Adrian Peters

One detail is false. In the early 80’s one of my American Legion teammates joined a practice squad set up by the Cubs, and they were paid to play against their single A teams, provide bodies in tryouts, simulated games and rehab assignments. It wasn’t great money but paid daily.

The Trinity League has no peer. It produces high school national champion teams, Heisman Trophy winners and NFL players. Even the less heralded schools make their mark. In its first 28 graduating classes (1991-2018) Santa Margarita produced 29 alums who signed pro contracts.

High School Football America @HSFBamerica

2025 Trinity League schedules are being released. St. John Bosco, JSerra & Santa Margarita's are out, so far Last year the 6-team league finished between No. 1 & No. 66 in the HSFA 300 Story & schedules -> https://t.co/f5cX2xKQ13 @boscofootball @SMCHSEagles @JSerra_Football https://t.co/UC40NrjQQG

4th & goal from the 9 is about a 20% prop. The FG should have been made and would have allowed ND the option to kick away or try an onsides kick. I’ll take my chances of winning down 31-16 with OSU getting the ball on the 25 vs down 31-13 with OSU getting the ball on the 9.

Adam Rittenberg @ESPNRittenberg

Doink! Needed to go for TD there.

Those sacks were not his most embarrassing effort yesterday - it was the 4th & inches play where he neglected to even impede Germaine Pratt let alone block him. https://t.co/MS1CX5LU0E

That exhibition by Dan Moore last night deserves a new award. His absolute lack of effort in obstructing, let alone blocking, Pratt single-handedly blew up the 4th & inches play. For Pittsburgh, it was a favorable front seven alignment to successfully execute that play call.

This is an example of coaches outsmarting themselves in practice. They assume probability and analytics will play out to their advantage so they teach techniques accordingly. But relying on panic or ill-preparedness by elite opposing QBs and coordinators isn’t a strategy.

Mark Leiendecker @MarkLeiendecker

@KennyDillingham @100YARDLANDLORD Appreciate the conversation coach says here! My problem is regardless of the time and score, you never allow someone to get behind you. This is what happens. Yes sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. You have to have a safety back to keep this from happening.

This is going to hurt. Pitt’s offensive line is not very good - and has been exposed more and more each week - but it just got a lot worse with this news. On a positive note, we knew Pitt’s O-Line was bad but, wow, Syracuse’s line is worse.

Chris Peak @PantherLair

Pat Narduzzi announced that offensive lineman Branson Taylor is out for the season.

Cal’s defense is pretty good. They’re big, fundamentally sound, disguise coverages well and don’t miss tackles. The problem with Pitt’s offense - the offensive line - is glaring and won’t improve let alone get fixed this year. It will be fixed in the 2025 transfer portal.

It was once the coaching staff that decided who will redshirt, and in years past it was almost always either a pre-season decision on freshmen or injury driven. Now, in the last couple days, two healthy, high profile players have made their own mid-season redshirt announcements.

Bruce Feldman @BruceFeldmanCFB

USC DL Bear Alexander intends to redshirt and will not play for the remainder of the 2024 season, multiple sources told The Athletic, @AntonioCMorales reports. The former five-star who transferred from UGA hasn’t started any of USC’s three games. https://t.co/hck7Jbmp4W

Just wait until he learns how to check out of plays and gets a better offensive line. Good heavens.

Pitt's offensive line is as bad as I can remember it ever being. The offense actually scores in spite of that group. They have terrible feet, take downs off, are not strong enough to neutralize bull rushes nor athletic enough to adjust to run blitzes or edge pressure.

Analytics has to a degree hijacked the game. To wit, returning kickoffs. Rather than elect a touchback every time and just take it on the 25, analytics, apparently, says the chance for a long return outweighs the downside of inevitable injuries, fumbles or penalties.

Pitt’s offensive line is still neither athletic nor strong enough. Plus Bartholomew is still a liability in the run game. Their skill players are solid so I can understand the hiring of Bell to implement a gimmicky hurry up offense to help mask the offensive line’s shortcomings.

I was going to say the same thing.

Could you imagine his numbers in 1984 if the Dolphins ran 10, 11 or empty out of the gun as their base scheme instead of nearly every snap under center in 21 personnel with seven step drops?

Danny Kanell @dannykanell

Dan Marino would easily throw 50 TD’s per year in today’s NFL