Tag: Texas Longhorns
2025 NBA Draft: Which college teams, conferences produced the most first-round picks?
Duke topped the charts on Wednesday night with the most players picked from any college during the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft. All three Blue Devils who were selected came off the board within the first 10 picks, headlined by No. 1 overall selection Cooper Flagg. Flagg’s selection earned the ACC some bragging…
College football’s 10 best backup quarterbacks: LSU, SMU among teams with strong QB2 options in 2025
Building depth at the quarterback position in college football is almost impossible in the transfer portal era. It’s rare that a quality backup actually sticks around, especially since — if they’re good enough — they can go somewhere that they’re promised a more immediate starting spot. So quality backup quarterbacks are an invaluable commodity. Teams…
College Football Playoff X-factors: Players poised to make or break contenders’ 2025 postseason chances
Even with the expanded format, a lot has to go right for teams to punch their tickets to the College Football Playoff. One factor can make or break a postseason push, like the Miami defense did last season when the Hurricanes fell just short of their playoff debut. Ahead of the 2025 season, every CFP…
Big Ten, SEC stalemate headlines College Football Playoff meetings with strength-of-schedule metrics in focus
Whether tweaks to the College Football Playoff selection process will be enough to stave off a switch to an automatic qualifier-heavy model will be at the heart of discussions this week in Asheville, North Carolina, when 10 conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director meet. The meetings, which begin Tuesday and run until Wednesday afternoon,…
Boomer or bust: Firmly on the hot seat, Oklahoma’s Brent Venables pushing all his chips in for 2025 season
Oklahoma’s famous Sooner Schooner has weathered a few bumps in the road in the past, but after suffering through two losing seasons in three years for the first time this century, Brent Venables knew he had to pull the reins. Oklahoma’s head coach began re-evaluating his plans in October, amid a dreadful start to his…
College football’s 25 most dynamic players of the past 25 years: Reggie Bush, Cam Newton lead memorable group
Settle in for a minute or two and try to recall the most memorable plays over the course of your college football fandom. Sure, many of these are likely team-specific, but a betting man would place odds on several highlights seared in your brain coming from a few of the greatest dynamos of all-time whose…