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  1. Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco BowlToyota Stadium (Frisco, Texas) 7:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN AppBonagura: SMU vs. North Texas read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32082434/college-football-preseason-bowl-projections-every-game-including-playoff%3fplatform=amp
  2. FOX Sports college football analyst and former Pitt Panthers head coach Dave Wannstedt dropped a bomb ahead of the big announcement on Tuesday afternoon that the ACC, Big Ten, and Pac-12 plan to form an alliance, leaving the Big 12 conference out of the mix. Wannstedt said on 670 the Score that several Big 12 schools are already making plans to join other conferences in the future. He said Oklahoma State and Kansas State will join the Pac-12, West Virginia will join the ACC and Kansas and Iowa State will join the Big Ten. Read more: https://news.google.com/articles/CBMilwFodHRwczovL3d3dy5zYXR1cmRheWRvd25zb3V0aC5jb20vY29sbGVnZS1mb290YmFsbC9mb3gtc3BvcnRzLWFuYWx5c3QtZGF2ZS13YW5uc3RlZHQtc2F5cy1zZXZlcmFsLWJpZy0xMi10ZWFtcy1vbi10aGUtdmVyZ2Utb2YtZmluZGluZy1uZXctY29uZmVyZW5jZXMv0gGbAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnNhdHVyZGF5ZG93bnNvdXRoLmNvbS9jb2xsZWdlLWZvb3RiYWxsL2ZveC1zcG9ydHMtYW5hbHlzdC1kYXZlLXdhbm5zdGVkdC1zYXlzLXNldmVyYWwtYmlnLTEyLXRlYW1zLW9uLXRoZS12ZXJnZS1vZi1maW5kaW5nLW5ldy1jb25mZXJlbmNlcy9hbXAv?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
  3. I agree to an extent but remember Colorado State or someone had just beaten them like a couplE weeks before us.
  4. It doesn't matter whether Liberty has been at the FBS or FCS level, the Flames have been blessed with strong quarterback play that has spanned more than a decade. Four quarterbacks — Mike Brown, Josh Woodrum, Buckshot Calvert and Malik Willis — have started 118 of the 128 games the Flames have played since the beginning of the 2010 season. That type of continuity has led to the program’s lone FCS playoff appearance in 2014 and back-to-back trips to the Cure Bowl in 2019 and 2020. Willis, the latest in the line of high-profile quarterbacks, enters the 2021 campaign as a dark horse candidate for the Heisman Trophy and is on the watch list for five prestigious awards. He headlines a quarterback corps that has question marks behind the entrenched starter. Read more: https://newsadvance.com/sports/college/liberty_university/liberty-2021-football-position-preview-quarterbacks/article_f3821aea-fb7d-11eb-ba17-674dee1a04b2.html
  5. Jason Bean transferred in and arrived this summer from North Texas. Last year he was in the middle of a heated battle with Austin Aune, who went back to football after playing baseball in the Yankees organization. Bean likes how all three quarterbacks have handled the competition. “I'm really excited, first of all, just to be in this position,” Bean said. “Those two guys are great guys. Each day I can learn something from them, and I can go up to them and ask questions. There's any hostility between the three of us. I think this is probably one of the best quarterback positions I've been in.” Miles Kendrick on Daniels and Bean “I'd say Jason and Jaylen bring similar things to the table: explosiveness with their legs, explosiveness with their arms, and being able just to create plays, make big plays, make big throws. They can make any throw on the field, on the run, in the pocket, getting outside, creating with their legs, making explosive plays with their legs, and influencing offense in that way. Very similar games, and they can do it all, man. Those guys are great quarterback and great competitors.” Jalon Daniels on Bean “Jason is a ballplayer. He came in and I've just been able to learn and grow from him. He's a very fast guy, has the arm talent to make every single throw that he wants. Link: https://kansas.rivals.com/news/quarterbacks-break-down-each-other-s-game
  6. Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby has announced new appointments to the Conference staff. Sara Stanley joins the Big 12 in a full-time position as Social Media Coordinator. Kayla Owens was selected as the 2021-22 Student-Athlete Programs Assistant while Avery Wright was named Championships Assistant. Joshua Conrad and Dajanne (DJ) Ramirez will serve this year as Will Hancock Communications Assistants. Conrad served the previous two years as media relations assistant in the University of Texas athletics communications office while earning his master’s degree in sport management. He gained previous experience at the student television station at the University of North Texas, where he received his undergraduate degree, as well as with the National Football Foundation, Texas Motor Speedway and FOX Sports Southwest.
