of the Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2022. He’d been added to the watch list following his Week 2 performance against Connecticut for which he was named ...
Cal, Stanford fans lament demise of Pac-12, loss of generations of tradition ·
Aug. 7, 2023Updated: Aug. 7, 2023 8:19 p.m.The shocking news that the once all-powerful and glorious Pacific-12 Conference would soon be whittled down to the Pac-4 made it a sad Monday morning for quarterbacks already gearing up for the college football season.“Cal and Stanford have a great sports history, and they are being treated as irrelevant. I really worry about both of them,” said Joe Starkey, ...
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