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Zay Flowers, Brian Branch and 8 other NFL Draft prospects our experts love

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In his legendary book, “Finding the Winning Edge” — a literal manual on how to be a professional football coach — Bill Walsh wrote a near 14,000-word chunk about how to properly evaluate players via the NFL Draft. It included every detail, from how a fullback should be built to how sturdy a lineman’s “ballast” must be. However, before going into that opus, Walsh distills his entire draft philosophy down to one critical question: “Can this individual make a meaningful contribution to the team?” Not “next year’s” team, but “the…

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NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Can Gonzaga snatch the second seed?

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The big questions Tuesday night revolved around three of the mid-majors. Can St. Mary’s score an impressive win over Gonzaga in the Football World Cup championship game, confirming that the Gaels’ strong computer numbers deserve a correspondingly high rating? And will Oral Roberts and/or Charleston win their respective conference championships, or will they go to Selection Sunday in hopes of getting a big bid? Consider answering these questions definitively. Charleston outlasted UNC Wilmington in the CAA title game for their 30th win against a Division One. Meanwhile, Oral Roberts completed…

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Big 12 looking west, Pac-12 looking for TV deal: What we’re hearing about the realignment

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This past July, weeks after the stunning Big Ten announcement of USC and UCLA, Pac-12 Commissioner George Klyafkov made a bold realignment prediction: “No Pac-12 school is going to the Big 12.” After eight months, we may finally learn whether his confidence was warranted or a feigned bravado. Kliavkoff is under pressure to offer its members a new media rights deal by the end of the month. If the dollar numbers or the details disappoint, March could be the moment when the Big 12 finally hits. Sources familiar with the…

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Will Texas QB Quinn Ewers match Caleb Williams and Drake Maye in 2023? Ask TechExpert

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Signing Day is over in February, spring football is approaching, and Texas and Oklahoma are bound by the SEC a year ahead of schedule. Even in the sluggish part of the college football calendar, there’s a lot to discuss, so let’s get to your questions in the latest Ask the Texpert issue: (Note: Questions submitted have been slightly edited for length and clarity.) How do you think Queen Eyes will evolve after another stint with Steve Sarkissian? Could he jump his way into competing top three quarterbacks with USC’s Caleb…

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Adult Round Table: Duane Jones et al excelled on day one

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MOBILE, Ala. Despite the increased pressure from the Shrine Game, the Senior Bowl is still the top all-star game for NFL Draft prospects. With this year’s edition of the event kicking off on Tuesday, the athlete Draft experts Dane Brugler and Nick Baumgardner vetted their first impressions. Which recruiting hopefuls made the biggest early impressions, and which ones need to bounce back for the rest of the week? 1. Down Jones’ measurements were predictably ridiculous. The two of you were in the second round of your most recent model, but…

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TCU Adds Kendall Briles as Offensive Coordinator/Coach QBs: What Hiring Means for the Two-Horned Frogs

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TCU hired Kendal Briles as their new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach The team announced Thursday. Here’s what you need to know: Briles has spent the past three seasons in the same position at Arkansas. The 40-year-old also had one-year stints as the OC/quarterbacks coach at Florida State (2019), Houston (2018), and Florida Atlantic (2017). He will replace TCU’s 2022 Broyles award-winning Jarrett Riley, who joined Clemson as the OC/quarterbacks coach on January 12. Briles’ career as a coach began in 2008 when he joined his father Art’s staff at…

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NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Alabama is the top seed. Northwestern and Clemson

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“They can’t imagine it… that someone like me would walk into their house, walk on their land…” – Cassian Andor When compiling this week’s segment, we were astounded by the inclusion of teams we’d never expected to have considered as recently as a few weeks ago. North-west? Pittsburgh? Clemson? UCF? wait … Is that true? It also got us thinking about another story focusing on underdogs who took the power structure by surprise: “Andor,” our favorite TV series of 2022. After the train wreck that was “The Book of Boba…

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How TCU OC Garrett Riley Made His Way To The Title Game: “Who Would Have Thought?”

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LOS ANGELES – In the fourth game of the final year of his high school basketball career, Garrett Riley was ejected. There was a controversial call late in Muleshoe’s comeback try against Idalou, and the principal official considered that Riley, the Mules’ star quarterback, had used “foul language”. Riley was flustered, as was his coaching staff. This was a clean kid, a guy who would go on to win Texas Offensive Player of the Year for his league, and now he was jeopardizing his team’s game-winning chances? It simply does…

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The Pulse: A memorable playoff game that can win the NFL and New Year’s resolutions

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Start each morning with The Pulse in your inbox. Register here. good morning! It’s never too late to consider some resolutions, really. match mess The greatest day in CFP history The biggest blow to the College Football Playoff was the lack of competitive games in the semifinals. within eight hours, That narrative was turned upside down yesterday. TCU’s underdog status will not change on January 9 in the title game. per bet Georgia opened as the game favorite at 13.5 points. wow. Speaking of fireworks, Ohio State missed the game-winning…

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TCU blocked outside noise in its Fiesta Bowl victory. The National Championship is next

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Glendale, Ariz. — After the purple confetti fell onto the turf of State Farm Stadium and TCU head coach Sonny Dykes bagged the Fiesta Bowl in victory, the Horned Frogs were overwhelmed with the spoils of victory. The southeastern end of the field was filled with hugs, handshakes, and photos. Dykes, who sobbed four weeks ago as his family surrounded him after losing the Big 12 Championship game to TCU, hugged his wife and three children again, this time wearing a smile, a gray Fiesta Bowl champs cap and a…

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