A Woody Hayes quote that’s being used to trivialize Ohio State’s latest college football national championship has an online trail that dates back just two weeks. It’s a trail that leads north. Buckeyes fans basking in Monday’s 34-23 win over Notre Dame have probably seen OSU’s winningest coach invoked by rivals. The quote they attribute to Hayes goes like this: …

Getty Images The first-year hits came from unexpected places on the 2024 coaching carousel after college football grappled with a series of seismic openings late in the calendar. Nick Saban’s January retirement set off dominoes that led to coaching changes at Washington, Arizona, San Jose State, South Alabama and Buffalo. Jim Harbaugh also jolted the sport’s coaching ecosystem by departing …

Wisconsin program legend Jim Leonhard will remain with the Denver Broncos as a defensive assistant for the 2025 season, according to NFL insider Ian Rapoport. Leonhard reportedly ‘drew interest from at least three teams for defensive coordinator jobs,’ according to Rapoport. He will reportedly remain with Denver after spending the 2024 season as its defensive backs coach. His specific role …

The page has been turned to almost exclusively focus on the 2026 class so this week Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney will take a look at the top five uncommitted prospects at each position and make a prediction on where they sign. We start with quarterbacks. RELATED: QB rankings for 2026 class | Big Ten programs off to surprisingly …

Nick Lucero/Rivals.com The 2026 recruiting cycle is still in its infancy but that hasn’t stopped some programs from racing out to hot start with several big commitments. Here are three programs in the Big Ten that are pacing the league right now with their 2026 classes. RECRUITING RUMOR MILL: News rolls in after big weekend CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 …

Jan 26, 2019; Mobile, AL, United States; General view of the opening ceremonies of the Senior Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports Tweets by Saints The New Orleans Saints will have another coach at the Senior Bowl, this time it is offensive assistant Jordan Traylor, who will be handling the quarterback coach position for the …

Shortly after winning a national championship inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Will Howard’s agent came up to him with big news. Dr. Pepper wanted to do an advertisement with him.  Even in the fog of cigar smoke and confetti, Howard had his answer ready: “Hell yeah, let’s do it.”  Howard wanted to do something with the ad-happy soda giant for years, dating …

SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame football could be closing in on its new defensive coordinator. Former Rutgers head coach Chris Ash reportedly has emerged as the focus of the search for Al Golden’s successor, according to Football Scoop and The Athletic. Ash, 51, spent this season as a scout for the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars and last served as a college …

Players aren’t the only ones coming and going this college football offseason. Coaches are hitting the road left and right, and one of, if not the biggest, hiring splashes this offseason just occurred: Ohio State Buckeyes defensive coordinator Jim Knowles left Columbus to join the Penn State Nittany Lions for the same position in Happy Valley. With an unexpected opening on …

The Chicago Bears have found their new head coach in Ben Johnson, and his first order of business is assembling his coaching staff for the 2025 season. Johnson preached the importance of surrounding himself with experienced coaches that he can lean on, and he’s going to use his own experience to help mold a staff he can trust. “That’s going to …

The Wisconsin Badgers made the top 12 schools for top-ranked class of 2026 offensive tackle Carter Scruggs on Sunday. The Badgers cracked Scruggs’ list of finalists alongside Oregon, Oklahoma, USC, Clemson, Michigan, Alabama, Virginia Tech, Miami, Penn State, South Carolina and Georgia. Scruggs becomes the second top-rated offensive lineman to include the Badgers in his list of finalists in the …

Today’s Recruiting Rumor Mill covers visits, new offers, school visits, weekend junior days and more from Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney. MORE: Five-star quarterback Brady Smigiel reopens recruitment CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2027 RANKINGS: Top 100 TRANSFER PORTAL: Full …

Year 2 of Texas A&M football, under head coach Mike Elko, is off and running with spring football less than a month away. Elko’s first run started off promising for the Aggies, beginning the 2024 season 7-1. However, the finish was familiar, as the Aggies dropped four of their last five games and finished 8-5, capped by a loss to …

With Texas football now in the offseason, the American-Statesman is breaking down each position group. Who’s gone from the 2024 squad that went 13-3 and fell a win short a national title-game appearance? Who’s back? And what portal arrivals and freshmen from the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class have joined the team? The Longhorns are coming off an impressive season …

Kalen DeBoer didn’t waste much time when it came to building his first Alabama football recruiting class. In DeBoer’s first season with the Crimson Tide, Alabama finished with the fourth-best recruiting class nationally per 247Sports’ composite rankings. With the help of signing players such as quarterback Keelon Russell, offensive lineman Michael Carroll and cornerback Dijon Lee, Alabama had the third-highest …