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August 15, 2022 Derek Worley

Every year as a college football fan, it’s exciting but sometimes challenging to try and pinpoint who the next breakout star is going to be. Some guys inherently blow up since the starter in...

August 8, 2022 Derek Worley

As part of a piece I wrote about NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) a month ago, I highlighted my belief of local and even larger businesses signing already committed players as a positive way...

August 1, 2022 Derek Worley

At the conclusion of the 2016 college football season, there was a changing of the guard in Norman, Oklahoma. The Sooners, who had been coached by Bob Stoops since 1999, were set to begin...

July 5, 2022 Derek Worley

In the not so distant past, college athletes receiving compensation for their name, image and likeness (NIL) was prohibited. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) frequently desired to bust coaches, players and programs making...

June 27, 2022 Derek Worley

The United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) played a total of four games during their June window. Two of those were friendlies, played against Morocco and Uruguay. The other two opponents were Grenada and...

October 1, 2021 Derek Worley

September was all us college football fans could have asked for, and then some. We saw a ton of FCS schools upsetting FBS teams, and even some usual superpowers fall. We’ve even had some...

Over the last year in college football, the landscape has altered to a new terrain which hasn’t been seen before. Teams are abandoning rivalries and traditions, swapping leagues at the drop of a hat. Also, players are using the transfer portal as a trampoline to bounce them from one...

As part of a piece I wrote about NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) a month ago, I highlighted my belief of local and even larger businesses signing already committed players as a positive way to pursue NIL. Even though it was introduced without restrictions, a local partnership would not...

Going into October of 2021, the Florida Gators football program looked to be in amazing shape. They were nine months removed from an SEC East crown where they took Alabama to the wire, but came up short, 52-46, in the 2020 SEC Championship Game. Facing the Crimson Tide again...

In the not so distant past, college athletes receiving compensation for their name, image and likeness (NIL) was prohibited. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) frequently desired to bust coaches, players and programs making it seem like their sole operating purpose was punishment. Some of those punishments have been...

The United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) played a total of four games during their June window. Two of those were friendlies, played against Morocco and Uruguay. The other two opponents were Grenada and El Salvador, as part of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football...

September was all us college football fans could have asked for, and then some. We saw a ton of FCS schools upsetting FBS teams, and even some usual superpowers fall. We’ve even had some surprise candidates rise up the ranks, and some “not so” surprise teams fall flat. With...