ncaa

Joe Reedy: Arch Manning's expectations were blown way out of proportion; He'll be fine going forward

Bill Bender: Ohio State's defense is on a national championship level; And it's even more impressive due to the fact that the defense lost a ton of guys from last year

Doug Lesmerises: Ohio State-Texas outcome will not be as 'punitive'; I'll be shocked if both teams aren't in the College Football Playoff

Phil Steele: I think Ohio State-Texas will be a low-scoring game, a 'defensive battle'

Brady Quinn: Ohio State-Texas will be won 'in the trenches'; Shedeur Sanders, Dillon Gabriel have 'made strides'

Urban Meyer: I know what I saw with Shedeur Sanders; he turned around a 'trainwreck' at Colorado

Doug Lesmerises: The NCAA determined Michigan did enough for a post-season ban, but they are out of the business of penalizing programs that way

Pat Chun: Being able to pay college athletes is a good thing for college sports, but the transfer portal needs to be fixed

Tim May: An SEC-Big 10 alliance isn't necessarily a good thing for either conference because there will still be competitive mismatches

Dan Wetzel: Despite early issues, I don't see NCAA going back to pre-NIL format, nor should it