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  1. Just now, MNLonghornFUKM said:

    We’re winning the non jokic minutes decisively for the first time in 11 playoff games???

    Better job rebounding, and defensive rotations so far are great.

    Even KAT and Rudy playing better... 

  2. 3 hours ago, CTC2 said:

    He really doesn’t have a choice given the lack of development in his offensive game. He’s got to try something else. 

     

    Transfer forward Dillon Mitchell ranks Auburn in top-three following visit

    Story by Brian Hauch       1 day ago

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    Former five-star recruit and Texas forward Dillon Mitchell came away with nothing but positive reviews following his visit to Auburn on Tuesday. The Tampa, Florida native, who visited Auburn during his high school recruitment, said his second trip to the Plains was "pretty dope".

    More specifically, Mitchell cited the history of the winning culture the Tigers have enjoyed under head coach Bruce Pearl. That culture, along with the fact Pearl has developed players with the same skillset as Mitchell into NBA Draft picks, is the main reason the 6-foot-8 impending junior has Auburn listed in his top 3 destinations.

    The talented forward specifically mentioned the career arc of former Tiger and current Cleveland Cavalier Issac Okoro. “Isaac Okoro, you look down the line of those big wings he’s gotten to the next level. That would be the ultimate decision as far as my decision to come here, if I were to come here. The history of Auburn, the history of Pearl, who he’s gotten to the next level, the winning culture, those are all things I’m looking at.”

    Along with Auburn, Mitchell has Cincinnati and Miami listed among his top 3 schools. Out of those three, Mitchell's most direct path to stardom is likely with the Bearcats, as both Auburn (Johni Broome) and Miami (Norchad Omier) already roster uber-talented front-court options.

    Even with Broome blocking Mitchell's chance to be "the guy" in Auburn, the forward sees himself as a fit on the Tigers roster, “They have a team full of position-less guys. Switching one through five, that’s one thing, I’m big on the defensive end. I can get out and guard and can run, a lot of things that fit my playing style.”

    The coveted transfer is still days, and possibly weeks, away from making his decision, but he could be closer to becoming a Tiger after a successful visit. If Bruce Pearl was able to land his talents, Auburn's rotation would look to be almost set heading into next season.

     

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  3. Texas Alumni David Mulugheta, Football Agent, Talks Negotiating Over $2 Billion 

    3rd & Longhorn   2 days ago

     

    Alex Okafor, Fozzy Whittaker, Derrick Johnson, Jeremy Hills, and Nick Shuley are joined by the President of Team Sports at Athletes First, David Mulugheta. They discuss his history at the University of Texas, how he became an agent, how NIL has affected his job, and what goes into negotiating over $2 billion in contracts.

  4. Texas DE Barryn Sorrell on Stepping Up as a Leader & Joining the SEC 

    3rd & Longhorn    May 16th

    Alex Okafor and Nick Shuley are joined by Texas defensive end, Barryn Sorrell. They discuss why he decided to come to Texas, playing with Byron Murphy II and T'Vondre Sweat, stepping up as a leader for the 2024 season, and what he’s looking forward to in the SEC

  5. The highest-paid wide receivers coaches in college football: 2024 edition

    A handful of wide receivers coaches are clearing more than $1 million a year.

    ZACH BARNETT       7 HOURS AGO

    Last year, Brian Hartline got a massive raise to coincide with his promotion to offensive coordinator, nearly doubling his $900,000 salary.  Chip Kelly is now Ohio State's offensive coordinator, co-coordinator Hartline is still the highest-paid wide receivers coach in college football.

    He's not the only wideouts coach clearing $1 million a year, though. 

    $1.6 million: Brian Hartline, Ohio State

    $1.1 million: JaMarcus Shephard, Alabama

    $1 million: Cortez Hankton, LSU

    $950,000: Josh Gattis, Maryland*

    $900,000: Kasey Dunn, Oklahoma State*

    $850,000: Robert Anae, NC State*

    $800,000: Mike Shanahan, Indiana*

    $700,000: Junior Adams, Oregon; Brad Glenn, Cincinnati*

    $650,000: James Coley, Georgia

    $644,000: Emmett Jones, Oklahoma

    $625,000: Ron Dugans, Florida State; George McDonald, Ole Miss

    $600,000: Ron Bellamy, Michigan; Cory Patterson, Purdue; Matt Simon, Minnesota

    $568,000: Lonnie Galloway, North Carolina

    $550,000: Dave Brock, Rutgers; Tyler Grisham, Clemson; Chris Jackson, Texas; Justin Johnson, Texas Tech; Kelsey Pope, Tennessee

