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College Football Realignment – SEC Threatening NCAA With New Division
College sports are changing, and in a way that will start bringing in money to the athletes. Now is a time of meetings and big decisions, with SEC, probably speaking for the five power conferences, threatening the NCAA with a split that will form a new division in college sports or at least football, as the affects of big money move from realignment to what possibly might be a completely new look for the sport.
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NFL Rumors – San Francisco 49ers Believe Colin Kaepernick Can be a Good Passer
There have been some big passing games from Colin Kaepernick in his short career but he is still known for his running abilities and not his throwing, with interceptions against good defenses usually ruining his reputation. With an improved wide receivers situation, the San Francisco 49ers believe their quarterback can finally break out as a passer and leave the critics looking for answers.
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College Football Recruiting – Texas A&M Aggies Get Quarterback Kyler Murray
It seems that tradition and family is important for Kyler Murray, the top ranked high school quarterback in the nation, committing to Texas A&M to be his College Football program, following in the footsteps of his father Kevin Murray, a two-time All-American during the mid 80’s, while his son rejected offers from Oregon and Auburn.
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Florida Gators & SEC – No More FCS Opponents
Despite being the dominant power in College Football, SEC teams tend to schedule way too many FCS games which will probably hurt some of their team’s chances when it comes to make decisions about the College Football playoffs. Will Muschamp, head coach of the Florida Gators, has stated publicly that he doesn’t want any opponents from a lower division anymore.
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Houston Texans – Andre Johnson is a Man of his Word
Not liking the offseason decisions made by the Houston Texans, Andre Johnson sounded his displeasure and told everyone he wouldn’t be at the team’s OTAs. The day came, and true to his word, the Pro Bowl wide receiver didn’t arrive to the voluntary workouts.
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Dallas Cowboys – Sean Lee Can’t Stop Getting Injured
A defense that can’t afford losing any key players just got a whole lot weaker after Sean Lee tore his ACL which means he’ll miss the entire 2014 NFL season for the Dallas Cowboys, once again finding themselves without a player they were counting on to lead the defensive unit.
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NFL Rumors – Jacksonville Jaguars Won’t Start Blake Bortles at Quarterback
Despite three consecutive losing season with a total of 11 wins and six years since they’ve last been to the playoffs, the Jacksonville Jaguars are patient in the direction they’re taking, which means they won’t rush rookie quarterback Blake Bortles into anything, instead letting him sit on the bench behind Chad Henne and gradually grasp what it takes to be an NFL quarterback.
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NFL Playoffs – Closer to Expanding the Field
Change comes slowly in the NFL, but it’s usually easy to spot from miles away. With the league guided by making money for its owners while trumping anything else, expanding the playoffs for financial reasons seems quite normal, and it looks like in the annual spring meeting we’ll see the postseason format changed from 12 teams to 14 teams, starting no later than the 2015 season.
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Iowa Hawkeyes – The Best in Developing NFL Talent
It doesn’t take much to turn five and four-star high school prospects into productive college football players and then into draft picks. But turning two-star or even unrated players that enter college football without too much bell ringing and attention is a much more impressive feat, and no one does it better than Iowa, even if the football program hasn’t been exactly winning a whole lot in recent years.
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NFL Rumors – Houston Texans Thinking About Trading Andre Johnson
The stated unhappiness with the direction the Houston Texans are taking heading into the 2014 NFL season means that Andre Johnson, at the very least, should be considered as a trade option. It’s still far away from actually acting on his words, but you can never really know what sets a player and a team off on their separate ways.