Player Notes

FAYETTEVILLE — TJ Metcalf had a total of 32 scholarship offers.Only one school, one coaching staff and one team, however, made him feel like he was truly at home, he said — that was Coach Sam Pittman and the Arkansas Razorbacks.When Metcalf talks about his visits to Fayetteville with his family before he committed to play for Pittman, he wasn’t familiar with the area.“Throughout the recruiting process, ...

The Pac-12 Conference didn’t die this week.It perished 13 months earlier.On June 30, 2022, the departures of USC and UCLA to the Big Ten became official. And the future of the league they’re leaving behind — the same one University of Arizona sports became synonymous with beginning in 1978 — became precarious.My colleagues and I discussed the situation on the “Wildcast” podcast the very next day. We ...

The term "bipartisan legislation" has a natural tendency to perk up ears, giving off a sense of hope for passage, especially in times (like these) when Democrats and Republicans have split control of Congress' two houses.It's a false hope, however, when it comes to the PASS Act.That's the name, image and likeness bill that Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a friend of Alabama football coach Nick Saban's, and former ...

Quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Justin Herbert came off the board back-to-back in the 2020 NFL Draft. The Miami Dolphins took Tagovailoa from Alabama at No. 5, and the Los Angeles Chargers chose Herbert from Oregon at No. 6.Until Tuesday, both quarterbacks were entering the final season of their rookie contracts and set to play the 2024 season on fifth-year options that their teams had picked up this ...

Published Jul. 27, 2023, 2:21 p.m.By Brian Fonseca | NJ Advance Media for NJ.comMinnesota head coach P.J. Fleck on Thursday pushed back on the serious allegations of a toxic and intimidating culture within his program that were made by former players and staff in a report from A.J. Perez of Front Office Sports.Fleck, who served as an assistant at Rutgers from 2010-11, told ESPN that the allegations ...

3-4 minutes 7/27/2023South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler has been complimentary of his Week 1 counterpart, praising UNC’s Drake Maye for how he “blew up on the scene last year.”The feeling’s mutual, according to Maye, whose Tar Heels face the Gamecocks in their season opener on Sept. 2 at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium.“Spencer had some great games last year,” Maye, the reigning ACC Player ...

Published Jul. 27, 2023, 2:07 p.m.INDIANAPOLIS — Jim Harbaugh’s first public response since word came down he was facing a four-game suspension from the NCAA was short and to the point on Thursday.Speaking at Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis, the Michigan football coach said he’s “not allowed to talk about any aspect” of the ongoing investigation into his program, which faces multiple Level II violations. ...

Published Jul. 26, 2023, 5:58 p.m.By Patrick Lanni | NJ Advance Media for NJ.comBrian Fonseca | NJ Advance Media for NJ.comINDIANAPOLIS — Rutgers will enter training camp without the usual major storyline.Greg Schiano ended all ambiguity at his biggest position when he named Gavin Wimsatt as his starting quarterback Wednesday morning, ending the projected training camp battle before it began.The move ...

1. If you’re like me and you don’t have one college football team you root for and you adopt different teams each year, I have your squad for the 2023 season.The Charlotte 49ers of the AAC.Charlotte’s coach, Biff Poggi (right off the bat, that's a great name, so I'm already partial to Poggi), seems to be quite a character based on his media interactions this week.On Tuesday, Poggi didn't hide his disgust ...

The San Diego State saga is further proof that the Pac-12's lack of a media rights deal is hampering its ability to recruit new members.July 21, 2023: Speaking at Pac-12 Media Day, Kliavkoff declines to comment in detail on the conference's media deal, but stands firm that it will be announced "soon."July 26, 2023: Colorado reportedly seeks an exit from the Pac-12. Big 12's presidents meet and vote ...