    $500,000: Billy Gonzales, Florida

    $483,000: Joker Phillips, NC State

    $425,000: Chad Bumphis, Mississippi State; Marcus Davis, Auburn; Courtney Hawkins, Michigan State; Mike Furrey, South Carolina; Garrick McGee, Louisville; Fontel Mines, Virginia Tech; Alvis Whitted, Utah

    * - Offensive coordinator

    Missing: Kevin Cummings, Washington; Erik Frazier, UCLA; Kenny Guiton, Wisconsin; Tim Harris, Jr., UCF; Justin Stepp, Illinois; Bobby Wade, Arizona; Hines Ward, Arizona State; Holmon Wiggins, Texas A&M

  6. aggy vs Irish gets 2024 ESPN GameDay

    ESPN releases highlights of Week 1 college football schedule

    With a triple-header on their very first Saturday, it's so far, so good for the SEC's new all-in deal with ESPN/ABC.

    ZACH BARNETT      14 HOURS AGO

    As detailed on this site previously, the biggest coming change to the college football regular season from a television perspective is that the SEC has now officially left CBS for ABC.

    The SEC has aired games on ESPN for decades and is already a business partner with Disney through the SEC Network, but college football's premier conference changing network partners will have a two-pronged effect on the way we watch games this fall. First, it means CBS is now all-in on the Big Ten in the 3:30 p.m. ET time slot. And it means ABC will now air SEC games in the morning, afternoon or night.

    Or, in the case of Week 1's schedule, morning, noon and night.

    ESPN joined the slow trickle of game time announcements on Tuesday as networks present their fall schedules to advertisers, joining Fox and NBC's announcements of select Big Ten games on Monday. 

    Saturday, Aug. 24
    Florida State vs. Georgia Tech at Dublin, Ireland (noon ET, ESPN)
    Florida A&M vs. Norfolk State at Atlanta (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC)

    Thursday, Aug. 29
    North Dakota State at Colorado (8 p.m. ET, ESPN)

    Friday, Aug. 30
    Temple at Oklahoma (7 p.m. ET, ESPN)
    TCU at Stanford (10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

    Saturday, Aug. 31
    Clemson vs. Georgia at ATL (noon ET, ABC)
    Miami at Florida (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC)
    Colorado St at TEXAS  (3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
    Western Kentucky at BAMA  (7 pm ET, ESPN)
    Notre Dame at Texas A&M (7:30pm ET, ABC)

    Sunday, Sept. 1
    USC vs. LSU at Las Vegas (7:30pm ET, ABC)

    Monday, Sept. 2
    Boston College at Florida St (7:30pm ET, ESPN)

    With Notre Dame-Texas A&M garnering the prime time slot, GameDay will be on hand in College Station to herald the beginning of the Mike Elko era (and also the beginning of the 2024 college football season).

    With a triple-header on their very first Saturday, it's so far, so good for the SEC's new all-in deal with ESPN/ABC.

     

  7. The highest-paid defensive line coaches in college football: 2024 edition

    Half a dozen D-line coaches are now within shouting distance of $1 million a year.

    ZACH BARNETT        MAY 13, 2024

    The goal of this exercise is to pinpoint, as best we can, the market value for position coaching at the major college football level. To compare apples to apples as best we can. 

    But how does one do that in the case of new defensive line coach Lou Esposito?

    Esposito signed a 2-year deal worth $1.8 million, where barely half of that figure is base salary. He'll earn a half a million dollar base each of the next two seasons, with a whopping $786,000 signing bonus, plus a $25,000 one-time payment to cover moving expenses. How does one account for a contract where nearly 45 percent of the total value is tied up in one-time bonuses? Ultimately, we decided to discard the one-time moving expense and split the signing bonus over the two years of Esposito's deal. 

