Arizona has hired Missouri’s Desireé Reed-Francois as its next athletic director, the school announced on Monday. Reed-Francois, who was the first female to serve as an athletic director at a public institution in the SEC, just wrapped up her third season with the Tigers. She’ll also be the first female full-time athletic director in Arizona’s history. She’ll begin her tenure …

Welcome to the Monday edition of the Pick Six newsletter! When it comes to the NFL offseason, this week is usually the calm before the storm, so please enjoy it, because after this week, things likely won’t be calm again for the next three months.  As for today, since it’s Presidents’ Day, which we all know is the best day …

The Baltimore Ravens have relied on a rotation of ball carriers to fuel their running game in recent years, including quarterback Lamar Jackson. This offseason, however, some around the NFL expect the team to pursue something of a bigger-name featured back, according to ESPN, which aligns with a free agent market likely to be stocked with established veterans. Which RBs …

Success is about the process. That’s what Alabama legend Nick Saban undoubtedly instilled with Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian. But the purpose of the process is to produce results. A successful process for a college football program is evident in several areas. The process should lead to wins, development, recruiting success and a strong culture. Texas had all four in …

Geoff Schwartz FOX Sports Betting Analyst With the Super Bowl now a week old, it’s time to look ahead to next season. One bet everyone loves to wager on is the NFL MVP award. When you are thinking about who might win the award in 2024, consider these two criteria: quarterbacks who will finish with the best record in the …

Micah Parsons has been in the NFL for three seasons, and he has been one of the small handful of best defensive players in the league in all three of them. Parsons has finished second, second, and third in Defensive Player of the Year voting in his three campaigns, racking up 13.5, 13.5, and 14 sacks while checking in second …

Colorado State athletic director Joe Parker speaks at the Colorado/Wyoming state line for the Bronze Boot Run ceremony on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. Joe Parker is out as the athletic director at Colorado State. Multiple sources confirmed to the Coloradoan Monday morning that Parker has been removed as athletic director. The school has not yet publicly announced the move and …

The Super Bowl has concluded, which means the NFL offseason has begun. NFL fans know that the league never sleeps, however. Over the next few months, teams will begin making personnel adjustments through free agency and the 2024 NFL Draft.  The information gathering portion of that calendar continues later this month at the annual NFL Combine. Here is everything you need …

Getty Images Bill Belichick’s six Super Bowl wins and 31 playoff wins are both the most by a head coach in NFL history.  However, none of the seven NFL teams besides the New England Patriots to have head-coaching vacancies this offseason — the Las Vegas Raiders, the Tennessee Titans, the Los Angeles Chargers, the Carolina Panthers, the Atlanta Falcons, the …

247Sports rates Georgia football’s hiring of co-defensive coordinator Travaris Robinson as the second-best coordinator hire this offseason (so far). Robinson is ranked only behind Ohio State hiring UCLA‘s head coach Chip Kelly to be the Buckeye’s offensive coordinator. Head coach Kirby Smart and Georgia hired Alabama cornerbacks coach Travaris Robinson to serve as the safeties coach and co-defensive coordinator at …

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Getty Images The NFL issued more than 400 fines for on-field infractions during the 2023 NFL season. But only one player was docked for a penalty in Super Bowl LVIII, with Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton ordered to pay more than $8,000 for a horse-collar tackle. The Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers combined for six penalties in the Super …

One of the top interior offensive linemen in the 2025 recruiting class has narrowed his list of finalists down to 12 schools. LSU is one of the schools he will still be considering going forward. LSU joins Oregon, Texas A&M, Texas, TCU, Oklahoma, Missouri, Oklahoma State, USC, Texas Tech, Arkansas and Penn State as the final 12 schools that are being …

Nothing sells tickets in the NFL quite like an elite quarterback and explosive offense. But Super Bowl LVIII is recent evidence that defense still matters greatly in the hunt for a Lombardi Trophy. Perhaps more than even Patrick Mahomes, Steve Spagnuolo’s Kansas City Chiefs defense helped propel the third title in five years for this generation’s NFL dynasty. With that …

Chargers center Corey Linsley told reporters after the season ended that he was “99 percent” sure he was going to retire this offseason. There’s now been a move made that signals the one percent has won out. Per Field Yates of ESPN, Linsley has agreed to a restructured contract that reduces his salary from $11.5 million to the minimum for …