Adam Kramer

1 week ago | bleacherreport.com | Adam Kramer

The inevitable has arrived. The lawless, structureless, complicated universe of college football in the NIL era has produced its first-and certainly not last-high-profile breakup. Perhaps the only surprise is that it took this long for turmoil to arise. Now, one can only hope that actual change is coming next. For Tennessee, that turmoil has come and gone. The team's starting quarterback from a season ago, Nico Iamaleava, one of the biggest recruits this program has ever produced, is gone.

2 months ago | bleacherreport.com | Adam Kramer

2 months ago | bleacherreport.com | Adam Kramer

Days before he helped his team to a national championship, Chip Kelly, one of the great football minds of our lifetime, beamed with energy. While Kelly hasn't always been regarded as a bubbly personality within the sport, his day at media days prior to the title game was a different story. He was polite and engaging. He was detailed-if not captivating-when asked to talk about actual football.

Jan 21, 2025 | bleacherreport.com | Adam Kramer

ATLANTA - If all goes according to plan, there will be cigars and confetti and tears of unfiltered joy. For Ohio State, the No. 8 seed in the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff, that was the aftermath. As the celebration began on the Mercedes-Benz Stadium field following the Buckeyes' 34-23 win over Notre Dame, the sport let out a great exhale after its longest season ever.

Jan 18, 2025 | bleacherreport.com | Adam Kramer

Matthew Visinsky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images This is a football story about love. About loyalty. About the things that once defined a sport before money and NIL and the transfer portal swarmed its very infrastructure. No, this is something different. Something pure. Something everlasting. Something at the very fabric of what defines college football's innermost brilliance-the intimate connection between a city and its people.