Spring football may be over in Big Ten country, but the conference has still managed to stay at the forefront of the college football world. Thanks to Thursday night's opening round of the NFL draft, the Big Ten has managed to maintain its national presence, with six of the league's former players being selected in the draft's first 31 picks. Oh, and then there's that whole satellite camp ban thing, which the NCAA overturned on Thursday—a de ...

Thursday night was supposed to be a banner night in the history of Ole Miss football. The program had never sent three players to the NFL through the first round of the NFL draft, but former Rebels Laquon Treadwell, Robert Nkemdiche and Laremy Tunsil were widely considered sure-fire first-round draft picks. Ole Miss made history. Treadwell was selected 23rd overall by the Minnesota Vikings, Nkemdiche went 29th to the Arizona Cardinals and Tunsil—who was considered a possible top-five ...

After alleged text messages between offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil and Ole Miss assistant athletic director John Miller emerged on Tunsil's Instagram account on Thursday, the University of Mississippi is set to launch an investigation. Tunsil's Lawyer Comments on Texts Sunday, May 1 Tunsil's attorney, Steve Farese, didn't seem concerned about any inquiries into his client's texts during an appearance on SiriusXM's Mad Dog Sports Radio (via Daniel Pauling of the Clarion-Ledger): My information is that issue, in and of ...

The top end of the Tennessee Volunteers' talent totem pole is awfully impressive, but few teams ever won anything significant because of a few elite players. You need a good bit of star power, sure. But role players must emerge for coaches to build championship contenders. UT coach Butch Jones knows this, and this past spring was a great opportunity to find out where some of that depth would come from with more than 20 Volunteers ...

It wasn’t the night that the University of Alabama football program expected. To Crimson Tide fans it almost felt like a kick in the gut. With three former players among the 25 to accept invitations and attend the NFL draft in Chicago, it was supposed to be a night of celebration as they were all expected to be among the 31 selections in the first round. Most thought the worst-case scenario would be maybe one of them might ...

Thursday night was the culmination of years of hard work for college football's top players, who now are headed into the NFL as first-round draft picks. Each leaves behind a great legacy at their former school, not to mention a big void that somehow has to be filled. It's the cyclical nature of college football, where the best of the best are only around for a few years and teams have to be prepared for their ...

Ohio State had five of its former players selected in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night, when defensive end Joey Bosa, running back Ezekiel Elliott, cornerback Eli Apple, left tackle Taylor Decker and linebacker Darron Lee were all off the board within the first 20 selections. That mass exodus of talent—Decker was the only graduated senior of the group above—has left an enormous void in the Buckeyes' 2016 roster. Head coach Urban Meyer has already ...

It turns out Jim Harbaugh isn't just an annoyance after all. He is the perfect coach to fight off a cutthroat, backstabbing era. The power vortex of college football—SEC coaches—thought they were much too big for him. Ha! When he started holding football camps in their corner of the country and taking a few recruits to Michigan when they had been slated by god-given right for the South, well, it was time to swat Harbaugh away. ...

The Class of 2018 is starting to come into focus as the current group of high school sophomores will be juniors by the time next fall begins. That means many of them are playing up with the Class of 2017 on the grassroots circuit and already producing at a high level on some of the best travel teams in the country. So it's time to get to know some of these players, as some like Marvin ...

Definitive takeaways are rare in spring practice, but Notre Dame Fighting Irish football provided a few significant insights during the recent offseason workouts. The Fighting Irish completed the first phase of a nationally relevant quarterback competition. Although no winner emerged, the position did manage some separation. Spring hype doesn't always translate to fall success, yet a couple of breakout players emerged on both sides of the football, while injuries robbed practice reps from several expected contributors. Not all developments were ...