<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hes-made-national-championship-plays-georgia-offensive-coordinator-backs-stetson-bennett-says-quarterback-gives-bulldogs-best-chance-to-win" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Star Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Stetson Bennett</a> was arrested and charged with public intoxication in Dallas on Sunday, according to authorities.
The Dallas Police Department said officers responded to reports of a man banging on doors sometime around 6 or 7 a.m., <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/with-a-sparkling-stadium-and-surging-program-san-diego-state-makes-an-easy-case-for-pac-12-expansion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per multiple news reports</a>.
&#8220;The preliminary investigation found when officers arrived, they located the man, Stetson Bennett, 25, and determined he was intoxicated,&#8221; police said in a statement. &#8220;Bennett was taken into custody, transported to the City Detention Center and charged with public intoxication.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/georgia-bulldogs-quarterback-stetson-bennett-arrested-on-public-intoxication-charge-in-dallas-police-say/287-4f0caf3c-6d7d-4c46-a1fc-535aac7638a8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Local news outlet WFAA</a>, an ABC affiliate, reported Bennett was released from custody before 11 a.m. Video from the television station showed Bennett being released. He did not respond when asked what he was doing in Dallas.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stetson-bennett-and-the-advent-of-the-perpetual-adolescent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bennett led</a> the Georgia Bulldogs to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-217-georgia-wins-back-to-back-national-championship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two straight national championship victories</a>, most recently with a triumph over the TCU Horned Frogs. He was named offensive MVP in both championship wins and was a <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/sports/college/georgia-bulldogs/stetson-bennett-finishes-fourth-heisman-voting/85-f0521a45-62ae-499a-975b-fd8eed4eb2a4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2022 Heisman Trophy finalist</a>.
A sixth-year student, Bennett was <a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/stetson-bennett-age-georgia-qb-college-eligibility/bz2ftloec5xf3u8apchwdhs5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allowed to complete last season</a> thanks to the <a href="https://www.ncsasports.org/coronavirus-sports/ncaa-eligibility-coronavirus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NCAA granting players an additional year</a> — six total — to complete four full seasons in a sport because of the COVID pandemic.
Bennett is expected to graduate with an economics degree in May, <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/stetson-bennett-playing-with-house-money-as-georgia-enters-key-two-game-stretch-with-eyes-on-repeating/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CBS Sports</a>.
<a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35551758/georgia-qb-stetson-bennett-arrested-public-intoxication" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESPN reports</a> Bennett is considered a potential pick in the NFL draft in April.

