Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Rivals.com, the leader in college football and basketball recruiting coverage. Be the first to know and follow your teams by signing up here. Rutgers is adding a future playmaker to its offense, as class of 2026 three-star athlete Elias Coke has committed to the Scarlet Knights. Coke announced his pledge to Rutgers on Wednesday. He …
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2026 four-star safety Jireh Edwards announces top-5 schools
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Rivals.com, the leader in college football and basketball recruiting coverage. Be the first to know and follow your teams by signing up here. Class of 2026 four-star safety Jireh Edwards has revealed his top-five schools list to Rivals.com on Wednesday. Edwards is not only one of the top safety prospects in the 2026 class, he …
Read More »‘Playing to your personnel’: How Jason Beck will overhaul Utah’s offensive system
University of Utah football’s new offensive coordinator Jason Beck talks with media in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, as winter workouts begin. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News The success of Utah’s 2025 season rests, in large part, on the shoulders of the Utes’ offense and new offensive coordinator Jason Beck. Under defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley, the …
Read More »UNM football: Lobos add three more transfers
Jan. 15—The transfers keep rolling in. New Mexico announced three new transfer additions Wednesday, bringing UNM’s total transfer class under head coach Jason Eck to 28. Entering his first year, Eck told the Journal that UNM will be more “aggressive” in the portal, and added that the program has hosted 45 players for official visits since the end of December. …
Read More »Lou Holtz takes shot at Ohio State’s Ryan Day, picks Fighting Irish ahead of CFP championship
Monday’s College Football Playoff championship game between Ohio State and Notre Dame is expected to draw in a long list of celebrities and notable football faces. That looks to include Ryan Day’s arch-enemy Lou Holtz. The former Notre Dame head coach appeared to announce his plan to be at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Monday in a quote tweet of ESPN’s “The …
Read More »Would Notre Dame football dare play man-to-man vs. Ohio State wideouts? Leonard Moore says, ‘Why not?’
SOUTH BEND — Leonard Moore, freshman cornerback for Notre Dame football, didn’t flinch when asked Wednesday evening if the Irish could play their customary man-to-man defense against the dangerous receiving corps of Ohio State. “A lot of teams have gone to a zone mindset when playing them,” Moore said. “I think Penn State played a decent amount of man because …
Read More »Urban Meyer to be inducted into College Football Hall of Fame
Jan. 15—Urban Meyer is part of a star-studded class set to be enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame later this year. The National Football Foundation announced Wednesday that Meyer, who was born in Toledo, raised in northeast Ohio and led Ohio State to the 2014 national championship, will join former Alabama coach Nick Saban, Larry Korver (Northwestern College) …
Read More »Colts’ DL coach will fill defensive coordinator role at 2025 Senior Bowl
Feb 5, 2022; Mobile, AL, USA; A general view of the field after the completion of the 2022 ReeseÕs Senior bowl at Hancock Whitney Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Indianapolis Colts’ senior assistant defensive line coach Matt Raich will be the American team’s defense coordinator at the 2025 Senior Bowl. Browns Assistant Head Coach/ST Coordinator Ventrone And …
Read More »Did Bronco Mendenhall pull more from BYU or Virginia for his Utah State coaching staff?
New Orleans Saints assistant wide receiver coach Denarius McGhee goes over drills with wide receivers Bub Means (16) and Jermaine Jackson (80) during NFL football practice in Metairie, La., Wednesday, June 5, 2024. | Gerald Herbert There is a distinct BYU and Virginia flavor to Bronco Mendenhall’s first coaching staff at Utah State. Mendenhall’s complete staff was announced Wednesday, 22 …
Read More »Who is Jack Hoffman? What to know of Nebraska super fan who died on Wednesday
Nebraska football super fan Jack Hoffman died from his battle with cancer following a 14-year battle on Wednesday, according to the Team Jack Foundation. Hoffman, who was 19 years old, was first diagnosed with cancer when he was 5 in 2011. He gained fame in 2013 when he scored a touchdown during a Nebraska spring game. Over the last 14 …
Read More »49ers assistant to work as special teams coordinator at Senior Bowl
Former Stanford PK Joshua Karty (43) kicks a field goal attempt during the Reese’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. A member of the San Francisco 49ers coaching staff will be part of the coaching staff at this year’s Senior Bowl. The Senior Bowl announced the coaching staff for the American Team at this year’s pre-draft …
Read More »Lineman DJ Campbell announces decision on Texas football return
Texas football will return one starter from its 2024 offensive line after all. DJ Campbell, who played right guard for the Longhorns this season, announced his intent to return for another season via social media on Wednesday afternoon. The 2025 season will be Campbell’s last in a Longhorn uniform. The native of Arlington took over the starting job as a …
Read More »Here are 56 million reasons why FSU coach Mike Norvell is NOT on hot seat | Commentary
Running off at the typewriter. … Can we please stop with this nonsensical notion and these ludicrous lists that have Florida State’s Mike Norvell sitting atop the coaching hot seat heading into the 2025 season? I’ve got 56 million reasons why Norvell won’t get fired even if he goes 2-10 again next season. I’m talking, of course, about his $56 …
Read More »Florida State flips OL recruit Chavez Thompson after late visit
The college football recruitment of Chavez Thompson has spanned multiple years, longer than most in the class of 2025. On Wednesday evening, the penultimate step was taken as a verbal commitment to Florida State was announced. “I been knowing coach (Herb) Hand and coach Gus (Malzahn) since my sophomore year and the relationship with them has been like no other,” …
Read More »LOOK: Ex-Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz takes jab at Ohio State’s Ryan Day, picks Fighting Irish to win CFP title
Former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz fired a jab at Ohio State coach Ryan Day Wednesday, continuing one of college football’s strangest feuds. Responding to an ESPN video questioning whether Holtz would attend the College Football Playoff National Championship Monday, the 88-year-old former coach answered with a resounding yes, throwing a barb Day’s way in the process. “If Notre Dame …
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