Late Thursday afternoon the Indianapolis Colts signed QB Gardner Minshew to a one-year deal. This signing comes one day after the Colts released Matt Ryan. Indianapolis was considered a top option to move up to pick one before the Panthers made a deal with Chicago. Logic would say the Panthers will take a QB at […]
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The NFL never ceases to make news, but even with big-name QBs making news, the NFL Draft is still the talk of the town. I dropped a Mock Draft of the first ten picks in December, but much has changed. Arrests, the combine, and media agendas have moved players up and down the board. This […]
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The year was 2015, the fourth trip to the Final Four in five years for the Kentucky Wildcats. Fans just knew it would be like this until Coach John Calipari retired. Then it was not like that. Fast forward to the present day, when not only is Kentucky Basketball struggling, they have become frustrating to […]
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With College football season coming to an end, and players declaring for the NFL Draft it is time to start looking to how things will go this coming Spring. Here is my first 2023 NFL Mock Draft predicting what I think will happen in the top 10 picks. 1. Houston Texans: QB Bryce Young, Alabama […]
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I attend live sporting events on a regular basis, and I love to take my children with me. Recently I heard things that made me cringe at a college basketball game. I have come to the conclusion that live sports have lost their family values. Childhood Memories I grew up in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where I […]
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EKU’s season ends on a sour note. Starting the season with a heart attack, the fact that Coach Walt Wells still coached ten of the team’s twelve games, he has to see the positives in the season. QB Parker McKinney broke every Colonel record, and the team made its first playoff appearance in eight years. […]
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EKU is headed to the FCS Playoffs following thier regular season finale win. The Colonels had two quality wins beating FBS Bowling Green, and top 15 SEMO, but winning the ASUN-WAC challenge was all they had to do. EKU will host Gardner-Webb as they will appear in the FCS Playoffs for the first time since […]
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Homecoming festivities wrapped up with a football game on a beautiful Fall afternoon at CG Bank Field at Roy Kidd Stadium. The EKU Colonels hosted their third straight home game and welcomed the North Alabama Lions. Coming off a devastating loss to SHSU, with a great performance this weekend, the Colonels get back in the […]
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January 31, 2021, I had a conversation with the ASUN commissioner, Ted Gumbart, about adding EKU to the conference. Gumbart shared his vision for the ASUN to be a progressive conference, specifically with football. That brings us to October of 2022 and we are already asking the question, is ASUN football success or a failure? […]
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The summary of Saturday night would simply be that EKU defense plays well, offense struggles. The Eastern Kentucky Colonels came off their bye week to host Sam Houston State University. Coach Walt Wells was looking for his team to come out playing aggressively and building off of their win before the off week. Facing an […]
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Expect to win is one of EKU Head Coach Walt Wells favorite mantras, but coming off a poor performance a week ago at Austin Peay, EKU football was in need of a win, and they got one. On a perfect Saturday night, the Colonels faced off for the first time ever, against Southern Utah. First […]
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Eastern Kentucky took the field for their home opener against Charleston Southern, led by their Head Coach Walt Wells, just three weeks after he suffered a serious heart attack. The question that had to be asked was, how would the Colonels perform with the emotion of having their Coach back, and coming off a huge […]
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The NFL Draft has left us with one big question. Are the days of reaching for QBs over? In a time when taking a quarterback in the first round has been viewed as smart and necessary, the 2022 NFL Draft became the black sheep. One QB was taken in round one, and the second did […]
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Each year on The Sports Stove Podcast, Vince releases an NFL Mock Draft episode the week of the draft. Here is the 2022 Sports Stove mock draft, this is a prediction of what will happen on Thursday night. 1. Jacksonville Jaguars Edge Aiden Hutchinson – Michigan: Considered by most to be the best player in […]
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