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The University of Georgia Bulldogs are again college football national champions, having thoroughly decimated the underdog TCU Horned Frogs 65-7. 
Beyond the questions about what this means for Big-12 football or whether the Michigan Wolverines would have given Georgia an actual challenge, another nagging question is making the rounds: The age of Georgia’s quarterback Stetson Bennett.
Longtime radio broadcaster Chris “Mad Dog” Russo made a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/legendary-broadcaster-mad-dog-russo-rails-against-georgias-stetson-bennett-kid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">compelling point</a> about the quarter centurion still playing in the NCAA. “I have a major problem with Stetson Bennett, 25 years of age, playing college football,” said Russo. “I can see it for one year. Last year he won. Burrow was 23 going on 24 when he won. But 25 years of age, playing quarterback for Georgia, he should’ve left last year … What is the cut-off date? When do we sit here and watch a college athlete and say ‘you know what? This is ridiculous! … When does that get to be a joke? What is the age? Thirty?’ There’s gotta be an age where this is enough already.”
There are, in fact, four NFL quarterbacks who will be leading their teams into the playoffs who are younger than Bennett.
Granted, Bennett’s is a compelling story. At only <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/33016492/how-georgia-stetson-bennett-went-walk-college-football-playoff-national-championship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">5 feet 11 inches</a> and 185 pounds coming out of high school, the QB’s only FBS scholarship came from Middle Tennessee State University. After being a walk-on at Georgia, he was red-shirted his first year and never took a snap from center. Then he transferred to Jones County Junior College. After one season he returned to Georgia in the backup role until the starting QB’s injury gave him his shot. Bennett won the job as starter and went on to win back-to-back championships.
Get the scriptwriter on the phone!
Still, as cool a story as it is, the fact remains that a 25-year-old played college football in the most important game of the year. Something seems just intuitively wrong about a full-fledged adult playing against 19 and 20-year-old kids. Or at least what used to be considered an adult. 
Perhaps Bennett’s situation is emblematic of a larger social phenomenon that seems to be growing not just in this country but the First World: The advent of the perpetual adolescent. 
In 1940, only 5.5% of U.S. men and 3.8% of women went on after high school to earn a college degree. As Mark Steyn likes to point out, the United States tackled the Great Depression, won the Second World War, and became not just a global superpower but a hyperpower courtesy of a populace with an average eighth grade education. 
Today the percentage of Americans with college degrees is 36.6% men, 39.1% women.
There is meaning in these numbers. Certainly for many, college is a net positive. Especially in the STEM fields where it is an essential for competency in the workplace or as a foundation for graduate schools in professions such as medicine, mathematics, engineering, etc. But for many, college is a waste — as your barista behind the counter who holds a degree in primitive cultures and indentured servitude courtesy of student loans will attest. 
For many, the main function of college now seems to be to defer entering adulthood.   
An even more telling illustration of this trend towards the extended adolescence is the percentage of Americans who hold advanced degrees. That number is now 13.1%, up from just 8.6% in 2000; the number of Americans with a post-collegiate education has more than doubled from 10.5 million in 2000 to 24.1 million in 2021. 4.7 million of them went even further to earn PhDs.
Such trends toward deferring entering the workforce as long as possible can be seen in the data: The median age of the U.S. labor force, which has risen from 39.6 in 2001 to 41.7 in 2021, is projected to hit 42.6 by 2031. 
The phenomenon of the perpetual adolescent will have detrimental impacts down the road, in both social and economic spheres. 
The longer one waits to enter the workforce and get on with their adult lives means the longer one waits to get married, start a family, and buy a home — all cornerstones of a stable society. Starting a family later, if at all, means less of a biological window to have children, reducing the number of offspring. 
It’s no coincidence that as Americans become more ‘educated’ they are also having fewer children. From 1950 to the present, the U.S. birth rate per 1,000 has been cut in half from 24 to 12. 
These numbers are ominous because, while we have opted to have fewer and fewer children, we have also drastically expanded the entitlement and social safety net programs by federal and state governments. 
Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid — and a myriad of literally 100 other programs — run on tax dollars. As they grow, they need more taxpayers entering the workforce earlier, and to stay in it longer, to remain solvent. Yet, the exact opposite is taking place. To paraphrase Milton Friedman, you can have a low birth rate or a welfare state, but you cannot have both. 
Throw into the mix the average American lifespan has lengthened by two decades since the inception of Social Security due to competent medicine and soon the age pyramid will be inverted. More people demanding more subsidies for a longer span of their lives from fewer workers spending less time in the productive, i.e. tax-yielding, workforce is a mathematical Jenga tower. One that is already teetering.
Math has no ideology. Numbers, not political wishful thinking, will have the ultimate say.
According to the BLS there are currently 10.5 million job openings out there. All one needs to do is drive into a commercial district of any town and you will see “Now Hiring” signs on many storefronts. But it’s hard to go to work when you’re too busy earning that advanced degree in underwater basket weaving, despite being well into your twenties. 
So, to compensate, the West looks to the impoverished countries of the world to import the children they are not having to fill the jobs their own entitled Peter Pans won’t take. 
To be sure, there are those in their 20s who still live at home solely for economic reasons. They would love nothing more than to get on with their lives and be on their own. But with the average rent for a one-bedroom in Manhattan, for example, approaching $4,000/mo this is problematic. 
I freely admit, it was easier from a purely financial standpoint to move into adulthood in 1990 than today. But for many, going to college, then grad school, then pursuing a doctorate is a way to put off the inevitable ‘big person living’ for as long as possible. And the delay is funded by the federal government, offering loans that will place them in bondage for decades to come. This is a socially and economically unsustainable dynamic in the fabric of American life. One that sees no abatement in the near future.
So, we see the eternal children in football stands cheering on the Stetson Bennetts of the world who are still playing games in college at an age at which their grandparents were already well into their adult lives, living in their own homes and working full-time jobs while raising a family.
Brad Schaeffer is a commodities trader, musician, and writer whose articles have also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, National Review, The Federalist, Zerohedge, Substack and other news outlets. He is the author of the acclaimed World War II novel <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Another-Time-Place-Brad-Schaeffer/dp/1682616630" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Another-Time-Place-Brad-Schaeffer/dp/1682616630&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659708848976000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3j8XHp_hW4Eei6fy_WS4oB">Of Another Time And Place</a>. Brad’s newest best-selling novel, <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Extraordinary/Brad-Schaeffer/9781642939422" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Extraordinary/Brad-Schaeffer/9781642939422&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1659708848976000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3RcUIjvMA9Rf9h4FYUl8Op">The Extraordinary</a>, is about a teen-aged boy on the autism spectrum telling us in his own words how he and his family cope with his war veteran father’s PTSD.
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The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) has selected outgoing Republican Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker as its next president.
Baker will begin his role as the NCAA&#8217;s top executive in March 2023, according to the announcement. His term as governor ends in January.
&#8220;We are excited to welcome Governor Charlie Baker to the NCAA and eager for him to begin his work with our organization,&#8221; Linda Livingstone, Baylor University president and chair of the NCAA Board of Governors, said in a <a href="https://www.ncaa.org/news/2022/12/15/media-center-ncaa-announces-governor-charlie-baker-to-be-next-president.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
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The NCAA is pleased to announce that Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has accepted an offer to become the NCAA’s next president. Read the full press release and statements here: <a href="https://t.co/CyTBmL0aw3">https://t.co/CyTBmL0aw3</a> <a href="https://t.co/reEp5RpYDE">pic.twitter.com/reEp5RpYDE</a>
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&#8220;Governor Baker has shown a remarkable ability to bridge divides and build bipartisan consensus, taking on complex challenges in innovative and effective ways,&#8221; it continued. &#8220;As a former student-athlete himself, husband to a former college gymnast, and father to two former college football players, Governor Baker is deeply committed to our student-athletes and enhancing their collegiate experience. These skills and perspective will be invaluable as we work with policymakers to build a sustainable model for the future of college athletics.&#8221;
Current NCAA President Mark Emmert announced his intention to step down last April. He has led the association since 2010 and is expected to remain in an advisory role until June of next year.
The governor&#8217;s history of developing bipartisan policy solutions stood out to the search committee as it sought the association&#8217;s next leader, according to the statement.
&#8220;I am honored to become the next president of the NCAA, an organization that impacts millions of families and countless communities across this country every day,&#8221; Baker said in the NCAA&#8217;s announcement.
The NCAA includes more than 500,000 college students in its various sports each year, according to its website, and serves as the nation&#8217;s largest organization representing collegiate student-athletes. The organization has enacted several innovations in recent years, including the addition of the transfer portal and <a href="https://www.ncsasports.org/name-image-likeness" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NIL</a> (name, image, and likeness) policy changes that permit college athletes to receive financial compensation.
Baker will most likely have to contend with controversial social issues facing collegiate sports. For example, the NCAA&#8217;s policies related to biological males competing in female sports sparked harsh criticism when <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lia-thomas-teammate-competitor-blast-title-as-illegitimate-in-wake-of-fina-transgender-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lia Thomas</a> competed for the University of Pennsylvania&#8217;s women&#8217;s swimming team during the 2021-2022 season.

