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5 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Kamran Ahmad |Irfan Kabeer
On November 27, 2022, a young and relatively unknown head coach tiptoed quietly into ASU’s football program. The odds were stacked against him, and the scrutiny? It was touching the roof. After all, the program was coming off a 3-9 season, and many thought the move was a whirlwind of the carelessness that had always been with ASU following NCAA sanctions. Cut short to the start of the 2025 off-season, guess who’s laughing now?
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5 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Kamran Ahmad |Irfan Kabeer
The elephant in the room is getting bigger and bigger, and not one NFL team has come out and addressed it. 32 NFL teams and their GMs decided to pass on Shedeur Sanders, who was just sitting behind Cam Ward in the pre-draft process. We still don’t know what actually happened behind the scenes. Heck, we don’t even know why the Browns decided to draft Shedeur in their QB room when they already drafted Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel.
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1 week ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Kamran Ahmad |Pratyusha Srivastava
The Boston Red Sox were just handed a setback as they lost their last game against the Minnesota Twins. This was an unexpected blow for the Red Sox, especially after they had just come off a convincing win over the same team. Losing 4-3 in a close contest will surely sting. Despite a late rally, the Red Sox still couldn’t salvage a win as they failed to overcome a double play in the 8th inning, and then critical outs followed in the 9th inning sealed their fate.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
essentiallysports.com | Kamran Ahmad
The ghost of the sign-stealing scandal went into hiding for a while but to the detriment of the Wolverines, it’s back. Remember that day in November 2023, when the Jim Harbaugh-led Michigan found themselves marred in the scandal a few months before they won the national championship? Well, the head coach left for the NFL, and Sherrone Moore, the offensive coordinator at Michigan when the allegations against Harbaugh and his coaching staff were leveled by the NCAA, took over the reins.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
essentiallysports.com | Kamran Ahmad
The ACC’s broadcasting deal with ESPN until 2027 was to provide substantial payments for its teams. But over the years it undoubtedly had been lagging behind the SEC and the Big 10. However, are monetary benefits the only thing driving college football now? Well, that seems to be the case, be it the NIL decision that has changed the landscape of college football drastically. Or the payments made by broadcasters to conferences.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
essentiallysports.com | Kamran Ahmad
What makes a team perform poorly? Is it the recruitment? Is it the coaching staff? Or is it the players who, despite all the hype, fail to deliver? Well, the answer is not that simple, and sometimes, in spite of having all these things, they still underperform and continue to struggle. The story of this team is quite similar in that respect, and despite making strides in all directions, it has ultimately failed to show the results.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
essentiallysports.com | Kamran Ahmad
As the Dallas Cowboys parted ways with Mike McCarthy, there were more questions hanging in the air than answers. Why did they decide to part ways with him? Who will actually succeed him? And, what is Jerry Jones up to? Well, the Cowboys did answer all of those questions with their latest announcement, but then it also came with its own mountain-load of questions. But why the buzz? The Cowboys have just announced Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
essentiallysports.com | Kamran Ahmad
With his third season as the head coach for the Buffaloes, it is evident from various instances, that the players have formed a perfect bond with the two-time Super Bowl winner Coach Prime. Sure, his 2024 season was a mixed bag overall, but that also had moments showing his acumen to do justice to the HC role at Colorado. And, amidst all this journey it finally seems that he has after all got a son in one of his star players. So, who is that lucky guy?
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
essentiallysports.com | Kamran Ahmad
The Buckeyes 2024 season is now done and dusted. Which was not only a testament to their squad’s exceptional talent but Ryan Day’s charismatic leadership. But, the victory parade is over, and the celebrations are dimming down. Now is the time for Ryan Day to build on his incredible season and keep his roster from being swayed from another program. And, while there is not a shred of doubt about Day’s negotiating abilities, there are still moves made underground that will worry him.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
essentiallysports.com | Kamran Ahmad
The Saturday afternoon on October 5, 2024, is the date every Alabama fan would like to forget. And why not? They lost against the most unexpected teams in their conference in Vanderbilt. And thus, as the game ended with a glaring scoreline of 40-35, Alabama’s structural problems were hard to ignore. This game probably sums up their whole 2024 season, where DeBoer and Alabama couldn’t just find their rhythm.