  7. https://meangreensports.com/galleries/ https://meangreensports.com/galleries/football/2021-fall-camp-week-1/629
  8. Foremost, many athletes who sign Letters of Intent to G5 programs never get fully evaluated by the national scouts who assign grades for Rivals and 247. I’ve seen enough Aaron Jones and Marcus Davenport film to know as much. The tragically smaller and less fervent fanbases of G5 programs don’t drive as many clicks and subscriptions as foaming-at-the-mouth SEC crazies, so it doesn’t make business sense for those services to devote their resources to evaluating some unknown cornerback out of the backwoods of America who signed with a non-power program. Secondly, recruiting classes at the G5 level are much more volatile than in power conferences. G5 schools are much more likely to take risks on partial and non-qualifying athletes who face an uphill battle to even make it on campus. Same deal for athletes who have known behavioral issues. My review of each C-USA program’s top recruit of all time shows a bit of how this plays out over time. In 2018 the North Texas Mean Green held a 368.58 Team Talent rating, 10th in the conference for that year. A two-star athlete from Locust Grove, Oklahoma, by the name of Mason Fine led the Mean Green to the top finish in Conference USA in SP+ that year at 34th in the nation. read more: https://www.underdogdynasty.com/conference-usa/2021/8/19/22630066/conference-usa-recruiting-success-ranking-advanced-analytics-correlation-uab-blazers-cusa-football
  9. NATCHITOCHES – Stanley King is a long way from his hometown of Camden, New Jersey – in more ways than one. Jay Griffin IV is back closer to his hometown of Huntsville, Texas. Despite their disparate backgrounds, the two transfer receivers have bonded over something that has linked Northwestern State's preseason football camps for years – the heat. "I feel comfortable," said King, a transfer from Rutgers. "It's been a smooth transition with everything but the heat. I'm getting adjusted to everything. I'm in the rotation. I've just got to get used to the heat, and we'll see what it is at the end." Despite his status as a Texas native, Griffin IV has taken some time to reacclimate himself to the South's heavy humidity after spending five years at the University of New Mexico as both a receiver and a conference champion sprinter. "At first, there was a little adjustment getting used to the weather," he said. "Albuquerque isn't as humid. Other than that, I feel we're adjusting to the offense well. We're getting up to speed to do great things this year." The pair of FBS transfers entered a wide receiver group that is adjusting to a new position coach in Rashad Jackson, who joined the Demon staff in July. The trio is learning about and from one another as well about and from an eclectic mix of receivers that includes sixth-year seniors Gavin Landry and Kendrick Price, who have played key roles in helping all three feel more comfortable at NSU. "To be able to have older guys like Gavin and KP in the room is great," Jackson said. "There aren't a lot of seniors, which is good. You have a couple of voices guys are already listening to. They're not hearing it from seven guys. They're hearing it from those two – this is how we do things. For those young guys and the new guys alike, they've followed right behind them. It's been great to see that transition with the new faces and the older guys coming together as one group." Added Griffin: "Gavin and I play the same position. He's been very welcoming and helpful after every play, telling me what I've done well and what I could have done better. That's elevating me every day, and I'm grateful for that." read more: https://nsudemons.com/news/2021/8/18/demon-football-communication-keys-new-receivers-smooth-transition.aspx
  10. A lineman from Pawhuska, Oklahoma, Atterbury played for OSU head coaches Floyd Gass and Dave Smith in the early 1970s and earned a reputation for his relentless effort before an injury ended his playing career. As a high school athlete, he was a standout in football, wrestling and track, earning all-state honors on the gridiron. From OSU, he went on to become a respected football coach with a 48-year career that included stops at high schools in Big Spring, Texas; Sand Springs, Oklahoma; Tyler, Texas; Liberal, Kansas; and Ada, Oklahoma; as well as time at the collegiate level with North Texas. Most recently, he was an admired member of the staff at his hometown Pawhuska High School, serving as head coach for many years before helping with the offensive line during his final season. read more: https://okstate.com/news/2021/8/19/cowboy-football-remembers-duke-atterberry.aspx
  11. As fall looms and college campuses reopen their doors to students, parents across the South are taking their kids to university. One of those parents was Ree Drummond. The Pioneer Woman packed up her son Bryce and dropped him off at the University of North Texas this weekend—and like many other parents, needed two separate trips to Walmart to get it done. Devoted fans of the Pioneer Woman and her telegenic family may recall that Bryce was recruited to play football at the University of North Texas. According to Drummond's blog, Bryce "graduated high school a semester early and took college courses over the summer and fall to satisfy his high school requirements" all so he could play ball starting in January of this year. Those who've kept close tabs on the Drummond family over the years will know Bryce is the third child of Ree and Ladd, so the college drop off isn't new for Mama but of course never gets any easier. As she noted in that same blog post, "Excuse me while I go cry for four hundred years." Read more: https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiSmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnlhaG9vLmNvbS9saWZlc3R5bGUvbWFtYS1yZWUtZHJ1bW1vbmQtZHJvcHMtc29uLTE2NTg0OTUzOS5odG1s0gFSaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueWFob28uY29tL2FtcGh0bWwvbGlmZXN0eWxlL21hbWEtcmVlLWRydW1tb25kLWRyb3BzLXNvbi0xNjU4NDk1MzkuaHRtbA?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aenand
  12. That leaves the Big 12 — the final league in the current Power Five hierarchy — on the outside looking in. And as things stand, it doesn’t seem as if that subtle shift will steer off course, potentially leaving the eight teams that are left in the league in its current form (OSU among them) in a vulnerable position. Here’s Dennis Dodd on the latest there: Worse for the Big 12, it portends a nuclear winter for those schools’ athletic budgets. Programs with hundreds of millions tied up in facilities will downsize. Minor sports will be dropped. The impact will affect not only athletics but the universities themselves. Being an autonomous (Power Five) institution is a branding that carries with it the cache that allows schools to hire staff, faculty and be awarded research grants. Even enrollment would likely be impacted. Dodd added that Kansas could be playing basketball in the Mountain West (!) and that major conference membership specifically for Oklahoma State, Kansas State and Baylor is a real threat in this round of realignment. Additionally, he adds, this new alliance threat suggests the possibility of the Big 12 or the American fading away “with one likely absorbing the other.” read more: https://pistolsfiringblog.com/a-power-four-structure-seems-likely-with-big-12-left-out-of-alliance-talks/
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