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Interesting bit from when Irving entered the portal from Mike Farrell Sports Where will Irving land? Irving will likely be a popular name in the portal due to his impressive production as a freshman. Illinois will have to take a look at Irving as that’s his home state and he is dynamic at catching the ball out of the backfield and would add a playmaker to the offense.

Next fall the running back room will certainly be young, four sophomores (one redshirt) and a true freshman. Didn't Richard Young #1 RB prospect visit this weekend?

Under the revised NFL guidelines, a college can request evaluations for only five players, with exceptions determined on a case-by-case basis; previously, there was no limit on the number of players from one team who could be reviewed.

Undergrad players can request an evaluation of draft potential from the NFL prior to entering the draft. From the NFL operations site... To help both the clubs, who want NFL-ready players in the Draft, and the student-athletes, who are looking to enter the Draft early, the NFL relies on its College Advisory Committee. The Committee, which includes high-level personnel evaluators from NFL clubs and directors from the league’s two sanctioned scouting organizations (National Football Scouting and BLESTO), advises underclassmen on their draft prospects before they make a formal request to the league to join the Draft. The College Advisory Committee’s process for determining whether underclassmen are ready for the NFL changed in 2014. Under the revised NFL guidelines, a college can request evaluations for only five players, with exceptions determined on a case-by-case basis; previously, there was no limit on the number of players from one team who could be reviewed.

I know the rules don't apply to USC but isn't the fall eligibility deadline tomorrow?

Didn't know that, thanks. Wonder if the information from the trial played a part.

Can he be charged with perjury? “I’m here because for the first time in my life my character has been attacked,” Taggart said. “I’m here because I’ve never been attacked in my life. Everyone that knows me knows that I’m a good person. I don’t intend to hurt anyone. That’s something that I’m prideful for and it’s something that I’m going to fight for for the rest of my life because that’s my intent, is to help these young men reach their dreams, goals and aspirations. The first time in my career, in my life, I’ve been accused of hurting our players and punishing our players and I can’t allow that to happen because that’s not me.” The lawsuit against Willie Taggart, his former strength coach and the NCAA is getting real - Footballscoop FOOTBALLSCOOP.COM If found negligent, a ruling against the defendants could result in yet another watershed moment against the college sports establishment amid a time when watershed moments seemingly...

FootballScoop provides some details regarding the Miami NIL program. They put the University of Miami in a catagory all their own, worse than the Texas schools. Mario's buddy John Ruiz is backing a $10 million player payroll, another booster, Dan Lambert plans a half million dollar payroll for football. I think our former coach will end up with a very tarnished reputation. We have our first contract holdout of the NIL era - Footballscoop FOOTBALLSCOOP.COM A Miami booster has -- quite publicly -- funded the school's NIL efforts. Now one of their top basketball players wants his own deal or he's leaving. From last summer Miami booster offers NIL deal worth $6,000 apiece to entire Canes roster - Footballscoop FOOTBALLSCOOP.COM The offer is the first from a startup organization aimed at recruiting businesses to do deals with Hurricane athletes.

Certainly looks like he has some type of promo deal.

Approaching two months in the hospital from the looks of this Instagram post. https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cc6tBB2l6WD/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

I chuckled at this paragraph from a NY Times analyst's recap of Day 1. Thibodeaux was a consensus All-America selection in 2021 and one of the top defenders in the nation for three years. The N.F.L.’s gossipmongers took an unexplained dislike to him this off-season, however, causing him to tumble below Walker and Hutchinson on the draft board. Justin Herbert, now a Pro Bowl quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers, faced similar vague whispers when leaving Oregon in 2020. It’s worth noting that N.F.L. scouting departments are still full of men who think that anyone who chooses to play in the Pacific Northwest over Alabama or Texas must be a filthy hippie.

From the linked article Papas says he recently negotiated an NIL deal for Kansas State transfer Nijel Pack that included $800,000 over two years plus a car. Pack was considered the No. 1 player in the transfer portal before committing to Miami. The deal was funded by billionaire John Ruiz, Wasn't Ruiz behind the Mario Cristobal hiring and the new stadium pipedream?

It looks like a couple of those highlight plays were against walk-on freshmen OL.

Absurd idea but let's not forget there is a huge gulf between introducing a bill and having it taken seriously, let alone actually passing.

Jurrion Dickey was a visitor for the spring game. Deciding right after a visit to announce is a promising sign.

The Pac-12 adopted guaranteed four year scholarships in 2014. I assume the rule is still in place although it didn't slow down Lincoln Riley.

Easy, if they play for your team it is supreme confidence, probably nurtured by the coaching staff. If not they are arrogant --------s.

When an athlete enters the portal the school can cancel the scholarship at the end of the academic period when he entered. For example at a school on a semester system a football player entering during the season can lose his scholarship at the end of fall term. If he doesn't enter until January the scholarship remains until the end of spring. Revoking a scholarship is solely at the discretion of the school.

NCAA: 40 percent of scholarship FBS players do not find scholarships on the other side of the transfer portal - Footballscoop FOOTBALLSCOOP.COM Ahead of the transfer portal deadline, the NCAA has released some numbers proving that transferring is a risky move for most FBS football players.

His twitter account has the Seattle skyline, another tweet refers to the "Apple Cup fiasco", and the twitter platform suggests his followers might also like a few UW fans accounts. Aren't purple poodle fans much like backwoods hillbillies?

Consider the source, it appears NickyTommyBilly is in Seattle.

Looks better than I thought.