The rubble that remains from the collapse of the Pac-12 Conference a year ago created the situation that will play out Saturday with the oddest of rivalry weekends.

Welcome to a new VYPE feature for the 2020 football season - VYPE Helmet Stickers powered by Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine! Every week, VYPE will scour the stat sheets of the previous week and find the top performers. Article Powered by Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports MedicineHouston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine is Houston's leading provider of orthopedic services — from diagnosis to treatment to rehabilitation — to manage all musculoskeletal conditions and injuries. Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine offers comprehensive diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services with a high standard of excellence for elite athletes and active adults alike. Houston Methodist serves as the official health care provider for the Houston Texans, Houston Astros, Rice Athletics, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™, Houston Ballet, Houston Symphony and Houston Grand Opera.

HOUSTON – National Signing Day has arrived once again as high school football players across the country signed on with their college of choice. The system is now in place for a December date along with the first Wednesday in February that has become a smaller event than in years past. As more high school athletes now aim for early graduation, the December option gives them a chance to enroll in college in January for the spring semester and take part in spring football camps. So far, here are some of the players who signed:Ridge PointWR John Paul Richardson (Oklahoma State)DL Jimmy Guy (HBU)RB Keith Jackson (North Texas)Cameron Plummer (Sam Houston State)North ShoreQB Dematrius Davis (Auburn)WR Shadrach Banks (Texas A&M)Shadow CreekQB Kyron Drones (Baylor)WR C.J. Guidry (Houston)CB Jalen Emery (Houston)Langham CreekLB Jayhvion Gipson (TCU)Fort Bend ChristianOL Remington Strickland (Texas A&M )OL David Kasemervisz (Stanford)St. ThomasQB Maddox Kopp (Houston)EpiscopalOL Donavan Jackson (Ohio State)RT Cullen Montgomery (Oklahoma)C Luis Chavarria (Prairie View A&M)

Welcome to a new VYPE feature for the 2020 football season - VYPE Helmet Stickers powered by Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine! Every week, VYPE will scour the stat sheets of the previous week and find the top performers. Article Powered by Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports MedicineHouston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine is Houston's leading provider of orthopedic services — from diagnosis to treatment to rehabilitation — to manage all musculoskeletal conditions and injuries. Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine offers comprehensive diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services with a high standard of excellence for elite athletes and active adults alike. Houston Methodist serves as the official health care provider for the Houston Texans, Houston Astros, Rice Athletics, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™, Houston Ballet, Houston Symphony and Houston Grand Opera.

Welcome to the 2020 football season. But VYPE has still done what we have always done when it comes to previewing Texas high school football here in Houston. CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER THE 2020 VYPE HOUSTON FOOTBALL PREVIEW MAGAZINECLICK HERE TO ORDER PHOTOSNew coach Rick LaFavers succeeds Brett Sniffin (now at Belton), taking over a perennially strong program. Senior wide receiver and fourth-year starter Oklahoma State-commit John Paul Richardson (son of Bucky, Aggies' and Oilers' QB) and QB Bert Emanuel Jr. lead the offense. Kalu (son of former Texan N.D. Kalu) will get noticed.