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Sock boy off to a promising start

OU Practice

He's a leader. He's a worked. He's very ambitious. He's self-driven. Very humble. Incredibly confident. Great self awareness. Understands where he needs to get better. And that's just through conversation. But guys follow him. The best of the best make others around them better, and he's intentionally done that through relationships and work. But he's a good athlete, got good quickness.

"Very, very competitive — ultra competitive — and just got a great sense of humility to him that is fun to deal with."

Death in Gus Malzahn's family

Kristi's father passed away, so Gus wasn't at practice today and will be gone through the weekend. The team will now scrimmage next Tuesday.


OT: Dolphins trade 5 Picks: 1st Round, 2nd Round, two 4th Round and one 6th Round pick for

Has this been the craziest March ever for NFL Top Players switching teams?


Milton launches UCF NIL collective; Another NIL collective signs H.S. Junior to $8 mil deal

This article about MM’s UCF NIL Collective is from February, so not new news, but I’m posting it now because I just read another article today in the Athletic about how NIL Collectives are already getting way out of control.

The other article referenced a highly recruited high school junior who just signed a 5 year contract with an unnamed NIL collective that has promised to pay him $8 million dollars over 5 years, with $350,000 paid upfront upon signing the contract while he’s still a junior in high school, and then he’ll receive more than $2 million each year in college through his junior year. The article didn't name the athlete or the college the NIL Collective was formed for, because their source didnt allow them to. I’ve read many other insane stories like this about NIL collectives, although this one takes the cake.

A Miami Hurricanes NIL collective is paying the entire offensive line, and dozens of other players, some of whom aren’t even star players, each upwards of high 6 and low 7 figures. NIL collectives are also very active trying to entice players in the transfer portal.

NIL collectives are still in the infancy and they are already throwing around insane amounts of money. Within a year or two, NIL collectives will be THE dominant force in college football recruiting, including the high school level, JUCO, and the transfer portal. There will be almost nothing that coaches can say or schools can offer that will come close to influencing the decisions of where recruits choose to play football as much as the huge sums of money that will be offered by the most well funded NIL collectives. Facilities, academics, TV exposure, and the recruiting prowess of coaches won’t be able to compete with 6 and 7 figure paydays being offered to teenagers, many of whom come from very low income households.

Unless the NCAA acts quickly to start regulating NIL Collectives, they will be the death of college football as we know it.

Link to MM article: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/spo...0220216-fmgq6emr3jdphjazzbrxr4hona-story.html

Link to Athletic article: https://theathletic.com/3178558/202...ctive-that-could-pay-him-more-than-8-million/

***Video: UCF QBs - March 22 (2 of 2) 🎥***

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Another five minutes of QBs throwing. First part is QBs throwing on the run. I was wondering where Joey Gatewood was earlier and this is when I noticed him with the WRs.

I'm using a DSLR telephoto lens for video, so it's not the smoothest for zooming in and out and at times make things a bit shaky.

Mikey Keene (13)
John Rhys Plumlee (10)
Thomas Castellanos (12)
Parker Navarro (14)

***Video: UCF RBs - March 22 🎥***

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Who you will see:

R.J. Harvey (wearing gold)
Johnny Richardson (0)
Chris Bowerfind (26)

Then the group runs away from the camera:

Isaiah Bowser (5)
Johnny Richardson (0)
Mark Antony Richards (6)
Trillion Coles (33)
Anthony Williams (20)
Jordan McDonald (9)
R.J. Harvey (22)
Chris Bowerfind (26)

Amazon's NFL Thursday Night Football Announcing Team

Play by play is one of the best while a college guy will try his hand at NFL Games (believe he did ESPN NFL Playoff Game this year).

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