© Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images With the winter transfer window in the books, each college football fan can sit back and take stock of the new names dotting their team’s roster. Take a look at which new transfer will make the biggest impact for each team in the Big Ten next season. RELATED: Transfer QBs finding success at the highest levels …
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Bill Belichick’s North Carolina coaching staff, transfer class as Tar Heels build toward 2025 season
North Carolina made the biggest splash of the 2024-25 coaching carousel when it hired NFL legend Bill Belichick, who brings eight Super Bowl wins to Chapel Hill. Though Belichick has earned his stripes as a guaranteed Pro Football Hall of Famer, this is his first stint as a collegiate coach, entering at a time when the sport is in a …
Read More »ESPN predicts the Iowa football starting QB for 2025
Can the Iowa Hawkeyes stabilize the quarterback position? That remains the question for Iowa that has existed for the last half-decade since Nate Stanley was under center for the Hawkeyes. The answer could rest with one of ESPN’s top-ranked transfer portal additions, former South Dakota State quarterback Mark Gronowski. The two-time FCS National Champion joined Iowa via the transfer portal …
Read More »Ohio State vs. Notre Dame: 10 most impactful players in College Football Playoff National Championship
The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff field has been whittled down to two as Ohio State prepares to face Notre Dame in the CFP National Championship on Monday, Jan. 20 in Atlanta. Program legends will be made as Ohio State seeks its first national title since 2014, while Notre Dame aims to rise back to the top of the college …
Read More »Southwest Florida High School Sports Awards past winners stood out in 2024
Oklahoma junior guard Javian McCollum (2) returns the ball after a Kansas basket in the first half of the game Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, inside Allen Fieldhouse. Javian McCollum is at his third college. The 2020 Southwest Florida High School Sports Awards Boys Basketball Player of the Year played his first two college years at Siena, scoring 6.7 points a …
Read More »Ranking the 10 best College Football Playoff national champions: Who tops 2019 LSU for No. 1 spot?
Later this month, either Ohio State or Notre Dame will make history as the first College Football Playoff national champion from the 12-team era. Both teams will have done so blazing a four-game playoff path that started with a home game in the first round and included taking out conference champions from the Big Ten (Ohio State over Oregon) and …
Read More »How Notre Dame reached national championship game: 9 Playoff plays that led to CFP final
SOUTH BEND — So many moments, so many big plays, key plays, season and College Football Playoff defining plays for Notre Dame football over the last month. How do you keep it all straight? What about that one? Or this one? Or those? They tend to run together in this magical run that the Irish have found themselves on since …
Read More »Bubba Thompson, former MLB outfielder, joins South Alabama football team as walk-on
Getty Images Former MLB outfielder Bubba Thompson is trying his hand at a different sport. According to AL.com, Thompson has joined the South Alabama football team as a walk-on. In a video Thompson posted on his social media accounts, he can be seen throwing a football inside South Alabama’s practice facility. South Alabama coach Major Applewhite confirmed to AL.com that …
Read More »Three Predictions: NFL carousel, Ohio State-Notre Dame, Jordan Campbell
© Sara Diggins / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Rivals national recruiting analyst John Garcia, Jr. has three predictions on the NFL coaching carousel, the Ohio State-Notre Dame national title game and the status of Miami commit Jordan Campbell. RUMOR MILL: Early returns from weekend Junior Days CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS …
Read More »Texas stars Isaiah Bond, Matthew Golden declare for 2025 NFL Draft as Longhorns lose key offensive pieces
Texas wide receivers Matthew Golden and Isaiah Bond are both forgoing their remaining eligibility and entering the 2025 NFL Draft. The Longhorns, fresh off a run to the College Football Playoff semifinal round, are now tasked with having to replace their top two wide receivers entering the 2025 season. Both Golden and Bond spent just one season in Austin, Texas, …
Read More »Texas football WR Isaiah Bond reportedly makes 2025 NFL Draft decision
Texas football wide receiver Isaiah Bond intends to declare for the NFL Draft, he told ESPN on Tuesday morning. Bond arrived in Austin via the transfer portal ahead of the 2024 season after spending the first two years of his collegiate career at Alabama. His lone campaign with the Longhorns proved difficult to evaluate. Bond dealt with two separate ankle …
Read More »One 2025 College Football Playoff sleeper from each Power Four conference: Why Oklahoma fits the bill
Year 1 of the 12-team College Football Playoff is almost complete. Notre Dame will face Ohio State on Jan. 20 in the CFP National Championship with the winner earning bragging rights as the first team to run the table in the newly expanded playoff format. The bracket began with 12 teams last month, with a handful not being popular preseason choices …
Read More »Lane Kiffin trolls Nick Saban after Sydney Thomas said an SEC coach slid into her DMs
ST LOUIS, MISSOURI – DECEMBER 15: Sydney Thomas attends Nelly’s Black and White Ball on December 15, 2024 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Phillip Hamer Photography/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 776253840 ORIG FILE ID: 2190205318 Lane Kiffin trolling Nick Saban? Gee, never heard of him doing that before! Oh right. Remember this one? Or how about that time he compared Saban …
Read More »Rams overwhelm Sam Darnold, Vikings; Could Deion Sanders coach Cowboys?
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Read More »Texas football 2024 awards: Do Longhorns Quinn Ewers, Jahdae Barron win honors?
Texas football enjoyed a rousing debut in its first season as an SEC program. The Longhorns finished 13-3, and ended the regular season with the best record of any conference school. However, they lost the SEC title game to Georgia after losing to the Bulldogs earlier in the year. They went on to beat Clemson then Arizona State in the …
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