College Football Links From Across the Country (4/13/20)

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Image: amanda pavelka/hoosier huddle

Daily College Football Links (April 13, 2020)

Until further notice, everything sporting event is cancelled, including spring football. While we’re all doing our part to stop the spread of Coronavirus by staying home, we have gathered popular news stories from around the state, region and country to keep you updated on it all. 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

Hoosier Huddle: After injury-plagued start, Michael Penix is ‘100 percent ready to go’

Hoosier Huddle: Hoosiers land three-star Florida defensive back Larry Smith III

Tom Allen joined Sports Spectrum Podcast to talk about the 2019 season, building a culture of accountability, toughness and love, and his faith. Listen here.

Big Ten Football

Yahoo! Sports: Jim Harbaugh stunningly brings up views abortion during interview about Coronavirus pandemic

Michigan football’s Jim Harbaugh: ‘It’s good to hope’ that sports will return via Detroit Free Press

Big Ten AD: There is absolutely a chance 2020 football season is cancelled via The Spun

The Lincoln Journal-Star: Nebraska athletics ‘comfortable’ financially during current shutdown, but fall looms large

College Football

247 Sports projects college football’s top 25 quarterbacks for 2020

College football’s 20 best returning edge rushers, according to Stay Alive in Power 5

Sports Illustrated: College Football coaches forced to go ‘old school’ with summer training

2020 Heisman Trophy odds: Predictions, picks, best bets from top college football expert who’s 40-22 via CBS Sports

College football’s 5 toughest schedules in 2020 via The Spun

College football’s 10 best returning tight ends, according to Stay Alive in Power 5

The Spun: ESPN ranks top 10 ‘Quarterback U’ programs in college football

The Spun: ESPN ranks top 10 ‘Running Backs U’ programs in college football

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

Hoosiers Land Three-Star Florida Defensive Back Larry Smith III

Hoosiers Land Three-Star Florida Defensive Back Larry Smith III

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The Hoosiers are staying hot on the recruiting trail as Tom Allen and his staff have landed Larry Smith III, a three-star defensive back prospect according to 247Sports Composite rankings and a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, out of Oakleaf High School in Jacksonville, Florida. Smith III projects as a safety at the next level. Smith III is listed at five-foot-ten and 170 pounds. He made his announcement on Friday afternoon on Twitter:

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