I do not know what Travis King is thinking, but when he ran over to North Korea he surrendered all of his human rights. Travis is still a young man and likely confused, but he could experience the immediate or eventually harsh reality in North Korea. King also possibly put the United States in a predicament with North Korea using him as a bargaining chip. I do hope King arrives back to the United States unharmed.

I think the Department of Defense needs to explain why King did not use military travel by using the Patriot Express out of Osan and why they decided commercial travel dropping him off at Incheon .

This is the third player in that last 30 days that has committed elsewhere due to NIL. Auburn, up to old tricks, poached Solomon away at the 11th hour.

Me-again Rapinoe choke on a Big One? USA(W) against the Netherlands 1 goal. Against Portugal 0 goals. Against Sweden 0 goals. Does that qualify for Overrated Status?

Me-again's wife Sue Bird, now claims Me-again took a knee during our National Anthem because she loves America.

Adios Me-again.

Obviously the B1G is adding Oregon and Washington and the PAC is falling apart.

What does the future hold?

Quick story from press conferences today on Dakereon Joyner and how he's learning pass protection

Hearing from Dakereon Joyner, Trey Knox and Vershon Lee today. Updates to follow.

Had the second of the four open practices we're allowed to get a look at today. Some notes on the depth chart, a really impressive play by a transfer tight end and a couple more injury tidbits.

Georgia - Stetson Bennett is gone. Maybe Carson Beck takes his place. Couple of big recruits behind him.
Florida - Anthony Richardson is gone. Maybe Graham Mertz. Option 2 Miller looked meh against Orgeon St in the bowl
Tennerrssee - Hendon Hooker is gone. Joe Milton takes his place. Big arm. Not very accurate.
Kentucky - Will Levis is gone. Devin Leary from NC State takes his place. Lots of injuries. Looked decent against ACC defenses
Mizzou - Brady Cook is back. Serviceable but nothing special last year.
Vandy - AJ Swann is back. Again, serviceable but nothing special.

Seems to me, with Rattler, we have the best combination of talent and experience in the east. The QB position isn't everything, but its the most important position on the field. Without a good QB against SEC defenses, you are pretty much fight for not last in either division. Loggains is a big question mark at this point, but I like what I hear from him. He is certainly in the best spot an incoming OC has inherited here at SC, so there is reason to be optimistic. The rest of the skilled position pieces are there. Hopefully he can put them together to build on the success from the end of last season. OL is a question mark too. Lost a lot, but not entirely sure that is a terrible thing. Might be good to see a little bit of a shake up there. New OL coach has a task ahead of him.

Cliffs: For once, we have the best QB in the East and that should give us a chance to win it.

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Where is Nyckoles Harbor I haven’t heard anything about him. He doesn’t even show up on the online roster. Is he OK?

South Carolina wins the final exhibition beating Club Obras 106-67. South Carolina made 17 three points shots and had six players score in double figures.

South Carolina takes down Zalgiris-2 86-60 yesterday. incoming players Talon Cooper scored 14 w/ three three pointers made, Myles Stute scored 17 points w/ four three pointers made, BJ Mack scored 13 points with three three pointers made and Stephen Clark scored nine points w/ one three point shot made.

Ebrima Bibba did not even play yesterday.

Meechie led scoring with 20 points including a 60 foot shot at the buzzer in the first half.

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Over the last couple weeks I've asked South Carolina's position coaches who the breakout candidate in their group was this season, and why they thought that player was primed for a big year.

Here's what they said:

Good news for everyone.

No one ever talks about good news from the government - so here goes - announced Thursday

FCC issues historic $300 million fine against the largest robocall scam in history

The illegal operation, which was made up of an international network of companies, violated federal statutes by making robocalls to more than 500 million phone numbers in the span of three months in 2021. They also used more than one million different caller ID numbers, violating federal spoofing laws.

“We take seriously our responsibility to protect consumers and the integrity of U.S. communications networks from the onslaught of these types of pernicious calls,” said FCC Enforcement Bureau Chief Loyaan A. Egal.

But the campaign had been in existence for even longer, the FCC added. Using a multitude of shell companies, aliases and fly-by-night phone providers allegedly under their control, the people behind the network — which CNN has previously reported on — had sought to dupe unwitting consumers into buying shoddy service contracts for their vehicles since 2018.

The ringleaders of the operation, Roy Melvin Cox Jr and Aaron Michael Jones, were repeat offenders who had already been under judicial orders not to engage in telemarketing.

The turning point​

A breakthrough in enforcement came last July, when Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a lawsuit against the network that outlined many of the operation’s details, including its organizational structure. At the same time, the FCC directed US voice providers to stop carrying calls originating from providers used by the network.

Within weeks, third-party industry estimates showed an 80% reduction in the volume of auto-warranty spam calls in the United States, and on Thursday, the FCC said the move ultimately led to a 99% reduction in such calls.

The Ohio AG’s lawsuit had been the culmination of a joint state and federal investigation that also highlighted the growing effectiveness of technology and policies aimed at beating back the tide of illegal robocalls.

For example, improvements in call-tracing have allowed investigators to quickly identify the source of unwanted, automated calls, while additional FCC policies have enabled regulators to block entire voice providers from the US telephone network for robocall violations.

The partnership between the FCC and Ohio officials has also been replicated with 46 other states, the District of Columbia and Guam, with Hawaii and New Mexico joining the list on Thursday, the FCC said.

The 2026 QB was set to announce at 6pm according to his Instagram story, but he's pushed it back a few hours. We should still hear something tonight though, maybe closer to 9 pm EST.

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Let’s hear it!

4-star WR Jonathan Paylor ultimately lands with the Wolfpack. Tough blow after the recent momentum, but should shift back around very, very soon.

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The NFL finally got something right

I know there have been a few disappointments in recruiting this summer so I tried to get to the bottom of how the NIL program is functioning and compares to others in this exclusive interview.