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Posted on March 1st, 2024 in 2024 National Football League Scouting Combine by Malcolm Moran

By Andrew Thomison | @Andrew_Thomison Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — All eyes were on USC quarterback Caleb Williams Friday morning at the NFL Scouting Combine. Williams hears all of the comparisons to current NFL quarterbacks, including Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes, but he’d rather just be known as himself. “I don’t compare myself to other …

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Posted on January 2nd, 2018 in 2018 College Football Playoff, Student Work by Jonathan Sauber

By Alaa Abdeldaiem | @Abdeldaiem_Alaa PASADENA, Calif. –– The second he heard the sound, he knew. The second he saw it––the ball flying sideways, flat, short and too far to the right––it took no time at all for Oklahoma’s Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Baker Mayfield to realize the reality that was settling in. The game had …

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Posted on December 31st, 2017 in 2018 College Football Playoff, Student Work by Jonathan Sauber

By Sarah Bahr and Alaa Abdeldaiem | @smbahr14 @Abdeldaiem_Alaa PASADENA, Calif. – The 104th Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual will feature programs appearing for just the second time in their histories. Oklahoma, which won here in 2003, and Georgia, which won 75 years ago, will meet in a semifinal of the College Football …

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Posted on December 30th, 2017 in 2018 College Football Playoff, Student Work by Jonathan Sauber

By Alaa Abdeldaiem | @Abdeldaiem_Alaa Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES –– It was time to make an appearance. Baker Mayfield had missed all non-football activities with the Oklahoma Sooners over the last three days due to illness, and he was prepared to miss another. But when the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback turned on the television …

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