Let’s get this out of the way before all the hype and hoopla about Notre Dame football in the College Football Playoff national championship gets away over the next eight days. Noie: In a CFP semifinal where Notre Dame football was pushed, could it push back? Notre Dame has never played this late into January. Notre Dame (14-1) has never …

SAN ANTONIO – Several of the nation’s best recruits from the 2025 and 2026 classes competed in the 2025 Navy All-American Bowl, a week-long event that featured multiple practices, workouts, competitive events, and of course, the game on Saturday. Signees from Texas A&M, Notre Dame, Auburn, Texas, Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame, LSU, Iowa, SMU, and more were represented. Rivals …

. Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman met with the media on Sunday afternoon, and he gave an update on a few injured players via The Athletics Pete Sampson. Unfortunately, freshman All-American offensive tackle Anthonie Knapp will be out for the College Football Playoff championship game against Ohio State. Charles Jagusah, who was injured in the preseason, made his …

The Southridge High School football program has lost one of its most successful coaches. Brad Hanner, who served as the Raiders’ coach from 1994 through 2004, passed away Sunday morning, according to the athletic department’s Facebook page. He was 70. Hanner compiled a 75-49 record during his time with Southridge, the second-most wins in program history. He also led the …

Neither Ohio team made the NFL playoffs, but one of them seems a thousand miles closer to getting there next year, and the main reason is Joe Burrow. After taking part in a special event at the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Friday, Bengals icon Anthony Munoz answered a question about what a quarterback of Burrow’s ilk means to …

Auburn football fans now know when they’ll get their first look at the Tigers in 2025, as the program announced Sunday it’d play its A-Day spring game on April 12. A kickoff time and ticket sales information have yet to be released. REQUIRED READING: Is Hugh Freeze still a quarterback guru? His former signal-callers make their claim The third A-Day …

Photo: Isaiah Hole Michigan football already got one transfer portal commitment on Sunday with former UMass and Arizona wide receiver Anthony Simpson pledging to the maize and blue. But the Wolverines weren’t done getting transfer portal pledges on the day. Though Michigan had struck out with cornerback targets Tacario Davis and Emmanuel Karnley, the Wolverines expanded their board and ended …

Days after Texas football lost 28-14 to Ohio State in the College Football Playoff semifinals, offensive lineman Hayden Conner made a decision about his future. “I am officially declaring for the 2025 NFL Draft,” he exclaimed in a statement posted to X. The senior from Katy played all four years as a Longhorn. He started as a guard this season …

Penn State is seeing another key member of the defense head off to the NFL. On Sunday, Penn State cornerback Jalen Kimber announced he will declare for the 2025 NFL draft rather than return for another season with the Nittany Lions. Kimber spent one season in Happy Valley after transferring to the Penn State program from Florida (he also spent …

Texas football junior running back Jaydon Blue has declared for the 2025 NFL draft, according to his social media posts Sunday afternoon. Prior to the 2024 campaign, Blue told reporters that he hoped to use his first season with regular playing time as a springboard to the NFL. He may have done just that while sharing carries with Quintrevion Wisner …

Sara Diggins/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK Kelvin Banks, the standout unanimous All-American junior left tackle for the Texas Longhorns, is heading to the NFL Draft after a stellar collegiate career that included two consecutive trips to the College Football Playoff semifinals. Known for his dominance on the offensive line, Banks started and played in 42 games during his time at …

NMSUÕs Keynote Glinton reaches for Mass wide receiver Anthony Simpson during an Aggie football game on Saturday, August 256 2023, at the Aggie Memorial Stadium. Much of the handwringing by Michigan football fans in the postseason has been the lack of transfer portal movement with the wide receiver position. The Wolverines brought in former Indiana wideout Donaven McCulley shortly after …

Ohio State’s College Football Playoff semifinal against Texas began as dominant as the Buckeyes’ first two CFP games had. Then came the first of nine Buckeye penalties costing 75 yards. Ohio State led 7-0 and had moved the ball to the Longhorns’ 37 late in the first quarter when TreVeyon Henderson was stopped for a 1-yard gain on first down. …

Notre Dame’s Anthonie Knapp has been ruled out of the College Football Playoff championship game against Ohio State with an ankle injury, but coach Marcus Freeman said Sunday Rocco Spindler is on track to play. The Buckeyes’ Denzel Burke, who has been dealing with what coach Ryan Day called an “upper extremity issue,” will be available against the Irish in …

MADISON – South Dakota State has been one of the top five rushing teams in the nation the past two seasons. Nate White hopes to help the Jackrabbits extend that streak. The Milwaukee King graduate, who spent the past two seasons playing for the Wisconsin Badgers, announced his transfer to South Dakota State Sunday. White will have three years of …