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Market Movers / High Signal

Score 124 100% confidence 62 signal qb 247Sports haskins Feb 15 source

Talent Level

- QB: People I know that really know KHSAA football love this freshman QB we have coming in.

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Score 124 100% confidence 62 signal qb 247Sports ELTOPPER Apr 11 source

2026 Spring Game

- Team looks P4-caliber across the field with solid-to-great QB. - This has to be Helton's year.

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Score 124 100% confidence 62 signal qb 247Sports mmaleckyj28 May 01 source

Post spring rankings

- QB: I’m still really intrigued to see what we have with our new OC.

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Quarterbacks

247Sports haskins Feb 15 100% confidence 62 signal qb ↗

Talent Level

- QB: People I know that really know KHSAA football love this freshman QB we have coming in.

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247Sports ELTOPPER Apr 11 100% confidence 62 signal qb ↗

2026 Spring Game

- Team looks P4-caliber across the field with solid-to-great QB. - This has to be Helton's year.

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247Sports mmaleckyj28 May 01 100% confidence 62 signal qb ↗

Post spring rankings

- QB: I’m still really intrigued to see what we have with our new OC.

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247Sports wkuredtothebone May 08 100% confidence 44 signal qb ↗

CUSA Too Early Preseason Rankings

- Rodney Tisdale Jr. must improve throwing and deep passing consistency; decision-making critical for Western to avoid 3rd or worse.

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Spring Coaching

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Bitowf Named CUSA Video Coordinator Of The Year For Second Straight Season

- Chase Bitowf is entering his sixth season as WKU Football Video Coordinator in 2026.

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247Sports mmaleckyj28 Apr 03 100% confidence 32 signal coaching ↗

If Jeff Brohm wants to come back, fire Helton immediately

- Intel: Must be a very slow day in sports if we are bringing up a current top 15 college football and him being our head coach.

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Spring Defense

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Hilltopper Football Announces 2026 Staff Updates

- Davis Merritt is entering his fourth season at WKU in 2026 and most recently served as the program's Co-Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers Coach during the 2025 season.

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Everything

247Sports FlTopper May 22 100% confidence 32 signal overall ↗

There's been a lotta talk about how much $$ is spent on football

- Intel: If this link works, it shows the top G6 expenditures as well as the top G6 conferences.

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247Sports haskins Apr 02 100% confidence 32 signal overall ↗

Jack and Jackie Harbaugh Stadium Club

- Western Kentucky should capitalize on Harbaugh name prominence—ask for permission to use it, not demand more money from them.

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247Sports FreshTop Apr 14 100% confidence 32 signal overall ↗

CUSA “Hot Seat” Rankings

- Western faces slow spiral into apathy losing students, fans while rest of college athletics passes by.

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247Sports mmaleckyj28 May 06 100% confidence 50 signal overall ↗

2026 FB games you’ll attend

- Out-of-conference scheduling is all coach's call; 3/4 road OOC games not ideal.

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