Around the Dog Park: Is Kyle Allen the key to Houston’s success in 2017?

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American

• Bill Connelly thinks Houston will be fine without Tom Herman this year if Kyle Allen lives up to the recruiting hype.
• Yesterday Mike Aresco released a marketing plan for the how the AAC will become a Power 6 conference.
• USF picked up a transfer as former Georgia Tech defensive end Jordan Woods is now a Bull.
• UConn had only one player selected in the NFL Draft this year. The UConn Blog sees if 2018 will have more Huskies taken in the draft.
• If you’re in the mood for predictions over the next five years here’s some hot takes on UConn, USF, and Cincinnati.
• In case you forgot, the AAC had more draft picks than the Big 12.

Conference USA

• Jay Hopson is excited about what his incoming recruiting class will look like in fall camp.
• Charlotte has three players snag UDFA deals.
• All in all, I’d say C-USA had a pretty good draft.

Independents

• UMass didn’t have anyone drafted this year but three of their players have signed UDFA deals.

Sun Belt

• Five Ragin’ Cajuns are off to the NFL with UDFA deals.
• Coastal Carolina comes in at 115th in a college football countdown series.
• We looked at how the Sun Belt fared in the 2017 NFL Draft.