Take a look at some of the best highlights from the Jacksonville Jaguars’ Week 2 matchup against the New Orleans Saints.

Of course, the big storyline coming out of this game is the play of Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars‘ starting offense.

No, the Saints’ defensive starters weren’t on the field, but as Liam Coen said afterward, the offense performed as you’d expect when facing an opponent’s twos.

Lawrence put together a very efficient performance, completing 8-of-10 passes for 76 yards and a touchdown. The offense averaged 7.6 yards per pass attempt under Lawrence and made their way into the red zone twice.

The offensive line did well to give Lawrence time in the pocket, and the Jaguars had a positive run game to lean on when needed as well.

Lawrence and the offense’s lone blemish came on a red zone fumble, when Lawrence was stepped on by an offensive lineman and botched the handoff exchange as he was falling to the ground.

However, overall, a much cleaner performance from the Jaguars’ offense in this game.

“I thought this game was another step in the right direction, where you saw him clicking through progressions again, and him getting to his third and fourth reads a few times,” Coen said after the game. “I thought we protected him really well up front, which allows a quarterback to do those things, and also when you run the ball effectively, it takes some pressure off the quarterback.

“I was pleased with his outing tonight and obviously the one fumble is tough because you just gotta eat that. It’s a great learning moment for him in the red area, where you already have points.”

Trevor Lawrence and Jaguars vs. Saints preseason highlights

This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: Jaguars vs. Saints: Trevor Lawrence highlights from preseason game

Tennessee’s starting quarterback trade is official. Joey Aguilar is the team’s Week 1 starter.

The Volunteers announced Sunday night that Aguilar had won the offseason quarterback competition despite getting a late start. The UCLA transfer arrived in Knoxville in the spring after Nico Iamaleava’s transfer.

Iamaleava’s departure directly led to Aguilar’s transfer. After starting for the Vols in 2024, Iamaleava made the decision to transfer during spring practices. NIL payments were reportedly a part of the dispute, though Iamaleava has denied that money had anything to do with the decision.

A California native, Iamaleava transferred to UCLA. That’s where Aguilar had transferred to earlier in the offseason. But once Iamaleava arrived in Los Angeles and became the presumptive starter, UCLA’s QB room became too crowded.

And Tennessee was in need of a QB. So Aguilar transferred to Knoxville and is set to start against Syracuse on Aug. 30.

Before his brief time at UCLA, Aguilar was a two-year starter at Appalachian State. He threw for 3,003 yards and 23 TDs with 14 interceptions in 2024. In 2023, he was 293-of-460 passing for 3,77 yards and 33 TDs with 10 interceptions. He’s also rushed for 456 yards in his career with five TDs on the ground.

After eight weeks of summer practice, Mark Pope gave his Kentucky Wildcats some time off before the fall semester begins later this month. But he’s having trouble keeping all of his players out of the Joe Craft Center practice gym, even while conducting an interview in his office right above the court.

“We tried to kick everybody off campus. To try to get everybody off campus to go home and refresh.” Pope said earlier this week on the Eye on College Basketball with Matt Norlander. “And then I’m sitting here in the office, and Denzel Aberdeen is down there in a full sweat getting a ton of work done. Reece Potter is out there getting shots.

“I mean, you think about DA. He’s got a national championship ring on his finger, and in our one week off, where we’ve told these guys they’re banned from the gym, these guys are still breaking in. That’s the type of group we have.”

This shouldn’t be too shocking to hear. If anyone knows what it takes to win at this level, it’s Aberdeen. After improving his individual game across all three seasons at Florida, capped with a national championship victory as a junior back in the spring, he transferred to Kentucky for a new challenge in what will be his final college run. It’s also nice to see Potter, a seven-footer coming over from a lower-level program in Miami (OH), embracing the grind, too.

Norlander did push back a touch, asking Pope how these guys are still able to get into the practice gym against the coach’s orders. For one, Pope is confident his players will still dedicate at least a few days off from working out during this break. But secondly, he’s not going to tell a group of players hungry to get better that they can’t eat, especially when it comes to someone like Aberdeen.

