College Football Links From Across the Country (3/4/20)

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Image: amanda paVelka/hoosier huddle

Daily College Football Links (March 3, 2020)

Spring football practice starts Saturday. To help get you through the rest of the week, I have gathered popular college football news stories from around the state, region and country. If you have any links or stories you’d like to share please email them to TheHoosierHuddle@gmail.com. I have also included some fun off-season reading.

Indiana Hoosiers

Hoosier Huddle: Luke Wiginton Brings Winning Culture to Indiana

Hoosier Heartland Podcast: Peegs’ Matt Weaver discusses additions and subtractions to coaching staff and roster, recruiting, and the spring game with co-hosts Ben Malcomson and Kathie Chong. Listen: SoundCloud

Big Ten Football

2020 Big Ten Spring football schedule via CBS Sports

Top Maryland assistant leaving for NFL job, according to 247 Sports

Notes and quotes from Ryan Day following Ohio State’s first Spring practice via 247 Sports

ESPN: Ex-football players join University of Michigan sexual abuse case

College Football

Top 25 recruiting classes for 2021 via 247 Sports

Nine most-watched college football games in the 2019 regular season via 247 Sports

How LSU’s personnel losses compare to past national champions via 247 Sports

Bleacher Report ranks college football’s top big-play threats

Feldman: College Football insights gleaned from the NFL Scouting Combine via The Athletic (Subscription)

Off-Season Reading Suggestions

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

Where Indiana's Offensive Line Stands After the Departure of Coy Cronk

Where Indiana's Offensive Line Stands After the Departure of Coy Cronk

Written by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)

The Indiana Hoosiers entered the 2019 season expecting to be without left tackle Coy Cronk when they took the field in 2020. The senior had started more than 30 games for the Hoosiers and was hoping to wrap up his career by helping the Hoosiers to a bowl berth. However, Cronk was lost for the season to injury during the UConn game. He was able to medically redshirt but instead of returning to Bloomington for his senior season, Cronk is transferring to Iowa. While there was a period of time when it appeared IU would have the luxury of moving Coy Cronk to guard and starting him on the interior of the line, the staff will now need to piece together a unit that still has some returning talent and lots of intriguing pieces to plug into place.

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Class of 2020 Early Signing Period Profile: Luke Wiginton

Class of 2020 Early Signing Period Profile: Luke Wiginton

Written by Nathan Comp

Name: Luke Wiginton

Position: Offensive Line

Height/Weight: 6’5, 275 Pounds

Hometown: Fort Wayne, IN

High School: Bishop Dwenger High School

247Sports Composite: 0.8451, 3-Star (1252 Natl, 102 OT, 10 IN)

Other Offers: West Virginia, Purdue, Vanderbilt, Illinois, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Ball State, Bowling Green, Illinois State, Miami (OH), Pennsylvania, Toledo, Western Michigan

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Hoosiers Secure Commitment From In-State Three-Star OL Luke Wiginton

Hoosiers Secure Commitment From In-State Three-Star OL Luke Wiginton

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

With a veteran laden offensive line in 2019, the Hoosiers are making it a priority to reload as they prioritize the position in the 2020 class. Those efforts got a boost Saturday evening as three-star lineman Luke Wiginton from Bishop Dwenger (Ft. Wayne, In.) committed to the Hoosiers.

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