May 17, 2026
Freedom Was Inevitable. Chaos Was Not. The NCAA lost control of the marketplace a long time ago. What we’re watching now is college football trying to govern a professional sport while still speaking the language of amateurism. Free agency. NIL money. Revenue sharing....
Nov 26, 2025
Rivalry week changes the air. Coaches pretend it’s just another Saturday. Quarterbacks do their best to talk around it. But everyone inside those buildings feels it — the charge in the locker room, the edge in every rep, the way the smallest mistake on Tuesday somehow...
Nov 19, 2025
The Spiral as Identity There’s a compelling new book out on Quarterbacks by ESPN’s Seth Wickersham — “American Kings.” The jacket calls it “a must-read for anyone who wants to understand what the price of ambition tells us about the quest for achievement...
Nov 3, 2025
The Whiteboard Mind Walk into Indiana’s quarterback room late on a Wednesday and you’ll find the lights still on. One guy is there, sleeves rolled up, marker in hand. Fernando Mendoza is standing at the whiteboard, drawing up plays that look more like business plans....
Oct 14, 2025
For decades, NFL franchises have fallen in love with the same mirage: the can’t-miss, top-10 quarterback prospect who’s supposed to fix everything overnight. They call them “franchise saviors,” but most are drafted straight into dysfunction — weak offensive lines,...
