When I was a kid, this photo would be on the cover of Time, the Wheaties box, next years Trapper Keeper, lunchboxes, and the bedroom wall of teenagers all over America.
NEW: Charles Barkley on NIL:
"I've given more money to Auburn, legal or illegal, than any athlete in the history of the school. And the notion that I'm going to come up with a couple million dollars every year so that we can be good at basketball and football -- that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard."
(via @macandcube, h/t @mikerodak)
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Quinn Ewers was a perfect 1.000 recruit, learned under Steve Sarkisian, and made 2 CFPs - still undrafted
Will Howard is the reigning national champion who threw for 4,000 yd on 73% - still undrafted
Kyle McCord led nation in passing 4,779 still undrafted
Dillon Gabriel threw for 18,722 yards in college and got drafted 94th
The NFL isn’t engaged in a conspiracy against Shedeur Sanders…you just liked watching his dad play.
Imagine someone telling you on January 1st that in 2024:
- Indiana would be in the playoff
- SMU would get the last playoff spot over Alabama
- Boise State & Arizona State would have playoff byes
- Ohio would try to make flag planting a felony
- Nick Saban would be the funniest member of “College GameDay”
- Scott Frost would return to UCF
- Rich Rodriguez would be back at West Virginia
- Bill Belichick would be coaching North Carolina
- Florida State would go 2-10 b/c of a Dog Poop Curse
What a sport...
@KirkHerbstreit Thank you for sharing Ben with us. I always smiled when I saw him during a broadcast or before a game. Our pets become family and losing them can be unimaginable. All good boys go to heaven. He’ll be waiting for you.
Here's a cool sports story...
Luke Combs grew up in North Carolina as a Panthers fan, so after Hurricane Helene, he organized a charity concert at Bank of America Stadium to raise money.
But rather than charging Combs the standard rate, Panthers owner David Tepper donated everything.
Tepper let Combs use the venue for free. He didn't keep any of the parking, merchandise, food, or beer money. He also paid the salaries of all the employees who worked the event and even covered 100% of the tax bill.
The result?
It was the largest concert in stadium history, with over 82,000 people showing up to donate $25 million.
And since Tepper paid for everything, every single dollar that was raised went to hurricane victims.
That's incredible 👏