Crimson tides

Ty Simpson , a five-star quarterback among the top players at his position in the 2022 recruiting class, will announce his college commitment at 3 p.m. EST Friday live on HERE on CBS Sports HQ . Alabama, Clemson, and Tennessee are the top contenders for the Martin (Tenn.) Westview standout , who has gotten almost 40 offers during the course of his recruitment. The 247Sports Crystal Ball was split between Clemson and Alabama as of Thursday afternoon. However, the Crimson Tide have begun to receive multiple predictions to take the edge on the 247Sports Crystal Ball heading into Friday's commitment. Clemson gained the lead between October and late January with the first few predictions. The industry-generated 247Sports Composite rates Simpson as a five-star recruit who is ranked No. 27 overall in the country for the 2022 recruiting class. He is also ranked No. 3 nationally among 2022 pro-style quarterback prospects, as well as No. 2 overall regardless of position in the … [Read more...] about Watch 5-star QB Ty Simpson commit live on CBS Sports HQ

Martin (Tenn.) Westview five-star quarterback Ty Simpson is set to make his commitment announcement Friday at 3 p.m. ET on CBS Sports HQ with a trio of finalists in the mix between Alabama, Clemson and Tennessee . A closer look at the latest 247Sports Crystal Ball predictions sees the Crimson Tide emerging as a favored landing spot, however. Earlier this week, 247Sports director of recruiting Steve Wiltfong touched on Alabama's late push in a VIP update Wednesday on the industry-generated 247Sports Composite's No. 27 overall prospect and No. 3 pro-style quarterback for 2022. Simpson told 247Sports of Tide head coach Nick Saban's recent charge, closing in on Clemson while the Vols remained a possibility. "They've talked about preparing me for the NFL and getting able to talk to the current players made me realize they pride themselves in life after football also," Simpson said . Ever since Wednesday, 247Sports lead experts on a local and national level have … [Read more...] about 5-star QB Ty Simpson trending to Alabama in 247Sports Crystal Ball

In a video call with Nick Saban and his wife Terry Thursday evening, 247Sports Composite five-star quarterback Ty Simpson looked at his future head coach and said ‘I’m going to be wearing this Alabama hat tomorrow.” "Ms. Terry started whistling in excitement." Simpson said. He and his parents were smiling ear to ear. Simpson went public with his plans and indeed donned that hat Friday afternoon during a live broadcast of his commitment on CBS Sports HQ, choosing to play for the defending National Champs over his other finalists in Clemson, Ole Miss and Tennessee. “It was an awesome feeling knowing I’m going to get to play for the great Nick Saban ,” Simpson stated. Saban himself took in Thursday’s scene as chill as one would expect. “Coach Saban said that’s great news and you kind of caught me off guard, we’re very excited and you made a lot of people in Alabama very happy,” said Simpson’s father Jason, who is the head football coach at UT Martin. The … [Read more...] about Five-star QB Ty Simpson commits to Alabama

Alabama is set to have a quarterback selected high in the NFL Draft for the second straight year. In 2020, it was Tua Tagovailoa going to the Miami Dolphins . This year, Mac Jones figures to go somewhere in the top half of the first round. Tagovailoa and Jones definitely share a bond. Jones served as his backup for the 2020 season and was inserted when he went down with a hip injury in Nov. 2019 that prematurely ended his season. It’s safe to say the Dolphins quarterback knows quite a bit about his successor. When asked to give a comparison for him, Tagovailoa didn’t shy away. He tied in possibly the greatest to ever do it -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers and former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady . "I would say he's a sly kind of athletic person. He's a more mobile Tom Brady ," Tagovailoa recently told Yahoo Sports . "He's very athletic." On Thursday morning’s edition of ESPN’s First Take , Mel Kiper Jr. stated that he foresees Jones being … [Read more...] about Tua Tagovailoa says Mac Jones is a ‘more mobile’ version of Tom Brady

The Arkansas Razorbacks are peaking at the right time with five straight wins as February comes to a close. Now, head coach Eric Musselman is just trying to make sure his team remains focused. Musselman joined ‘The Paul Finebaum Show’ on Friday to discuss his team’s recent hot streak. The wins have been great, but Musselman doesn’t want his team to lose sight of the end goal. Between not getting complacent and not letting their guard down with COVID-19 protocols, Musselman wants his players to eliminate as many distractions as possible down the stretch. “I think you’ve just got to continue to talk to your team about the task at hand and not get caught up in anything else,” Musselman said. “We have a little thing before practices that we call, ‘Voices and choices,’ and what voices are you really listening to? I think all those things become paramount, especially the further that you go. Today, our phrase was, ‘Starve your distractions.’ That’s something that we felt was really … [Read more...] about Arkansas coach Eric Musselman wants team to ‘starve distractions’