CSU assistant coach Chad Savage is expected to be hired as an assistant coach with the USC football program. Colorado State football assistant coach Chad Savage is expected to leave the Rams for USC. Savage was CSU’s receivers coach and recruiting coordinator. He was ranked by 247Sports as the top recruiter in the Mountain West three seasons in a row. …
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USC closes in on hiring Chad Savage to be tight ends and inside receivers coach
USC is finalizing an agreement with Chad Savage, a top recruiter at Colorado State, to be the Trojans’ tight ends and inside receivers coach. (Andrew Wevers / Getty Images) USC is finalizing a deal to hire Colorado State assistant Chad Savage as its new tight ends and inside receivers coach, a person familiar with the decision but not authorized to …
Read More »UNM football: Lobos announce three new assistants
Jan. 7—New Mexico announced three new coaches on Tuesday, bringing the Lobos’ total number of on-field assistants under head coach Jason Eck to six. Of the announced coaches, all three have previously worked under or with Eck, hired by UNM on Dec. 14. The Lobos are notably still looking for a linebackers, wide receivers and tight ends coach, and a …
Read More »Eight Beavers earn College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Jan. 7—Eight student-athletes from the Bemidji State football team were named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Football Team on Tuesday. Redshirt junior linebacker Colton Hinrichs, fifth-year senior defensive tackle Marco Cavallaro, senior wide receiver Brice Peters, fifth-year senior center Jake Gannon, redshirt sophomore defensive back Caden Bolte, redshirt junior wide receiver Drayton Lehman, redshirt junior offensive lineman Conor …
Read More »ND NOTEBOOK: Freeman, staff have sculpted a showpiece that transfers continue to impact
Jan. 7—SOUTH BEND — Fresh off last week’s 23-10 Sugar Bowl victory over the Georgia Bulldogs, a bubbly Riley Leonard interjected himself into the postgame press conference. As Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman explained his team’s execution of the fourth quarter 11-player fire-drill-like swap that caused an offsides penalty on the Georgia defense and awarded his team a key …
Read More »Will Texas vs Ohio State CFP game be played Friday amid winter weather? Here’s what we know
A postponement of the College Football Playoff semifinal between the Texas Longhorns and Ohio State was not an option being considered by the Cotton Bowl as of Tuesday night, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told the Austin American-Statesman. In an official statement issued Tuesday night, a Cotton Bowl spokesperson said bowl staff continues to “monitor” weather reports, …
Read More »Top performers, ranking implications from Day 1 of Navy All-American Bowl
SAN ANTONIO — Several of the nation’s best recruits from the 2025 and 2026 classes are on hand competing in the 2025 Navy All-American Bowl. Signees from Texas A&M, Notre Dame, Auburn, Texas, Ohio State, Michigan, SMU, and more are represented. There’s also an elite group of prospects from the 2026 recruiting cycle as the Navy All-American Bowl includes underclassmen …
Read More »Texas basketball vs Auburn score today: Live updates, highlights from SEC game
After a disheartening loss to rival Texas A&M in its SEC opener Saturday, Texas basketball (11-3, 0-1 SEC) gets a chance to quickly make amends against No. 2 Auburn (8 p.m. Tuesday, ESPN2). The Longhorns flashed their potential in the first half against the No. 9 Aggies before A&M muscled its way to an 80-60 win. The two teams were tied 37-37 after a scintillating first half, but …
Read More »College Football: Northmont grad commits to transfer to SEC school
Jan. 7—Northmont grad Markus Allen plans to play in the SEC next fall. The 6-foot-2, 212-pound receiver announced Tuesday he has committed to transfer to Mississippi State after spending last season at Eastern Michigan. Allen led the GWOC with 884 receiving yards and 60 catches as a senior in 2020, when he made the All-Ohio first team and helped the …
Read More »Will James Franklin be first Black head coach in FBS championship?
No matter what happens in Thursday night’s Orange Bowl between Penn State and Notre Dame, college football history will be made and another barrier will be broken. College football will see its first Black head coach guide his team to the national championship game at the highest level of the game with either Penn State’s James Franklin or Notre Dame’s …
Read More »MSU Football makes top schools list for 4-star Pennsylvania ATH
Michigan State’s Jalen Nailor wears the “S” logo on his helmet along with the rest of the Spartans for the game against Indiana on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. 201114 Msu Indiana 028a Michigan State football has been included in a top six schools list for a big-time prospect in the 2026 class. Four-star athlete …
Read More »Jeremiyah Love injury update: Notre Dame star RB expected to play vs. Penn State in Orange Bowl semifinal
Getty Images Notre Dame star running back Jeremiyah Love is expected to to be ready for Thursday’s Orange Bowl game against 6-seed Penn State after practicing this week, Fighting Irish offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock said Tuesday. Love has been dealing with a knee injury that he aggravated in the third quarter of 7-seed Notre Dame’s Sugar Bowl win over 2-seed …
Read More »Deion Sanders received ‘multiple threats’ during Colorado football season, bodyguard says
Colorado football coach Deion Sanders received a “very credible threat” that two people were going to try to assault him last September, among other threats he faced throughout the year, his bodyguard said in the new season of the “Coach Prime” documentary series. Sanders’ bodyguard, Michael Rhodes, also revealed he uses nitrile gloves to handle Sanders’ mail and runs the …
Read More »Ashton Jeanty’s Heisman Trophy loss prompts ‘voter fraud’ joke from Idaho Gov. Brad Little
Getty Images Colorado’s Travis Hunter beat out Boise State star Ashton Jeanty for the Heisman Trophy last month, and the people of Idaho are still upset. On Monday, Idaho Gov. Brad Little joked about looking into the Heisman Trophy voting process. The race for the 2024 Heisman Trophy was a tight one, with Hunter and Jeanty as the clear favorites. …
Read More »Former Alabama TE Ty Lockwood to transfer to Boston College
Nov 9, 2024; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide tight end Ty Lockwood (89) warms up before the game against the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images After entering the NCAA transfer portal on Saturday, former Alabama Crimson Tide TE Ty Lockwood has announced that he will continue his collegiate career with Boston College. Lockwood …
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