Tag: Blake Anderson

All-Mountain West receiver enters NCAA transfer portal

Utah State wide receiver Micah Davis has entered the NCAA transfer portal following the firing of coach Blake Anderson last week.

Utah State wide receiver and kick returner Micah Davis has entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal, with less than one month remaining until the 2024 college football season gets underway.

Davis is able to enter outside of the transfer portal window because his coach, Blake Anderson, was fired last week. The rising senior becomes a very high profile player available on the market, and could be one of multiple former Aggies looking for a new home over the next few weeks.

Davis began his career at Air Force, totaling 360 rushing and 221 receiving yards along with six touchdowns before coming to Utah State. Last year as a junior, the 5’11 wideout racked up 36 receptions for 628 yards and six touchdowns. He was also exceptional on the special teams, totaling 28 punt returns for 250 yards and six kick returns for 83 yards for the Aggies.

His 28 punt returns was the highest mark not only in the Mountain West but across all of college football, while his 250 total yards ranked 10th.

That alone should get him plenty of interest across the country as it is a translatable skill that allows him to make an impact at a new school right away – an important factor for a coach looking to bring a kid in in August.

USC’s Week 2 football opponent encounters head coaching turmoil

Utah State plays USC on September 7. The Aggies are going through internal administrative crises and will need to hire a new coach.

USC is scheduled to play the Utah State Aggies on September 7, the second week of the season. The Aggies will travel to Los Angeles without their head coach. The Utah State Athletic Department issued a statement on head coach Blake Anderson:

“Utah State University officials informed Head Football Coach Blake Anderson on Tuesday of their intent to terminate his employment agreement for actions taken in spring 2023. These actions violated both his employment agreement and university policy. Under his employment agreement Coach Anderson will have 14 days to respond.”

“This decision comes after a thorough external review of alleged noncompliance with university policies that implement Title IX, which require full and timely reporting of disclosures of sexual misconduct — including domestic violence — and prohibit employees from investigating disclosures of sexual misconduct themselves.”

“Associate Vice President & Deputy Athletic Director of External Affairs Jerry Bovee (Interim Athletic Director, 2023) and Utah State Football Director of Player Development & Community Austin Albrecht have also been dismissed for violations of university policies related to the reporting of sexual and domestic violence and failures of professional responsibilities.”

“Consistent with Utah’s public records laws and USU policies, the university is not able to release any additional information until all opportunities to respond and/or appeal have expired, which is a minimum of 14 days. “

The Utah State game is sandwiched between two of USC’s biggest contests, in Las Vegas against LSU in Week 1 and in Ann Arbor in Week 3 against Michigan.

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12 celebrity fans of the San Francisco 49ers, including E-40 and Lil Jon

These celebrities love the 49ers!

When the San Francisco 49ers face the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2024 Super Bowl on Feb. 11 in Las Vegas, there are plenty of famous fans who will watch.

Even though the Chiefs have developed a star-studded fanbase, especially with all of their success over the past several seasons, the 49ers have a loyal following of celebrities who root for them as well.

While many of the 49ers faithful hail from the Bay Area in California, there are folks from all over the world with wildly impressive careers who plan to root for San Francisco in the Super Bowl against Kansas City.

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Here are some of the most notable names cheering for the 49ers:

Storylines to follow in Alabama’s matchup with Utah State

Here are the top storylines to follow in the Crimson Tide’s season-opening matchup with Utah State.

Alabama football is back, ladies and gentlemen! Week 0 has concluded and we now move on to week one of the college football season.

[autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] and Alabama will not have as easy of a task as most fans would think in their week one matchup against Utah State. Utah State is coming off a special season in 2021 where they won 11 games, including a win over a power five program in their bowl game.

Utah State also returns several key members from their historic 2021 team and will not come into Bryant-Denny Stadium and just hand the Crimson Tide the win.

The Crimson Tide will have their work cut out for them come Saturday night in Tuscaloosa. Let’s take a look at a few of the storylines as we enter Week 1 of Alabama’s 2022 football season

Three group of five coaches that would be great fits in the Big Ten

Three group of five football coaches who would be great fits in the #BigTen

The Group of Five conferences are great breeding grounds for power five conferences looking to hire head coaches who have experience and are still likely young and up and coming. Purdue hired Jeff Brohm after he showed off his skill at Western Kentucky, Scott Frost was electric during his time at UCF before Nebraska plucked him away. Mike Locksley had a stint at New Mexico before landing at Maryland.

OK, as I re-read those examples, I realize that they aren’t shining examples of success, but the point remains that it would not be shocking to see a Group of Five coach make the jump to the Big Ten and succeed. The following are three perfect fits to perhaps make that move.

USA TODAY Sports re-ranks college football head coaching hires, where is Steve Sarkisian?

Sarkisian is not very high on this re-rank…

Fresh off of winning a national championship with Alabama as the offensive coordinator, Texas announced the hiring of Steve Sarkisian as their new head football coach on Jan. 2. Continue reading “USA TODAY Sports re-ranks college football head coaching hires, where is Steve Sarkisian?”