Smith-Schuster caught seven passes (five in the 4th quarter) for 53 yds for the Chiefs and will now hit free agency with a Super Bowl win under his belt.
JuJu the Day After — “Last night was a DREAM! Being a Super Bowl champion feels even better than I could have imagined. I am so grateful for my teammates, coaches, this organization, the fans, & everyone who has supported me along the way. Living a dream because of everyone who has believed in me!”
JuJu’s pre-game attire
USC running back Ronald Jones III, a previous Super Bowl winner with Tampa Bay, was also on the Chiefs roster for Sunday’s hugely-viewed game, the 3rd most-watched TV event ever, but didn’t play in Kansas City’s phenomenal, yet controversial 38-35 win over the Jalen Hurts-led Philadelphia Eagles. Hurts was coached at OU by Lincoln Riley.
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Another bad look for the Pac-12? Why OHIO ST football canceled its home-and-home series with UW in 2024-25 Nathan Baird (Cleveland.com) — OHIO ST announced Wednesday it is paying the $500,000 cancelation fee to back out of its home-and-home with UW in 2024 and ‘25. It instead plans to pick up home games for both seasons. That eighth home game in 2024 will help cover the cancelation fee while also providing the money guarantee OHIO ST will pay to the replacement opponent, per AD Gene Smith. “We initiated the cancelation,” Smith said in a news release. “I have the utmost… Read more »
A.J. Brown calls JuJu a “Tik-Tok Boy”
After JuJu trolled All-Pro Eagles CB James Bradberry for his costly SB holding penalty, Phila receiver A.J. Brown took JuJu to task:
Brown tweets to JuJu — “First off congratulations. Y’all deserve it . This is lame. You was on the way out the league before Mahomes resurrected your career on your 1 year deal Tik-Tok boy. He admitted that he grabbed you but don’t act like your like that or ever was. But congratulations again!”
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Texans retained DL coach Jacques Cesaire, and former Browns DL coach Chris Kiffin to coach LBs, per league sources.
MARYD hires Kevin Sumlin as Co-OC/TEs coach: Terrapins land former HOU, A&M and ARIZ coach Sumlin, 58, was the HC and GM of the Houston Gamblers of the USFL in 2022. Remember when USC wanted to bring in Sumlin (back in the days when he was hot property at A&M when Johnny Manziel was carrying his water) as its next coach after Kiffin was tarmacked in 2013? Sumlin ended up with another big A&M extension instead before he eventually bombed out big-time at ARIZ. When he was being pursued by USC way back then, he was a total nightmare to… Read more »
Meet The Collective Blazing The NIL Trail Through Passion, Prestige and Purpose Who Already Are Working With USC Athletes LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today, in light of the latest NCAA regulation changes allowing collegiate athletes to now sell the rights to their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) for commercial promotion, The TOMMY Group announces its formal debut. The passion-driven, business-minded collective harnesses deep personal ties to the world of college sports and professional expertise spanning a myriad of industries to identify and deliver strategic brand alignments for the next generation of student-athletes through ethical NIL deals. The TOMMY Group is led… Read more »
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Van Dell M.D., a psychartrist in San Diego, has suggested a new addition to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), Post Football Season Melancholia (PFSM). The pressure is on Allen and John to keep the Group Therapy/Support Group going the next 6 1/2 months.
I’m not a USFL fan yet. Haven’t been able to get into that. Doubt I ever will.
For now, it’s all about spring ball and how LR continues to use the Portal. Throw in the Duce Robinson saga — “So you’re telling me there’s a chance?”
But I always enjoy watching ND and UCLA stumble all over themselves. You can certainly count on my watchful eye there! ✌
Notre Dame sure did have a bad month. Irish eyes can’t be smilin’.
They lost their OC to ‘Bama, their revered OL coach to retirement, and got stuffed attempting to steal UTAH’s OC.
JuJu Smith-Schuster: “I don’t know what the Giants were doing with Kadarius Toney” Michael David Smith (Yahoo.com) — “The Giants selected wide receiver Kadarius Toney in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft, but he didn’t do much as a rookie and he was doing even less in his second season, when he was traded to the Chiefs. His performance in Kansas City suggests that he was not the problem in New York. “Toney became a solid contributor to the Chiefs during the regular season, and in Super Bowl LVII he had both a touchdown catch and a Super Bowl-record 65-yard… Read more »
With GA OC Todd Monken now leaving the Bulldogs to become the new Ravens OC (a “huge loss” for GA per Stewart Mandel), who knows how this might affect USC super TE target Duce Robinson?