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American Athletic Conference 2023 Football Media Days

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Some of the nation’s top college football players and head coaches will convene in Arlington, Texas, next week for the 2023 American Athletic Conference Football Media Days, which will be held Monday and Tuesday, July 24-25 at Live! By Loews.

Forty student-athletes are scheduled to attend this year’s event, which will be held in Arlington for the first time. Media sessions will begin at 3 p.m. CT on Monday and will continue Tuesday morning with press conferences with the 14 head coaches. Commissioner Mike Aresco will deliver his remarks Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. The results of The American’s preseason media poll will be announced at 9:15 a.m.

In addition to the Tuesday press conferences, student-athletes and coaches will be available for breakout sessions during specified times on Tuesday and upon request during their scheduled Monday-afternoon block. Monday’s events will be capped by The American Kickoff Dinner, where credentialed media may join coaches, student-athletes, conference and institutional administrators and bowl officials in a casual setting for a Texas-style dinner.

Ten of the 40 attending student-athletes attending this year’s Media Days earned all-conference honors last season, including four all-conference selections from Tulane, which won the 2022 American Athletic Conference Championship, defeated USC in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl and finished the season ranked No. 9 nationally. The Green Wave will have quarterback Michael Pratt, center Sincere Haynesworth, defensive lineman Patrick Monroe and defensive back Jarius Monroe in Arlington.

UTSA, which won the 2022 Conference USA title, will be represented by quarterback Frank Harris - the 2022 CUSA Most Valuable Player - and veteran safety Rashad Wisdom.

Nine of The American’s 14 teams will have their projected starting quarterbacks in attendance. Three of those signal-callers have won New Year’s Six bowl games in their careers (Pratt; South Florida’s Gerry Bohanon with Baylor against Ole Miss in the 2021-22 Sugar Bowl; Rice’s JT Daniels with Georgia against Cincinnati in the 2020-21 Peach Bowl).

Live coverage of The American Media Days will air Tuesday, July 25, at 9:15 a.m. ET as ESPN’s Kris Budden and Rene Ingoglia interview student-athletes from all 14 teams, alongside coverage of each head coach’s press conference. ESPN+ will have that telecast, along with a second feed that will feature the full press conferences from the head coaches.

UAB

Head Coach Trent Dilfer
Jackson Bratton             LB
Jacob Zeno                     QB

Charlotte

Head Coach Biff Poggi
Jalon Jones                     QB
Eyabi Okie                       DL

East Carolina

Head Coach Mike Houston
Shane Calhoun               TE
Jeremy Lewis                  LB

Florida Atlantic

Head Coach Tom Herman
Armani-Eli Adams           S
Evan Anderson               DL
Larry McCammon III     RB
Chaz Neal                       OL

Memphis

Head Coach Ryan Silverfield
Jaylon Allen                    DL
Simeon Blair                   DB
Seth Henigan                  QB
Jacob Likes                    OL

Navy

Head Coach Brian Newberry
Will Harbour                    LB
Lirion Murtezi                 C

North Texas

Head Coach Eric Morris
Jett Duncan                    OL
Mazin Richards               DL

Rice

Head Coach Mike Bloomgren
JT Daniels                       QB
Luke McCaffrey              WR
Myron Morrison              LB
Josh Pearcy                    OLB

South Florida

Head Coach Alex Golesh
Gerry Bohanon               QB
Rashad Cheney Jr.          DL

SMU

Head Coach Rhett Lashlee
Marcus Bryant               OL
Tyler Lavine                    RB
Elijah Chatman               DT
DeVere Levelston           DT

Temple

Head Coach Stan Drayton
Jordan Magee                LB
E.J. Warner                      QB

UTSA

Head Coach Jeff Traylor
Frank Harris                    QB
Rashad Wisdom             S

Tulane

Head Coach Willie Fritz
Sincere Haynesworth     C
Patrick Jenkins               DL
Jarius Monroe                DB
Michael Pratt                 QB

Tulsa

Head Coach Kevin Wilson
Braylon Braxton             QB
Kendarin Ray                  S
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Let's GO!

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Rick - You and/or Richard headed to Arlington?
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No sir, no cake for that on the site's meager budget.

Lost my job last year and Richard is having a very tough time finding a "real" job himself.

So, that would be a NO.

But we'll be doing what we can remotely to cover the event  :cool:
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Sorry to hear about the job situation…..

As always thanks for all that you do! Of course Richard too…
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I hope the annual “The Owl’s Nest” donor fund is going well.
This is the time of the year that all of us subscribers need to step up and donate.

I would also like to thank Rick and Richard for all they do to keep us informed on FAU Athletics.

Best of luck to you both.
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cbboarder said

Sorry to hear about the job situation…..

As always thanks for all that you do! Of course Richard too…
Posted On: Jul 17th 2023, 10:35 PM #415006

Ditto to CB's post! So sorry to hear this!
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FAU Fan said

I hope the annual “The Owl’s Nest” donor fund is going well.
This is the time of the year that all of us subscribers need to step up and donate.

I would also like to thank Rick and Richard for all they do to keep us informed on FAU Athletics.

Best of luck to you both.
Posted On: Jul 18th 2023, 6:26 AM #415007

Absolutely! If you can afford a few bucks to support the site, it's a great return on investment. With a limited budget, Rick and staff knock it out of the park….This is the time to say thank you!

Go Owls!
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Thanks guys, I will be posting the fundraiser thread tonight or tomorrow.

Appreciate the support!

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No doubt cbboarder!!!  I sent some money in last week. I have also given in the past, but I don't see that I'm a donor on my Avatar. We definitely appreciate everything that Rick and gang do to keep this awesome Forum up and running. Thank you for everything you all do! GO OWLS!!!


cbboarder said

FAU Fan said

I hope the annual “The Owl’s Nest” donor fund is going well.
This is the time of the year that all of us subscribers need to step up and donate.

I would also like to thank Rick and Richard for all they do to keep us informed on FAU Athletics.

Best of luck to you both.
Posted On: Jul 18th 2023, 6:26 AM #415007

Absolutely! If you can afford a few bucks to support the site, it's a great return on investment. With a limited budget, Rick and staff knock it out of the park….This is the time to say thank you!

Go Owls!
Posted On: Jul 18th 2023, 11:08 AM #415009

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