Pre-Draft Analysis​

Jean-Baptiste has the length and upper-body strength to take on and shed tight ends. He's a rangy run-defender who closes well chasing from the backside. Jean-Baptiste flashes the ability to get off blocks and chases with good effort rushing the passer. He is not a polished hand fighter or counterpuncher, but has the traits to develop as a pass-rusher.

Just sayin': Drafted #2 in the 7th round (#222 overall) by Washington.

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Roger Goodell addresses college football's transfer portal, NIL issues at 2024 NFL Draft: 'Who's in control?'​

The NFL commissioner could be a beacon of hope for college football.​

"Who is in control?" Goodell said on The Pat McAfee Show. "Is it the NCAA, or is it the conferences? They're moving around. I don't know enough about it right now, but if anybody asks us for help, we're going to try to do our best."

The newest NIL regulations require athletes to disclose any deal of more than $600 to their schools, marking a step toward financial transparency. It still, however, prohibits direct pay-for-play compensation from universities.

"Guys are staying in college football because they're getting paid," said Goodell. "I don't think that's a bad thing because they're still in a college program. I'm a big believer in college football. I love it. I watch it all day. But I also think they make stars for our players. They give them that platform. They get them ready to play the professional game both physically, mentally and otherwise. So I think it works."

Goodell said he does not see a future wherein college football and the NFL merge, but he aims to be a problem-solver for the college game, which each year sends its biggest stars to the professional level.

"We work really closely with college football," said Goodell. "I'm meeting with them in the next week. We want to try to help."

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Matt Rhule claims 'every team in the country' is trying to convince one of Nebraska's top players to transfer​

The Huskers are fighting to keep one of their top players from transferring.​

Nebraska football has yet to have a current player enter the transfer portal during the active window, but that could soon change after the Huskers wrapped up their spring practice on Saturday with a scrimmage inside Memorial Stadium. Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule said earlier in April that some players on his roster were contacted by other teams gauging their interest in entering the transfer portal ahead of the spring window. On Saturday, he revealed tight end Thomas Fidone as one of the top Nebraska players with outside interest.

"Every team in the country is trying to get him to leave and go there," Rhule said. "The kid is a Nebraska Cornhusker through and through."

Fidone rated as a four-star prospect and ranked as the No. 1 tight end in the 2021 recruiting class. After suffering a pair of ACL injuries in his first two seasons at Nebraska, the 6-foot-6, 250-pound played in all 12 games with eight starts as a sophomore in 2023.

Fidone led the Huskers with four touchdown catches and finished second with 25 receptions for 260 yards last season.

"I think the biggest thing with Thomas — at the end of the season I said to Thomas, I was like, 'What a great fall we had,' meaning him, us, we had. He's like, 'What do you mean?' What I love about Thomas Fidone, man, he is never happy. He is never happy. It's because he wants to be great. He wants to be the best tight end in the world. He's always trying to be better. My point was, coming off two ACLs, to get through a spring, a fall and a season healthy, that's what he needed. Because now instead of rehabbing this winter, he's lifting. He's in the 260 range at 4.5 with 34-inch arms. He's a physical freak. And he's loyal. ... So, I love that guy and I love his approach. It's so good for our players to see a guy who's so obsessed with being great and never happy. You know what I mean? But at the same time, to your point, he just had to have a true offseason. He just had to have weight lifting where he's not rehabbing and now I think you're starting to see what he can do."

Just sayin': If true, isn't that tampering?

FORMER OHIO STATE GUARD BOWEN HARDMAN COMMITS TO AKRON​

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A Cincinnati native and Princeton High School graduate, Hardman was a three-star recruit in Ohio State’s top-10 ranked 2022 class. He never carved out much of a role in his two years with the Buckeyes, appearing in 25 total games across both seasons. In 2023-24, Hardman averaged a career-best 4.2 minutes, 1.8 points and 0.4 rebounds per game in 18 appearances.

With two years of eligibility remaining, Hardman joins an Akron squad that went 24-11 overall, won the MAC Tournament and lost to No. 3-seeded Creighton in the NCAA Tournament. Like the Buckeyes, the Zips have rebuilt their roster through the portal this offseason, with Hardman one of five transfers to join the program in March and April.

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Yeah Kirk Cousins the most overpaid mediocre NFL QB in history. 1-4 in the playoffs in 12 years. ~$300 million in NFL salary to-date.

From playing in the Rose Bowl to robbing banks and kidnapping charges. If I remember right, he also threatened to leave the team over supposed racism from the coaches.

Dude is a mental mess

Does the judicial system move this slow in other industrialized nations?

A more than fair point, that! :)

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Class: 2026
School: Frisco (TX) Lone Star
Position: TE
Height: 6-foot-4
Weight: 225 lbs.

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Finally had the cataract removed from the right eye (first detachment). I had the doc correct for distance, so now I can see perfectly and won't have to pay to have sunglasses changed to prescription lenses. I thought I'd freak a little bit knowing that I'd be half awake while this was going on, but it was smooth.

I had to push it back a couple of months after the left eye detached in February. That was a scary week. Left eye was blind because of the gas bubble, and the right eye was maybe 15% because of the blurriness and cloudiness of the cataract. I was ready to hire a 24 hour aid for a week (not cheap), but after the first day, I found that I could navigate the apartment, feed myself and take the dog for short walks. Since I got in so quick this time (detachment was Friday afternoon and surgery was Monday morning), damage was minimal and was given the lighter bubble that was half gone by the end of the week with clear vision over the top of what was left. Scheduled to get this cataract out in November. After which, this should all be over.

Were there any spin pass attempts?

oneleggedcop said:

Do you have week 2 by chance?

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no had a black out i'll try to find it tho

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Class: 2025
School: Coconut Creek(FL) American Heritage
Position: RB
Height: 5-foot-9
Weight: 170lbs

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He showed out in the Spring game, after tkl#4, I had to look up who the heck #32 was. Another talent that is worthy of a scholly instead of pursuing a transfer

This is brilliant.

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Bestbuck36 said:

3rd time now and the only person in there 3 times I believe. Player, Coach and GM?

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He's the logo of the NBA:



Its logo was designed in 1969 by Alan Siegel, the founder of the branding consultancy firm Siegel+Gale. The recognizable silhouette is modeled after Jerry West, a legendary Los Angeles Lakers player and Hall-of-Famer.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

Well what makes the SEC capable of having rules, but not the NCAA? Can't somebody just sue the SEC for whatever they sued the NCAA for and strip them of power as well?

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I think the SEC programs agreed to the rules, and voted on the Commissioner to enforce them. At least thats what I’m led to believe. Those can feel free to correct me if I’m incorrect

DubCoffman62 said:

Who is Boosie and how cab I support him?

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Rapper from Baton Rouge.

And you can support him by putting tomato in the next gumbo you make.

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NHL Trivia: Who are these guys and what were they called?

RB07OSU said:

Longs is still there? That's awesome, I thought all of High turned into corporate America except for Buckeye Donuts (if that ever goes I might find a new team...kidding a little bit). Campus talk aside, he seems like a real possibility and good player.

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The original Long’s is now a Target. Which is sort of nice to have one on campus and now the one on Olentangy is not always a zoo. Fun fact, the Target on Olentangy used to be the highest grossing Target in the entire company, as a result of the one on High this no longer is true. They opened a Barnes and Noble in the gateway district and they have the Long’s sign either outside or inside of that location. So it’s still corporate America.

Also intrigued by the 2026 QB. We have a lot of offers out there it seems so nice to get a lot of these kids in campus. I imagine we will see some more movement after kids visit for games this season.