For the next two weeks, we will be blessed with yet another day of the week in which the NFL will consume our lives. The tradition of mid-December Saturday games continues for yet another season to provide the TV networks with an additional advertising revenue boost -- and, hopefully for the league, improve sagging ratings.…
Todd Monken's abrupt departure from Southern Miss for the offensive coordinator vacancy with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers underscores college sports' double standards held for athletes and coaches. Monken's NFL opportunity is well-deserved. He inherited a Southern Miss team coming off a winless 2012, and by his third season, had the Golden Eagles in the Conference…
Sometimes, the NFL can be a real downer for a college football die-hard such as myself. Today's Tennessee Titans press conference introducing retread Mike Mularkey as its new head coach was the NFL going into full buzzkill mode. The Titans drafting 2014 Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota piqued my interest, and Mariota's stellar debut gave…
Feel better, USC fans? Less eager to see Kevin Sumlin exit College Station or Charlie Strong leave Austin, Aggies and Longhorns? Chip Kelly really isn't making his return to college football -- not for at least another few years, pending the particulars of his new contract with the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers announced Chip…
The past week was an especially disheartening time to be a San Diego Chargers fan. A 36-29 loss to the rival Oakland Raiders, which opened with San Diego in a 30-3 hole, was the proverbial salt in the wound after the organization's brass filed paperwork to explore relocation to Los Angeles. For those unfamiliar with…
The necessary point to address up front in the Marcus Mariota vs. Jameis Winston conversation is that football is 11-on-11 at any given time, with dozens more players impacting the outcome over a game's 60 minutes. Louisiana Tech head coach Skip Holtz pointed out before last Thursday's game against Western Kentucky that, despite the Conference…
Linebacker Bobby Wagner is rumored to have signed a $43 million contract extension with the Seattle Seahawks late Saturday, which makes him the NFL's highest-paid player at his position. Not a bad deal for a former 2-star recruit. Bobby Wagner landed at Utah State from Colony High School in Ontario, California, where he garnered minimal…
Ask athletes to be paragons of virtue. Demand they meet moral standards both on the field of play and in life many of us fail to meet ourselves. Expect nothing short of the championship-caliber production, and do it all with humility. Just don't stand up for anything. This is one terrible tweet, sent to Ohio…
Florida State running back Dalvin Cook turned himself in on battery charges Friday, shortly after a warrant was issued for his arrest for allegedly hitting a woman late last month. Dalvin Cook is the second Seminole involved in a domestic violence case this summer. On the same day of Cook's arrest, the NFL reduced the…
Kenny Stabler died this week at age 69, as first reported Thursday by the Tuscaloosa News -- albeit contentiously. His family issued a statement of confirmation shortly thereafter. The hour or so of social media kerfuffle that ensued as consumers (and producers) of news awaited confirmation prompted me to do some background on Stabler. I…
Friday Q&A returns from its brief hiatus, with a rather interesting set of questions. It's certainly one of the more diverse Q&As hosted in this site's brief history. If you would like your question answered, or at least addressed, tweet @cfbhuddle or @kensing45, or email publisher@cfbhuddle.com. @kensing45 your thoughts on the Gawker union and how…
The University of Maryland's official athletic department Twitter account broke the news -- quite literally; it has a BREAKING tag and everything -- that quarterback Daxx Garman is transferring into the football program, via Oklahoma State. BREAKING: QB Daxx Garman will join the Maryland Football team for the 2015 season after graduating from Oklahoma State.…
So the NFL is reportedly suspending New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady four games for his role in deflated footballs. Yeah, it's stupid and has dominated the landscape of sports takes, but next up on the defending Super Bowl champion Pats' depth chart is Jimmy Garoppolo. Hey, as someone who follows the Football Championship Subdivision…
College football fans agree on very little, but the closest you'll ever get to a consensus is that Pac-12 officiating has long been the worst of any conference. The Pac-12 took a step toward fixing that problem Wednesday, hiring NFL Director of Officiating David Coleman. The conference issued a release to media that includes the…
The latest installment in the seemingly endless circus of NFL draft coverage is actually rather interesting. David Cornwell, the attorney for former Florida State quarterback and likely No. 1 overall pick Jameis Winston, said the following at a symposium Friday: "Winston is ready to be a player on the field, but he's not ready to…
