Flurry of offers today and Northwestern is going after some big time guys early and often. Alexander has 25 other offers.

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Did we add them to the schedule for the last open slot?

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Carroll has also been offered by Texas Tech, North Texas, Utah State and Houston.

Enough of this chain gang stuff.

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was watching the re-run of the Loyola-UMASS game on CBS sports and doing the color was Tre Demps...and I thought he did a really nice job. I am guessing he will be doing some of the Tournament games. I do not know how long or how often he has been on.

Does anyone know if there is going to be a webcam for construction of the new stadium. NU had a webcam for the construction of the new music building.

Andrew Babalola out Blue Springs, KS picks up an NU offer. Has multiple P4 offers (Oregon, USC, Stanford, Penn State, Oklahoma, Michigan, Florida and Wisconsin to name a few). Nice to see him mention Lujan. I have a good feeling about him in the recruiting trail. Young guy who will hopefully be able to relate well with high school athletes.


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I talked to Justin Kaye, the NJ offensive lineman in the Class of 2024 that got a PWO offer from Northwestern yesterday, about Northwestern and his recruitment.

"We are aware that legal counsel for Terrence Shannon Jr. has filed for injunctive relief from his suspension from the men's basketball program," Robin Kaler, associate chancellor at Illinois, said in a statement. "We will review the filing and defend our student-athlete misconduct procedures, which allow us to respond swiftly to allegations of misconduct and serious crimes while affording our student-athletes a fair process and waiting for the legal system and university discipline processes to proceed."

I'm curious how this will play out.

Now we have the maturity to win those down to the wire games

Looks like Mike is on his way out.....

https://giantswire.usatoday.com/202...afka-unhappy-may-want-out-of-east-rutherford/

“Mike Kafka, the more I hear, the less likely it is — and I know he’s still there now — even if he doesn’t get a head coaching job, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Giants let him out and he ends up somewhere else anyway,” Raanan said. “He’s unhappy.” [Raanan is ESPN reporter]

Gerritt Kemp out of Hebron Christian Academy in Dacula. Assuming being recruited as a WR.

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Another OL PWO offer, NU looking to bulk up their numbers as O'Boyle comes in.

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Here’s a list of current Wildcats on NFL rosters. We can track here. Justin Jackson retired.

Here are our takeaways from Northwestern's 75-69 loss at Nebraska.

Asking for a friend, as I hope there is no "renewal".

Northwestern (13-4, 4-2 Big Ten) hits the road for a Saturday matinee against Nebraska (13-5, 3-4 Big Ten).

The game is scheduled to tip off at 1:15 pm CT and will air on BTN. The Huskers are 11-1 at home, with a win over Purdue in their own right, and will head into the game as three-point favorites.

Here are our takeaways from Northwestern's 75-69 loss at Nebraska.

We will beat Nebraska on Saturday. And it won't even be that close.

NU is upper left, which is not where you want to be. It means NU has very few big offensive runs, and allows many.

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Maybe a negative indicator. Who knows? The lower right teams are objectively good ones.

Saturday at 1:15 pm in Lincoln. I hope the weird start time does not cause us to sleep on them.

The vaunted ESPN Matchup Predictor gives us a 37% probability of winning. That seems a bit less than generous. I think we match up well enough, but our perimeter defense will be tested. As another poster illustrated, they have several guys who can shoot the 3.

But no crazy athletic guard to torture us. Boo, Berry, Barney are all good perimeter defenders. Borg is capable too.

Nebraska will throw depth and length at us. 9 guys who average over 10 minutes. It is a veteran team too. Probably not going to do a lot of dumb stuff.

Nebraska has given up points in several games. I don't want to get into a shootout with them. We need Big Matt to grab more offensive rebounds, which should be possible if Mast is playing.

The NCAA got this one right:

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Miami tight end Cam McCormick confirmed Thursday that he'd be returning to play for the Hurricanes in 2024 -- his ninth season of college football.

McCormick, who began his career at Oregon in 2016, missed significant parts of four different seasons due to injury, which along with his redshirt year and the COVID year of 2020, allowed him to petition the NCAA for an unprecedented ninth season of eligibility.

McCormick announced his return on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday with the tagline "the pursuit of excellence has no goal line," calling 2024 his "last ride."

"I'm blessed that it was me to go through it because a lot of people would have folded under the pressure -- both mentally and physically," McCormick told ESPN. "But it's pushed me to be a better person and teammate -- everything. I've learned so much from every year and everything I've had to overcome."

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McCormick, 25, was originally a three-star prospect out of Bend, Oregon. He was part of the 2016 signing class at Oregon that included QB Justin Herbert, and a national class that included Nick Bosa, Ed Oliver, Rashan Gary and Jalen Hurts -- all now established NFL veterans.

McCormick redshirted as a true freshman in 2016 then played in 13 games as a reserve in 2017. Then came a string of injuries -- a broken leg in 2018 followed by complications that cost him 2019 and 2020, followed by a foot injury two weeks into the 2021 season. He was granted a sixth year of eligibility in 2019, had another added in 2020 when the NCAA gave an extra season to all FBS players.

In 2022, McCormick finally was able to play a full season, earning the Capital One Orange Bowl FWAA Courage Award for his perseverance, appearing in 13 games and making six starts. He was granted an eighth and ninth year of eligibility for 2023 before transferring to Miami where he was reunited with coach Mario Cristobal. He caught eight balls for 62 yards for the Hurricanes last season, but he had to resubmit his waiver to the ACC for the ninth year this offseason.

The ninth year waiver was approved by the ACC, and McCormick said it was an easy decision to return, noting that his goal is to play in the NFL and, "I want to say I gave it my best opportunity and best shot."

McCormick acknowledged that some critics have suggested he shouldn't still be playing, but he said he "isn't going to be cut short by what people are saying," and hopes his story will be an inspiration to other players battling injuries.

"I feel like my journey can help those that have to experience that," he said. "It's tough, but hopefully there's some inspiration there and guys who get injured can see my journey and dig deep within and keep pushing toward their goals and their future."

Surprised it took this long. LOL. Good for Preston, hope he made some cheese off this promotion.

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Huge thanks to the @westlotpirates guys for having me on!