Alabama football can add another NFL accolade to Alabama football’s recruiting pitch. Former Crimson Tide defensive back and current Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II was named The Associated Press’ 2024 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Surtain is the first Alabama player to be named NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Former Alabama running back Derrick Henry was named …
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Bryce Underwood explains why he flipped to Michigan football
In early November, Michigan football fans started getting excited for what the rest of the college football world thought was a pipe dream. However, on Nov. 20, No. 1 overall recruit, Belleville (Mich.) five-star quarterback Bryce Underwood shocked everyone when he made the sudden flip from LSU (where he had been committed since January) to Michigan football. National pundits didn’t …
Read More »Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes clarifies his relationship with U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville: ‘He did not recruit me’
In response to comments made by former Texas Tech coach turned U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes told reporters he was not recruited to Texas Tech by Tuberville after he claimed to have done so earlier this week. Tuberville, Texas Tech’s coach from 2010 to 2012 and now a U.S. senator from Alabama, took credit for …
Read More »Sherrone Moore listed as a top 25 head coach in college football
Sherrone Moore is one year into his Michigan football head coaching tenure and 2024 was something of a mixed bag. The Wolverines got blown out by Texas, lost games it probably shouldn’t have against Washington and Illinois, kept within striking distance against No. 1 Oregon, and did the same on the road against a ranked Indiana team. The maize and …
Read More »Ryan Day has his millions. He also still has Ohio State’s impossible expectations
Ryan Day navigated the wildest month in Ohio State history with aplomb. He was rewarded this week with the second-richest contract in college football: a $12.5 million salary for the next seven years. That’s what happens when you win a national title at one of the blueblood schools. Now one of only three active coaches with a national title, financial …
Read More »Super Bowl LIX: How Chiefs coach Andy Reid stays close to his BYU roots
BYU football coach Kalani Sitake, left, talks with Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid, a BYU alumni, during BYU’s Coaches Clinic on Thursday, March 24, 2022. | Jaren Wilkey/BYU Why is Andy Reid here? And why is he rocking a blue and white jacket with a BYU logo on it? Those questions swept through T-Mobile Center in Kansas City last …
Read More »SEC generates $808.4 million in revenue for 2023-24 as Texas, Oklahoma bolster conference earnings
USATSI The SEC announced $808.4 million in revenue distribution to its 16 member universities for the 2023-24 fiscal year, which ended Aug. 31, 2024. Included in that figure are Oklahoma and Texas, which officially joined the conference in July 2024. The league distributed an average of $52.5 million to the 14 legacy members. Both newcomers received $27.5 million in transition payments …
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