2013 College Football Thread (Realer than Real Deal Holyfield -->S/O Craftsy)

zs05wc said:
Damain Harris releases his top 5 today. Even if Michigan is in it I still see him ending up at OSU. I think Weber is going to be the guy for Michigan.
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That shipped sailed the day Borges was fired... I will take Nuss being the OC over Harris all day... Getting Ty helps with that too.
 
GUNNA GET IT said:
Malcolm Mitchell had another knee surgery today


Mannnn since that LSU game, it's been all downhill for him :smh:
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Injuries already...

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Syracuse, N.Y. -- Two years from now, could Terrel Hunt be working out in an NFL training camp?

After an up-and-down first year starting for the Orange, Hunt enters his redshirt junior season with valuable experience and renewed confidence running a simpler George McDonald offense. Unlike at this time last year, the starting job is his and should be for the next two seasons.

With that taken into account, CBS Sports listed Hunt as the No. 9 quarterback prospect for the 2016 NFL Draft when the site updated its list on Tuesday. Hunt is the highest-rated Atlantic Coast Conference signal caller, ahead of Jacoby Brissett (North Carolina State, No. 10), Marquise Williams (North Carolina, No. 18) and Michael Brewer (Virginia Tech, No. 25).

Here's a look at the full top 25:
CBS Sports' 2016 NFL Draft QB prospect rankings
# Player Name School
1 Marcus Mariota Oregon
2 Brett Hundley UCLA
3 Kevin Hogan Stanford
4 Connor Cook Michigan State
5 Jacob Coker Alabama
6 Cody Kessler USC
7 Jeff Driskel Florida
8 Nate Sudfeld Indiana
9 Terrel Hunt Syracuse
10 Jacoby Brissett North Carolina State
11 Dak Prescott Mississippi State
12 Vernon Adams Jr. Eastern Washington
13 Brandon Allen Arkansas
14 Jake Rudock Iowa
15 Everett Golson Notre Dame
16 Stephen Rivers Vanderbilt
17 Trevone Boykin TCU
18 Marquise Williams North Carolina
19 J.W. Walsh Oklahoma State
20 Taysom Hill BYU
21 Nick Sherry UNLV
22 Joel Stave Wisconsin
23 David Ash Texas
24 Travis Wilson Utah
25 Michael Brewer Virginia Tech

Looking at other positional rankings, Syracuse free safety Durell Eskridge ranks No. 1 at his position. He was listed as one of the top overall safeties in the nation by Mel Kiper Jr. in June. No other Orange juniors made a top 25.

Do you think Terrel Hunt has NFL potential? And if so, how do you think he stacks up to the other junior quarterbacks on this list? Let us know in the comments section.
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JJs07 said:
Rell - what's expected out of Ashton Broyld this year?
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Hasn't been much on him out of camp this year. The year he has will be contingent on the progress Hunt makes under center. Broyld is likely to be the #1 receiver and as that he can't have a season with 0 receiving TDs as he did this past campaign. He has the size, speed and strength to be that kind of player, just needs the ball in his hands. Brisly Estime and Jarrod West can help him a lot if they make the natural progression as well.
 
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Not in the game: College football players want NCAA video game back
July 21, 2014 3:37 pm ET

Shaquille Mason says he and his Georgia Tech teammates used to play EA Sports' NCAA Football every day. (USATSI) Shaquille Mason says he and his Georgia Tech teammates used to play NCAA Football every day. (USATSI)

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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Georgia Tech offensive lineman Shaquille Mason didn't hesitate when he was asked the one thing he would change about college sports.

"Give us the NCAA Football 15 [video game]," Mason said. "We used to play it every day. We used to say during fall that would get us through the camp playing the game. That really was a blow."

As college football players prepare for the season, there's an unusual void in their lives. Electronic Arts announced last year it would not produce its popular NCAA-branded college football video game in 2014 due to litigation over the use of players' images and likeness in the game.

EA, Collegiate Licensing Company and the NCAA settled lawsuits over video games for a combined $60 million (with $20 million from the NCAA). If the settlements are approved by the court, about 100,000 current and former college football and men's basketball players will be able to claim up to $5,000 per year for past appearances on the NCAA video games.

As a federal judge prepares to rule in the Ed O'Bannon case, documents related to the use of athletes' names, images and likenesses (NILs) are being changed. USA Today Sports reported last week that the NCAA has eliminated a highly-debated, name-and-likeness release from the set of forms Division I athletes sign each year around this time.

Players who signed the form granted permission to the NCAA or a third party to use his or her name or picture to promote NCAA events without being paid. The NCAA maintains athletes were not required to sign the name-and-likeness form in order to be eligible.

However, during the O'Bannon trial last month, the plaintiffs alleged that some former athletes -- including some under the age of 18 -- were told they needed to sign the form to be eligible to play. When deposed in 2013, ACC commissioner John Swofford said he believed athletes would be ineligible without signing the name-and-likeness release.

Swofford told CBSSports.com on Monday he no longer views signing the form as necessary for eligibility. "Whether I was right about that impression or wrong about that impression, what became obvious is people had different impressions," he said. "If it's not an eligibility issue, what is the purpose [of the form]?"

Swofford said the ACC for the first time is developing its own release form for name and likeness. He did not discuss specifics of the form and said ACC lawyers are in the process of creating it.

"We're working on what it needs to say in terms of our contractual agreements because the NCAA is basically going away from it," Swofford said.

A key issue in the O'Bannon case has been whether athletes validly transfer their name-and-likeness rights to another party. O'Bannon attorney Michael Hausfeld said the NCAA's decision to eliminate the name-and-likeness form "appears to mean they don't have much principle attached to what they so aggressively defended for so long."

