Receivers Still Fear Deion Sanders

and USC is padding their roster

Author

Mike
April 24, 2023

Today’s Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes and 40 seconds

Happy Monday. This is the Daily Breakroom and we’re here to deliver you updates in less than 5 minutes.

Here’s what we got today:

  • College Football Transfer Updates

  • NBA Scores and Matchups

  • Stanley Cup Playoff Updates

Let’s get this Monday started.

NCAA Football

Transfer rules have changed drastically in college sports. A few years ago, when you signed a letter of intent to play athletics at a university, you were practically locked in for 4 years. Wanted to change your scene? Maybe your coach left and you wanted to follow him or didn’t want to play for the next coach…. Too bad! You were stuck. There were two ways out. Change schools and sit out for a year or wait until you were eligible for graduate school and switch. These weren’t really feasible if you weren’t a senior.

The NCAA revamped their transfer rules in 2018 and now players have windows where they can transfer based on some rules. A player can basically get one free transfer in their undergrad time and one free transfer for graduate school. You can use this if you’re unhappy with playing time or you decide to stick with your coach who just signed a sick deal in the SEC.

So why are we telling you this? Well, we’re in the middle of the transfer portal window for college football and schools are just finishing up with their spring practice games and we’ve got some transfer news.

Deion Still Scaring Receivers

The University of Colorado at Boulder hired Deion Sanders after Deion brought life back into the Jackson State program for 3 years.

Receivers feared Deion when he was at Florida State and in the NFL and apparently that hasn’t changed.

Montana Lemonious-Craig, Colorado’s #1 WR, who coincidentally wears the number 1 on his has entered the transfer portal and is looking to leave UC Boulder. He had an awesome spring game on Saturday with 6 catches for 169 yards and a TD.

Deion is losing another WR, Chase Sowell, and a four star CB has decommitted from the program.

Deion came into his first team meeting with some harsh words for the current Colorado players, telling them that things would be different and if they can’t handle the competition then they should transfer.

The Lemonious-Craig transfer comes as a big surprise as he developed a great rapport with the coaching staff and his QB, Shadeur Sanders, who is also Deion’s son.

Someone Wants More Primetime

While players run away from Deion Sanders, other players run toward the primetime spotlight.

Georgia defensive lineman, Bear Alexander, entered the transfer portal and has now committed to the USC Trojans. This is a big addition to their defense as they already have a stout offense, but the D was a bit weak last year.

Alexander was the No. 5 DT in the country for 2022 recruiting class. He played 163 snaps as true freshman at Georgia and recorded 9 tackles, three tackles for a loss, and two sacks. USC is the premier football team to watch in LA and Alexander will be getting his share of the spotlight.

Watch out PAC-12.

NBA Scores and Matchups

Sunday Scores

Cleveland Cavaliers 93

New York Knicks 102

  • Knicks lead 3-1 in series

  • Jalen Brunson had another great showing scoring 29 for the Knicks

  • RJ Barrett also contributed heavily with 26 points

Sacramento Kings 125

Golden State Warriors 126

  • Steph Curry almost gave this game away after calling a timeout and not having with the score at 126-121 and were assessed a tech and lost possession

  • Mr. Clutch, De’Aaron Fox kept the King in the game with 38 points and got the game within 1 with a 3 pointer in the last minute

  • Curry came up big with a final defensive stand and he scored 32 points

Boston Celtics 129

Atlanta Hawks 121

  • The Celtics will head back to Boston with the opportunity to close out the series in game 5

  • Boston’s win was lead by Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown, both scoring 31

Denver Nuggets 108

Minnesota Timberwolves 114

  • Nuggets up 3-1 in series

  • Karl Anthony Towns said this was “personal” and didn’t want to get swept by the Nuggets

  • Anthony Edwards lead the charge for the T-wolves with 34 points

  • Nikola Jokic had 43 for the Nuggets

Tonight’s Matchups

Milwaukee Bucks at Miami Heat, 7:30pm ET on TNT

  • The Bucks are down 2-1 and Giannis is still questionable for tonight

Memphis Grizzlies at LA Lakers, 10:00pm ET on TNT

  • Lakers are up 2-1 in the series

Stanley Cup Playoffs

Yesterday’s Finishes

Sunday’s games weren’t as competitive as Saturday night’s, but we still had one close one and one that went into OT.

NY Islanders 1

Carolina Hurricanes 5

  • The Hurricanes scored an early goal in the first period and couldn’t be stopped from there

  • The ‘Canes were 4-0 before the Islanders scored their first goal in the third

  • Carolina cashed in on 2 powerplay on 5 opportunities but NY didn’t help themselves by turning the puck over twice as much as Carolina

  • Canes up 3-1 in series

Boston Bruins 6

Florida Panthers 2

  • Boston grabbed a lead midway through the first and never looked back

  • Jake DeBrusk and and Taylor Hall both notched two goals for the Bruins

  • Bruins lead series 3-1

Dallas Stars 3

Minnesota Wild 2

  • After no scores came in the first period, Dallas put one in late in the 2nd. It was an active 3rd period with 4 total goals being scored (2 from each team) but the Wild couldn’t recover

  • Dallas ties the series up 2-2 with the win

Edmonton Oilers 5

LA Kings 4

  • Oilers overcame a three goal deficit in the first period and a one goal deficit in the third to go into OT

  • Zach Hyman kept the Oilers from going down 3-1 in the series by scoring an OT goal 9 minutes into extra time

  • Series tied 2-2

Today’s Matchups

NJ Devils @ NY Rangers, 7:00pm ET on ESPN

  • Rangers lead series 2-1

Toronto Maple Leafs @ Tampa Bay Lightning, 7:30pm ET on TBS

  • Toronto lead series 2-1

Vegas Golden Knights @ Winnipeg Jets, 9:30pm ET on ESPN

  • Vegas leads series 2-1

Colorado Avalanche @ Seattle Kraken, 10:00pm ET on TBS

  • Colorado leads series 2-1

Working Overtime

The crew at the Crypto.com Arena hopefully got paid overtime this weekend. They had to change the playing surface 5 times in 3 days as the the LA Clippers, LA Lakers, and LA Kings all had multiple home games during the NBA and NHL playoffs. Check out the time lapse here.

Crypto.com Arena on Instagram: "What having three teams in the playoffs at the same time is going to look like 😀 @LAKings @Lakers @LAClippers"

2,612 likes, 52 comments - Crypto.com Arena (@cryptocomarena) on Instagram: "What having three teams in the playoffs at the same time is going to look like 😀 @LAKings @Lak..."

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We went a little long today, but thanks for sticking around for the read. Have a great start to your week.

-The Daily Breakroom Team