The 2024-25 college football bowl season will kick off on Saturday when South Alabama takes on Western Michigan in the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl at 9 p.m. ET. Over the course of the next five weeks, there will be 46 bowl matchups (including all College Football Playoff games) and the college football bowl schedule includes some stylistically intriguing battles. …

NFL mock draft: Who experts project 49ers will pick in first round originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 2024 NFL season isn’t over yet, but it’s never too soon to start thinking about the 2025 NFL Draft — especially considering how this year has gone for the 49ers. San Francisco has several areas of need it could address …

Dec. 11—Former New Mexico quarterback Devon Dampier will transfer to Utah, he announced via a post on social media Wednesday. The 5-foot-11, 200-pound first team All-Mountain West quarterback is set to reunite with offensive coordinator Jason Beck and quarterbacks assistant Koy Detmer Jr., who both left UNM for Utah at season’s end. Dampier, the most prominent of UNM’s 30-plus portal …

Bill Belichick is finalizing a deal to become the head coach at the University of North Carolina. That makes him eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026, a spokesman for the Hall of Fame confirmed. The Hall of Fame changed some rules this year, including the length of time coaches are required to be out of …

Garrett Nussmeier will be back at LSU for his senior season. Nussmeier, who threw for 3,739 yards and 26 touchdowns in his first season as LSU’s starting quarterback, announced Wednesday night that he will return to Baton Rouge for his final season of eligibility. Nussmeier spent two seasons as the backup to Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels before moving into …

Bill Belichick is getting the gang back together again. First up, Michael Lombardi. The NFL personnel executive turned media personality will join Belichick at North Carolina as the General Manager of the program. Most recently, Lombardi worked for VSiN. He worked for multiple NFL teams from 1984 through 2007. After an initial media stint, he became G.M. of the Browns …

Dec. 11—Fynn Ridgeway, the decorated Whitefish High School quarterback who spent the past two seasons at Division II Moorhead (Minn.) State, has committed to the Montana Grizzlies. It’s been an interesting three weeks for the 215-pounder. On Nov. 19 he announced via Twitter/X that he was entering the NCAA Transfer Portal. “This decision was not easy and I have valued …

Like Bill Belichick, these NFL coaches went ‘back to school’ for NCAA football originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Bill Belichick, 72, is going back to school. After a year away from coaching following a lengthy and successful run with the New England Patriots that solidified him as one of the NFL’s greats, Belichick is headed to college football. Belichick …

The SEC released its 2025 conference football schedule on Wednesday, giving all 16 league members a glimpse of what the upcoming season will look like. Though league opponents were locked in for SEC teams in 2025, there were still a few things to settle when the conference announced the schedule. Every team will play the inverse of its 2024 schedule, …

Yes, Bill Belichick is taking a page from Rodney Dangerfield and going back to school. The University of North Carolina has announced that Belichick has accepted the head-coaching job with the Tar Heels. “I am excited for the opportunity at UNC-Chapel Hill,” Belichick said in a statement released by the school. “I grew up around college football with my Dad …

Florida State football landed its quarterback in the transfer portal, per reports. After taking his official visit on Wednesday, Thomas Castellanos decided to commit to the Seminoles. After losing freshman quarterback Luke Kromenhoek to the portal, adding Castellanos gives FSU a guaranteed quarterback option following a 2-10 season. One factor in Castellanos’s decision to join the Seminoles is reuniting with …

CMC’s pregame tradition honors 49ers fan who beat cancer twice originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Before every game Christian McCaffrey plays in, the All-Pro running back selects a young 49ers Faithful to gift an official NFL football, which he uses during pregame warmups. Ahead of the 49ers’ Week 13 game against the Buffalo Bills, as the snow fell …

North Carolina football has been at the center of the entire sports landscape — not just at the collegiate level — for much of the last week as it pursued Bill Belichick to be its next coach. The return of the six-time Super Bowl-winning coach to the sidelines was always going to be a large-scale media event if it happened, …

LAS COLINAS, Texas — As NFL executives and team owners convened in the Dallas area this week, an undercurrent permeated league meetings. Was six-time Super Bowl champion head coach Bill Belichick really going to accept a job offer from the University of North Carolina? Agents who had represented Super Bowl-winning coaches considered how they would advise the 24-year New England …

Dec. 11—GRAND FORKS — Eric Schmidt’s path in college football came full circle Wednesday, speaking where it all started — at the site of old Memorial Stadium around the likes of Dale Lennon and Bubba Schweigert. As a player, Schmidt captained UND to a 2001 NCAA Division II national championship. As an assistant coach, Schmidt helped UND win the 2016 …