College Football Links From Across the Country (6/18/21)

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College Football Links (June 18, 2021)

Happy Friday, 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 last 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 78 days until the Hoosiers go head to head with the Hawkeyes in Iowa City to kick off the 2021 season. 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

Micah McFadden named to Preseason All-American team, per Hoosier Huddle

Allen, IU Athletics Strategic Communications one of 11 honored with prestigious FWAA awards, according to Hoosier Huddle

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: 79 Days (Charlie O’Connor), 80 Days (Chris Freeman), 81 Days (Camron Buckley), 82 Days (Christian Harris), 83 Days (Asher King), 84 Days (James Bomba), 85 Days (Khameron Taylor), 85 Days Part II (McCall Ray)

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

247 Sports ranks Big Ten football schedules from toughest to easiest

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

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

ESPN: What college football coaches learned from the pandemic last year

Wall Street Journal: College football debates a 12-team playoff. Here’s what works and what doesn’t.

Former 5-star recruits facing prove-it years in college football via 247 Sports

College football (12-team) Playoffs questions answered! Alabama, Clemson incentives, Notre Dame worries, on-campus games and more via The Athletic

Feldman: 35 College football players I hear are ready for a breakout 2021 season, from Iowa to NC State to Baylor via The Athletic

Hoosier Huddle: College Football Playoff expansion is coming and it brings excitement and frustration

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

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