Doug Samuels

Grand Rapids

Director of Content at Football Scoop

FootballScoop Director of Content | HC at Comstock Park HS (MI) | AFCA 35 Under 35 Selection | Married to @cksamuels

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Texas nearing decision to bring wearable technology and coach-to-player communication to high school level

11 hours ago | footballscoop.com | Doug Samuels

Sources tell FootballScoop that the state of Texas is on the verge of bringing wearable technology to the high school football field. Approved for use at the FBS level last year, sources share the University Interscholastic League (UIL) is approaching a decision that would bring one-way communication as well as groundbreaking wearable technology to The Lone Star State's prep football programs.
DeShaun Foster: You want to have haters, because that means you're trending in the right direction

1 day ago | footballscoop.com | Doug Samuels

After landing two SEC quarterbacks who happen to share the same last name from the transfer portal in Nico and Madden Iamaleava, it feels like UCLA is positioning themselves as the west coast villain of college football.
New Bears head coach Ben Johnson pens poem honoring iconic Bears player

2 days ago | footballscoop.com | Doug Samuels

Over the past several seasons helping to lead the rebuild of the Detroit Lions under Dan Campbell, Ben Johnson has developed a reputation in coaching circles as one of the best play callers the game has seen in quite some time. His prowess of setting up plays, dialing them up at the right time, and the creativity involved are second to none. Come to find out, that creativity has carried over into other aspects of his life.
Video: College GameDay's Pat McAfee gets choked out

2 days ago | footballscoop.com | Doug Samuels

Pat McAfee's meteoric rise from NFL punter to one of the most sought after modern media personalties has required him to wear a number of hats over the years. From briefly being a member of sports juggernaut Barstool Sports, to developing his own insanely popular show to being selected to sit alongside Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso on the set of College GameDay, McAfee has taken sports media by storm the last several seasons - whether you like his loud, over-the-top approach or not.
Photos: This has to be the best high school helmet in the country

3 days ago | footballscoop.com | Doug Samuels

The community of Fisher, IL is a small farming community located near Champaign with a population of just under 2,000 folks. Their local high school lists the enrollment at about 280 kids, which - all things considered - is pretty small by the standard of nearly any state in the country.
"So we gotta die to get recognized"

3 days ago | footballscoop.com | Doug Samuels

Last week, Colorado's decision to retire the numbers of Heisman winner Travis Hunter and quarterback Shadeur Sanders set social media on fire with criticism toward both Coach Prime and Colorado. Just four other Buffs have had their numbers retired, the most recent being Rashaan Salaam, who had to wait over two decades before his number was honored posthumously about a year after his death.
Matt Rhule and Nebraska will hold a special scrimmage for Huskers players projected to be cut

6 days ago | footballscoop.com | Doug Samuels

Nebraska and Matt Rhule were among one of the first high profile college football programs to decided to not do a traditional spring game in 2025, eventually kicking around a bunch of creative ideas before settling on a fun Pro Bowl kind of format they've dubbed the Husker Games. A host of other programs followed suit with no spring games, citing concerns about other teams scouting their roster during the televised scrimmage and then swinging in to poach them.
ESPN announces Lee Corso's final College GameDay appearance

1 week ago | footballscoop.com | Doug Samuels

You're going to want to make sure you have some tissues handy for week 1 of the 2025 college football season. While it's fully acceptable to cry some tears of joy as the football season starts, those tissues will instead be needed to mark the end of an absolutely historic era for College GameDay. ESPN announced this morning, that after entertaining college football fans for the past 38 seasons, the legendary analyst's final show will be Week 1 of the 2025 season on August 30th.
Nico Iamaleava saga intersects with kidnapping of East Tennessee pastor overseas

1 week ago | footballscoop.com | Doug Samuels

I'm not sure we'll ever see a convergence of headlines that combines a star college football quarterback, the transfer portal, religion, and crime ever again in our lifetimes, but that's exactly what happened recently. By now, everyone has heard about the Nico Iamaleava saga at Tennessee after the star quarterback was shown the door by Vols head coach Josh Heupel after the star quarterback asked for more NIL money and failed to show up to practice before the team's spring game.
NCAA addresses fake injury concerns with new rule on injury timeouts

1 week ago | footballscoop.com | Doug Samuels

If a loophole in the rules exists and there's an advantage to be gained from it, coaches are among the best profession in the world at finding a way to take full advantage. One of the more obvious recent examples of that has been with the utilization of fake injuries by defensive players in an effort to slow down an uptempo offense.