Bear Alexander (Photo via Instagram)
The college football world has changed quite a bit over the last few years. It started with the introduction of NIL, and that has led us to where we’re at now with the rise of the transfer portal era.
Every year, it seems like an overwhelming number of superstar college football players are entering the transfer portal, looking for an opportunity to join a new school that can offer them more money and playing time. This has led to some players playing for multiple programs over the course of their college football careers.
That brings us to Bear Alexander.
The 22-year-old defensive lineman began his college career at the University of Georgia in 2022, winning a national title with the Bulldogs while recording a sack in the championship game against TCU.
In 2023, Alexander moved out west to join the USC Trojans, where he would remain for a year-and-a-half, before deciding in September 2024 that he was going to redshirt the rest of the season and enter the transfer portal.
That brings us to where we’re at now, as Bear Alexander appears to be headed to his third college football program after announcing his intentions to join Penn State for 2025. He even posed for a photo in his new uniform, and the result has unintentionally gone viral after many people on social media noticed that it depicts everything that’s wrong with college football right now.
In the photo, Alexander is wearing the Nittany Lions uniform while flexing and showing off his Georgia tattoo on his right bicep. And in the corner, there’s an Instagram profile pic of Alexander wearing his USC uniform.
Three different schools. One viral photo.
USC profile picture, Georgia tattoo on his bicep and now is visiting Penn State. College football is funny💀 pic.twitter.com/BWboVUGgRZ
— IcyVert (@IcyVert) December 16, 2024
Fans Had Plenty To Say About Bear Alexander’s Photo
Needless to say, this odd mix of elite football programs in one pic didn’t go unnoticed on social media.
“Gotta love the USC profile pic, in the Penn state locker room, posing with his Georgia tattoo,” one fan said on X.
Gotta love the USC profile pic, in the Penn state locker room, posing with his Georgia tattoo😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/S9FapNHe5K
— MichiganMotorCity (@MotorMichigan)
December 16, 2024
“The Modern Day transfer portal,” joked another.
Someone even did their own research and noticed that Bear Alexander went to four high schools, on top of his three universities.
That was clearly a “red flag” for some.
Like it or not, we are clearly in a new era of college football that’s not like anything we’ve ever seen before. And it doesn’t look like that’ll change anytime soon.
Kansas City Chiefs President Forced To Address Rumors That Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce’s Relationship Is Just A “Marketing Strategy” For The Team
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce (Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)
There’s a conspiracy theory for just about everything, including bizarre ones relating to the highly publicized relationship between Grammy Award-winning singer Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
The three-time Super Bowl champion has been in a relationship with Taylor Swift for over a year. Their rumored romance was confirmed when Swift attended the Chiefs’ Week 3, 2023 home game against the Chicago Bears at Arrowhead Stadium.
Kelce’s romance with Swfit has been a giant win for the Chiefs and the NFL, too. She has brought plenty more attention to the NFL and contributed to the Chiefs’ skyrocketing popularity worldwide.
Naturally, conspiracy theorists believe the Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift romance is simply a marketing ploy to help the Chiefs and the league. But Chiefs president Mark Donovan finally addressed the ridiculous rumor during an appearance on NBC’s “Squawk Box” program:
“I’d love to say that it was a marketing strategy, but it is an authentic relationship. And we’re happy to have it, and it’s been nothing but good for us.
I think the best thing I can say about the whole relationship and the impact it’s had on us is, Taylor Swift is an authentic member of the Kansas City Chiefs kingdom. She’s an authentic fan and that matters to our fans and our fan base and to matters to us and we try to respect that.”