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Prominent athletes, coaches, commentators, and others posted touching tributes on Tuesday to beloved Mississippi State college football <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mississippi-state-football-coach-mike-leach-in-critical-condition-after-suffering-massive-heart-attack-report-says">coach Mike Leach</a> following news of his death. He was 61.
Leach sustained a heart attack at his home in Starkville on Sunday. He was airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, where he died.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was just one of the hundreds who reacted on social media.
&#8220;Prayers to the Leach family!&#8221; the former Super Bowl MVP tweeted with praying hand emojis. &#8221; True legend of the game!&#8221;
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Prayers to the Leach family!🙏🏽🙏🏽 True legend of the game!
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&#8220;There is no way I would be where I am today if not for Mike Leach and everything he taught me about the game,&#8221; Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury, who played under Leach at Texas Tech, shared in a statement.
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Statement from Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury on the passing of Mike Leach, who was the head coach at Texas Tech during Kingsbury’s record-setting career as a QB there: <a href="https://t.co/yleLkRHIOK">pic.twitter.com/yleLkRHIOK</a>
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&#8220;Truly one of the most innovative offensive minds in football, he was more than a coach,&#8221; he added. &#8220;He was a mentor, a friend and one of the most special people I&#8217;ve ever met. My heart goes out to Sharon, the Leach family and everyone who had the privilege of knowing and loving him. Our sport was better because of Mike Leach and is far less interesting without him.&#8221;
&#8220;Heartbroken. Prayers for the entire Leach family and [HailStateFB],&#8221; Tennessee Volunteers head football coach Josh Heupel tweeted, along with a statement calling Leach &#8220;one of a kind.&#8221;
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Heartbroken. Prayers for the entire Leach family and <a href="https://twitter.com/HailStateFB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HailStateFB</a> <a href="https://t.co/pluR0EMCDN">pic.twitter.com/pluR0EMCDN</a>
&mdash; Josh Heupel (@coachjoshheupel) <a href="https://twitter.com/coachjoshheupel/status/1602670546193375233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;He saw something in me that no one else did,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;Like so many across our sport, I am grateful for Coach Leach&#8217;s impact on my life both personally and professionally. His offensive philosophy and vision were ahead of his time, and they continue to shape the game today.&#8221;
&#8220;Off the field, he was one of a kind &#8211; an incredible storyteller, a man full of wisdom and someone who always cared about his former players and coaches,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I enjoyed our friendship over the years.&#8221;
&#8220;[Mike Leach was] the smartest coach I&#8217;ve ever been around. &#8230; He&#8217;s one of the truly irreplaceable figures in the history of the game,&#8221; ESPN commentator Paul Finebaum shared. &#8220;Records are one thing &#8230; but the legacy that one leaves behind is what I heard from his many friends and coaching colleagues.&#8221;
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&quot;[Mike Leach was] the smartest coach I&#39;ve ever been around. &#8230; He&#39;s one of the truly irreplaceable figures in the history of the game. Records are one thing &#8230; but the legacy that one leaves behind is what I heard from his many friends and coaching colleagues.&quot;
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And they weren&#8217;t the only ones shocked and saddened to learn of the coach&#8217;s death.
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Got to have a few beers with Mike Leach one evening several years ago and have wanted to spend more time with him ever since. Such a cool cool dude. RIP coach.
&mdash; Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DaleJr/status/1602669669013508098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Mike Leach had a law degree &amp; never played or coached college football. But, in 1987, he got a shot to coach the offensive line at San Luis Obispo for $3,000.
“I knew that I would start from behind. But I did think I had the ability to learn.”
He became one of the best coaches. <a href="https://t.co/PmoyBSos5V">pic.twitter.com/PmoyBSos5V</a>
&mdash; Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) <a href="https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1602672508037201923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The world and college football are a better place because of Mike Leach. We lost a legend and I’m going to miss my friend very much. I cannot believe this has happened. Devastating. I will cherish the many talks and laughs. He will be dearly missed. God Bless Mike’s family 🙏🙏🙏
&mdash; Sean Salisbury (@SeanUnfiltered) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanUnfiltered/status/1602673011089358848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Mississippi State just announced Mike Leach has died at 61 years old. Sad day for college football fans everywhere. Some stories here about what a great guy he was. Prayers for his family. <a href="https://t.co/En4NcVSSJV">pic.twitter.com/En4NcVSSJV</a>
&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1602668335040454661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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I never played under coach Mike Leach but I respected his philosophy towards the game growing up… RIP COACH you was apart of the birth of how the game is played today 🙏🏿
&mdash; Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) <a href="https://twitter.com/DezBryant/status/1602668039350231040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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For those who love college football, it’s quirkiness, unique offenses, youthful spirit are a significant part of that. Mike leach embodied so many things that make the sport fun. Even better — he shared them w so many people. He let us in. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RIPCoachLeach?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RIPCoachLeach</a>