“Denzel, in the gym right now. Winner, winner, winner,” Pope said when asked to quickly describe Aberdeen. “He’s just a winner. He’s got a championship ring, man. That’s hard to get. He’s incredible.”

A seasoned super athlete at 6-foot-5 with a 42-inch vertical, Aberdeen expects to play a significant role for the Wildcats in 2025-26, potentially as a starter. He averaged 7.7 points in 19.8 minutes per outing last season off the bench on a loaded Gators’ squad. But when given starter minutes, he stood out: 14.4 points, 2.6 assists, and 2.4 rebounds in 29.8 minutes per outing while shooting 42.9 percent from the field and 41.4 percent from deep across five games as a starter against SEC foes.

If Aberdeen can put up comparable numbers in his role at Kentucky, all those extra hours in the gym will not only pay off for him as an individual but also for the Wildcats’ chances of making a deep NCAA Tournament run.

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After eight weeks of summer practice, Mark Pope gave his Kentucky Wildcats some time off before the fall semester begins later this month. But he’s having trouble keeping all of his players out of the Joe Craft Center practice gym, even while conducting an interview in his office right above the court.

“We tried to kick everybody off campus. To try to get everybody off campus to go home and refresh.” Pope said earlier this week on the Eye on College Basketball with Matt Norlander. “And then I’m sitting here in the office, and Denzel Aberdeen is down there in a full sweat getting a ton of work done. Reece Potter is out there getting shots.

“I mean, you think about DA. He’s got a national championship ring on his finger, and in our one week off, where we’ve told these guys they’re banned from the gym, these guys are still breaking in. That’s the type of group we have.”

This shouldn’t be too shocking to hear. If anyone knows what it takes to win at this level, it’s Aberdeen. After improving his individual game across all three seasons at Florida, capped with a national championship victory as a junior back in the spring, he transferred to Kentucky for a new challenge in what will be his final college run. It’s also nice to see Potter, a seven-footer coming over from a lower-level program in Miami (OH), embracing the grind, too.

Norlander did push back a touch, asking Pope how these guys are still able to get into the practice gym against the coach’s orders. For one, Pope is confident his players will still dedicate at least a few days off from working out during this break. But secondly, he’s not going to tell a group of players hungry to get better that they can’t eat, especially when it comes to someone like Aberdeen.

“Denzel, in the gym right now. Winner, winner, winner,” Pope said when asked to quickly describe Aberdeen. “He’s just a winner. He’s got a championship ring, man. That’s hard to get. He’s incredible.”

A seasoned super athlete at 6-foot-5 with a 42-inch vertical, Aberdeen expects to play a significant role for the Wildcats in 2025-26, potentially as a starter. He averaged 7.7 points in 19.8 minutes per outing last season off the bench on a loaded Gators’ squad. But when given starter minutes, he stood out: 14.4 points, 2.6 assists, and 2.4 rebounds in 29.8 minutes per outing while shooting 42.9 percent from the field and 41.4 percent from deep across five games as a starter against SEC foes.

If Aberdeen can put up comparable numbers in his role at Kentucky, all those extra hours in the gym will not only pay off for him as an individual but also for the Wildcats’ chances of making a deep NCAA Tournament run.

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Paul Finebaum Names National Championship Winning Coach Who Can’t ‘Handle the Heat’ originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

College football features three national championship-winning coaches and one Super Bowl-winning coach. The most recent addition to the national championship list is Ryan Day, head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Last year, he guided the Buckeyes to a 14-2 season. In the regular season, Ohio State finished with a record of 10-2, suffering losses to the Oregon Ducks and the Michigan Wolverines. Despite being the eighth seed in the playoffs, the team embarked on an impressive playoff run. The Buckeyes dominated their opponents, defeating the Tennessee Volunteers, Oregon Ducks, Texas Longhorns and Notre Dame Fighting Irish, winning all four games by double digits.

