Welcome to the new era of NCAA women’s college basketball, where the transfer portal has become the most valuable way — usurping even high school recruiting classes — to build and sustain a program. In the last month, we’ve seen the rich get richer, contenders plug in key (and formerly missing) components while other teams …
On Monday’s episode of The Audible, a discussion about Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson led us to come up with our “QB Tiers” heading into the 2023 season. While we had a few disagreements, ultimately our lists were close enough to combine them into a consensus version. Heisman winner Caleb Williams is the obvious top pick, …
College football QB tiers: Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, Michael Penix, but who’s next? Read More »
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — Shane Beamer’s South Carolina team had just completed an 8-4 season, highlighted by upset wins over Clemson and Tennessee, to secure the program’s first top 25 finish since a decade before under Steve Spurrier. He’d finished his player meetings to close the season and was surprised to later learn that four …
SEC football coaches sound off on tampering — but what about solutions? Read More »
A smirk went across the face of Georgia president Jere Morehead this week as he overheard a question: Will the SEC schedule be finalized next week at the conference’s spring meetings? It was the knowing smirk of a man who has been dealing with the subject for much longer than he ever expected. “I am …
As SEC meetings near, chances for 8-game football schedule, or not voting, have gone up Read More »
HOOVER, Ala. — Florida baseball coach Kevin O’Sullivan walked off the field at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium and perfectly summarized what’s at stake at an SEC baseball tournament. “Everyone’s got something at stake here,” O’Sullivan said. “You’re this national seed (in the NCAA baseball tournament), that national seed. There’s things we can gain by being here.” …
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Welcome to the newest bad-faith argument in women’s basketball: That college players are taking a pay cut when they go to the WNBA. It’s everywhere, from misinformed tweets and tweeters (and yes, the trolls) to PR firms trying to boost an article or NIL valuation tool. Regardless, it’s an argument that easily gains steam. For …
Women’s college basketball players are not taking a pay cut to enter the WNBA Read More »