&mdash; Colin Cowherd (@ColinCowherd) <a href="https://twitter.com/ColinCowherd/status/1602693704363511809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Literally lost for words. <a href="https://twitter.com/Coach_Leach?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Coach_Leach</a> gave me an opportunity to come back to my alma mater to coach and I’ll forever be grateful for that. Always showed me so much love and respect since the first day we met. I’ll miss you coach and thank you for everything 💔🕊️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HailState?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HailState</a> <a href="https://t.co/q60x8w8HPH">pic.twitter.com/q60x8w8HPH</a>
&mdash; Taveze Calhoun (@Calhoun__23) <a href="https://twitter.com/Calhoun__23/status/1602671097626984450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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So incredibly sad. Mike Leach was the best. Just a unique, awesome person. <a href="https://t.co/3ekgicv3SG">https://t.co/3ekgicv3SG</a>
&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1602665054062649344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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There will never be another one quite like Mike Leach.
A true college football original. <a href="https://t.co/ZnpJwMXT2q">pic.twitter.com/ZnpJwMXT2q</a>
&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1602676510254682113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The Southeastern Conference (SEC) has fined the University of Tennessee $100,000 after football fans flooded the field following its win over the University of Alabama.
The Saturday night victory broke a 15-game losing streak against the Crimson Tide in the longtime conference rivalry.
<a href="https://www.secsports.com/article/34809764/tennessee-fined-competition-area-policy-violation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SEC policy</a> states that &#8220;access to competition areas shall be limited to participating student-athletes, coaches, officials, support personnel and properly-credentialed individuals at all times. For the safety of participants and spectators alike, at no time before, during or after a contest shall spectators be permitted to enter the competition area. It is the responsibility of each member institution to implement procedures to ensure compliance with this policy.&#8221;
The fine for the penalty is $50,000 for a first offense, but Tennessee is currently on its second offense following a 2006 basketball violation against Florida. The fine of $100,000 is based on the second offense. Penalties for a third offense and beyond are $250,000.
Fines against schools in the conference are deposited into the SEC Post-Graduate Scholarship Fund, according to the policy.
In addition to storming the field, fans ripped down the goalpost, marching it out of Neyland Stadium. Fans carried it to the Strip area of Knoxville and later tossed it into the Tennessee River.
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Down goes the goalposts. Not an ounce of alcohol is gonna be left in Knoxville tomorrow morning. <a href="https://t.co/SKQMIenwp1">pic.twitter.com/SKQMIenwp1</a>
&mdash; Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href="https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1581431978385346560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The mayhem occurred after a wild game that ended in epic fashion. Tied 49-49, Alabama attempted a 50-yard field goal to win without going into overtime. The kick soared wide right, leaving the Volunteers 15 seconds and a tiny window of opportunity.
Two plays later, Tennessee had moved the ball far enough to attempt its own field goal from 40 yards for the final play of the game. The kick by the Vols Chase McGrath spun sideways, barely clearing the crossbar on the final play, sending fans into a frenzy.
More than 102,000 spectators were in attendance, with thousands storming the field as fireworks launched into the night sky. Security was quickly overwhelmed as students and other fans soon took over during the massive celebration.
University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd was seen in a video on social media responding to the scene.
&#8220;Randy, what&#8217;s that gonna cost?&#8221; he was asked.
&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t matter, we&#8217;ll do this every year!&#8221; he responded.
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Randy, what’s that gonna cost? “It doesn’t matter, we’ll do this every year!!!” <a href="https://twitter.com/Vol_Football?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Vol_Football</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/randyboyd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@randyboyd</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Vol_Sports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Vol_Sports</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Vol_Sports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Vol_Sports</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BarstoolTenn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BarstoolTenn</a> <a href="https://t.co/eJm3bMScAq">pic.twitter.com/eJm3bMScAq</a>
&mdash; Hanes Torbett (@Tarheelbb) <a href="https://twitter.com/Tarheelbb/status/1581455716984197120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Sunday afternoon, the school&#8217;s athletic director, Danny White, posted the need for donations to replace the goalpost before next week&#8217;s home game.
&#8220;We had some fun, didn&#8217;t we?&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;New link below. Help us out #VolNation!&#8221;
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We had some fun, didn&#39;t we?
New link below. Help us out <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VolNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VolNation</a>! <a href="https://t.co/iybdSw14dn">https://t.co/iybdSw14dn</a>
&mdash; Danny White (@AD_DannyWhite) <a href="https://twitter.com/AD_DannyWhite/status/1581729442556424193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Tennessee Vols Head Coach Josh Heupel was ecstatic in the postgame interview.
“This is college football at its absolute best,” Heupel said, <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401403921" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to ESPN. “We were the best team on the field tonight. That’s all we can control.”
Tennessee remains undefeated at 6-0 and was ranked #3 in the nation&#8217;s latest AP NCAA football standings released on Sunday. Alabama dropped to #6 at 6-1. Conference rival Georgia ranked #1 at 7-0.

