Recent content by J C Higgins

Can't vouch for the validity but a friend from another SEC school who is usually well informed told me Oregon (or an Oregon booster) pays for 5 full time evaluators of high school talent. They not only use the national rating services but they personally watch them practice and play in multiple...

Modified a bit: Get experienced and talented players from the transfer portal.

No, but this tells you a lot about what a good job the coaching staff is doing. https://athlonsports.com/college-football/ranking-college-footballs-rosters-2025

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/ranking-college-footballs-rosters-2025

Actually it's 99% that and 1% everything else now.

Kids are into the amount of money offered.

Uniform has nothing to do with Ws and Ls and everything to do with what looks good. No football uniform......NONE.....looks as good as our traditional orange jerseys and white pant. There are a few uniforms that any avid college football can recognize from a distance but none is more unique or...

We haven't been tested and don't have a single easy SEC game on the schedule.

Agree. NIL money paid to the players is a much more significant factor.

Interesting that you mentioned the NFL draft. In the past couple of years a couple of staticians/financial types did a study of past drafts and compared them with results. They came to the conclusion that paying for first round draft choices was not worth the money.

Syracuse was stronger than I thought they would be. QB is very good and they're solid defensively and offensively. They don't have an easy schedule so don't know if they'll have a good W/L record but don't underestimate their capabilities. Don't know about us but was disappointed in the...

I referenced that event under the topic ..."Any of you Jacklegs...." a couple of days ago and even pointed out when it appears on the video somebody linked. Will never forget it.

The flag incident I referenced above is at ~ 1:30:00 of this video.

I watched it on TV and remember that tackle, the Syracuse ground game (close to 350 yards rushing) and us scoring a touchdown on a fake field goal. But the thing that I remember most vividly was a member of the Vols track team (can't remember his name) jumping out of the stands and taking a...

John McKay....4 National Championships from 62-74