QuoteOver the last few years, opt-outs have become part of the bowl game landscape for teams that miss out on the College Football Playoff. Players currently have the option to sit out the game and focus on their NFL Draft preparation, although some teams stay fully in tact for the postseason appearance.

Wednesday, Bowl Season director Nick Carparelli weighed in on the conversation in an interview with Yahoo! Sports' Ross Dellenger.

Carparelli joined the growing number of people calling for NIL and collectives to move "in-house" and move toward an employment model. With his suggestion, athletes and the universities would come to a "binding agreement" that require them to play in both the regular season and postseason –

QuoteOne of the more underrated quarterbacks in college football is Texas A&M's Conner Weigman, but don't tell Andy Staples that.

On the latest episode of Andy Staples On3, Billy Liucci of TexAgs joined the show. Staples wanted his opinion on a guy he believes has NFL potential in Weigman, as the 2025 NFL Draft is wide-open quarterback-wise at the moment.

"There is one guy who I think, if he lives up to his potential, has an NFL future, and that's Conner Weigman, the quarterback," Staples prefaced. "And we haven't seen him since he got hurt last year. Obviously he was there in the spring. He's still recovering.

"Slash solid offensive line play, right? With that combination. I think people have forgotten what Conner Weigman was putting on tape before he got hurt against Auburn last year. I think people forget that," Liucci stated. "The SEC Nation came in that weekend, and if you heard those things, that group includes a couple of guys that really, you know, put a lot into studying the quarterback position, what they thought of Weigman and his trajectory and his arc already, you know, four games into that season.

"The way he ended his freshman year that game against LSU. The way he played in his first career start that season, the year before against Ole Miss, and then to carry it through even in that loss to Miami. People were looking at that tape that I respect, that have nothing to do with A&M, going, 'Go look at some of those throws and where he placed the ball and the pressure he was under, and how many hits he took and the guts he had standing in there.' So there's a ton to work with. The key is yeah, he has to be healthy."

QuoteAs Deja Kelly weighs her options in the transfer portal, there was some speculation she could return to North Carolina. She spent the last four years in Chapel Hill before entering the portal as a graduate transfer last month.

However, Friday, she announced she wouldn't be returning to the Tar Heels for her final year of college basketball.

Kelly made the news official in a post on X Friday night, thanking the North Carolina and Chapel Hill communities. But after graduating from UNC, she plans to take her talents elsewhere with a fifth year:



Deja Kelly's NIL star is on the rise