Despite this success, ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum has remained critical of Day. On “The Paul Finebaum Show,” the SEC Network commentator expressed doubts about Day’s ability to handle one particular game.

“He’s just one of these coaches that just gets freaked out,” Finebaum said. “He’s not the only one. There have been plenty of coaches who let certain games affect them, and he has let that game eat him up. To his credit, he was able to recover. It was a remarkable turnaround. I think that’s too much of a hotbed for him. I literally don’t think he can handle the heat.”

Paul Finebaum Doesn’t Think Ryan Day Is a Top Three Coach in College Football

Finebaum has never been shy about his opinion of Ryan Day. He considers Day to be a good CEO-type coach, but he does not view him as an elite coach.

“I think anyone who thinks Ryan Day is one of the two or three best coaches in the country is foolish,” Finebaum previously said. “He is a good CEO. But I think that you have seen multiple instances, Georgia three years ago, Michigan the last four years, where he looks completely clueless on the football field.”

Although Day won the national championship, the Buckeyes have not claimed the Big Ten title since 2020 and have not defeated Michigan since 2019. The rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan is one of the most intense in college football.

Ryan Day Has a Michigan Wolverines Problem

Michigan leads the all-time series against Ohio State with a record of 62-51-6. However, since the year 2000, the Buckeyes have been largely dominant, with a record of 16-7 (one win was vacated) against Michigan, including an impressive streak of eight consecutive victories before the Wolverines began their current winning streak. In the first three losses during this streak, Michigan was a playoff team and won the Big Ten Conference. Last season’s outcome was particularly surprising, as Michigan finished with a record of 8-5 during what many considered an off year. Coach Ryan Day has a record of 1-4 against the Wolverines in his career.

If Day were to lose another game to Michigan, it could frustrate the fan base. However, having recently won a national championship, his job security seems to have improved.

Ohio State and Michigan face each other at the end of every year. Before Day needs to focus on that matchup, he has a big game against the Texas Longhorns to kick off the season. That game is scheduled for noon ET on August 30 in Columbus, Ohio.

Related: Paul Finebaum Names National Championship Contender That’s Not That Good

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Aug 15, 2025, where it first appeared.

After eight weeks of summer practice, Mark Pope gave his Kentucky Wildcats some time off before the fall semester begins later this month. But he’s having trouble keeping all of his players out of the Joe Craft Center practice gym, even while conducting an interview in his office right above the court.

“We tried to kick everybody off campus. To try to get everybody off campus to go home and refresh.” Pope said earlier this week on the Eye on College Basketball with Matt Norlander. “And then I’m sitting here in the office, and Denzel Aberdeen is down there in a full sweat getting a ton of work done. Reece Potter is out there getting shots.

“I mean, you think about DA. He’s got a national championship ring on his finger, and in our one week off, where we’ve told these guys they’re banned from the gym, these guys are still breaking in. That’s the type of group we have.”

This shouldn’t be too shocking to hear. If anyone knows what it takes to win at this level, it’s Aberdeen. After improving his individual game across all three seasons at Florida, capped with a national championship victory as a junior back in the spring, he transferred to Kentucky for a new challenge in what will be his final college run. It’s also nice to see Potter, a seven-footer coming over from a lower-level program in Miami (OH), embracing the grind, too.

Norlander did push back a touch, asking Pope how these guys are still able to get into the practice gym against the coach’s orders. For one, Pope is confident his players will still dedicate at least a few days off from working out during this break. But secondly, he’s not going to tell a group of players hungry to get better that they can’t eat, especially when it comes to someone like Aberdeen.

“Denzel, in the gym right now. Winner, winner, winner,” Pope said when asked to quickly describe Aberdeen. “He’s just a winner. He’s got a championship ring, man. That’s hard to get. He’s incredible.”

