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High school state championship-winning coach and NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is coming out of retirement. Bridgewater will be re-signing with the Detroit Lions ahead of the team’s playoff push. Lions head coach Dan Campbell spoke on Bridgewater’s return to Detroit. “I’ve been in contact with Teddy for a while. It was something that was always potentially a possibility,” Campbell told reporters. “We all knew what Teddy’s been doing down there, and giving back to his community. They won a championship down there, so his coaching worked out pretty dang good But just to be able to add someone back…
Texas Longhorns edge rusher Colin Simmons has had a freshman year to remember. Many fans felt that Colin Simmons was robbed of winning the SEC Freshman of the Year, but the Texas Longhorns edge rusher is still receiving major national recognition as his first collegiate season comes closer to an end. The Maxwell Football Club announced Thursday that Simmons has been named the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year. He beat out South Carolina Gamecocks quarterback LaNorris Sellers, who won the SEC’s Freshman of the Year. Simmons was also named to the Freshman All-SEC Team earlier this month. He was…
Oklahoma’s Brent Venables ‘Excited’ About John Mateer, but Mike Hawkins has ‘Taken it Like a Pro’ The Sooners play Navy on Friday behind Hawkins, but Mateer will ramp up the competition when spring football starts. FORT WORTH — Sitting right next to his counterpart in Friday’s Armed Forces Bowl, Oklahoma’s Brent Venables didn’t want to disrespect Navy coach Brian Newberry. But as their joint press conference unfolded Thursday morning at the Omni Hotel, the Sooners’ head coach almost immediately began fielding questions about OU’s 2025 quarterback race. It’ll be true freshman Michael Hawkinswho starts in Friday’s 11 a.m. kickoff at…
Some gifts are better than others. For Alabama, the Washington roster transplants brought over by Kalen DeBoer were immediate contributors. Germie Bernard, Parker Brailsford, and Josh Cuevas all found homes in Tuscaloosa and were nice gifts from the new coaching staff. There was probably no better gift for Alabama football this year than Ryan Williams re-classifying into the 2024 recruiting class and coming to Tuscaloosa a year early. But not all gifts are created equally. As Billy Bob Thornton said in Bad Santa: “They can’t all be winners, kid.” Alabama football would like to return these things: Returning: One of…
The University of Kentucky is one of the premier college athletics programs not just in the SEC, but in the entire country. Across the map, the Wildcats typically have a slew of national title contenders at a number of different sports. That was no different in 2024, as Kentucky had one of its best overall years to date. Change is the tide for the Wildcats this year, as John Calipari left the program earlier this year. Kentucky footballunderperformed, which is unusual for any Mark Stoops team. Related: Incoming Kentucky football transfer tracker for 2025 But for every defeat, it felt like…
Clemson Tigers QB Cade Klubnik Will Be in Heisman Conversation Next Year If Cade Klubnik returns to the Clemson Tigers, he will be one of the Heisman favorites. While the season has come to an end for the Clemson Tigers, there are a lot of reasons to believe in the future of the program. In the first-round of the College Football Playoff, the Tigers gave it their all against the Texas Longhorns. However, with the game being on the road in a tough environment against a great team. The Longhorns were able to get the job done as a sizable…
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Star Defensive Back Placed On Injured Reserve Originally posted on Tampa Bay Buccaneers on SI By Kade Kimble | Last updated Dec 26, 2024 11:26 AM ET The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a crucial pair of games to close out their 2024 regular season. After a recent loss to the Dallas Cowboys, they no longer control their destiny to win the NFC South, whereas they were previously in the driver’s seat. The Buccaneers have to be sharp with a coming game against the Carolina Panthers and follow that up with a game against the New Orleans Saints. There is no reason Tampa Bay shouldn’t…
Carolina’s former starter is returning to the NFL as a backup in the toughest division in the league. The toughest NFC team we have seen play this season is the Detroit Lions, and all due respect to the Philadelphia Eagles and other conference contenders, they’re head and shoulders above the rest of the competition. However, the Lions are not afraid to add more help as they prepare to make their playoff run and they’re being joined by a former Carolina Panthers quarterback. According to a report by Ian Rapoport at NFL Network, Teddy Bridgewater is expected to sign with the…
Tennessee Vols baseball coach Tony Vitello is just like every other UT fan when it comes to officiating. Vitello joined WNML this week for an interview My only recommendation is if you are on the sideline, the asking for a flag doesn’t go well if a representative from the SEC office is right behind you,” said Vitello. “She [told] one of the administrators ‘you need to get with that person and tell them not to do that’. And he said ‘that’s our baseball coach, you can go tell him’. Anyway, we struck up a great conversation. And you know, now…
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