University of Tennessee

University Of Tennessee Fined $100K For On-Field Celebration After Beating Alabama

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/college-football">The University of Colorado</a> announced Sunday afternoon that it had fired head football coach Karl Dorrell after the team lost its first five games of the season, often in embarrassing fashion.
Dorrell was hired by the school in February 2020 after it lost first-year head coach Mel Tucker, who left for a better contract at Michigan State.
Dorrell started off decently, going 4-2 in his first year as coach, sailing through the shortened season due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The wheels quickly came off the program, though, as Dorrell went 4-8 last season and then lost numerous starters and talented young players who transferred to another school. This year, the lack of talent has been apparent as Colorado has been blown out in every game the Buffalos have played.
&#8220;I want to thank Karl for his hard work in leading our program since 2020,&#8221; Athletic Director Rick George said in a statement. &#8220;Ultimately, however, the results on the field just did not measure up to our expectations and standards, which made it necessary for us to make this change at this time. It was an extremely difficult decision and I wish Karl all of the best in his future endeavors.&#8221;
&#8220;I fully support Rick in making this difficult decision to dismiss Coach Dorrell,&#8221; said Chancellor Philip DiStefano. &#8220;The football team is an important part of the university and I know our students, alumni, and fans have high expectations for a winning product on the field.  I thank Coach Dorrell for his dedication to CU Boulder and his unwavering commitment to our student-athletes.&#8221;
The team will move forward for the remainder of the season with Mike Sanford, the offensive coordinator, as the interim head coach.
The University of Colorado now joins several other major college football programs that have fired their head coaches this season, including Nebraska (Scott Frost), Arizona State (Herm Edwards), and Georgia Tech (Geoff Collins).

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The University Of Colorado Fires Head Football Coach Karl Dorrell

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This past weekend, we welcomed back the college football season with open arms, and it got me thinking: Why do I love this sport so much? What does it mean to me?
I was raised in a football family. My father, Kurt Crain, came from nothing and ended up being an All-American linebacker at Auburn University, played in the NFL, and then coached for awhile. My first word was “fumble.” I remember him sitting me down in front of the TV when I was young and explaining the game to me — not just from a schematic standpoint, but also from the standpoint of what it taught him, how it saved him, and how it could affect my life. I hung on to his every word, and when Auburn played, I hung on every snap. My week was determined by how they did, and our love for Auburn formed a bond that brought us as close together as possible.
My brother and I lost our father almost a decade ago, but I still carry those memories with me. Whenever I hit a low point or things aren’t going my way, I remember how he used to explain sports to me, especially football, in a way that connected with life lessons. Football isn’t just a game to me; it’s part of who I am. It has brought people together, mended broken relationships, and helped take people from rags to riches.
While I am not defined by it, football has not only been my way of escaping, but a way of finding myself as well. The brothers I have gained from the game will be lifelong friends, and the moments I have garnered will last forever. So when that ball is kicked off, it represents more than just a play call, more than just a score, and more than the next big story. Football represents a way of life. The game has given me more than I can ever give it back, and for that I am eternally grateful. 
I know it has affected many of you in the same way; in this vitriolic society we live in today, there are few havens where we can enjoy each other’s company without judgment or assumption.
So, this Saturday, when you gather in front of the TV with loved ones and friends, know you aren’t just watching a game — you are watching a special fabric of our DNA. For those that go to the game, take a second to look around you. Enjoy the ability to be amongst friends and enemies, and remember, while the scoreboard doesn’t define any of us, what happens in between can unite us all.
How many of you sit around and talk about the best games you watched or went to with the people you care about? I would be willing to bet many of you have done so. College football helps smaller towns like Auburn, Tuscaloosa, Gainesville, and Columbia thrive. It gives people who may not live in the huge professional team cities a team to call their own, as well as something for the youth to look up to.
I’ll never forget what my father told me: “Son, the game will give you back what you give it, and that’s all we can ever ask for.” I love you dad and miss you every day, and I know you will be watching, critiquing all the linebacker plays. 
I also know that for those four quarters we will be together again. And that&#8217;s all I can ask for.
Jake Crain is co-host of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/crain-and-company">“Crain &amp; Company.”</a> the Daily Wire’s sports show, also featuring co-hosts Blain Crain and David Cone.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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College Football Saved My Life

