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Beating The Odds - Donnie Fletcher's Journey to College Football and the NFL
It is a path attempted by many, and completed by few. Donnie Fletcher is one of those few. He beat the odds.
Gareth Evans
Jun 16, 20249 min read
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NFL Mock Draft 2024 - Making Our Picks on the Across The Pond College Football Podcast
Our one rule was that there would be no trades, ruling out the possibility of teams likely to trade up for a quarterback.
Gareth Evans
Apr 2, 20249 min read
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The 2024 NFL Combine - When is it, where is it and which college football prospects to look out for?
The NFL Scouting Combine is an annual tradition and must-see event for fans to assess who they feel could be their next great player.
Gareth Evans
Feb 25, 20245 min read
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Throwback Thursday: Remembering "Sweetness", the late, great Walter Payton.
Growing up as a Green Bay Packers fan, it was hard to watch the brilliance of the mid-Eighties Chicago Bears team. It was harder not to...
Gareth Evans
Aug 3, 20234 min read
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Throwback Thursday: Herschel Walker - The Greatest Running Back in College Football History?
As Georgia football fans bask in the glory of a consecutive national championship and anticipate an unprecedented three-peat, it's hard...
Gareth Evans
Jul 13, 20234 min read
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Throwback Thursday: Hall of Famer Brett Favre Drafted in the Second Round of the 1991 NFL Draft
Brett Favre is one of the reasons I became so passionate about watching football. The Mississippi-born passer is considered one of the...
Gareth Evans
May 4, 20235 min read
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Eagles Fly Higher, Texans Gamble and GeorgiaDelphia: Looking Back at the 2023 NFL Draft
The 2023 NFL Draft is in the books. 42 trades were made over the three-day event as 32 NFL teams scrambled, negotiated and dealt to...
Gareth Evans
May 3, 20236 min read
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2023 NFL Draft Round 1 Recap - Houston Makes a Stunning Move
An estimated 100,000 people flooded into the park outside Union Station in Kansas City, many decked in Chiefs red, where the twists and...
Gareth Evans
Apr 28, 20234 min read
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My 2023 NFL Mock Draft
Last year's NFL Draft was relatively poor by quarterback standards. Just one (Pitt's Kenny Pickett) was selected in the first round. The...
Gareth Evans
Apr 27, 20237 min read
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Throwback Thursday: Jalen Hurts - from Alabama star to backup to the NFL's highest paid player...
Just five years ago, Jalen Hurts' blossoming college career hit a bump in the road as he was replaced as Alabama's starting quarterback...
Gareth Evans
Apr 20, 20232 min read
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NFL Draft 2022 - Day Two Review, Who's Left on the Board for Day Three?
Following an eventful first round of the NFL Draft, there were lots of questions to be answered and moves to be made ahead of Day Two....
Gareth Evans
Apr 30, 20224 min read
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NFL Draft 2022 - Round 1 Review and What To Look Out For In Round 2
As the dust settles from a momentous first round, the attention in Las Vegas now moves to Rounds 2 and 3 a day later. 100,000 people...
Gareth Evans
Apr 29, 20225 min read
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NFL Draft 2022 Round 1 - A Pick by Pick Recap
A crazy first round of the 2022 NFL Draft is in the books. Nine trades, half the Georgia defense selected and some eyebrow raising trades...
Gareth Evans
Apr 29, 20226 min read
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My 2022 NFL Mock Draft
In my NFL Draft 2022 Preview earlier in the week, I highlighted that unlike recent years, there isn’t a consensus choice for No.1 pick....
Gareth Evans
Apr 27, 20226 min read
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Black History Month 2021 - James Harris & Doug Williams - The Black College Football Hall of Fame
The Black College Football Hall of Fame was created in 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Clara Evans
Oct 10, 20211 min read
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“How did I get into this? I’m the guy that didn’t play football!” Meeting Chuck McDonald...
In my first blog on Saturdays Feed My Soul, I wrote about my passion for watching college football and the joy of discovering the...
Gareth Evans
Aug 17, 20218 min read
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NFL Draft 2021 - Rounds 2&3 - Value Picks, surprises at QB and "The Gut" goes to Denver...
Back to the comfort of the sofa again early this morning to watch the shores of Lake Erie in Cleveland bathed in sunshine to watch Rounds...
Gareth Evans
May 1, 20214 min read
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NFL Draft 2021 - Round 1 - 5 QBs taken in the Top 15 and reuniting some familiar friends...
Wiping three hours' sleep from the corner of my eyes to the strains of the Kings of Leon warming up the baying draft crowd, the TV kicked...
Gareth Evans
Apr 30, 20216 min read
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Mock Draft 2.0
This has been one of the most intriguing run ups to the NFL Draft in recent years. In just over a month since my first mock draf t,...
Gareth Evans
Apr 10, 20218 min read
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Trades Shake Up Draft Order: Can Five QBs Go In Top 10?
San Francisco's recent trade with Miami to move up to No.3 in the 2021 NFL Draft sent seismic waves through front offices across the...
Gareth Evans
Apr 8, 20214 min read
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