    $1.25 million: Bo Davis, LSU

    $1.202 million: Tray Scott, Georgia

    $1.167 million: Larry Johnson, Ohio State

    $1.1 million: Nick Eason, Clemson

    $1 million: Freddie Roach, Alabama

    $950,000: Chris Rumph, Clemson

    $900,000: Rodney Garner, Tennessee

    $893,000: Lou Esposito, Michigan

    $875,000: Brian Williams, Maryland* 

    $800,000: Todd Bates, Oklahoma

    $750,000: John Papuchis, Florida State

    $725,000: Randall Joyner, Ole Miss

    $700,000: Mark Hagen, Louisville; Kevin Peoples, LSU

    $685,000: Odell Haggins, Florida State

    $650,000: Miguel Chavis, Oklahoma

    $620,000: Kelvin Bell, Iowa 

    $600,000: Tony Tuioti, Oregon

    $575,000: Gerald Chatman, Florida

    $550,000: Kenny Baker, Texas; Terrance Jamison, Illinois

    $525,000: Legi Suaiaunoa, Michigan State

    $522,000: Buddha Williams, Indiana

    $500,000: Josh Aldridge, Auburn; Brick Haley, Purdue; Vontrell King-Williams, Auburn; JC Price, Virginia Tech; Anwar Stewart, Kentucky

    $490,000: Charley Wiles, NC State

    $475,000: Lewis Powell, Utah

    $460,000: David Turner, Mississippi State

    $450,000: Deke Adams, Arkansas

    $425,000: Pat Kuntz, Indiana

    $400,000: Terrance Knighton, Nebraska; Travarian Robertson, South Carolina

    Missing: Brian Early, Missouri; Oscar Giles, Houston; Tony Jerod-Eddie, Texas A&M; Jason Kaufusi, Washington; Ted Monachino, North Carolina; Paul Randolph, Oklahoma State; Diron Reynolds, Arizona State; Joe Seumalo, Arizona; Jess Simpson, Georgia Tech

    * - Defensive coordinator

  8. On 5/12/2024 at 6:01 PM, texifornia said:

    Illinois has a great secondary coaching staff, that's a smart career move

    Good news for Illinois & Terrance Brooks

    Illinois hires Corey Parker away from Toledo

    MAY 13, 2024

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    Corey Parker spent the last two seasons on staff at Toledo, where he helped mold corner Quinyon Mitchell into a first-round draft pick.

    Not only was Mitchell a first-round pick, he was the first defensive back taken off the board in the 2024 Draft.

    The past two seasons were Parker's first at the major college level, where Jason Candle brought him to Glass City as corners coach and defensive pass game coordinator. Now he is set to join the ranks of the Big Ten.

    Bret Bielema and Illinois have made a strong move in announcing  Parker as their dew defensive backs coach.

    As good as Parker has been developing talent at Toledo, those that come in contact with him will surely mention his passion and energy first, both of which have become trademarks of his coaching and recruiting style.

    Before taking the job on Candle's staff at Toledo, Parker turned the River Rouge (MI) program in Detroit into a state powerhouse that regularly churned out Division I talent, sending a number of players to the NFL.

    This past draft night was a busy one for Parker, as after Mitchell was selected, Clemson defensive tackle Ruke Orhorhoro was taken in the second round and Tennessee defensive back Kamal Hadden came off the board in the sixth round. Both were coached by Parker at River Rouge.

     

     

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  9. On 4/15/2024 at 5:25 PM, The Dog said:

     

     

    Denard Robinson no longer on Michigan staff

    DOUG SAMUELS      12 HOURS AGO

    Denard Robinson, an iconic former Michigan quarterback who had been on the staff in Ann Arbor, is no longer part of the program.  A spokesperson confirmed the news with ESPN.

    Robinson, the Wolverines assistant director of player personnel, was suspended last month following an arrest for driving under the influence

     He enjoyed a decorated career as a player, earning First-Team All American honors in 2010 to go along with Big Ten MVP and Offensive Player of the Year honors.

    He was drafted by the Jaguars in the 5th round in 2013 and designated an "offensive weapon" as his official position.

    After a four-year career with the Jags, he would go on to join the organization as an offensive analyst and then an offensive quality control coach and scouting assistant before joining Jim Harbaugh's Michigan staff in 2022.

    The incident marked the second time a Michigan staffer had been booked on DUI charges this off season before being dismissed by first-year head coach Sherrone Moore. 

    The first incident came when former defensive line coach Greg Scruggs was booked on the same charges prior to his dismissal. 

     

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  10. On 5/1/2024 at 8:17 PM, gsoda3 said:

    Is he talking about Dogus Balbay?

     

    Nice catch... Missed that news in February

    "According to Inside Texas, Balbay joined the Texas Longhorns staff in a "support capacity" and will strive to help the team.  The Turkish guard does not have a specific job description, but he is tasked with aiding coach Rodney Terry, who once coached Balbay, in developing and mentoring players during the long NCAA season."

     

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