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Every year there are the what-ifs in an NFL Draft. What if this player had been on the board just a little longer? That was certainly the case for the Baltimore Ravens in the early rounds in 2024. General manager Eric DeCosta explained that there was a player his franchise was eyeing that didn’t quite make it to where he was draftable for them. “There were receivers in the second and third round that we liked that we could have taken,” DeCosta said. “One of my sleepers in this draft was (Ricky) Pearsall, and I mean he went in the first round, which was crazy. It was a great pick, I give those ...
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The temperature is rising outdoors as well as on the seats of some major college football head coaches as the 2024 season draws closer and closer. On Friday morning’s On3 YouTube live stream Andy Staples broke down the three power conference coaches he believes are on the hottest seats heading into 2024. He addressed Florida’s Billy Napier, Arkansas’ Sam Pittman, and Baylor’s Dave Aranda, detailing what each coach must accomplish this coming season in order to keep their jobs. Take a look at Staples’ path to job security for all three right here: Billy Napier | Florida“The thing about Billy Na...
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SANDESTIN, Fla. — The SEC released a piece of its 2024 schedule Thursday, complete with exact dates, game times and TV networks for the first three weeks of the season (and a bit more). The league’s full slate is set to be revealed on June 11. As part of the conference’s new exclusive media rights deal with Disney/ESPN, the SEC suddenly has the ability to map out its schedule weeks in advance, which is fantastic for fans. And yet, the wait continues on what the future of the SEC’s schedule might look like in 2026. On the eve of this week’s SEC Spring Meetings, commissioner Greg Sankey said he ...
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Rivalries are what make college football great, especially in the SEC. For years, the Iron Bowl between Alabama and Auburn has been the conference’s headliner. The annual Florida-Georgia game (unofficially known as the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party) in Jacksonville is up there as well. But if you ask Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte, there is a new leader in the clubhouse for the SEC’s best rivalry matchup. “Have you been to the Red River Rivalry yet?” Del Conte asked Paul Finebaum during Wednesday’s episode. “It’s ridiculous, it’s the greatest thing ever. They may talk about t...
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As certain members of the ACC continue their quest to wriggle free from the league’s restrictive Grant of Rights, the question of whether other conferences might add some ACC members has risen to the surface. The SEC is one such league that could potentially benefit from the departure of a Clemson or Florida State. That is if SEC member schools are amenable. It’s long been theorized that schools like Florida or South Carolina might vote against the inclusion of either of those programs, wanting to be the only program in the conference from the state for recruiting reasons. Florida athletics di...
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Speaking at Tuesday’s SEC spring meetings, Florida coach Billy Napier said he was “comfortable” with his actions amid the NIL-related lawsuit brought by former Gators signee and incoming Georgia quarterback Jaden Rashada. Wednesday, the coach got more support from UF athletics director Scott Stricklin. Stricklin voiced his “tremendous amount of trust” in Napier while speaking with reporters in Destin, one day after Napier met with reporters. “I’ve got a tremendous amount of trust in Billy,” Stricklin said. “Not only in who he is as a person, but how he conducts himself and how he treats other ...
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One of the main figures in Georgia quarterback Jaden Rashada’s claim against Florida football and head coach Billy Napier is former director of player engagement and NIL, Marcus Castro-Walker. Castro-Walker was let go by Florida in early 2024. Castro-Walker, who held his role at Florida beginning in 2021, was one of the key point people for the Gators’ NIL efforts. That means he was also a main figure in the recruitment and signing-gone-awry of Rashada. Pressed for what happened with Castro-Walker at Florida — a matter now taking on even more import in light of Rashada’s recent legal filing — ...
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Florida superstar recruit DJ Lagway turned heads this spring with his terrific play on the gridiron in his first few months on campus. Now he’s doing it off the field, too. The freshman phenom posted a collaboration video with Gatorade on Tuesday evening. Lagway, of course, already has ties to the brand after he was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year for his 2023 season in high school. He was a consensus five-star prospect coming out of high school, widely regarded as one of the top recruits in the country. You can check out the collaboration below. DJ Lagway earned the Gatorade Na...
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SANDESTIN, Miramar Beach — With a holiday tan and a fresh haircut, Billy Napier did not look or sound like a man under any sort of guillotine. Making his first public comments since the bombshell Jaden Rashada lawsuit dropped last week, Florida’s embattled head coach cooly stated that he was “comfortable with (his) actions” and expressed confidence that his 2024 Gators football team is positioned to perhaps surprise some folks who are already calling for his head before a critical Year 3 in Gainesville. “Look, there’s no magic pill. There’s no magic potion we can drink,” Napier told On3 at the...
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Billy Napier opened up on the Jaden Rashada lawsuit and what it’s done to Florida’s current recruiting base and landscape. However, despite the lawsuit and Napier’s comments on the exact situation, he’s used to any type of narrative. “A lot of this narrative has been out there for a long time,” Napier said at the SEC meetings. “I think we got that question two years ago, or a year and a half ago … So, look, we’re gonna keep moving forward. I mean, this process has been ongoing. I think, ultimately, the NCAA process. So you know, we can’t say much more than that. “I think ultimately, we have to...
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