Jeff Howe

When I was growing up watching college football, nothing would burst my bubble faster than getting pumped by watching GameDay and then, at 11, ESPN goes to a crappy Big Ten game. "Welcome to Iowa and Illinois!" My reaction:

The first rule of Big Ten football is you don't talk about Big Ten football!

Here's a piece on Amalia Holguin, who was a part of Kobe Bryant's Mamba Academy: https://youtu.be/l0pbt21UIKg?si=uAKIw4A1ZOQfE5uH

I'll post whatever information the program sends out on the signees whenever it becomes available.

Amalia Holguin is a 5-foot-9-inch guard from Newport Beach, Calif. (Sage Hill).

Aaliah Spaight is a top-50 recruit in the country. Five-foot-7 point guard out of Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas.

This is footage taken from the meeting Bobby and I had after Coffee & Football went off the air:

I hate that he's with the Eagles, but it's great to see him playing a big role on one of the best defenses in the NFL.

Taaffe is one of 10 semifinalists for the Burlsworth Trophy. The award is named in honor of former Arkansas All-American offensive lineman Brandon Burlsworth and is presented to "the most outstanding football player who began his career as a walk-on and has shown outstanding performance on the field."

Cleveland and Parker High are in the second round of the 6A playoffs in Alabama.

Trent Maybin is the son of former Major Leaguer Cameron Maybin.

Personally, I thought the Clemson game at DKR was one of the live experiences I've had in all of my years going to Texas games. Sign me up for more on-campus CFP games.

A long overdue Step 1 is compete. Step 2: Dumont gives Dirk whatever it’ll take to make him a part of the organization again. That fence needed mending yesterday.

I don't care who insulted who first. A handful of posters are derailing threads, and I'm tired of the childish behavior. Grow up and stop cluttering the board with nonsense.

FWIW, GameDay was in Athens a couple of weeks ago when Georgia hosted Ole Miss.

No. Companies like A-to-Z Sports want people who can crank out content, regardless of whether or not it's crap. They're strictly going for cheap SEO clicks and don't care much about substance (if at all).

Exactly. Don’t leave it in the committee’s hands. You won your way into controlling your destiny. Winning is the only thing that ensures that remains the case.

I’ve seen him a few times and I don’t know that that’s for sure where he’ll wind up. Regardless, I think he’s a solid prospect and we’ll see what happens with an offer. With football going to 105 full scholarships, you can take a flier on a developmental-type prospect for a spot that otherwise would go to a preferred walk-on.

And given what Kentucky is doing to Florida tonight, that loss isn’t aging well.

I’m already ready!

When No. 11 Texas faces fifth-ranked Georgia in Athens next Saturday (6:30 p.m., ABC), it will do so on the heels of the Bulldogs’ most complete performance of the season. Kirby Smart’s team rolled up a season-high 567 yards of total offense in Saturday’s 41-21 dispatching of Mississippi State. Georgia (8-1, 6-1 SEC) ran for 303 yards and averaged 7.7 yards per play on an afternoon in which Gunnar Stockton (18-for-29 passing for 264 yards and three touchdowns) led five consecutive touchdown drives after a first-quarter fumble in the red zone. A defense entered Saturday’s game with a Power Four-low eight sacks recorded through eight games. After allowing a 14-play, 75-yard drive to open the game, the Bulldogs forced two three-and-outs, four total punts, a fumble and a turnover on downs to help Georgia build a 38-7 lead by the 9:58 mark of the third quarter. The Longhorns won four consecutive SEC games after losing to Florida. Texas (7-2, 4-1) has earned the opportunity to position itself as a threat to get back to the SEC Championship Game and the College Football Playoff if it can hand the Bulldogs their second conference loss. With Georgia’s trip to Starkville out of the way, the countdown to the third meeting between the Longhorns and the Bulldogs in 392 days is officially underway. — Along with a healthy running back room (Nate Frazier’s 59-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter highlighted a 12-carry, 181-yard performance against Mississippi State), Georgia’s offensive line looks just as good, if not better than the group Stacy Searles put on the field last season. Texas will come into the game with arguably the best run defense in the country. It should be a hellacious trench battle next Saturday. — The tight end position is a significant piece in Mike Bobo’s offense, which is why Lawson Luckie’s departure after he was leveled on a hit that led to safety Jahron Manning’s ejection for targeting is a significant development. Smart said after the game that Luckie wanted to get back on the field after he was ruled out, providing hope of a positive prognosis. Regardless, Luckie’s availability is one of the early health-related storylines to monitor, along with the status of Ryan Wingo (thumb) and Jelani McDonald (concussion protocol), both of whom suffered injuries in the Longhorns' 34-31 win over Vanderbilt. — Zachariah Branch and Noah Thomas both hauled in touchdowns from Stockton on Saturday. The Bulldogs have upgraded at wide receiver since the last time Texas saw Georgia, with the transfer wideouts responsible for two of Stockton’s completions against Mississippi State that were explosive in nature (gained 15 or more yards), including Thomas’ 64-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter. — The toughest task the Longhorns have in front of them is figuring out how to run the football with some level of consistency against a defense that came into the weekend as a top-15 unit against the run (94.1 yards per game and 3.01 yards per attempt allowed). Even though Texas is last in the SEC in rushing yards per game in conference play (84.1), Quintrevion Wisner has a track record of getting the job done in big games. Wisner’s most productive games this season have come against Ohio State (80 yards on 16 carries), Oklahoma (22 carries for 94 yards and five receptions for 35 yards) and Vanderbilt (75 yards on 18 carries and 28 yards on two catches), the seventh, eighth and 17th-ranked FBS run defenses heading into the weekend. With Wisner running behind an offensive line that might've found its best combination with Cole Hutson at left guard and Connor Robertson at center, the Longhorns have at least a puncher’s chance to move the ball on the ground. — Georgia is elite in the kicking game. While turnovers doomed Texas in the first meeting with Georgia last season, Brett Thorson’s ability to flip the field and help the Bulldogs dominate field position was a significant factor in the Longhorns’ struggles. Texas is much improved on special teams from last season, but it needs its best game of the season to match or top Georgia's kicking game, which might be the best in the country. View full news story

Epic drive by Fernando Mendoza and the Indiana offense to avoid an upset.