This Offseason Has Sucked: 2016 Edition

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The Top 10 running back groups in college football
(according to Bruce Feldman)
1. LSU
2. Oklahoma
3. Stanford
4. Tennessee
5. Florida State
6. Georgia
7. Oregon
8. Baylor
9. Penn State
10. North Carolina

 

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Former Auburn RB says he felt ‘stereotyped and disrespected’ on the Plains

Robinson told AL.com he felt the coaching staff was unfairly harsh with him after showing leniency with wayward wideout Duke Williams a year ago. (Williams was eventually dismissed, too.)

“Everything about (the) Auburn coaching staff is not what it seems,” Robinson told the site. “Just because I don’t walk around with (a) fake smile, they feel like they (can) say or try to force anything.

“I was stereotyped and disrespected. The football players are not happy with this.”

 

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Cal names Texas Tech transfer Davis Webb starting QB

“We felt like it was the right decision to make once separation occurred,” head coach Sonny Dykes said in a statement. “Davis’ maturity and knowledge of what we’re trying to do put him a little bit ahead of our other quarterbacks. He’s new to our program but he came in with three seasons of experience at Texas Tech running this style of offense. We wanted to work out the details of our offense and put all the pieces together, and the quarterback is a pretty important part of that.”

 

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Ex-Gator Kent Taylor, Jayhawks’ leading pass-catching TE in 2015, transfers to third FBS program

Earlier Thursday, UTEP announced that it had added Kent Taylor to its roster as a graduate transfer from Kansas. As Taylor comes in as a graduate, he will be eligible to play immediately in 2016, his final season of eligibility.

 

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Alabama transfer Daylon Charlot tweets move to Kansas

Wednesday, Daylon Charlot took to Twitter to announce that he had made the decision totransfer out of the Alabama football program and continue his collegiate playing career elsewhere. A day later, the wide receiver took to the same social media site to reveal his next elsewhere — Kansas.

 

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Prosecutors reveal new details in slaying of former Texas A&M football star Antonio Armstrong, wife

 

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Louisville CB Cornelius Sturghill to miss season recovering from gunshot wound

Louisville cornerback Cornelius Sturghill was the victim of a drive-by shooting while home in Memphis this summer and will miss the season while focusing on recovery, Cardinals head coach Bobby Petrino revealed Saturday. Sturghill was shot in the foot.

 

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New Mexico throwing hat in Big 12 expansion ring, too

New Mexico president Robert G. Frank penned a letter to Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby shortly after the Big 12’s expansion announcement, toting the Lobos’ credentials to join the league.

 

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Washington reportedly adds former Oklahoma WR KJ Young

Young was dismissed from the team in May of 2015 for the always-mysterious “violation of team rules.” He spent the 2015 season at Riverside (Calif.) City College before reportedly joining the Huskies’ roster just before the club begins fall camp on Monday.

 

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Have a Patty Melt and chill, football is almost here

 

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Texas Tech adds Boise State transfer Kaleb Hill

The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal notes that defensive end Kaleb Hill has been added to Tech’s 105-man preseason roster. Hill, who earlier this year decided to transfer from Boise State, will be joining his brother, Kolin Hill, a former Notre Dame defensive lineman who transferred to Tech last year.

Kaleb Hill will have to sit out the 2016 season, but will have two years of eligibility remaining beginning in 2017.

 

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SMU adds Iowa State transfer Terry Ayeni

Multiple media outlets are reporting that SMU added Ayeni to its roster over the weekend. According to one report, the defensive lineman practiced with his new Mustang teammates Monday.

 

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Dealing with ‘cardiac issue,’ FSU lineman Chad Mavety calls it a career

In an emotional missive posted to his Facebook page, Mavety publicly confirmed that the health issue will force him to give up the sport of football.

 

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Suspended by Notre Dame, Grant Blankenship transfers to Oklahoma

According to The Oklahoman, Blankenship has enrolled at Oklahoma and will continue his collegiate playing career with the Sooners. That continuation won’t happen until 2017, however, as the defensive end will have to sit out the 2016 season to satisfy NCAA requirements. He would then have two seasons of eligibility remaining.

 

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LSU reportedly lose two D-linemen for entire 2016 season

Overnight, reports were making the rounds that starting lineman Christian LaCouture (pictured, left) had sustained a major/significant injury to his knee. Additionally, backup end Isaiah Washington sustained a knee injury as well, although it was thought that it might not be as severe as LaCouture’s.

While there’s nothing official from the school, it appears it was as the Baton Rouge Advocate and New Orleans Times-Picayune have confirmed through sources that both players will be sidelined for the entire 2016 season. LaCouture reportedly sustained a torn ACL, while Washington’s injury has been described as “serious ligament damage.”

 

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Texas Tech adds Arkansas transfer Willie Sykes to roster

On Texas Tech’s updated roster for the start of summer camp, Sykes is listed as a sophomore defensive back for the Red Raiders. A Tech official confirmed that Sykes will be joining the program as a walk-on initially.