Did anyone watch College Football GameDay tonight?
They had a mind reader on. I think his name is Oz .
This guy did things that defied comprehension.

For example, he was speaking to the Alabama football team. He brought a Bama football player down from the meeting room. And blind folded him. Then Oz lifted up his right arm. The player simultaneously lifted up his right arm. That was for starters.
He then walked up the steps and stood next to a player. Through mental telepathy, he told the blind folded player who he was standing next to.

Then they transmitted live to the set. He asked Nick Saban to think of a number. Saban said "34". The guy unbuttoned his shirt. His Tshirt had the number 34 on it.
He did several more of these "tricks."

Has anyone seen this man perform?
How does he do it?

Michigan State has landed Texas State transfer cornerback Joshua Eaton.

Eaton started all 12 of Texas State’s games this past season.

More details via @jacobcotsonika

First-year report card: Letter grades for every college football coach after debut season​

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A++: Curt Cignetti, Indiana (11-1)​

The program’s previous single-season wins record was set in 1945 and tied in 1967. Six other teams had won eight games in a year, including in 2019. Cignetti lifted Indiana into a different stratosphere and deserves every piece of postseason hardware as the unquestioned coach of the year in the FBS.

A+: Spencer Danielson, Boise State (12-1)​

Danielson took over as the interim coach for Andy Avalos late last season and led Boise State to the Mountain West championship. In his first full year, the former defensive coordinator piloted the Broncos to another conference crown and the No. 3 seed in the playoff. This has been a remarkable start for him and the program.

A: Fran Brown, Syracuse (9-3)​

Brown has the Orange at No. 25 in the US LBM Coaches Poll after upsetting Miami to end the regular season. After inheriting a program with just two winning seasons in the previous decade, Brown’s nine wins are the second-most by a first-year coach in program history. The success was spearheaded by the addition of Ohio State transfer quarterback Kyle McCord.

A: Manny Diaz, Duke (9-3)​

Diaz also posted nine wins in his debut, tying his predecessor, Mike Elko, for the most wins by a first-year hire in Duke’s history. That included four wins against eventual bowl teams. The Blue Devils also came within a whisper of knocking off SMU in late October but still managed defeats of rivals North Carolina, North Carolina State and Wake Forest.

A: Pete Lembo, Buffalo (8-4)​

Back in the MAC for the first time leaving Ball State in 2015, Lembo led Buffalo to eight wins for the fifth time since the Bulls transitioned to the FBS. A win against Northern Illinois in September was just the second ranked victory in school history.

A-: Mike Elko, Texas A&M (8-4)​

Elko’s debut lost some steam down the stretch with losses to Auburn and Texas. But to take over the messy wreckage of the Jimbo Fisher era and have the Aggies in the mix for the SEC championship game in the season finale makes this an outstanding start.

A-: Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State (7-5)​

SJSU exceeded expectations and then some under the former Navy coach. After being picked 10th in the preseason Mountain West poll, the Spartans clinched bowl eligibility in early November. Four of those five losses came to teams with at least eight wins, including Boise State and UNLV.

A-: Jon Sumrall, Tulane (9-4)​

Like Elko, Sumrall’s debut tailed off late in the year with losses to Memphis and Army, the latter in the American Athletic championship game. The former Troy coach still put together the sort of season that supports his case for being seen as one the up-and-coming stars in college coaching.

B+: Major Applewhite, South Alabama (6-6)​

South Alabama matched last year’s regular-season win total but were much better than that, with four losses by a single possession and a marquee win in November against Louisiana-Lafayette.

B+: Bronco Mendenhall, New Mexico (5-7)​

Mendenhall is already on the move, signing a new deal with Utah State not long after the Lobos’ loss to Hawaii left them one win short of bowl eligibility. The program hadn’t won more than four games in a season since 2016. Losing one of the most consistently successful coaches of this generation is incredibly painful for UNM.

