Kolek planning to go pro
From The Athletic:The opening line for this week’s Iowa-Northwestern college football game opened with an over-under of 29.5 points at Circa Sports, which is a modern-day low.
Iowa was in the Rose Bowl and finished in the top 10 6-7 years ago. Now they are best known for being the punchline of jokes about a horrific offense. Life comes at you fast.
Weirdly coincides with the elevation of Brian Ferentz to OC. Wonder if there's a connection.
This Michigan story is getting wild. Stallions may have been on the sideline of the CMU-MSU game in CMU gear. Even some thoughts he had a camera in his glasses.
Game winning FG for Duke. Not happy to see Duke Football keep winning games
North Carolina State coach Dave Doeren calls America a "soft country" ...Asked at his press conference yesterday about player Jaylon Scott staying at the school for his final year of eligibility, Doeren said:In today's world, not just football but in general — you see it at the high school level now — kids are picking up and transferring all the time. It's sad. Parents are robbing young people of adversity. “That's okay, honey. Let's do this. That's too hard.” That's sad. That's why we're a soft country.So there you have it from an expert.Now, some might say that somebody who is mediocre at his job (40-46 career ACC record) getting paid $5M and then blaming college athletes for America being a soft country is a sign that America's a soft country. But the fact is that America actually is a soft country because Daryll Morsell transferred to Marquette.
He also left NIU after two seasons to head to NC State. Which is clearly his right. As is the right for SAs to transfer. I guess the former is a good career decision while the latter is a reflection on American society. Because of course…
I have no love for Doeren and think he's kind of a meathead tool, but outside of the stupid "soft country" ending, I don't think he's entirely wrong. It's pretty much a given now that if you're a highly ranked recruit and you're not starting by sophomore year, especially as a QB, you're transferring. Of course it's their right and I don't think its ruining the college game or anything dramatic like that, but it is certainly counter to adversity helping athletes find a different gear through fighting for position or rank.
The counter to that is maybe the coaching staff sold the kid a bill of goods during the recruiting process, and the realty of the situation is nothing close to that. Doesn't make the kid soft, it makes him smart.
I have no love for Doeren and think he's kind of a meathead tool, but outside of the stupid "soft country" ending, I don't think he's entirely wrong. It's pretty much a given now that if you're a highly ranked recruit and you're not starting by sophomore year, especially as a QB, you're transferring. Of course it's their right and I don't think its ruining the college game or anything dramatic like that, but it is certainly counter to adversity helping athletes find a different gear through fighting for position or rank.I also don't think him getting a promotion from NIU to NCSU is an apples to apples comp for this situation, especially since nobody is sitting out anymore. If he bolted to another mid tier P5 program because he was struggling in Raleigh, then it would be fair. Not all transfers are the same.
This is pretty great.https://twitter.com/RGIII/status/1719903094538998019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1719903094538998019%7Ctwgr%5E70d620d15c7f531164918133d9376202c55ac5f1%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhuskerbigred.com%2Fwatch-this-matt-rhule-speech-will-give-you-chills%2F
Indiana has a college football team?