A seasoned super athlete at 6-foot-5 with a 42-inch vertical, Aberdeen expects to play a significant role for the Wildcats in 2025-26, potentially as a starter. He averaged 7.7 points in 19.8 minutes per outing last season off the bench on a loaded Gators’ squad. But when given starter minutes, he stood out: 14.4 points, 2.6 assists, and 2.4 rebounds in 29.8 minutes per outing while shooting 42.9 percent from the field and 41.4 percent from deep across five games as a starter against SEC foes.

If Aberdeen can put up comparable numbers in his role at Kentucky, all those extra hours in the gym will not only pay off for him as an individual but also for the Wildcats’ chances of making a deep NCAA Tournament run.

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After eight weeks of summer practice, Mark Pope gave his Kentucky Wildcats some time off before the fall semester begins later this month. But he’s having trouble keeping all of his players out of the Joe Craft Center practice gym, even while conducting an interview in his office right above the court.

“We tried to kick everybody off campus. To try to get everybody off campus to go home and refresh.” Pope said earlier this week on the Eye on College Basketball with Matt Norlander. “And then I’m sitting here in the office, and Denzel Aberdeen is down there in a full sweat getting a ton of work done. Reece Potter is out there getting shots.

“I mean, you think about DA. He’s got a national championship ring on his finger, and in our one week off, where we’ve told these guys they’re banned from the gym, these guys are still breaking in. That’s the type of group we have.”

This shouldn’t be too shocking to hear. If anyone knows what it takes to win at this level, it’s Aberdeen. After improving his individual game across all three seasons at Florida, capped with a national championship victory as a junior back in the spring, he transferred to Kentucky for a new challenge in what will be his final college run. It’s also nice to see Potter, a seven-footer coming over from a lower-level program in Miami (OH), embracing the grind, too.

Norlander did push back a touch, asking Pope how these guys are still able to get into the practice gym against the coach’s orders. For one, Pope is confident his players will still dedicate at least a few days off from working out during this break. But secondly, he’s not going to tell a group of players hungry to get better that they can’t eat, especially when it comes to someone like Aberdeen.

“Denzel, in the gym right now. Winner, winner, winner,” Pope said when asked to quickly describe Aberdeen. “He’s just a winner. He’s got a championship ring, man. That’s hard to get. He’s incredible.”

A seasoned super athlete at 6-foot-5 with a 42-inch vertical, Aberdeen expects to play a significant role for the Wildcats in 2025-26, potentially as a starter. He averaged 7.7 points in 19.8 minutes per outing last season off the bench on a loaded Gators’ squad. But when given starter minutes, he stood out: 14.4 points, 2.6 assists, and 2.4 rebounds in 29.8 minutes per outing while shooting 42.9 percent from the field and 41.4 percent from deep across five games as a starter against SEC foes.

If Aberdeen can put up comparable numbers in his role at Kentucky, all those extra hours in the gym will not only pay off for him as an individual but also for the Wildcats’ chances of making a deep NCAA Tournament run.

Join KSR Plus! With a KSR Plus membership, you get access to bonus content and KSBoard, KSR’s message board, to chat with fellow Cats fans and get exclusive scoop.

After eight weeks of summer practice, Mark Pope gave his Kentucky Wildcats some time off before the fall semester begins later this month. But he’s having trouble keeping all of his players out of the Joe Craft Center practice gym, even while conducting an interview in his office right above the court.

“We tried to kick everybody off campus. To try to get everybody off campus to go home and refresh.” Pope said earlier this week on the Eye on College Basketball with Matt Norlander. “And then I’m sitting here in the office, and Denzel Aberdeen is down there in a full sweat getting a ton of work done. Reece Potter is out there getting shots.

“I mean, you think about DA. He’s got a national championship ring on his finger, and in our one week off, where we’ve told these guys they’re banned from the gym, these guys are still breaking in. That’s the type of group we have.”

