- Dr. Saturday
Iowa OL Sean Welsh reveals his struggles with depression
Sean Welsh has 35 career starts at Iowa. While establishing himself as one of Iowa’s top offensive linemen, Sean Welsh was struggling off the field. Welsh, entering his senior season, revealed in a piece he wrote for Iowa’s athletics website Wednesday that he was diagnosed with depression.
- NBC Sports: CollegeFootballTalk
Baylor DB Travon Blanchard arrested on family violence charges
As Matt Rhule was winning Big 12 media days on Tuesday, one of his players was generating an all-too-familiar headline. Bears defensive back Travon Blanchard was arrested Tuesday night on family violence charges. He was released later Tuesday night on $6,000 bond. Blanchard was arrested in Waco, but the warrant for his arrest originated out of Fort Bend County, near Houston. Blanchard’s attorney Michelle Tuegel made a statement late Tuesday evening, saying, “we look forward to representing Travon and bringing out the truth in court.” Blanchard was suspended from the program before Tuesday’s arrest, and Rhule said Tuesday (before news of the arrest broke) that his status remain unchanged. “Travon
- SB Nation
Why Alabama’s No. 1 recruiting streak might end at 7 years
The Alabama Crimson Tide have signed the top-ranked recruiting class in college football seven years running. The class that got to campus this summer is, by average player rating, Bama’s best yet. But its run of Signing Day supremacy is in more danger in the class of 2018 than it has been in years. Alabama’s class stands at 57th in the country, according to the industry-consensus 247Sports Composite, because Bama has just six verbal commitments: five four-stars and the country’s top-ranked punter. The Tide’s class is ranked low because Nick Saban and his staff have moved slowly, waiting on top players instead of taking commitments from players lower on their board. Their remaining targets list
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- Freeze resigns from Ole Miss after call to escort discovered
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- P.J. Fleck's rookie season at Minnesota the subject of documentary series
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