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If you were under a rock yesterday, or asleep listening to the latest GIGPOD, you’ll no doubt have seen our draw for the Champions League.
⭐ We have been drawn in Group F of the @ChampionsLeague - Fixtures TBC #CelticFC | #UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/IfDpVHtog2 — Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) August 25, 2022
The manager gave his thoughts on the group earlier
Ange Postecoglou gives his thoughts on our Champions League Group...
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Texas is already off to a bad start and the season hasn’t even started yet. The 2021 season produced two new title contenders in the Big 12 Conference as Baylor and Oklahoma State faced off in the Big 12 Championship Game. The conference announced plans to replace Texas and Oklahoma in 2025 by adding Houston, UCF, Cincinnati and BYU in 2023. The 2022 season will be the last season of the Big 12 Conference as it’s been known for the last decade.
There will i...
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Season openers are always electric. The feeling of having college football back is unlike any other, but sometimes fans can read too closely into the results of a single game. Today, we’re going to be looking back at every season opener in Luke Fickell’s tenure in Cincinnati and seei how the result for that game aligned with the trajectory of the season.
8/31/17 26-14 Win vs. Austin Peay
In Fickell’s fir...
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Mike Houston looks to have turned a corner at East Carolina. He is starting to have his crew in place on the field. Last year, the progress was evident. The Pirates posted a 7-5 mark and earned a bid to the COVID-cancelled Military Bowl.
The majority of starters from both sides of the ball return in 2022. Most significantly, Holton Ahlers, who seems to have been ECU’s starting quarterback for about 25 years, returns for his senior campaign. The big, s...
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Navy is on the mend after a 4-8 season in 2021. The Midshipmen had piles of freshmen and sophomore playing significant roles last season. This bunch has grown up into sophomores and juniors. They will certainly be better.
Jr. QB Tai Lavatai is back for his second year at the helm. In a system like this one, time in the lead role will almost certainly pay dividends.
Defensively, Navy should improve as well, as they return the major...
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UCF recently named Ole Miss transfer John Rhys Plumlee their starting quarterback.
Back in 2019, this dude ran for 1,000 yards as the starting QB for Ole Miss and started eight games.
He is going to be a fearsome force for our Cincinnati Bearcats to handle.
Gus Malzahn has got himself a talented team. They UCF Knights return the majority of their starters on both sides of the ball from a 9-4 team.
WR/occasional wingback Ryan O’Keefe is one of th...
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The Cincinnati Bearcats are in for a tussle with the SMU Mustangs this season. New head coach Rhett Lashlee has a cadre of offense weapons coming back. QB Tanner Mordecai was the leading passer in the American Athletic Conference last season, averaging better than 300 yards per game while tossing 39 touchdowns. Wideout Rashee Rice is an NFL go-to guy in the making. The Mustangs have plenty of excellent WR talent alongside Rice too.
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Kansas State has received plenty of preseason hype. Delivering on that hype won’t be easy. The 2021 season produced two new title contenders in the Big 12 Conference as Baylor and Oklahoma State faced off in the Big 12 Championship Game. The conference announced plans to replace Texas and Oklahoma in 2025 by adding Houston, UCF, Cincinnati and BYU in 2023. The 2022 season will be the last season of the Big 12 Conference as it’s been known for the last decade....
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I’m sure you’re sooooooooooooooooo surprised. The Preseason AP Top 25 poll was released on Monday morning, an indication that we are closing in on the beginning of the 2022 college football season.
To the surprise of no one, the Alabama Crimson Tide leads the preseason rankings at No. 1. ‘Bama at the top of the preseason poll might as well be a fixture of the season: You know it’s going to happen, and ain’t much has happened ...
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There’s new blood in Funky Town for the first time this century. Now it’s time for TCU to compete again. The 2021 season produced two new title contenders in the Big 12 Conference as Baylor and Oklahoma State faced off in the Big 12 Championship Game. The conference announced plans to replace Texas and Oklahoma in 2025 by adding Houston, UCF, Cincinnati and BYU in 2023. The 2022 season will be the last season of the Big 12 Conference as it’s been known for th...
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Three SEC teams make the Top 10 and SIX are in the Top 25. SIX teams from the SEC have landed in the 2022 Preseason USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll .
The Alabama Crimson Tide begins the 2022 season ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll. The Tide received an overwhelming amount of first-place votes, 54, as no other team received more than six. ‘Bama figures to be a fixture in the CFP and at the top of the rankings, as that train hasn’t stopped rolli...
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Williams flipped from Nebraska to the Tigers. The Auburn Tigers successfully flipped a four-star commit on Wednesday.
Edge rusher Ashley Williams, previously committed to the Nebraska Cornhuskers , announced he would instead play college ball down on the Plains. He made the announcement of his pledge to the Tigers on his personal Twitter account:
I’m heading to the PLAINS!!! #WDE @CoachHarsin @CoachRoc @TrovonReed @CoachBenBlack @crob45 @SchmeddingJeff @DarrenUscherAU @_ZHSFootball @Co...
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Smith was arrested early Wednesday morning. Texas A&M Aggies wide receiver Ainias Smith was arrested early Wednesday in Texas. Smith was arrested on charges of DWI, possession of fewer than 2 ounces of marijuana, and the unlawful carrying of a weapon.
