College Football Links From Across the Country (5/21/21)

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College Football Links (May 21, 2021)

Happy Friday, Hoosier fans! This week was a great one for Tom Allen and the Hoosiers as they officially added two guys who are expected to make an immediate impactAuburn transfer DL Jaren Handy and USC transfer RB Stephen Carr. The 10 days are the calm before the recruiting storm as official visits and mini camps start when the 15-month recruiting dead period finally ends June 1.

There are now 106 days remaining until the Hoosiers kick off the 2021 season at Iowa. Hoosier Huddle has new football content every day until then, so check back for the latest on the IU football squad. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter @HoosierHuddle and Instagram @Hoosier_Huddle

If you have any links or stories you’d like to share please email them to TheHoosierHuddle@gmail.com. We have also included some favorite football reads for your off-season enjoyment.

Indiana Hoosiers

IU officially adds former USC running back Stephen Carr, via Hoosier Huddle

Tom Allen: It’s still early, but is there a case for the greatest Hoosiers coach? via Hoosier Huddle

Hoosier Huddle: Hoosiers officially add Auburn transfer Jaren Handy

Hoosiers bolster running back room with USC transfer Stephen Carr, via Hoosier Huddle

Hoosiers land another highly coveted defensive lineman as Richard Thomas commits, via Hoosier Huddle

Man of Troy: How would USC transfer Stephen Carr fit in IU’s backfield? via Hoosier Huddle

Hoosier Huddle: As future non-conference games are booked for IU, Tom Allen wants to play quality teams

Hoosiers land Auburn transfer Jaren Handy, per Hoosier Huddle

Hoosier Huddle: Tom Allen has Hoosiers transitioning from believing they could to expecting to win

Hoosier Huddle: NCAA transfer portal tweaks how Allen recruits team needs, also creates future scholarship crunch

Hoosier coaches itching to watch prospects at ‘mega’ camps around the country and workout prospects on unofficial visits, according to Hoosier Huddle

Hoosier Huddle: IU Coach Tom Allen thinks six playoff spots is ideal, wants to keep regulat season and bowls as significant

Hoosiers safety drafted by the Denver Broncos in fifth round, extends IU’s draft streak to eight years per Hoosier Huddle

Hoosier Huddle Podcast: Recruiting Update (4/26/21)

Sheridan ‘confident’ Penix will have a productive summer as he returns from injury via Hoosier Huddle

Tom Allen excited to have recruits feel IU’s ‘LEO’ culture as recruiting dead period ends on June 1st via Hoosier Huddle

Hoosiers will be ‘aggressively looking at’ transfer portal to fill out 85-man roster, according to Hoosier Huddle

Hoosier Huddle: With Spring practice finished, Hoosiers look to player led practices to get to the next level

Hoosier Huddle’s 2021 Indiana Hoosiers Spring Position Previews: Quarterbacks, Running Backs, Offensive Line, Defensive Line, Special Teams, Tight Ends, Linebackers, Defensive Backs, Wide Receivers

Hoosier Huddle: Indiana’s 2021 football schedule finalized as several games moved around

Big Ten Football

Athlon Sports’ Big Ten Football 2021 All-Conference Team

Where the Big Ten recruiting classes rank for 2022 via 247 Sports

Big Ten Football: Who wins the West Division in 2021? via Athlon Sports

247 Sports: One thing every Big Ten coach has to prove in 2021

Nebraska and Northwestern will meet in Dublin, Ireland to open 2022 college football season, per CBS Sports

247 Sports projects when the first loss for every Big Ten team will occur

ESPN’s FPI projects every Big Ten team’s chances of reaching bowl game, via 247 Sports

Ohio State bans massage therapist for inappropriate behavior targeting football team, per ESPN

Big Ten Spring Roundup: Can West Division snap East’s dominance in title game? via BuckNuts (247 Sports)

Big Ten Football: Top 25 2022 NFL Draft prospects to watch via Athlon Sports

247 Sports predicts breakout true freshmen for every Big Ten team

The top 10 games on the 2021 Big Ten football schedule via CBS Sports

The toughest out of conference game for each Big Ten team, according to 247 Sports

College Football

100 days out: College football names, games, storylines as we count down to Week 1 of the 2021 season via CBS Sports

2021 College football coach rankings: ACC, SEC leaders undergo shifts among Power Five coaches ranked 65-26 via CBS Sports

Report: Power Five conference revenues for FY 2020 revealed via 247 Sports

College football transfer portal top 50: Cain Madden, Henry To’o To’o and the most impactful movers of 2021 via The Athletic

USA Today: 2021 college football Top 25 gets facelift after spring season

CBS Sports’ College football staff picks: Group of five coaches ready to make a jump to the Power Five level

College football’s top 10 stadiums by fan atmosphere via 247 Sports

247 Sports: Bleacher Report names most impactful college football transfers in 2021

Longest active home winning streaks in college football via 247 Sports

Pro Football Focus ranked the top 10 returning college football players at each position

The 7 best first-ever matchups in college football in 2021 via FBSchedules.com

CBS Sports regraded the 2016-17 college football coaching carousel from Lincoln Riley to Ed Orgeron to Tom Herman

‘A competitive advantage’: In college football, the push for vaccination is on, via Sports Illustrated

The most memorable college football plays of the past 10 seasons via 247 Sports

2021 College football coaching carousel grades via CBS Sports

College football top 25 rankings: 247 Sports votes new order after Spring practice via 247 Sports

247 Sports breaks down the top QB prospects in the 2022 NFL Draft

Top defenses in college football over the next three seasons via 247 Sports

NCAA proposal would reduce contact practices in preseason football camp via ESPN

Sports Illustrated: College football coaches sport varied reactions to proposed fall camp changes

247 Sports ranks the 10 games that will shape the 2021 College Football Playoff race

College Football News: Expectations for the new head coaches in 2021

CBS Sports: Inside the inevitable College Football Playoff expansion and why it will be anything but easy

Seven college football coaches under the most pressure entering the 2021 season via CBS Sports

College Football bowl projections for 2021 season via 247 Sports

2020-21 College football coaching carousel updates via The Athletic

Off-Season Reading Suggestions

NEW Hoosier Beginnings by Ken Bikoff

The Search for Indiana Football Glory

Billion Dollar Ball

The 50 Best* College Football Teams of All Time

Study Hall: College Football, Its Stats and Its Stories

The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football