The transfer portal season is upon us. There are players and coaches exiting programs left and right for better situations. The decisions made by these players are done in their own best interest, regardless of how fans online feel about it. Oftentimes, Alabama lands transfers who are looking to make it to the next level. In the past, the Crimson …
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This South Bend native is part of the college football national championship Monday
Shaq Vann slept 50 minutes Wednesday night, which barely qualifies as a nap for most people. “It’s all going to be worth it,” Vann said. It will be if Washington wins Monday night. The South Bend Adams alum is an offensive assistant coach for the Huskies, who are facing Michigan in the College Football Playoff national championship game Monday in …
Read More »What channel is Arkansas basketball vs. Auburn on today? Time, TV schedule for SEC opener
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas basketball will begin its SEC schedule this afternoon, balancing hopes of a conference championship and the need for quality wins to secure a spot in this year’s NCAA Tournament. No. 25 Auburn (11-2) will be the first SEC opponent for the Razorbacks (9-4), with the Tigers starting to find their groove and entering the AP Top …
Read More »Former Ramapo star relishing national championship run with Michigan football
It looks like Jack Grusser made the right decision. The former Ramapo football star made a late decision in his recruiting process last year to forego an opportunity at Harvard to play for Michigan. Now, Grusser will be in Houston on Monday night, No. 14 on the sidelines if you’re looking for him, as the Wolverines take on Washington in …
Read More »Liberty quarterback Kaidon Salter withdraws from transfer portal: Return to Flames takes big-name QB off board
USATSI Liberty quarterback Kaidon Salter withdrew his name from the transfer portal Friday and will return to the Conference USA champs for the 2024 season, 247Sports reports. Salter ranked as the No. 25 overall player and the No. 5 quarterback in the transfer portal before electing to return to school. Coming out of Cedar Hill, Texas, Salter ranked as the No. …
Read More »Oklahoma State football adds Gannon defensive end Obi Ezeigbo via transfer portal
STILLWATER — Oklahoma State football fans don’t have to be educated on where their latest transfer portal commitment is from. Obi Ezeigbo, a 6-foot-3, 252-pound defensive end, committed to the Cowboys on Friday after spending the last five years at Division II Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania. Yes, the same D-II program where OSU coach Mike Gundy found defensive coordinator …
Read More »Purdue football lands third, fourth transfers from Georgia as two Bulldogs WRs commit
The Purdue football team is getting two more players from the Georgia Bulldogs. On Friday, wide receivers De’nylon Morrissette and C.J. Smith announced they would transfer to the Boilermakers. They mark the third and fourth UGA player to switch to Purdue after defensive back Nyland Green and edge rusher CJ Madden committed to Ryan Walters. Morrissette played two seasons at …
Read More »Leonard Williams set to play his 18th game of the season on Sunday
Seahawks defensive lineman Leonard Williams is poised to do something on Sunday that no living NFL player has ever done: Play in his 18th game in a single regular season. Williams played in the first eight games of this season for the Giants, who hadn’t had their bye week when they traded him to the Seahawks. Seattle had already had …
Read More »‘Rutgers checked the boxes…the decision was easy’
For Athan Kaliakmanis, the decision to pick Rutgers football ultimately was predicated on his comfort level with the program. Kaliakmanis visited Rutgers in mid-December and the former Big Ten quarterback formally committed to the program this week. In an interview with Rutgers Wire, he broke down why Rutgers was the ideal place for the next two years of his college …
Read More »Michigan football has arrived in Houston for national championship game
HOUSTON, Tx. — A week ago, while Michigan football was slightly favored over the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Rose Bowl Game, it felt like a fantasy that the Wolverines would actually make it to the national championship game. There were so many reasons for pessimism. The SEC (and Alabama in particular) has been the standard-bearer of college football championships …
Read More »Hampton University co-defensive coordinator Brandon Williams leaving Pirates for job at Austin Peay
Hampton head coach Robert Prunty will kick off the new year by filling a new hole on his staff. Co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Brandon Williams is leaving Hampton and will be the new linebackers coach at Austin Peay University, the Governors’ official X account announced Friday. “Brandon did a great job for us,” Prunty told The Pilot Friday night. …
Read More »WSU star safety Jaden Hicks declares for 2024 NFL Draft
Jan. 5—PULLMAN — Jaden Hicks has played his final college snap. Washington State’s star safety announced as much in an Instagram post on Friday, saying that he’ll be declaring for the NFL draft, forgoing his final years of college eligibility. It’s a costly development for WSU, which loses its best secondary player. Last season, Hicks totaled 76 tackles, two interceptions …
Read More »Play-off permutations & what to look out for on final Sunday of regular season
Josh Allen (L), Bill Belichick (C) and Jordan Love (R) will make headlines on the final day of the regular season NFL 2023 regular season Dates: 7 September 2023 – 7 January 2024 BBC coverage: Listen to live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and the BBC Sport website every Sunday. Almost anything is still possible heading into the …
Read More »Mizzou football defensive coordinator Blake Baker leaving MU for same role at LSU
Blake Baker’s time as Missouri football’s defensive coordinator — one that not so long ago looked to have become extended and more lucrative — is over. The defensive play-caller who led Missouri from the 106th-ranked unit in total defense in the FBS to Nos. 33 and 34 in 2022 and 2023, respectively, will take the same role at LSU, a …
Read More »Gunnar Gundy commits to Ohio University
Jan. 5—Oklahoma State quarterback Gunnar Gundy is transferring to OU — Ohio University that is. Gundy entered the transfer portal on Dec. 6, a day after Ohio’s three-year starter, Kurtis Rourke, did. He stayed with the Cowboys throughout bowl season and even scored a rushing touchdown in the Texas Bowl. The news comes a day after OSU starter Alan Bowman …
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