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University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines, speaking out about University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, a biological male, stated that when the college women competed against Thomas at the NCAA championships, they were not “forewarned” that Thomas would be sharing the locker room with them and undressing in front of them.
Gaines <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-ncaa-swimmer-riley-gaines-forced-compete-lia-thomas-details-extreme-discomfort-locker-room">spoke</a> with Tucker Carlson of Fox News, discussing the atmosphere at the championships as Thomas competed against the women.
“People just weren’t really talking about it. And so we get to NCAAs, it was at Georgia Tech, and so we get there, and the environment is nothing like I’ve ever seen before,” Gaines recalled. “It was so, like, almost edgy. Like people didn’t really know what to say, who to say what to, how to feel.”
“This was on day one,” she continued, “and then that night we watched Lia Thomas win a national title and blow all the other females completely out of the water. And that next day we came back and the mood had shifted to where people were mad.”
“The girls, you know, there were tears, these poor ninth and seventeenth place finishers who missed out on being named an All-American, there’s extreme discomfort in the locker room, there’s kind of these grumbles of —”
“Is he wandering around the women’s locker room?” Carlson interjected.
“Yeah. And that’s not something we were forewarned about, which I don’t think is right,” Gaines replied. “And any man’s changing in the locker room with someone who has different parts —”
“They just set a dude loose in your locker room and didn’t tell you,” Carlson persisted.
“Exactly,” Gaines answered. “And so I feel like to have that kind of forced upon us — so not only were we forced to race against a male, we were forced to change in the locker room with one. And so it’s just this feeling of like, ‘What is happening?’ Like, honestly, is this really happening? This is crazy.”
Gaines <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/i-left-there-with-no-trophy-ncaa-female-swimmer-who-tied-for-fifth-with-trans-athlete-says-officials-put-lia-thomas-ahead-of-her/">spoke</a> with Mary Margaret Olohan of The Daily Wire at the time of the NCAA championships. After she had placed fifth in the women&#8217;s 200 freestyle, tied with Thomas, she was informed that she would not receive her trophy at the championships since  Thomas would get it. Instead, she was forced to hold the sixth place trophy on the podium and was told she would get hers in the mail.
Gaines said an NCAA official told her, “I just want you to know that we respect you and admire your swim so much, but we just want Lia to hold the fifth place trophy.”
“It was a bit disheartening,” she said. “It really was. I left the pool with no trophy. Not a big deal, but it was the goal that I had set all year. &#8230; The more I thought about it, the more it fired me up. It&#8217;s almost like the NCAA is trying to save face by giving Lia the fifth place trophy. &#8230; Who are we trying to protect here, and who are we trying to fight for here?”
Gaines spoke of watching Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy, who placed 17th in the 500 free as Thomas finished in the top 16. Gyorgy thus did not qualify for the finals.
“When Lia touched the wall, and [Reka] realized that she got 17th, the first thing she said to me was, ‘Wow, I can&#8217;t believe I just got beat by someone who probably wasn&#8217;t even trying their hardest.’”
“It just broke my heart,” Gaines said. “She had tears in her eyes.”

NCAA SWIMMING: MAR 18 Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships

Swimmer Who Competed With Lia Thomas At NCAA Championships: No One Warned Us Thomas Would Undress With Us

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Lia Thomas, the biological male on the University of Pennsylvania’s women’s swim team who engendered national outrage by blowing away the competition, was rejected as the Ivy League’s nominee for the NCAA’s “Woman of the Year.”
Thomas, who won the 500-yard freestyle event at the NCAA Division I national championships, had been <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/upenn-taps-transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas-for-ncaa-woman-of-the-year-award/">nominated by UPenn</a> earlier this month. The award recognizes “female student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in their community, in athletics and in academics throughout their college careers.”
But the Ivy League, comprised of Penn, Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University and Yale University, <a href="https://www.ncaa.org/news/2022/7/25/media-center-conference-offices-select-their-nominees-for-2022-ncaa-woman-of-the-year.aspx">chose as its nominee</a> fencing champion Sylvie Binder of Columbia University/Barnard College.
Binder, who hails from Armonk, New York, is a three-time first team all-American who won the NCAA women&#8217;s foil title in 2019, and the bronze medal in 2018 and 2022. She <a href="https://gocolumbialions.com/news/2022/7/26/general-binder-tabbed-ivy-league-nominee-for-ncaa-woman-of-the-year-award">finished her undergraduate college education</a> with a stellar 3.91 grade point average.
In her <a href="https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/node/444636">bio</a> after winning a Leadership and Excellence Award, Binder wrote, “To my family and their unconditional love and support for the past 5 years: Dad, Mom, Abby, and Zach, I owe it all to you.”
After Penn nominated Thomas for the “Woman of the Year” award, former Fox News anchor and current podcast host Megyn Kelly <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/this-is-a-disgrace-megyn-kelly-blasts-upenn-for-nominating-lia-thomas-as-ncaa-woman-of-the-year/">blasted the university</a>. She snapped on her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAoFylJ2wX4">podcast</a>:
<blockquote>After a season of dumping on its female swimmers, forcing them to compete against a biological man who now says he is a woman, forcing them to share a locker room with said swimmer, dismissing their and their parents&#8217; concerns summarily at every turn, even telling the female swimmers what they needed if they objected to the trans swimmer was therapy, the university now sticks a final thumb in the woman&#8217;s eyes, nominating this trans swimmer who goes by the name Lia Thomas as the University of Pennsylvania&#8217;s NCAA “Woman of the Year.” This is a disgrace. Lia Thomas is not a woman.</blockquote>
In February, 16 members of the Penn Women’s Swimming Team sent a letter to the University of Pennsylvania and the Ivy League in which they wrote, “Biologically, Lia holds an unfair advantage over competition in the women’s category, as evidenced by her rankings that have bounced from #462 as a male to #1 as a female. If she (Thomas) were to be eligible to compete against us, she could now break Penn, Ivy, and NCAA Women’s Swimming records; feats she could never have done as a male athlete,” as <a href="https://swimswam.com/group-of-penn-swimmers-ask-upenn-ivy-league-to-abide-by-new-transgender-policy/">Swim Swam</a> reported.

