Big Red’s Reads: Caboni Takes Over, Mike White Nominated & Grant’s CFL Debut
Good afternoon Hilltopper fans. After an exhausting weekend on Mitchell Robinson watch, the July slow period continues unabated. Here’s all…
Good afternoon Hilltopper fans. After an exhausting weekend on Mitchell Robinson watch, the July slow period continues unabated. Here’s all the WKU related content you might have missed across the internet to quench your thirst for more Hilltopper knowledge.
— New President Dr. Tim Caboni sat down with Chad Bishop to discuss his thoughts on WKU athletics moving forward.
— Jason Kirk at SB Nation picked the 100 Miles of Hate game against MTSU as the top game in Conference USA this football season.
— Busting Brackets explores how Mitchell Robinson officially making it to WKU will help the Tops step back into the national spotlight.
— Quarterback Mike White was named to the Maxwell Award watch list. It is given annually to the nation’s top all-around player and was won by Lamar Jackson last season.
— Safety Marcus Ward was also nominated for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. Out of the 146 players nominated, 11 FBS players will receive the award at the end of the season.
— Red Towel Roundup did a fantastic job analyzing WKU’s football attendance since 2012 and discovered several trends based on date, weather, kickoff time and more.
— We recapped the crazy weekend in Hilltopper Basketball and offered some takeaways.
— Chad Bishop explores all of the conspiracies that Mitchell Robinson has debunked since committing to WKU 13 months ago.
— Chad reports that Nikita Johnson and Marc Hsu are now listed in WKU’s staff directory and should be announced as assistants soon.
— Fletcher also gave his two cents on the assistants being unofficially named to the coaching staff.
— Nick Coffey of KRD in Louisville interviewed Chad about the Mitchell Robinson news, the football fight and how Todd Stewart keeps bad news under wraps.
— One notable signee still hasn’t made it to campus yet, let’s stay calm.
— Athlon Sports listed new center Tyler Camp as one of the G5 wild card players that will decide his teams success in 2017.
— ProTopper wide receiver Antwane Grant made his professional debut during the Saskatchewan Roughriders 37–20 win over the Hamilton Tigercats. He finished with two catches for nine yards and had a touchdown called back due to penalty.
— Arielle Zerr of CJME (SK) wrote about Grant’s preparation for that game.
— We discussed WKU’s most recent commit, Florida Linebacker Malik Occiur.
— Michael McCammon of WKU Insider discusses three-star Florida cornerback, Jamar Johnson listing WKU as one of his favorites ($).
— Inside Hilltopper Sports gave an update on a pair of football targets from Callaway, Georgia ($).
— After last week’s basketball drama, we agree with Dennis wholeheartedly and will be coming out with a lot of football related content soon
— Edwards did land on the Rimington Trophy watchlist.
— Mike Sanford landed in the “safe and secure” portion of CBS Sports Dennis Dodd’s 2017 Hot Seat rankings.
— WKU finished tied for 86th in CBS Sports Best in College Sports rankings for 2016–17.
— Former WKU Baseball catcher Hunter Wood joined the #ProTops ranks
— Baseball signee Luke Brown (of Bowling Green High) made the All-Kentucky first team as an infielder.
— Brad Stephens discusses Freshman quarterback Davis Shanley’s decision to stick with WKU through the coaching change and how he plans on shadowing Mike White during his redshirt season.
— WKU Equipment gave us another tease of some sweet Nike gear the football team will be sporting this season
— The Comeback thinks Lucky Jackson will be the receiver in C-USA to have a breakout season.
— They also list four of WKU’s games (La Tech, ODU, Marshall & MTSU) as games that will shape the Conference USA season in 2017.
— They finished their C-USA preview by predicting the division standings, championship game results, players of year, coach of the year and a bold prediction.
— WKU has the 9th-most revenue in C-USA. That the athletic programs success and resourcefulness even more impressive.
— Pete Fiutak of College Football News posted his Conference USA predictions for 2017.
— Jason Muniz of the Hattiesburg American predicts a changing of the guard in Conference USA this year.
— SB Nation’s Auburn Blog, College and Magnolia, gives their Conference USA preview from a random SEC prespective.
— Rob Dauster from College Basketball Talk explains the July Live Period and why it’s so big for recruiting.
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