When teams miss the playoffs, it’s a good bet that the head coach and quarterback are going to come in for criticism when the year is over. That was the case with the Saints, so General Manager Mickey Loomis spent time during a Wednesday press conference defending the work done by head coach Dennis Allen and quarterback Derek Carr. Loomis …

Major-college athletics departments likely will end up spending a combined total of at least $200 million in connection with football coaching and staff changes made during and after the 2023 season, a USA TODAY Sports analysis has found. The figure is based on commitments related to the firings and hirings of head coaches, assistant coaches and strength coaches, according to …

NFL logo for Sam Farmer picks (Tim Hubbard / Los Angeles Times) The Times’ NFL writer, Sam Farmer, examines this week’s matchups. Lines according to FanDuel Sportsbook (O/U = over/under). Last week’s record 3-3 (.500). Using point spreads with the scores Farmer predicted, the record against the spread last week would have been 4-2 (.667). TV channels are for Los …

Georgia football made a good impression on 2025 five-star cornerback Chris Ewald Jr. over the weekend. So good, in fact, that he decommitted from Michigan shortly after his visit. Ewald (6-foot, 160 pounds) plays for Chaminade-Madonna Prep in Hollywood, Fla. He’s rated as the No. 11 cornerback, the No. 11 player in the state and the No. 87 overall recruit …

New York Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka will get a chance at being a head coach after all. Kafka has been named the head coach of the West team in this year’s East-West Shrine Bowl Game, which will be played on Thursday, February 1 in The Ford Center at The Star, which is the Dallas Cowboys’ team facility in Frisco, …

The 2023 USC football season was marked by uncertainty and underperformance on the offensive line, with the exception of Jonah Monheim. We wrote: “In late September, the rotations needed to tighten and become less fluid. USC needed to settle on a starting offensive line which could step up and play well against Notre Dame, then Utah, then Washington and Oregon. …

With spring around the corner, it’s almost time for Jacksonville State football and Rich Rodriguez to wrap up the first portion of the off-season and work to start answering the major questions for the 2024 Gamecock squad. The exact dates for spring practice and the spring game haven’t been announced yet. Here are three questions Jax State will need to …

Photograph: Wilfredo Lee/AP The inquiry into what went wrong for the Dolphins this season will be long and painful. They can point to the freezing weather in Kansas City and the mountain of end-of-season injuries as reasons for why they fell at the first hurdle in the playoffs, but such thinking would ignore the issues that plagued the team during …

Caden Bellis from Tioga looks for an open receiver Greater Binghamton Player of the Year Caden Bellis, Tioga Central Caden Bellis, Tioga Central football. Grade: Senior. Position: Quarterback/strong safety. Achievements: Bellis completed 51 of 74 passes for 1,350 yards and 28 touchdowns on the way to earning New York State Player of the Year honors in Class D. He added …

Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni demoted defensive coordinator Sean Desai late in the season and handed the coordinator responsibilities to assistant Matt Patricia. It did not go well, and the Eagles went 1-4 in five games with Patricia calling the defense. Eagles cornerback Darius Slay says it was tough. Slay, one of the Eagles’ defensive captains, said the transition made …

At 6-foot-3 and 275 pounds at the age of 14, Robert Brown Jr. fits the description of a man child as he dominates on the football field. Power Five college coaches have already taken notice as the Hinesville native picked up his first offer from Arkansas last week. The standout offensive lineman played on the Bradwell Institute junior varsity squad …

Waverly’s Joey Tomasso passes in a 30-21 win over Chenango Forks in the Section 4 Class C football championship game Nov. 11, 2023 at Vestal’s Dick Hoover Stadium. Corning/Elmira/Ithaca Player of the Year Joey Tomasso, Waverly Joey Tomasso, Waverly football. Grade: Senior. Position: Quarterback. Achievements: Tomasso capped one of the most prolific passing careers in New York history by completing …

The renewed search for Florida A&M’s next head football is officially underway. On Wednesday, the school’s search committee had its first meeting to discuss the timeline and process for hiring the Rattlers’ next head coach to replace Willie Simmons, who departed to become Duke’s running backs coach on Jan. 1. The meeting came a day after FAMU’s Board of Trustees motioned to implement a …

AUBURN — A former Alabama defensive back will be on the opposite sideline come next season’s Iron Bowl. Auburn football has landed a commitment from transfer DB Antonio Kite, who appeared in seven games for the Crimson Tide last season. Kite saw 22 defensive snaps in 2023, per Pro Football Focus, with nine coming in the season opener against Middle …

Another former Tiger is moving on to a new program and taking the next step in their coaching career. The Navy football program announced Wednesday that former Clemson center Jay Guillermo has joined their staff as their new offensive line coach. He moves on from Mercer and joins Tommy Laurendine, who is also on offensive line coach duties after previously …