He has promptly been suspended by the program and will not attend SEC media days on Thursday with his team.
According to The Eagle , Smith was pulled over on Wednesday morning by Texas A&M University poli...
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Webb is a top-level tailback in the Class of 2023. Treyaun Webb is a Florida Gator.
The four-star running back from Jacksonville committed to the Florida Gators on Thursday night. Webb announced his commitment to the Gators on his Twitter account:
Why Not Florida ? pic.twitter.com/TjTv8qgsxm — Treyaun Webb (@w_treyaun) July 7, 2022
Webb is a top-level running back in the Class of 2023. The Trinity Christian Academy attendee ranks fifth among all...
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The Tide pulled in a talented wideout from Oklahoma. The Alabama Crimson Tide welcomed in another 2023 recruit on Wednesday. 4-star wide receiver Cole Adams announced his commitment to the Tide, giving them another talented skill position player in their class. Adams, a native of Owasso, Oklahoma, announced his commitment on his Twitter account.
110% COMMITTED @HolmonWiggins @SP_RisingTide @CoachBBlank @jcjohnson40 @CoachAGraham...
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Another Manning could well be in the SEC after all. Ba dum, tss. Arch Manning is going to Texas Longhorns . The highly-touted Class of 2023 recruit announced Thursday he was choosing the Longhorns over SEC powers Alabama and Georgia , among others. Manning, on his personal Twitter account, announced that he will be in Austin playing for Steve Sarkisian come 2023 and beyond:
Committed to the University of Texas. #HookEm pic.twitter.com/jHYbjBaF5K — Ar...
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The Supers await us! The 2022 NCAA Super Regionals await us soon! Regional round play brought us some very exciting and dramatic moments, and now the high-stakes Supers loom later this week. Five SEC teams will represent the conference in this round. Tennessee , Texas A&M , Auburn , Arkansas , and Ole Miss comprise the quintet hoping to go through to Omaha. The first two — the Vols and Aggies — will be hosting this coming weekend against Notre Dame and...
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The NCAA season is inching closer than ever with just days to tipoff as another crop of 10+ players chose their next stops with hopes of eventually making it to the L during the month of October. We’re here once more to cover everything related to those decisions in the third monthly installment related to the 2022 HS class. While last month saw 17 players pick places, this month we’re down to 16—not that concerning...—and 14 of those 16 kids are top-7...
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We obtained copies of the complaint and pre-answer motion to dismiss filed in Jane Doe vs. Syracuse University, John Wildhack, & John Desko. This is the first in a series of posts & podcasts on what we’ve found out about the case so far. Over the course of the last few days numerous reports appeared that a federal lawsuit was filed on August 30th by Jane Doe against Defendants Syracuse University, Director of Athletics for SU John ...
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USC continues to win over nearby talent. The Trojans have landed a big-time wide receiver prospect in Kevin green Jr., a four-star right in the school’s backyard. Green announced his commitment on his Twitter account this past Sunday.
According to 247Sports, the 5’11, 165-pound Green is the 38th-ranked wide receiver in the class of 2022. He plays his prep ball at local Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills, California.
The final eight schools G...
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These two Trojans will have the world watching them this season. We’re not even a month out from the 2021 NFL draft but analysts and fans alike haven’t wasted anytime in beginning to look towards next year’s crop of prospects.
The Draft Wire’s Luke Easterling recently came out with a new 2022 mock draft and among those players selected in the first round are a pair of Trojans in quarterback Kedon Slovis and defensive end Drake Jackson.
Slovis is th...
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Hearns was selected as multiple outlets Player of the Year California Golden Bears defensive signee Lu-Magia Hearns earned some significant end-of-season honors this past week, being selected as the San Francisco Chronicle and Bay Area News Group’s Defensive Player of the Year for the high school football season past.
From a story posted May 8, Hearns was nabbed as the San Francisco Chronicle’s Metro Player of the Year .
Hearns, The Chronicle’s 2021 Metro Player of the Year and a Cal com...
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David Shaw spoke on how his student-athletes will be prepared for success when the NIL laws go into affect The Stanford Cardinal student-athletes are better off than most when they leave the university because simply put: they have a Stanford education. It wouldn’t be a surprise, however, to hear that the Cardinal are actively preparing for the changes that are to come within collegiate athletics when the name, image and likeness bills are expected to pass. ...
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The Bruins currently have a top-25 class The UCLA Bruins class of 2022 is shaping up quite nicely and is currently ranked second in the Pac-12 by 247Sports. With seven committed players, we take a comprehensive look at those players who are set to join UCLA this circuit as the summer starts to heat up.
4-star TE Jack Pedersen IMG Academy, Bradenton, FL
At 6’4, 255 pounds, Pedersen plays for powerhouse IMG in south Florida. He ranks as the country’s fifth-bes...
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The former Auburn safety is set to join a relatively young secondary Chris Thompson Jr. has officially announced his transfer destination, pledging to YOUR USC Trojans late Thursday night. It’s not his first time out ‘west’ as he visited USC back during his high school recruitment days out of Duncanville, Texas.
Thompson played in six games a year ago as a true freshman for the Auburn Tigers , recording just eight tackles.
He was the country’s 199th overall ...
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