B: Bob Chesney, James Madison (8-4)​

JMU did smoke North Carolina in non-conference play for one of the biggest wins in the program’s FBS existence. But amid a pretty large exodus of talent after Cignetti’s move to Indiana, the Dukes lost four times in the Sun Belt and were never a player in the Group of Five's playoff chase.

B: Kalen DeBoer, Alabama (9-3)​

There were good moments, including wins against Georgia, South Carolina, LSU and Missouri. There were also some pretty sour moments, most recently in the 24-3 loss to Oklahoma that held Alabama out of the playoff. DeBoer's first year reinforced how hard life will be for Alabama in the post-Nick Saban era.

B: Sherrone Moore, Michigan (7-5)​

Moore’s grade would’ve been much lower had he not led Michigan to yet another win against Ohio State. That changes the complexion of a season that had to that point been defined by missed opportunities and one of the worst offenses in recent program history.

B: Bryant Vincent, Louisiana-Monroe (5-7)​

Winning five games at ULM is cause for some celebration. The Warhawks were picked dead last in the preseason Sun Belt poll. But the disappointment comes from the fact they were 5-1 at the midseason point before swooning down the stretch.

B-: Jedd Fisch, Washington (6-6)​

The Huskies also petered out as the schedule grew tougher in October and November, capped by a blowout loss to rival Oregon to end the regular season. Given what the team lost from last year’s national runner-up, though, this was an acceptable debut for the former Arizona coach.

B-: Willie Fritz, Houston (4-8)​

This was only Fritz’s second losing season since 2017 and just his sixth overall since starting as a college head coach at Central Missouri in 1997. A weak offense was a season-long concern, but the Cougars showed enough fight to suggest another Fritz-led turnaround is coming fast.

C+: Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso (3-9)​

UTEP went 3-3 in the second half and made some noticeable strides on offense in wins against Kennesaw State and New Mexico State. The Miners lost twice to Power Four competition and another four times to teams that finished with eight or more wins.

B-: Willie Fritz, Houston (4-8)​

This was only Fritz’s second losing season since 2017 and just his sixth overall since starting as a college head coach at Central Missouri in 1997. A weak offense was a season-long concern, but the Cougars showed enough fight to suggest another Fritz-led turnaround is coming fast.

C+: Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso (3-9)​

UTEP went 3-3 in the second half and made some noticeable strides on offense in wins against Kennesaw State and New Mexico State. The Miners lost twice to Power Four competition and another four times to teams that finished with eight or more wins.

C-: Trent Bray, Oregon State (5-7)​

This was a definitely a step-back season given the Beavers’ easier schedule as the one of two remaining members of the disbanded Pac-12. Oregon State lost to Nevada and was blown out by California and Air Force.

C-: Jeff Choate, Nevada (3-10)​

Nevada added only one win from 2023 and still finished last in the Mountain West. But the Wolf Pack were much, much more competitive, losing by a possession to SMU, Georgia Southern, San Jose State, Fresno State, Boise State and Air Force.

C-: Jonathan Smith, Michigan State (5-7)​

Michigan State had a very nice win against Iowa in October. But the remaining four wins were Florida Atlantic, Maryland, Prairie View and Purdue. Smith’s grade is docked for the Spartans’ 41-14 loss at home to Rutgers in the season finale to fall one win short of the postseason.

D+: Sean Lewis, San Diego State (3-9)​

SDSU failed to score more than 27 points in a game against FBS competition, a surprising development given Lewis’ background as an offensive coach. The three wins were the Aztecs’ fewest in a season since 2008 and tied for the fewest by a first-year coach since 1945.

D+: Derek Mason, Middle Tennessee State (3-9)​

Picked fourth in the preseason Conference USA poll, MTSU beat only Kennesaw State and UTEP to finish in a three-way tie for last place. Mason’s first year was defined by a series of blowouts; all nine losses were decided by double digits, and all but one of those nine by at least 17 points.

