The necessary point to address up front in the Marcus Mariota vs. Jameis Winston conversation is that football is 11-on-11 at any given time, with dozens more players impacting the outcome over a game’s 60 minutes. Louisiana Tech head coach Skip Holtz pointed out before last Thursday’s game against Western Kentucky that, despite the Conference […]
Linebacker Bobby Wagner is rumored to have signed a $43 million contract extension with the Seattle Seahawks late Saturday, which makes him the NFL’s highest-paid player at his position. Not a bad deal for a former 2-star recruit. Bobby Wagner landed at Utah State from Colony High School in Ontario, California, where he garnered minimal […]
Ask athletes to be paragons of virtue. Demand they meet moral standards both on the field of play and in life many of us fail to meet ourselves. Expect nothing short of the championship-caliber production, and do it all with humility. Just don’t stand up for anything. This is one terrible tweet, sent to Ohio […]
Florida State running back Dalvin Cook turned himself in on battery charges Friday, shortly after a warrant was issued for his arrest for allegedly hitting a woman late last month. Dalvin Cook is the second Seminole involved in a domestic violence case this summer. On the same day of Cook’s arrest, the NFL reduced the […]
Kenny Stabler died this week at age 69, as first reported Thursday by the Tuscaloosa News — albeit contentiously. His family issued a statement of confirmation shortly thereafter. The hour or so of social media kerfuffle that ensued as consumers (and producers) of news awaited confirmation prompted me to do some background on Stabler. I […]
Friday Q&A returns from its brief hiatus, with a rather interesting set of questions. It’s certainly one of the more diverse Q&As hosted in this site’s brief history. If you would like your question answered, or at least addressed, tweet @cfbhuddle or @kensing45, or email [email protected]. @kensing45 your thoughts on the Gawker union and how […]
The University of Maryland’s official athletic department Twitter account broke the news — quite literally; it has a BREAKING tag and everything — that quarterback Daxx Garman is transferring into the football program, via Oklahoma State. BREAKING: QB Daxx Garman will join the Maryland Football team for the 2015 season after graduating from Oklahoma State. […]
So the NFL is reportedly suspending New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady four games for his role in deflated footballs. Yeah, it’s stupid and has dominated the landscape of sports takes, but next up on the defending Super Bowl champion Pats’ depth chart is Jimmy Garoppolo. Hey, as someone who follows the Football Championship Subdivision […]
College football fans agree on very little, but the closest you’ll ever get to a consensus is that Pac-12 officiating has long been the worst of any conference. The Pac-12 took a step toward fixing that problem Wednesday, hiring NFL Director of Officiating David Coleman. The conference issued a release to media that includes the […]
The latest installment in the seemingly endless circus of NFL draft coverage is actually rather interesting. David Cornwell, the attorney for former Florida State quarterback and likely No. 1 overall pick Jameis Winston, said the following at a symposium Friday: “Winston is ready to be a player on the field, but he’s not ready to […]
Comedian Jay Mohr’s podcast, “Mohr Stories,” opens with a soundbite of former Jets head coach Herm Edwards telling reporters he wants players leaking information anonymously to “put your name on it.” This advice goes largely unheeded every year around this time, NFL draft season, when football media is awash with anonymous attacks on college prospects […]
Chris Borland made a decision that obviously required introspection and careful consideration when he opted to walk away from football at just 24 years old. However, the same level of thoughtfulness isn’t being applied to the discourse surrounding Borland’s exit. The typical brand of keyboard gangster questioning Borland’s toughness is not the issue. Chris Borland […]
New England Patriots rookie defensive back Malcolm Butler could never again appear in another NFL game and his name would still have a prominent place in pro football history. Butler is the co-star of an instantly iconic moment, sealing the Patriots’ Super Bowl XLIX defeat of the Seattle Seahawks with a goal-line interception of Russell […]
The Football Championship Subdivision stole the spotlight of coaching carousel season Tuesday with a pair of huge moves: former Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini to Youngstown State, and offensive guru Bob Stitt to Montana. Each hire is noteworthy, albeit for very different reasons. Youngstown State seeks to rekindle its past glory of the 1990s, when […]
Running back Zach Bauman wasn’t recruited by Arizona or Arizona State despite starring for one of the Grand Canyon State’s premier high school football teams, Chandler Hamilton.
