Big Red’s Reads: George Fant’s Big Jump, Prayers for Mitchell Henry

Memorial Day weekend came and went and led to a slow news cycle in the WKU Sports world. Here are some nuggets to help you through your…

Memorial Day weekend came and went and led to a slow news cycle in the WKU Sports world. Here are some nuggets to help you through your week.

— 710 ESPN Seattle Analyst Brock Huard Expects George Fant to make a Big Jump in his 2nd pro season.

— Chad Bishop recaps the biggest WKU moments of the past year in his weekly column.

— Mid-Major Madness moved WKU Basketball up to #9 (from 17) in their Slightly Less Way Too Early But Still Way Too Early Mid-Major Power Rankings.

— Evan Daniels gives an update on 4-star prospect Tremont Waters:

Great Response Wes!

— Underdog Dynasty ranks WKU last (#14) in their Conference USA Tight End rankings. Hopefully 3 Star Juco Transfer Mik’Quan Deane changes that ranking.

— Jim Wyatt at the Titans team site says that Taywan Taylor is making an early impression on his teammates.

— Thoughts and prayers go out to former WKU TE Mitchell Henry as his cancer battle has experienced a major setback

— Titanswire thinks that Taywan Taylor could end up as the Titans best pick from the 2017 draft.

— WKU Volleyball’s incoming freshman has been honored by Prepvolleyball.com.

— Rick Stansbury will hold basketball camps for youngsters in late June.

— WKU Athletics is showing their support for the Predators Stanley Cup run:

— Brad Stephens discusses Jeremy Evans, AJ Slaughter and other former WKU stars reuniting for The Basketball tournament.

— Gridiron Now ranks Conference USA as having the #9 (out of 10) Quarterback collective for the 2017 season & says that there’s not much after Brent Stockstill and Mike White.

— WKU’s 1600-meter relay team as well as 3 individual athletes qualified for the NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships June 7–10th in Eugene, Oregon.

— Branden Leston continues to grind out mini-camp tryouts, this time he’s headed to Green Bay

— New FIU coach Butch Jones prepares for the toughest challenge of his 44-year career. The Panthers host WKU during Thanksgiving weekend.

— Michael McCammon discusses Etown SF/G Mickey Pearson’s developing relationship with WKU Basketball($).

— Athlon gives a comparison rundown of The Sporting News, 24/7 Sports and their own Quarterback ratings. Mike White is featured in all three.

— WKU announced the start times for it’s home slate of football games for the 2017 season. Good news, no 11 a.m. starts!

— Should the Titans work their offensive philosophy around Taywan Taylor? The short answer — not yet.

— We have a new member of the ProTops family! Kendall Noble has inked a deal with Chemnitz ChemCats of the DBBL.

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