Kade Elam of Corbin High School is Mr. Kentucky’s baseball recipient. He has signed with Louisville he is a pitcher with a batting average of 435. When he’s not pitching we need to use him as a designated hitter. Lol

Help a brother out..!

If anybody has extras..

Need 1 Tic for Friday
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For the fun of it, let’s start a rumor that Rick has already agreed to take the job.

Went to renew my season today and noticed a $285.00 surcharge for CAF Scholarship Fund. Not sure what this is but I ain't paying it! These athletes are getting paid thru NIL and now the University wants to charge a scholarship fee.... WoW. Did anyone else see the increase for this? DId you renew? I am not

Am I seeing tv coverage right? ESPN +

Do we know our starter yet?
Welcome back to the Dance Cards.

Talk about throwing errors; Tigers have no less than 6 errand throws in just 3 innings. Actually the 7th just occurred at home plate costing them their 3rd run while typing this note. Every one of UK’s 3 runs came directly from throwing errors.

Round 2 promises to be a real battle between these two regional rivals that know each other very well.
Would love to get a little payback from when they sent us home in Omaha.

I think Eberle might get the nod tonight. Not exactly sure why. If so,it'll be the biggest stage of his young career so far.

As the 2025 recruiting class took shape last summer, some of the most jaw-dropping recruiting requests ever heard of circulated the college football ranks. Top-flight recruits were asking Big Ten and SEC programs to provide full-blown travel for families, and even in one instance, asking for private security.


“Red carpet treatment, people wanting their families on chartered flights to home and away games, car service for the entire family to and from games and around town,” an SEC NIL collective operator previously told On3. “Stuff that nobody is doing.”

Official visit season has returned in college football. Among the highlights of this weekend, Clemson, Georgia, LSU, Miami, Ohio State and South Carolina will all be hosting five-star recruits. June is a sprint to get top recruits on campus and land commitments.


Money has increasingly become a critical factor in the last few years, too. In recent months, top programs have begun paying recruits an annual salary before ever enrolling on campus. What started as lucrative NIL packages to land commitments evolved to thousand-dollar monthly payments to lock in commits and avoid taking other visits.


The requests do not stop at cash payments, though. NIL collectives and general managers across the country are bracing for asks that will include cars and private travel to games.


“We’re involved with multiple quarterbacks,” an NIL collective told On3. “And I’m not a talent evaluator, but the one who I think is the least talented just sent over a demand list. It’s not even worth entertaining. It’s $1.5 million in Year One. And this kid needs two years before he can even play. It’s travel to games, it’s travel back home and then back to campus. The asks are crazier than ever, and I don’t know how to make good on them.”


Another NIL collective that is going after multiple high four-star recruits in June told On3 that among the asks they are expecting are monthly stipends upon commitments baked into multi-year deals, money for a car lease and housing stipends on top of what the school is paying.


“They need to do a mid-summer National Signing Day,” the source told On3. “Get a commitment and expedite the process. There is too much waiting and seeing. If I am going to spend $20,000 on a kid, what if he flips in October? It’s a clown show.”


Other programs are taking a different tactic, rethinking how they approach June altogether. Instead of trying to outbid schools for a commitment, they are making an effort to spend a minimal amount of money on high school recruiting.


Saving dollars for the transfer portal makes more financial sense, an SEC source told On3.


“We will not be paying recruits crazy numbers until they start playing,” the source said. “We would personally rather go to the portal and get someone who has a season under their belt and pay them. Developing guys is gonna be hard to do if they want big money.”


One Big Ten source stressed to On3 that their school is done trying to provide amenities, such as private travel to games or keys to a luxury vehicle. They are expecting some tough conversations in the month of June.


“We are paying you hundreds of thousands of dollars,” the source said. “Do what you want with it, we’re not adding in more.”


June has just about arrived on the college football calendar. Official visits are underway, and camps are around the corner. With the House v. NCAA settlement expected to include an NIL clearinghouse that will require college athletes to have their deals vetted, high school recruiting has become the latest frontier to dump dollars into.


Since July 2021, the dollars spent have taken off in the high school space. But now the paydays are not limited to high-end five-star recruits.


“It feels like it’s moving day at Augusta,” a Power Four NIL collective said. “There’s an awful lot of significant action that takes place in an exceptionally condensed period of time. I wish they’d put a signing day in July or August. It would just make me feel a lot more comfortable about what we have to do in June to be competitive.


“What is all this going to matter in five months in these kids’ recruitment? I’ve had June’s where we’ve gone all out entertaining kids, hotel rooms and it didn’t mean shit by the time October or November came.”

There isn't much margin for error for those looking to stake a claim in the Washington Commanders' wide receiver room. That didn't stop one analyst from bolding claiming an overlooked pass-catcher could shake up the depth chart this offseason with a smooth transition.

Adam Peters made fortifying the supporting cast around star quarterback Jayden Daniels a top priority during his second recruitment period at the helm. The Commanders allocated substantial resources to the offensive line and the skill positions. Nothing is guaranteed, but hopes are high that there is enough for Washington's offense to become one of the league's best in 2025.

NFL analyst believes Ja'Corey Brooks can force his way onto Commanders' roster​

This increased competition for places stands to make everyone better. It'll take a monumental effort for the unheralded players to stake a claim. Although difficult, Brent Sobleski from The Bleacher Report picked out undrafted free agent Ja'Corey Brooks as a wideout with the tools needed to sneak his way onto the 53-man roster.

"The addition of Deebo Samuel as part of a trade from the San Francisco 49ers gives the Washington Commanders a legit playmaker at wide receiver to pair with the always steady Terry McLaurin. From there, the Commanders front office should still be looking for other targets who can do some damage. Ja'Corey Brooks originally committed to the Alabama Crimson Tide as a 5-star recruit. In 2024, the wide receiver transferred to Louisville where he led the Cardinals with 1,013 receiving yards. Brooks' game is predicated more on body control than speed and quickness."
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Brooks looked like a potential superstar once upon a time. The highly coveted high school recruit went to Alabama and thrived initially. Injuries dented his progress, but going over 1,000 receiving yards after transferring to Louisville in 2024 got him back on track.

That wasn't enough to hear his name called during the 2025 NFL Draft, which worked in Washington's favor. They beat out several suitors to secure his services, but that doesn't guarantee he'll stick around.


Terry McLaurin, Deebo Samuel Sr., Noah Brown, Luke McCaffrey, and rookie Jaylin Lane should make it. Michael Gallup will also fancy his chances after being coaxed out of retirement by the Commanders. This could be it unless Washington allocates seven spots to the receiver room. That is the size of Brooks' challenge in pursuit of flipping the script.

Realistically, making the 53-man team remains unlikely. Brooks could take a meteoric surge forward, but a place on the practice squad seems much more feasible, all things considered.

Still, it'll be fun to see if he can make the impression needed to warrant a discussion about his role, if nothing else.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Atlantic Coast Conference and ESPN/ACC Network announced the kickoff times and television networks for four University of Louisville football games of the 2025 season on Thursday.

The Cardinals are set to host Eastern Kentucky on Saturday, Aug. 30 at 3 p.m. on the ACC Network in the first of eight home games during the 2025 campaign. Louisville remains home on Friday, Sept. 5 against James Madison at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. It’s the second time the two teams will square off against one another, and the first since a 34-10 win over the Dukes in 2022.

Louisville has a pair of Friday night contests against ACC foes when it travels to Miami to face the Hurricanes on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. on either ESPN or ESPN2 and the Cardinals will host Clemson on Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. on ESPN.

Additional game times and television networks will be announced during the season.

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