Some conferences have used name-and-likeness forms for several years, with the ACC becoming the latest. "What they're apparently trying to do is avoid association liability by having the conferences say, 'Gee, we as the NCAA haven't done anything,'" Hausfeld said.
Name and likeness discussions are coming

Who's to blame for no video game all depends on your perspective. Last summer, the NCAA said it wouldn't seek a new contract with EA due in part to the litigation. Soon after the NCAA announcement, schools and conferences began yanking their marks for the video game beyond last year's final edition.

At the O'Bannon trial last month, EA executive vice president of business affairs Joel Linzner testified the company wants to resume the video games if players' names and images are included. In the coming weeks, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken is expected to issue a ruling on the O'Bannon antitrust case that could, among other things, allow video-game payments to legally happen pending the inevitable appeals. The O'Bannon plaintiffs are seeking an end to the NCAA's rules preventing players from being paid from their NILs.

When asked about his confidence level of the NCAA prevailing in the O'Bannon lawsuit, Swofford replied, "I think it's going to be something that we're going to be living with for the next three years, five years, would be my guess. Ultimately, the legal system will determine that."

With increasing frequency, some people who work in college sports are expressing more interest in discussing if and how players should be paid for use of their NILs. North Carolina State athletic director Debbie Yow said she senses "strong" support within the Power 5 conferences to talk about the issue once they receive the ability next month to create some of their own NCAA rules.

Yow stopped short of supporting payments to players for live TV rights, saying she doesn't believe schools could afford it. But Yow said she is open to a "serious" discussion about money from items such as video games, jersey sales and other merchandise.

"We're not talking about a large number of student-athletes; we're talking about the cream of the crop," Yow said. "One of the issues that would have to be addressed is how do coaches feel about it in terms of the potential development of the haves vs. have-nots on the same team, when that money goes into an escrow, and when the student-athlete has access to that money. I've talked about it for 10 years and I'm ready for that conversation."

Swofford said he believes discussions will occur about items such as player autographs and jersey sales in relation to players' NILs. He said the NCAA's $20 million video game settlement "in essence says something during that process wasn't appropriately handled," not necessarily that players can or should be paid for their likeness.

"I think it raises the issue in terms of our consideration of it as part of our rules and regulations, and certainly from a legal standpoint it raises the issue as well," Swofford said. "I don't think it necessarily translates to paying players. I don't think you're going to see people running around using the names and likeness of players without really being careful and having appropriate approvals."

Georgia wide receiver Chris Conley, a member of the NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, said figuring out the answer to video games needs to happen.

Georgia WR Chris Conley says the NCAA, its players, and video game companies need to find a solution. (USATSI) WR Chris Conley says the NCAA, its players, and video game companies need to find a solution. (USATSI)

"Put it this way: There's no way you can tell me that a guy who's 6-3 from Georgia, has my skin tone and wears my number and lines up in the same place is not me in the video game," Conley said. "So that rubs me wrong. Now the way we go about it, whether it's canceling the game or finding compensation, we have to look at that."
'Exciting' to be yourself in video game

Here's the kicker of the video-game debate. Many current ACC and SEC players interviewed for this article say not only are they unaware they could eventually be paid for past video game appearances, they say they don't care about being paid.

They just want their video game back.

"I listened to somebody argue about it on YouTube [whether players should be paid for their NILs]," Virginia Tech defensive tackle Luther Maddy said. "There was a lot of good points about why they should, but for the most part, it's just a fun game. I don't think you deserve to get money just because you're on the game."

Boston College center Andy Gallik said players sometimes discuss getting paid, "but at the same time we've come to the realization where I'm at a school where I don't have to pay a dime of my $250,000 for tuition. ... I'm a little disappointed the game is gone. Every year all of the college guys would be excited to see our faces in the college game and pretend to be ourselves."

Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston, last year's Heisman Trophy winner and a two-sport star, said college athletes are blessed to get a "free education."

"That's enough money for me because my love is for the game and I know one day, hopefully God willing, that I will have the opportunity of football being my job and baseball being my job," Winston said.

If the NCAA's new governance structure passes, college athletes in the Power 5 conferences would have 15 of the 80 votes for creating certain types of legislation. Conley said athletes need to leverage their voices on issues, such as NILs, by effectively speaking up more.

"A lot of people will get into their last two years of college and say when this stuff changes, it's not going to affect me," Conley said. "What they have to realize is the people behind them are going to benefit. They'll see your sacrifice and what you've done and they'll start working on those things earlier on the front end."

But, Conley cautioned, athletes can't think they know what every athlete wants without polling them to see what they really think.

Maddy, the Virginia Tech defensive tackle, just wants his NCAA Football game back. He didn't realize it was definitely gone in 2014 until a reporter told him.

"I thought that was just a thought," Maddy said. "Man, that's crazy. That was the game I played the most. That's what I was best at."
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Rell826 said:
JJs07 said:
Rell - what's expected out of Ashton Broyld this year?
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Hasn't been much on him out of camp this year. The year he has will be contingent on the progress Hunt makes under center. Broyld is likely to be the #1 receiver and as that he can't have a season with 0 receiving TDs as he did this past campaign. He has the size, speed and strength to be that kind of player, just needs the ball in his hands. Brisly Estime and Jarrod West can help him a lot if they make the natural progression as well.
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Kid has ALL the tools to be dominant. If he wants a chance to be a 2nd day pick, this is the year to show it. He's not getting any younger.
 
RoOk said:
lmao scumbag nike told jimbo fisher not to let his son wear UA again. :lol: smh
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When you're paying that much for the right to outfit them you'd want to prevent another brand from getting exposure at your expense. Nothing wrong with it.
 
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