Month: August 2022

Are college football fans and bettors underestimating Penn State this season? Matt Youmans of VSiN suggests they might be.

Youmans expects Penn State to go over its consensus 2022 win total of 8.5 games and has the potential to win 10. He also might be one of quarterback Sean Clifford’s biggest fans out there.

“I like Sean Clifford,” Youmans said in a recent interview from Las Vegas. “I really think he’s a pretty good quarterback who’s got some mobility and is a pretty accurate passer. And when you rank the quarterbacks in the Big Ten, I think he’s in the conversation for that No. 2 spot.”

VSiN ranks Penn State at No. 14 in its preseason power rankings, valuing the Lions much higher than the coaches poll. According to VSiN’s 2022 College Football Betting Guide, the Lions are preseason favorites in 10 games, holding a 5-point edge in the

USA Today Sports columnist Dan Wolken claimed that a new college football season schedule needs to be dreamed up in order to handle the threat of climate change.

In response to a Wednesday ESPN article exploring whether a reimagined college football season calendar could be a good idea, Wolken tweeted that “extreme heat” and “climate change” make this idea completely necessary.

The ESPN article in question polled “decision-makers” within the sport and “those who would be directly impacted” weigh the “pros and cons of such theoretical changes.”

Regardless of his actual decision-making relevance with the college football world, Wolken gave a ringing endorsement to shifting the schedule around in order to deal with climate change on Thursday.

An ACC logo is seen on a yardage marker during the college football game between the Clemson Tigers and the Louisville Cardinals on November

“The pillow is for a restful sleep and not designed for extended periods,” Scott Boras tells The Athletics.

One of the most powerful sports agents in the world, the former baseball player turned leading talent broker is also an inventor.

“The ‘pillow contract’? Yeah, I created that,” he says.

But what are they, how do they work and why are they becoming more relevant in English football?

Take Jesse Lingard’s one-year deal at Nottingham Forest, for example.

His stock was high after a successful loan spell at West Ham in 2020-21 but then his final year at Manchester United didn’t showcase his talents in the way he would have wished. Instead of taking a longer-term deal elsewhere — David Moyes wanted him back at the London Stadium — he chose to sign a 12-month, highly lucrative deal at newly-promoted Forest.

Lingard, 29, has signed a one-year deal at Forest (Photo:

Bayern Munich star Joshua Kimmich scored a goal against Eintracht Frankfurt© AFP