What happened to Colorado's castoffs?
One year later, I caught up with the players who got cut or transferred out after Deion Sanders took over the Buffs.
Story on where all 53 of them went and what they went through:
Mike Leach was the kind of guy who'd drink Tito's with unsweet tea because it *didn't* taste good, thus preventing him from having too many. Next-level thinker.
(That's a true story. I had one with him once. Wasn't great.)
TCU's Gary Patterson: "It really bothers me that we’ve based everything that whether our league is good or bad or not on whether Oklahoma and Texas are good. To be honest with you, we have a lot of good football teams and we always have had a lot of good football teams."
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Baylor AD Mack Rhoades: "Many of my colleagues around the country believe that the University of Texas created this situation because they think so highly of themselves."
"My humble opinion: I completely disagree. I think it's because they felt too little of themselves."
Cincinnati, Houston and UCF have reached agreement on a deal to exit the AAC and join the Big 12 in the summer of 2023, sources tell
@TheAthletic
. Announcements coming soon.
Skip Bayless arguing that successful leaders shouldn’t admit to experiencing depression is the dumbest fucking thing I’ve heard in quite a while.
Everybody’s struggling in some way. We need way more empathy.
TCU WR Quentin Johnston called his dad at the end of last season to discuss whether he should transfer to Oklahoma.
Carl Johnston offered some good advice:
I wrote about Jacob Copeland in today’s
@TheAthleticCFB
Daily. The kid was feeling a ton of pressure. We tend to underestimate just how much pressure can come from family members.
The following QBs all started college in 2018:
- Trevor Lawrence
- JT Daniels
- Cam Rising
- Michael Penix Jr.
- Will Levis
- Sam Hartman
- Brock Purdy
- Alan Bowman
- Zach Wilson
TCU hasn’t had a bye week since 9/17. Sonny Dykes pointed out they weren’t fortunate enough to get a November noncon game like in the SEC.
“You’re not gonna catch The Citadel in Week 10. We caught Texas.”
The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns won another thriller on Saturday to move to 3-0. They were No. 19 yesterday. Today they’re unranked.
Wisconsin moved up to No. 19. They must’ve had some awesome workouts this week.
Jackson State QB Shedeur Sanders and DB Shilo Sanders have entered the portal,
@TheAthletic
has learned.
Bold prediction: I think they're going to Colorado.
Total plays on Saturday night: Penn State 97, Iowa 33.
Over the past 5 seasons, no other FBS team has been out-snapped by 60+ plays, according to
@TruMediaSports
.
The Big 12 is expected to unveil its football scheduling model for 2024 through 2027 on Wednesday afternoon, sources tell
@TheAthletic
.
First time we'll get to see their 16-team plan that includes incoming members Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah.
This is still my favorite stat on Michigan's defense:
UM has played 313 plays on defense over its first 6 games. Not once have they had to defend a first-and-goal. Nobody has managed to run a play inside their 10.
Still a fan of the 8-team playoff with P5 champs, best G5 and 2 at-large
1 Bama vs 8 Washington
4 Oklahoma vs 5 Georgia
2 Clemson vs 7 UCF
3 Notre Dame vs 6 Ohio State
South Carolina DL Jordan Burch has entered the transfer portal,
@TheAthletic
has learned.
Huge news. Burch was a 5-star recruit and produced 60 tackles, 40 pressures and 7.5 TFLs this season.
Dabo Swinney gave a shoutout to Matt Rhule and Baylor this morning:
“I watched Baylor win last night and Coach Rhule, man, that’s what it’s all about. How pumped was Coach Rhule? How pumped was he and how excited were those kids after the game?”
Sources: Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby is meeting with Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff today to discuss the possibility of a scheduling alliance, merger or other options for their conferences to strategically work together.
Last week, Iowa State scores 48 without David Montgomery.
This week, Iowa State holds WVU offense to 7 points without Ray Lima.
A sign of great coaching and culture.
Next week: First Red River Rivalry game with undefeated Oklahoma vs. undefeated Texas since 2011.
Big 12 title game in 2018 was obviously a big deal, but this feels like their most anticipated showdown since 2008?
A Matt Campbell recruiting rule: if his players don't think a visiting recruit is a good fit, Iowa State stops recruiting them.
"He doesn’t care how talented a kid is, we aren’t going to bring someone in who could harm the culture."
Nebraska HC Matt Rhule on transfer portal QBs today:
"Make no mistake: a good quarterback in the portal costs $1 million to $1.5 million to $2 million right now. So just so we’re on the same page, right? Let’s make sure we all understand what’s happening. There are some teams…
I applied the 12-team CFP model to every season of the past decade.
The results: 44 different programs get to play in a CFP over a 10-year period.
The brackets, snubs and lessons learned:
Texas Tech is planning to announce a $200 million investment in its football facilities tonight, sources tell
@TheAthletic
. Project will get underway at the end of this football season.
So...in 24 hours, 1.3 million people have seen this tweet.
Yo
@ChickfilA
: The people have spoken. Spicy chicken strips at every location. Make it happen.
Jimbo Fisher, who said he’d be the “dumbest human being on God’s earth” if he left Texas A&M for LSU, just added 5-star WR Evan Stewart to his remarkable recruiting class.
Now officially official: BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF will become members of the Big 12 on July 1, 2023.
It's a 14-team conference until Oklahoma and Texas exit.
NCAA trying to make an example of Florida State, OC Alex Atkins and its collective with these sanctions.
Based on my experience covering portal and how these recruitments usually go, this seems excessive.
The ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 are engaging in high-level discussions about an alliance, sources tell
@TheAthletic
. Not just scheduling but potentially broader cooperation going forward. Story:
Most P5 scholarship players in the transfer portal so far in this 2022-23 cycle
1. Texas A&M 24
2. Florida 22
3. Arkansas 21
4. Arizona 20
5. Miami 18
Average among P5 so far is 10.4 entries per school.
The Big 12 is partnering with Rucker Park for youth clinics led by its coaches this summer and is aiming to play exhibition games at the legendary court in 2024, source tells
@TheAthletic
.
Story on Brett Yormark looking to plant a Big 12 flag in NYC:
The Big 12 is having serious talks with six Pac-12 schools - Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah, Oregon, Washington - and is determined to move quickly, sources tell
@TheAthletic
.
More on their efforts and "aggressive" new commish:
The Big 12's current preference in expansion discussions is adding four members, sources tell
@TheAthletic
.
BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and Houston are considered the leading contenders. Still a lot of work to be done.
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