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Lia Thomas, Nominated By UPenn, Rejected By Ivy League As NCAA ‘Woman Of The Year’

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Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh, a Catholic, is not backing down from his public pro-life stance, saying over the weekend that he and his wife Sarah would help raise a child if anyone in his personal circle, including his players, were thinking about abortion.
Harbaugh recently made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/have-the-courage-to-let-the-unborn-be-born-michigan-football-coach-starts-trending-after-speech-at-pro-life-event">headlines</a> for speaking at the Plymouth Right to Life event in Michigan, where he emphatically stated, &#8220;I believe in having the courage to let the unborn be born.&#8221;
&#8220;Let&#8217;s discuss it,&#8221; Harbaugh <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34295976/michigan-wolverines-football-coach-jim-harbaugh-says-help-raise-baby-member-family-program-involved-unplanned-pregnancy">expanded</a> on his pro-life views to ESPN&#8217;s Gene Wojciechowski. &#8220;I&#8217;ve told [them] the same thing I tell my kids, boys, the girls, same thing I tell our players, our staff members. I encourage them if they have a pregnancy that wasn&#8217;t planned, to go through with it, go through with it. Let that unborn child be born, and if at that time, you don&#8217;t feel like you can care for it, you don&#8217;t have the means or the wherewithal, then Sarah and I will take that baby.&#8221;
At the pro-life charity event, Harbaugh said each human &#8212; born and unborn &#8212; has value.
“In God’s plan, each unborn human truly has a future filled with potential, talent, dreams and love,” the football coach said, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/have-the-courage-to-let-the-unborn-be-born-michigan-football-coach-starts-trending-after-speech-at-pro-life-event">The Daily Wire</a> reported. “I have living proof in my family, my children, and the many thousands that I’ve coached that the unborn are amazing gifts from God to make this world a better place.”
“To me, the right choice is to have the courage to let the unborn be born,” he continued. “I believe in having the courage to let the unborn be born,”
“I love life,” Harbaugh added. “I believe in having a loving care and respect for life and death. My faith and my science are what drives these beliefs in me.”
The couple is not worried about being &#8220;canceled&#8221; for their pro-life views, either, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/have-the-courage-to-let-the-unborn-be-born-michigan-football-coach-starts-trending-after-speech-at-pro-life-event">The Daily Wire</a> noted.
“During halftime of a game, talking with the players, I say they are here because they have chosen to be here,” Harbaugh said at the event. “If someone believes in what they stand for, they are choosing to stand for that position, and what kind of person are you if you don’t fight tooth and nail for what you stand for? You get to change hearts by fighting for what you stand for.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/have-the-courage-to-let-the-unborn-be-born-michigan-football-coach-starts-trending-after-speech-at-pro-life-event">‘Have The Courage To Let The Unborn Be Born’: Michigan Football Coach Starts Trending After Speech At Pro-Life Event</a>

2021 Big Ten Championship – Iowa v Michigan

UMich Coach To Players: Don’t Have Abortions, ‘I Will Take That Baby’ If You Can’t Raise Them

Michigan Coach Jim Harbaugh Doubles-Down On Pro-Life Views: ‘Sarah And I Will Take That Baby’ 