This shouldn’t be too shocking to hear. If anyone knows what it takes to win at this level, it’s Aberdeen. After improving his individual game across all three seasons at Florida, capped with a national championship victory as a junior back in the spring, he transferred to Kentucky for a new challenge in what will be his final college run. It’s also nice to see Potter, a seven-footer coming over from a lower-level program in Miami (OH), embracing the grind, too.

Norlander did push back a touch, asking Pope how these guys are still able to get into the practice gym against the coach’s orders. For one, Pope is confident his players will still dedicate at least a few days off from working out during this break. But secondly, he’s not going to tell a group of players hungry to get better that they can’t eat, especially when it comes to someone like Aberdeen.

“Denzel, in the gym right now. Winner, winner, winner,” Pope said when asked to quickly describe Aberdeen. “He’s just a winner. He’s got a championship ring, man. That’s hard to get. He’s incredible.”

A seasoned super athlete at 6-foot-5 with a 42-inch vertical, Aberdeen expects to play a significant role for the Wildcats in 2025-26, potentially as a starter. He averaged 7.7 points in 19.8 minutes per outing last season off the bench on a loaded Gators’ squad. But when given starter minutes, he stood out: 14.4 points, 2.6 assists, and 2.4 rebounds in 29.8 minutes per outing while shooting 42.9 percent from the field and 41.4 percent from deep across five games as a starter against SEC foes.

If Aberdeen can put up comparable numbers in his role at Kentucky, all those extra hours in the gym will not only pay off for him as an individual but also for the Wildcats’ chances of making a deep NCAA Tournament run.

Join KSR Plus! With a KSR Plus membership, you get access to bonus content and KSBoard, KSR’s message board, to chat with fellow Cats fans and get exclusive scoop.

After eight weeks of summer practice, Mark Pope gave his Kentucky Wildcats some time off before the fall semester begins later this month. But he’s having trouble keeping all of his players out of the Joe Craft Center practice gym, even while conducting an interview in his office right above the court.

“We tried to kick everybody off campus. To try to get everybody off campus to go home and refresh.” Pope said earlier this week on the Eye on College Basketball with Matt Norlander. “And then I’m sitting here in the office, and Denzel Aberdeen is down there in a full sweat getting a ton of work done. Reece Potter is out there getting shots.

“I mean, you think about DA. He’s got a national championship ring on his finger, and in our one week off, where we’ve told these guys they’re banned from the gym, these guys are still breaking in. That’s the type of group we have.”

This shouldn’t be too shocking to hear. If anyone knows what it takes to win at this level, it’s Aberdeen. After improving his individual game across all three seasons at Florida, capped with a national championship victory as a junior back in the spring, he transferred to Kentucky for a new challenge in what will be his final college run. It’s also nice to see Potter, a seven-footer coming over from a lower-level program in Miami (OH), embracing the grind, too.

Norlander did push back a touch, asking Pope how these guys are still able to get into the practice gym against the coach’s orders. For one, Pope is confident his players will still dedicate at least a few days off from working out during this break. But secondly, he’s not going to tell a group of players hungry to get better that they can’t eat, especially when it comes to someone like Aberdeen.

“Denzel, in the gym right now. Winner, winner, winner,” Pope said when asked to quickly describe Aberdeen. “He’s just a winner. He’s got a championship ring, man. That’s hard to get. He’s incredible.”

A seasoned super athlete at 6-foot-5 with a 42-inch vertical, Aberdeen expects to play a significant role for the Wildcats in 2025-26, potentially as a starter. He averaged 7.7 points in 19.8 minutes per outing last season off the bench on a loaded Gators’ squad. But when given starter minutes, he stood out: 14.4 points, 2.6 assists, and 2.4 rebounds in 29.8 minutes per outing while shooting 42.9 percent from the field and 41.4 percent from deep across five games as a starter against SEC foes.

If Aberdeen can put up comparable numbers in his role at Kentucky, all those extra hours in the gym will not only pay off for him as an individual but also for the Wildcats’ chances of making a deep NCAA Tournament run.

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