KRUM, Texas – Chris Taber has been named as the athletic director and head football coach at Krum High School. Taber takes over for Chuck Caniford, who is retiring. Taber, served as athletic director and head football coach at Jacksonville High School from 2012-14. He worked in the same capacity at LaVernia High School from 2017-21 where he lead the …
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Steve Spurrier says Georgia accomplished ‘second-hardest thing’ in college football
Former Florida Gators head coach Steve Spurrier does not view the Georgia Bulldogs’ 2024 college football season as a failure. We have to agree with Spurrier. Georgia won the SEC despite playing the toughest schedule in the country. Georgia beat the Texas Longhorns in the SEC championship game with its backup quarterback. Yes, Georgia went 11-3 and lost in the …
Read More »Ranking the top five WR classes in the 2025 recruiting cycle
The dust has settled in the college football recruiting class of 2025 and Rivals is putting a bow on the cycle by looking at the top programs by position. We move to wide receiver. RELATED: Final 2025 wide receiver rankings MORE 2025 NSD: Ranking the QB classes | Ranking the RB classes | Big Ten winners | SEC winners | …
Read More »Ohio State football’s Ryan Day hits Joel Klatt with mic-drop answer on calling plays
Ohio State football won the College Football Playoff national championship. Many didn’t have much hope for the Buckeyes after their regular season-ending loss to the Michigan Wolverines. The Buckeyes were almost a three-score home favorite and lost to their rival, a clearly inferior side. That lit a spark under the Buckeyes, and Ryan Day helped will Ohio State to a …
Read More »High school football: Conwell-Egan Catholic names new head coach
Conwell-Egan stayed inhouse by naming assistant football coach Brian O’Hara as the school’s new head football coach, replacing Jack Techtmann, who stepped down in December. O’Hara, a 1978 graduate of Bishop Egan (which became Conwell-Egan in 1993 after a merger with Bishop Conwell), has coached the Eagles’ offensive and defensive lines since 2019. Conwell Egan’s Monty Zoryea #2 is forced …
Read More »ESPN predicts the winner of Saturday’s Auburn vs. Florida game
The SEC schedule has been a gauntlet for every team, including No. 1 Auburn. However, the Tigers have managed to do something that no other SEC member has been able to do this season, make it through nine games without a loss. An important three-game stretch is upcoming for Auburn. Over the next week, Auburn will face two top-10 teams …
Read More »Michigan State’s Tom Izzo ties Indiana basketball’s Bob Knight as Big Ten’s winningest coach
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo matched former Indiana Hoosiers coach Bob Knight on Saturday. The Spartans beat Oregon, 86-74, which gave Izzo win No. 353 in the Big Ten Conference. Izzo is now one win away from surpassing Knight as the winningest coach in Big Ten history. Next up for MSU? The Hoosiers. Izzo could break the record if Michigan …
Read More »Georgia Tech hires Texas assistant Blake Gideon as defensive coordinator
ATLANTA — Georgia Tech has hired Texas assistant coach Blake Gideon as its defensive coordinator. The school announced the hiring Friday. Gideon had spent the past four seasons coaching safeties with the Longhorns and was promoted to associate head coach for defense at his alma mater last year. He was part of Texas twice reaching the College Football Playoff, including …
Read More »Sioux Falls Jefferson tight end Eddie Whiting commits to Michigan State football
Jefferson tight end Edward Whiting (8) gets tackled by Harrisburg defense on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Harrisburg High School in Harrisburg, South Dakota. Sioux Falls Jefferson class of 2026 tight end Eddie Whiting announced his commitment to Michigan State on social media Saturday morning. Whiting has been viewed as one of the top prospects in the state. The junior …
Read More »Rick Hart stepping down as SMU athletic director after 13 years that included move to ACC
DALLAS — Rick Hart is stepping down after 13 years as athletic director at SMU, which in the past year completed its long-desired move into a power conference by becoming a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Hart said in a statement Friday, without elaborating, that it was “time for a new challenge” for him and a new voice to …
Read More »ESPN analyst tells Clemson fans ‘don’t freak out’ about recent recruiting class
Dabo Swinney and the Clemson football program, on paper, brought in one of their weakest recruiting classes in years, but it’s quality over quantity for the Tigers with this 2025 class. The 2025 cycle is behind us, with ESPN recently releasing their 2025 Top 75 college football rankings ($$$). It was an uncharacteristically low ranking for the Tigers, who landed …
Read More »Texas A&M will host 2026 4-star RB for an official visit this summer
As long as Texas A&M offensive coordinator Collin Klein is with the program, recruiting elite prospects along the offensive line and running back remains a priority offseason strategy, especially heading into coach Mike Elko’s second season at the helm. This summer, Elko and his staff have assembled a talented list of upcoming official visits in the 2026 cycle, including five-star …
Read More »Georgia football rivals among nation’s top recruiting spenders
Several of the Georgia Bulldogs’ top recruiting rivals have been named as the country’s biggest recruiting spenders using name, image and likeness (NIL) collectives. Most notably, the Texas Longhorns have been named as one of the college football programs that spent the most money in the class of 2025, according to On3. Texas’ willingness to spend money absolutely impacted Georgia’s …
Read More »Jaguars announce full 2025 coaching staff
The Jaguars have announced their full coaching staff for the 2025 season. Head coach Liam Coen is at the top of the list after being hired to replace the fired Doug Pederson last month. Coen joins the Jags after spending the 2024 season as the offensive coordinator in Tampa. “What I really like about this staff – and this really …
Read More »‘College GameDay’ headed to Tuscaloosa for biggest Alabama-Auburn basketball game yet
For just the second time ever, ESPN’s “College GameDay” is headed to Tuscaloosa — for basketball. The GameDay crew, led by host and UA alum Rece Davis, will be at Coleman Coliseum for next Saturday’s game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers. Both teams are ranked in the top five and enter the weekend as projected No. 1 …
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