STILLWATER — Kasen Carpenter looked down at his phone and realized he was already getting his first recruiting call after putting his name in the transfer portal. How quickly did the first one come? Carpenter hadn’t yet left the University of Tulsa compliance office, which handled his portal entry information. “Things started rolling quickly,” Courtney Carpenter, Kasen’s mother, told The …

A Big Ten team hoisted the College Football Playoff national championship trophy for the second consecutive season in 2024. That program wasn’t the Big Ten champion and consensus No. 2 team in the AP Poll in Oregon, nor a Penn State team that made a run to the College Football Playoff semifinal. It was Ohio State. Despite two regular-season losses, …

Four-star wide receiver recruit Davion Brown is down to five schools: Michigan, Duke, Penn State, Syracuse, and of course, Georgia. Brown is a four-star recruit from the class of 2026. The six-foot-three, 185-pound wide receiver plays for Trinity Episcopal School in Richmond, Virginia. Georgia offered Brown on Jan. 15, 2025. The Bulldogs are one of 26 schools that offered him, …

Have more comments, questions? Reach out to me at bwhite1@dispatch.com. Letters are lightly edited for clarity. On Ohio State football Dear Sports Editor White: Given the treatment of Ryan Day and his family after the loss to Michigan − including despicable death threats (it’s just a game) − it wouldn’t be surprising if he chose to leave. Frankly, that would be …

Tennessee football will play the same SEC teams in 2025 as it did in 2024. But the venues will change. Some of its opponents will, too. So, I’ve ranked those opponents on whether I expect them to be better, worse or about the same. My conclusion: Tennessee’s conference schedule could be even more accommodating in 2025 than it was in …

Nebraska football made the cut for four-star athlete in the class of 2026. Nasir Rankin announced his top 11 list on Saturday. Duke, Kansas State, Illinois, USC, Oregon, Michigan, Ole Miss, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Northwestern all made the list in addition to Nebraska. Rankin is the 20th overall athlete in the 2026 class and the seventh overall athlete from …

Former Miami University running back Deland McCullough thanked Marcus Freeman and the Notre Dame football coaching staff and community for embracing him and his family for the past three years, in a tweet Saturday. McCullough is expected to be introduced as the new running backs coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. New head coach Pete Carroll hired Chip Kelly as …