Hey now, hey now! Happy Tuesday! One day down for the work week, but we got plenty of sports to get you to more Saturdays and Sundays sitting on the couch watching football. We’ll break down everything you missed from a busy Monday across the sports world, including the 8th-year senior in Utah!
Today’s Trivia🧠
Who is the highest paid men's college basketball coach in the NCAA?
(answer at the bottom of the Stump!)
On This Day…
🎾 Is it crazy to talk some tennis today? On this day in 1972, 17-year-old Chris Evert won the inaugural WTA Tour Championship at Boca Raton! She defeated Kerry Melville 7-5, 6-4.
Because she was only 17 at the time, she was not old enough to receive the prize money! How insane is that?!? Luckily, she would go on to win millions from the sport, which at the time was unheard of.
Today’s Featured Story…
🏈 Cam Rising: Year.. 8?
The typical college experience is 4 years, sometimes 5, but for the average case scenario, it is 4 years. Cam Rising, a QB at the University of Utah, could potentially double that number. How, you may ask? I’ll tell ya how.
Cam Rising has won TWO Pac-12 titles as the QB at the University of Utah, he’s arguably one of the best QBs in the nation when he’s healthy. The problem is, he hasn’t been healthy really ever.
Utah head coach said that Cam Rising will be out “indefinitely” this year and likely for a good portion of the remainder of the year, if not the whole year. While the news may seem pretty rough in the short term, it leaves the door open for Rising to return for his 8th year of eligibility.
To get his eighth year of eligibility, he has two paths: 1. Since he will likely play in less than four games this year and suffered a season-ending injury, he can apply for a medical redshirt. This allows college athletes to get an extra year of edibility when they miss a whole year. 2. He can apply for a hardship waiver. In June, the US Dept. of Justice ruled that players who were forced to sit out a year after transferring (a rule that is now changed) prior to the 2019 season can get that year of eligibility back. Rising was forced to sit out the 2019 season after transferring from Texas to Utah, because of course he was.
Here’s how his career has played out:
2018 at Texas he redshirted (which means he didn’t play but didn’t lose a year of eligibility, each player gets five years to play 4 seasons)
2019 he transferred to Utah and sat the whole year because of the transfer rule at the time
2020 he played one game and tore his knee apart
2021/2022 he was the Utah starter and led them to two Pac-12 titles
2023 he tore his knee apart again
2024 he hurt his hand in the second game and then returned a few weeks later only to hurt his lower leg
He’s now been in college for SEVEN YEARS, he’s played in 29 games. College teams, at a minimum, play 12 games a year. Rising got his degree in 2021, but now he has a chance to play in 2025.
I’m not saying this is wrong or right, I’m just saying this is pretty nuts. You decide if it’s good or bad for the sport.
Yesterday, In a Nutshell
⚾ NLCS: The Mets came out yesterday with some serious juice. It started with a Francisco Lindor leadoff homer to start the game and a Mark Vientos grand slam in the second inning. The Dodgers didn’t go down quietly, but the noise early by the Mets was enough to have the series tied 1-1 going to NY.
⚾ ALCS: Yankees defeated the Guardians in Game 1 in the Bronx! Solo HOMERS from Soto and Stanton as well as some wild pitches led to a 5-2 Win for the Bronx Bombers!
🏈 MNF: The final score of last night’s game was…WAIT. Hold on wait a second let’s check for the penalty flag…my god were there some flags last night. Sloppy second-half ball led to a Buffalo win over the Jets, 23-20!
🏈 Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy had to take yesterday’s weekly news conference to Zoom yesterday. Why? Because he suffered a pretty odd injury to his eye. How? He got headbutted by one of his cattle. Oi vey! OK State has lost three games in a row, I guess his cows weren’t to happy about that…
🏀 Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball is expected to make his long-awaited return to the court in tomorrow’s preseason game against the Timberwolves. Ball has missed two years in a row following multiple procedures on his left knee, including a pretty rare double cartilage transplant.
🏒 Father of the late Johnny Gaudreau attended Blue Jackets practice yesterday to speak to the players and share some touching moments with his sons’ former teammates. The Blue Jackets will honor Johnny, and his brother Matthew, at their home opener tonight.
💯Top Performers:
🏀 Zach Edey (MEM): 23 points, 9 rebounds
⚾ Mark Vientos (NYM): 2/5, 4 RBI’s, BIGGGG GRAND SLAM
🏈 Ray Davis (BUF): 152 Scrimmage Yards to help Bills get the W
⚾ Sean Manaea (NYM): 5 IP, 2 hits, 2 runs given up, 7 K’s
Stump Top Plays❗❗
Today’s Slate
*All times are ET*
⚾ ALCS Game 2: Guardians @ Yankees (7:38 PM ET)
🏀 NBA Preseason: Hornets @ Knicks (7:30 PM ET), Thunder @ Nuggets (9:00 PM ET), Warriors @ Lakers (10:00 PM ET - On NBA TV)
🏒 NHL on ESPN+: Panthers @ Blue Jackets (7:00 PM ET), Golden Knights @ Capitals (7:00 PM ET), Flyers @ Oilers (10:00 PM ET)
🏈 CFB: Troy @ South Alabama (7:30 PM ET - ESPN2), Kennesaw State @ Middle Tenn (8:00 PM ET - CBS Sports Network), LA Tech @ New Mexico State (9:00 PM ET - ESPN U)
⚽ International Friendly: Mexico vs USA (10:30 PM ET)
🎙Song OTD🎙
Can’t Take My Eyes off You
Frankie Valli
Maybe a love song or maybe a song to describe how I look at the last slice of pizza of the pie. Nobody really knows.
🗣 Quote OTD🗣
“It’s not the will to win that matters, everybody has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters”
Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant
Coach Bryant knows how to get the juices flowing. He coached Alabama for 10 years longer than Saban did, and it seemed like Saban was there for 150 years!
❗Glue Guy OTD❗
Capo
Guitar GLUE GUY
Before somebody even starts playing, if they take this little guy and start moving him down the line, you know you’re in for something special. Not an every-song necessity, but there when needed!
Trivia Answer:
C. Bill Self - Kansas! Despite some coaches getting some MASSIVE contracts this offseason, Bill Self still takes the cake at over $9 million a year. Dan Hurley comes in at second with an average salary of $8.3 million.
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