D+: Jay Sawvel, Wyoming (3-9)​

Sawvel’s debut seemed to turn a corner in November with wins against New Mexico and Washington State. But the season was littered with close losses, including a near miss against Boise State in November. Sawvel will have to put some tough lessons to use this offseason in order to get Wyoming back into the top half of the MWC.

D: Brent Brennan, Arizona (4-8)​

Arizona was ranked No. 21 in the preseason Coaches Poll and fifth in the preseason Big 12 poll, as one of five teams to earn at least one first-place vote. The Wildcats ended up one spot from the bottom in the conference standings and were embarrassed in November with blowout losses to Central Florida, TCU and rival Arizona State. While not a Florida State-level disappointment, Arizona was one of the biggest letdowns in the FBS.

D: Jeff Lebby, Mississippi State (2-10)​

The former Mississippi and Oklahoma offensive coordinator and first-time head coach led the Bulldogs to wins against Eastern Kentucky and Massachusetts — and that’s it. MSU was blown out by an average Toledo team in non-conference play and lost all eight SEC games by double digits.

West Virginia is hiring Jacksonville State HC Rich Rodriguez as their next Head Coach, per @PeteThamel

Rodriguez had a good run at WVU previously.

He's on the Ram's punt return squad. Interesting.

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Penn State's backup QB says he's left with an "impossible decision" as playoffs overlap with the open portal period.He's leaving the team a week before a 1st-round game.The timing of the portal period is not just impacting bowls (ie Marshall); it is impacting playoff games.

Jonathan Smith has brought over another Oregon State player a year into his time in East Lansing to help out the offensive line.

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Carter is the sixth portal acquisition of the cycle for Michigan State and the second offensive lineman. He's a versatile player that started all 12 games for Western Carolina this year and is expected to be used on the interior portion of MSU's line.

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Are hilarious.

Usually commercials annoy or alarm me.

But those Saban Vrbos and the "don't become your parents" commercials are highly entertaining.

The Michigan State men's basketball team defeated Oakland by a final score of 77-58 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Tuesday night.

The 19-point final margin does not highlight how tough the Golden Grizzlies — playing without forward Buru Naivalurua, who averages 12.6 points per game — played in the first half.

At halftime, Michigan State clung to just a one-point lead, 31-30. However, the Spartans outscored the Golden Grizzlies 46-28 in the second half to secure a runaway victory.

Michigan State is now 23-0 in the all-time series against Oakland. Still, it is stressful for MSU head coach Tom Izzo to go up against friend, OU head coach Greg Kampe, each year.

Izzo and Kampe wore matching "The Grinch" sweaters on Tuesday, which Izzo called "the ugliest sweaters" he's ever seen.

"There's part of me that hates this game, I said it every year," Izzo said about playing Oakland. "But, you've gotta give Kampe credit — the time he's put in there, the job he's done, the different lineups he's had to play, the injuries he's going through. I thought the kid —number seven, who's been out — (Isaiah) Jones (played well). I mean, this team's gonna be damn good in that league. I think it's gonna be really good."

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He was Army's offensive line coach.


Matt Drinkall is an American college football coach. He is the head coach for the Central Michigan Chippewas. He previously held various offensive coaching positions at Army from 2019-2024.

He previously served as the head football coach of Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas, starting in January 2014. He had worked previously as a football coach at the high school and college levels before being hired as head coach. In 2015, Drinkall was the second-youngest head college football coach in the country behind Cornell's David Archer and took the Coyotes to the 2015 playoffs.

On January 14, 2019, Drinkall announced his resignation of the head coaching position at Kansas Wesleyan to join the staff of the Army Black Knights as an offensive quality control coach. He had compiled a 42–17 record as head coach. Drinkall has worked primarily on the offensive side of the ball.

On December 8th, 2024, Drinkall was hired by Central Michigan University as the next head coach.

(Per Wiki)