Tag: 2025

Wisconsin basketball misses final schools for top-100 class of 2025 power forward

Wisconsin basketball misses final schools for top-100 class of 2025 power forward

Wisconsin basketball did not make the final five schools for top-ranked 2025 power forward Trent Sisley on Friday.

The 6-foot-7, 205-pounder included Iowa, Indiana, Notre Dame, Michigan State and Purdue in his top five. Wisconsin extended its offer back in May 2023, per Rivals.

247Sports ranks the Lincoln City, Indiana product as the No. 73 overall recruit, No. 19 power forward and No. 4 prospect from his home state of Indiana for the class of 2025.

A rising senior at Heritage Hills High School, Sisley is considered a four-star across all major recruiting platforms. His first batch of offers arrived during his freshman year, and a majority of them trickled in from programs scattered throughout the Midwest.

UCF, Notre Dame, West Virginia, Louisville, Indiana, Purdue, Northwestern, Ohio State, Iowa, Michigan State and Wisconsin rounded out his extensive list of offers. Of his seven Big Ten opportunities, only Wisconsin and Ohio State failed to make the top five.

Wisconsin’s current class of 2025 ranks No. 6 in the nation with two commitments thus far: four-star shooting guard Zach Kinziger and three-star center Will Garlock.

Where will Steelers DT Cam Heyward play in 2025?

Cast your vote and let us know if the Cam Heyward will play for the Steelers next season.

It isn’t clear if the Pittsburgh Steelers and defensive tackle Cameron Heyward will be able to come to an agreement on a contract extension. While we don’t see Heyward sitting out the entire season if he doesn’t get a new contract, a lack of extension will definitely hurt his chances of coming back to Pittsburgh in 2025.

Heyward has spent his entire NFL career in Pittsburgh since the Steelers drafted him in the first round of the 2011 NFL draft. Heyward has appeared in 194 career games and 159 career starts. He’s No. 2 on the team’s all-time sack list and the current Walter Payton Man of the Year.

It is hard to imagine Heyward playing anywhere else but we also recognize the NFL is still a business. Cast your vote and let us know where you think Heyward will play in 2025. We definitely hope the answer is in Pittsburgh but if the two sides can’t get a deal done, would Heyward move on or simply retire?

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Wisconsin football’s full Big Ten and non-conference schedule for 2024-2028

Wisconsin’s full schedule for 2024-2028

Wisconsin had its future Big Ten Conference schedule through 2028 released yesterday.

The Big Ten is set to welcome Oregon, Washington, USC and UCLA in 2024, while also eliminating the East-West Division model. A new flex scheduling model will go into effect, with select protected rivalries played by schools each season. The Big Ten calls it the ‘Flex Protect XVIII Model.’

For Wisconsin, those protected rivalries are Iowa and Minnesota. The rest of its schedule each season will rotate on a consistent basis through the rest of the conference.

The rest of the Badgers’ 2023 slate is manageable and should end with a trip to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championship. A clear takeaway from the schedules listed below is the road is going to get extremely tough.

Here is Wisconsin’s full football schedule for 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028:

A couple more Notre Dame offers went out today, find out who was offered

The Irish staff has been busy

Once again I feel like a broken record, [autotag]Notre Dame Football[/autotag] offered another prospect. Actually they offered two others aside from Texas linebacker Justin Williams who we reported about earlier today.

There is so much positive energy surrounding the program and recruiting, it’s starting to get infectious.Head coach [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] has everything moving in the right direction and it’s showing with recruits.

A lot of the offers going out right now aren’t just ones where the Irish don’t have a chance with the recruit, they have legit interest between both parties. Find out below which two other players were offered scholarships to play their football in South Bend.

Recruits who will be visiting Notre Dame as the host Clemson

This type of game will draw out some of the best recruits in the country

Since teams made the adjustment for the early signing period and the rule changes to have official visits in the summer, in-season recruiting has lost some of it’s luster. That won’t necessarily be the case this weekend as Notre Dame is set to host Clemson, in a game that will dictate the direction of the rest of the remaining season for both teams. With an upset, the Irish would have three wins over three of College Football Playoff’s top 25 teams.

It’s an understatement that this game is big, but not just on the field, it’s a big one for Irish recruiting. Find out below who is currently schedule to make the trip to South Bend as Notre Dame hosts the Tigers in prime time. (This list is confirmed visitors and will change as the week goes on.)

An offer leads to a Notre Dame visit for 2025 offensive lineman

A very good development post offer for the Irish

The Irish and Georgia offensive lineman Peyton Joseph are having quiet the ride this Saturday. First, Joseph was offered a scholarship as he has just completed his freshman year of varsity football, impressive in it’s own right. The six-foot-four-inch and 280-pound lineman showed enough on tape for the Marcus Freeman and offensive line coach Harry Hiestand to pull the trigger on an offer.

Next, Joseph wanted to continue the relationship with Freeman and Hiestand, announcing that he will be making an unofficial visit to South Bend next month starting on June 4th. It was a whirlwind of events for the rising high school sophomore, but one that bodes well for the Irish.

It’s been a very impressive month for Joseph, gaining offers from not only the Irish but Georgia and Ole Miss as well. With a visit on tap for the Irish, they only hope to establish a long lasting relationship with the young offensive lineman.

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Freshman get’s Notre Dame offer after impressive first high school season

He did what as a freshman?

The most important position on the football field is the quarterback and finding a great one is always the focus of many teams recruiting goals. Well, the Irish are ahead of boat on one of the most recent offers, as they verbally gave Michigan quarterback Bryce Jay Underwood an offer.

Underwood just recently finished his freshman year at Bellwood High School, but it was a wildly successful one. He threw for 3,000-yards and 39-touchdowns while leading them to a state title. That kind of success as a freshman will get plenty of eyes on a recruit, especially one that was named MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year.

It is super early in Underwood’s career but he surely has the attention of the Irish and most likely other schools will soon be trying to get in contact with the rising sophomore.

Texas Adds San Jose State to the 2025 Schedule

Texas completed its 2025 non-conference schedule, adding San Jose State on September 5. It now completes the schedule for that season.

Texas completed its 2025 non-conference schedule today, announcing that they will be hosting San Jose State on September 5. Adding that game, it now completes the schedule for that season, as the Longhorns will also face UTEP at home while traveling to Ohio State to begin the season.

The Spartans have only played Texas once in their history and it came in Tom Herman’s first season as a head coach. The Longhorns shut San Jose State out 56-0, securing the first win in the Herman era.

With the game nearly five years out, nobody knows what these two programs will look like when they face. Currently for the Spartans, they have not had a winning season since 2012 and have lost at least seven games six years in a row. If San Jose State continues on the same path, it should be an easy victory for Texas in the non-conference.

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