The NIL landscape has opened up a world of big and small endorsement opportunities that have no tangible connections to college campuses. This deal, the largest NIL one ever signed by a non-professional athlete, has placed a spotlight on the hinterland of the NIL landscape. Read more…
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College Football Star Dies At End Of Navy SEAL Hell Week Training: ‘An Investigation Is Underway’
One U. S. Navy SEAL candidate is dead and another has been hospitalized after the pair were part of a group that completed the first phase of Navy SEAL training, known popularly as “ Hell 7 days. ” Kyle Mullen died on February 4 after he was taken to the hospital following the particular completion […]
Sorry Kirk Herbstreit, damn near all of the college football bowl season is meaningless
A postseason is not an exhibition, it’s a tournament to declare a champion — except in major college sports. Men’s college basketball has the NIT, and college football there’s bowl season. Both were more prestigious decades ago, but at least no one is harping about the sanctity of the NIT anymore. College football’s… Read more…
The first surprise of the NIL era has arrived, and it’s Deion Sanders poaching No. 1 football recruit Travis Hunter
Deion Sanders has caused a shift of tectonic plates in the college football world. Since March 2020, Travis Hunter, the No. 1 overall football recruit in America, has been committed to Florida State. Hunter reiterated his commitment to the university in both September and October. The Tampa Times wrote just yesterday… Read more…
Kansas fullback converts two-point conversion into $1, 000 worth of Applebee’s
Before this season, if you made a catch like the one Jared Casey did last weekend to clinch the Kansas Jayhawks victory at Texas in overtime, you’d probably be a hero on campus for a few weeks. Your family would fawn over you at Thanksgiving, your parents wouldn’t shut up to their neighbors about the […]
Somehow the ‘BuT-tHe-AmATeUR-MoDeL! ‘ NCAA survived the beginning of NIL
We’re approaching the four-month mark since the NCAA officially approved name, image, and likeness rights for student-athletes and, somehow, the apocalypse has not come, the collegiate model has not collapsed, and Dabo Swinney is still coaching (to some extent , at least). As athletes, schools, sponsors and lawmakers… Read more…
This Bachelor Alum Is Replacing Chris Harrison As The Show’s Permanent New Host!
Well this is a surprise! We’ve been waiting for news of a permanent host to move things forward on The Bachelor after longtime host Chris Harrison‘s departure, and now we’ve got it! Related: Dale Moss And Clare Crawley Just Broke Up Again And It Sounds BAD This Time… According to Variety, the new permanent host of The Bachelor will be… […]
College Football Fans Chanted ‘Take A Shower’ At Ashton Kutcher During His ESPN Appearance
Ashton Kutcher did not get a warm welcome from college football fans… On Saturday, the 43-year-old actor stopped by ESPN to give his predictions for the games that are happening this weekend — the major one apparently being between Iowa State Cyclones and the University of Iowa Hawkeyes , with the latter being his alma […]
Jed Duggar’s COVID Joke Stains Wife Katey’s Pregnancy Announcement & Causes Major Fan Backlash
Jedidiah ‘Jed’ Duggar is facing some not-so-nice internet backlash right now — though, to be fair, he did make a pretty tone-deaf comment to cause this whole situation. The 22-year-old husband and his wife, Katey (Nakatsu) Duggar, created quite a stir on Sunday when they announced that they are pregnant with their first child, due sometime next […]
A 12-team playoff won’t change the fact that the same schools win every year
Well, ladies and gentlemen, it looks like a 12-team college football playoff format could be on the horizon. Read more…