College Football Links From Across the Country (6/14/21)
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College Football Links (June 14, 2021)
Welcome to the new week, Hoosier fans! The dead period reached its end June 1st, and the IU Football coaching staff have been hustling to recruit at minicamps, and sell prospects on the greatness of Bloomington since. We gave a recruiting update this week, and these next couple weekends will be a huge for the future of IU football. Don’t miss a beat— Follow us on Facebook, Twitter @HoosierHuddle and Instagram @Hoosier_Huddle.
Hoosier Huddle’s Official Countdown to 2021 IU Football Kickoff is in full swing. There exactly 82 days until the Hoosiers kick off the season at Iowa. We have put together a first glance preview, and each day until gameday we will feature a player on this year’s roster, and also remember the glorious times of some IU football greats.
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
2021 First Glance Preview: Week One (Iowa Hawkeyes) via Hoosier Huddle
For Weston Kramer, Indiana was the right fit via Hoosier Huddle
For Deland McCullough II, it was always a dream to play at Indiana via Hoosier Huddle
Hoosier Huddle Podcast: Recruiting Update— Dead Period is over!
Hoosier Huddle: Stephen Carr ready to think less while running after IU staff does ‘swell’ job recruiting him
Jaren Handy hopes to be the bear IU needs on the defensive line via Hoosier Huddle
Hoosier Huddle’s 2021 Countdown to Kickoff: 83 Days (Asher King), 84 Days (James Bomba), 85 Days (Khameron Taylor), 85 Days Part II (McCall Ray), 86 Days (Peyton Hendershot), 87 Days (Michael Ziemba), 88 Days (AJ Barner), 89 Days (Matt Bjorson)
The Athletic: Big Ten Champs? For Indiana, those once ‘hollow words’ have become a realistic goal
Athlon Sports’ 2021 Indiana Football Preview and Prediction
Big Ten Football
The Athletic: How could teams play a full Big Ten schedule with an expanded College Football Playoff?
Eleven Warriors: Pros and cons of a 12-team College Football Playoff for Ohio State
247 Sports ranks the Big Ten football schedules from toughest to easiest
Where each Big Ten team is ranked by Pro Football Focus via Spartans Wire
Athlon’s Big Ten football 2021 predictions
Big Ten football transfers: Northwestern QB Ryan Hilinski leads newcomers ready to make impact in 2021 season via CBS Sports
Which Big Ten schools sell alcohol during football games to the general public? via Hawk Central
SB Nation ranks Big Ten head football coaches
Big Ten football: Over/under predictions on DraftKings win totals for 2021 season via Athlon Sports
2021 Big Ten championship odds, picks via CBS Sports
Pro Football Focus’s 2021 conference title probabilities and projected win totals for every Big Ten team
College Football
College football (12-team) Playoffs questions answered! Alabama, Clemson incentives, Notre Dame worries, on-campus games and more via The Athletic
Kirby Smart, Paul Finebaum, Kirk Herbstreit, Bill Hancock, Gus Malzahn react to CFP 12-team proposal via AL.com
Feldman: 35 College football players I hear are ready for a breakout 2021 season, from Iowa to NC State to Baylor via The Athletic
College football’s 10 highest all-time winning percentages
Orlando Sentinel: 25 compelling nonconference games to watch during 2021 college football season
College Football Playoff working group proposes 12-team field via Hoosier Huddle
Hoosier Huddle: College Football Playoff expansion is coming and it brings excitement and frustration
College Football Playoff expansion round table: The good, the bad, the what-ifs via ESPN
The Athletic: College football recruiting is ‘about to explode’: NIL, new evaluation rules, and the most hectic month ever
2021 College football coaching carousel: Outlooks for each new hire from immediate success to shortest tenure via CBS Sports
ESPN’s FPI projects every top 25 team’s final record in 2021 via 247 Sports
Pro Football Focus ranked the top 10 returning college football players at each position
Off-Season Reading Suggestions
NEW Hoosier Beginnings by Ken Bikoff
The Search for Indiana Football Glory
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