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Megyn Kelly blasted the University of Pennsylvania after it nominated Lia Thomas, a biological male who identifies as a female, as NCAA&#8217;s &#8220;Woman of the Year,&#8221; calling the move a &#8220;disgrace.&#8221;
During the Monday Sirius XM &#8220;The Megyn Kelly Show&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAoFylJ2wX4">podcast</a>, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/give-me-a-fing-break-megyn-kelly-calls-aoc-a-congressional-kardashian-after-congresswoman-heckled-as-big-booty-latina">host</a> dropped a scathing monologue against UPenn.
&#8220;After a season of dumping on its female swimmers, forcing them to compete against a biological man who now says he is a woman, forcing them to share a locker room with said swimmer, dismissing their and their parents&#8217; concerns summarily at every turn, even telling the female swimmers what they needed if they objected to the trans swimmer was therapy,&#8221; said Kelly.
&#8220;The university now sticks a final thumb in the woman&#8217;s eyes, nominating this trans swimmer who goes by the name Lia Thomas as the University of Pennsylvania&#8217;s NCAA &#8216;Woman of the Year.&#8217; This is a disgrace,&#8221; Kelly claimed. &#8220;Lia Thomas is not a woman.&#8221;
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&#8220;Lia Thomas is a trans woman who lived the first 20 years of her life as Will Thomas, a man,&#8221; Kelly continued. &#8220;She only decided to transition in 2020, after swimming three seasons as a middling competitor on the men&#8217;s team, ranking in the mid 500s. On the woman&#8217;s team, the very next year, ranked number one.&#8221;
The host then asked her audience how a person who lives &#8220;20 years as a man, two as a woman&#8221; winds up anyone&#8217;s &#8220;woman of the year?&#8221; She said it must be &#8220;some kind of sick joke meant to increase resentment towards trans people.&#8221;
Kelly went on to say she believes President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration has already signaled its plan to push reforms of Title IX, including &#8220;making the girls team accept biological men, who say they are trans women.&#8221;
The host then laid out her case against the university, noting that the UPenn biological women swimmers &#8220;worked hard as young girls to make it in swimming, to make it to Ivy League swimming.&#8221;
&#8220;I mean not for not nothing, but they swam with growing breasts, growing hips, more fat on their bodies, less upper body strength, than their male competitors,&#8221; the former Fox News host pointed out. &#8220;They swam with shorter legs&#8230;thinner and weaker muscles than the boys. They swam with periods, and cramps, and bloating. &#8221;
&#8220;And the women on that team and the others at the college level did it all despite these relative physical disadvantages when compared to their male colleagues,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Then at UPenn in the course of one year, they saw their medals, first place finishes, NCAA tournament spots, and records stolen from them by a person who was a crappy male swimmer on the men&#8217;s team months earlier.&#8221;
Kelly then concluded her monologue by noting that UPenn is &#8220;ready to shive Thomas&#8217; female teammates&#8221; with the &#8220;Woman of the Year&#8221; nomination.
&#8220;Lia Thomas is not woman of the year,&#8221; Kelly said. &#8220;That title belongs to one of the women who dealt with all the physical and emotional challenges and opportunities that come with being an actual woman&#8230;Not to a six-foot-three biological man who, within the last two years, declared that he was a woman. Period.&#8221;

Megyn Kelly

‘This Is A Disgrace’: Megyn Kelly Blasts UPenn For Nominating Lia Thomas As NCAA ‘Woman Of The Year’

Megyn Kelly Blasts UPenn For Nominating Lia Thomas As NCAA ‘Woman Of The Year’ 

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida">Florida</a> Gators quarterback Anthony Richardson, a projected Heisman trophy contender for this upcoming college football season, is changing his nickname to take a stance against the most popular sporting rifle owned by millions of Americans.
Richardson said that he made the decision to change his &#8220;AR-15&#8221; nickname, which combines his initials with his jersey number, and his scope reticle logo after speaking to those closest to him.
&#8220;After discussions with my family and much thought, I have decided to no longer use the nickname &#8216;AR-15&#8217; and the current apparel line logo, which features a scope reticle, as part of my branding. While a nickname is only a nickname and &#8216;AR-15&#8217; was simply a representation of my initials combined with my jersey number, it is important to me that my name and brand are no longer associated with the assault rifle that has been used in mass shootings, which I do not condone in any way or form.&#8221;
In his tweet, Richardson referenced the term &#8220;assault rifle,&#8221; which many on the Left erroneously believe the &#8220;AR&#8221; in &#8220;AR-15&#8221; stands for. In fact, the &#8220;AR&#8221; in AR-15 stands for &#8220;ArmaLite Rifle,&#8221; the company that designed the gun in 1956. There is no official definition for what is considered an &#8220;assault rifle&#8221; or an &#8220;assault weapon,&#8221; as those descriptors have virtually <a href="https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/gun-experts-say-theres-no-such-thing-as-an-assault-weapon">nothing</a> to do with the functionality of the weapon and instead are attached to weapons that Left-wing activists deem to be scary looking.
&#8220;My representatives and I are currently working on rebranding, which includes the creation of a new logo and transitioning to simply using &#8216;AR&#8217; and my name, Anthony Richardson,&#8221; Richardson&#8217;s statement concluded.
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Virtue signaling game 💯
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ESPN <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34259562/florida-gators-qb-anthony-richardson-distancing-ar-15-nickname-branding">noted</a> that the decision was likely driven by college athletes&#8217; new ability to make money from their name, image, and likeness.
Richardson, who will be a sophomore this upcoming season, had already launched a clothing company last year selling jerseys, shirts, and other gear.
Richardson only <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/gamelog/_/id/4429084/anthony-richardson">played</a> in seven games last season as a freshman, amassing 529 passing yards with six touchdowns and five interceptions. He also had 401 yards rushing with three touchdowns.
Despite only seeing limited action last season, and with only one career start, Richardson &#8220;debuted at No. 13 on ESPN NFL draft expert Mel Kiper Jr.&#8217;s Big Board of prospects in May,&#8221; ESPN added.
Despite all the hype surrounding Richardson, the 6&#8242; 4&#8243; 236-pounder is not guaranteed to be the team&#8217;s starting quarterback this upcoming season as he will have to beat out Ohio State transfer Jack Miller.

Florida v South Florida

Florida Gators Quarterback Caves On Nickname, Logo To Avoid Gun Controversy

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