LSU football added a four-star offensive lineman to its 2026 recruiting class. On Monday, LSU got more good news on the recruiting front. Four-star interior offensive lineman Canon Pickett included LSU in his final 10, according to a social media post from On3’s Hayes Fawcett. Per On3, Pickett is the No. 229 ranked recruit in 2026 and No. 33 at …
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College Football Playoff meetings not about expansion. It’s about college sports survival
College football’s administrative heavyweights are meeting in New Orleans beginning Wednesday, and it should come as no surprise where this is headed. Revenue generation. Or, this quick summation from universities to players: You want pay for play? We’re getting more games. Not just an expansion of the College Football Playoff, which currently stands at 12 teams and could move to …
Read More »Auburn commit Shadarius Toodle plans visit with Georgia football
Four-star Auburn Tigers linebacker commitment Shadarius Toodle is planning to take an official visit with the Georgia Bulldogs on May 16. Toodle has been committed to Auburn since July 2024, but is keeping his options open. Toodle is one of Auburn’s highest ranked commitments in the 2026 recruiting cycle. Toodle also plans to visit the Michigan Wolverines on May 30, …
Read More »2025 NFL mock draft: Expert projections for first round ahead of scouting combine
The 2025 NFL Draft is still two months away, but the pre-draft process speeds up next week with the scouting combine in Indianapolis. The Tennessee Titans have the No. 1 overall pick and there will be plenty of talk surrounding what they will do with the selection. Will any other prospect enter the group of possible top picks that include …
Read More »LSU football 2025 depth chart: Way-too-early projections
After LSU football handled Baylor in the Texas Bowl back in early January, Brian Kelly told reporters that his team approached the preparation for the game like it was starting the 2025 season. The win, he felt, gave the Tigers and his football program a good launching pad for the offseason, spring practice and workouts that’ll lead up to preseason …
Read More »Next orders of business for Texas Tech football with spring practice on horizon
The Texas Tech football team is nearly eight weeks removed from a Liberty Bowl loss to Arkansas and looking ahead to a March 10 start to spring practice. A ton’s happened during the off-season. Between college football’s early national signing day and the NCAA transfer portal, Tech’s added 36 new players — so many that Joey McGuire’s staff stood pat …
Read More »Purdue football offensive coordinator Josh Henson, ‘We’ve got to be aggressive’
WEST LAFAYETTE — Barry Odom found Purdue football’s new offensive coordinator within the Big Ten. Josh Henson spent the past three seasons at USC, where he was the offensive coordinator and helped coach a team that produced Heisman Trophy winner and NFL No. 1 overall draft pick Caleb Williams. Now Henson assumes a new challenge with the Boilermakers, who failed …
Read More »Jacksonville State football hires Maryland defensive coordinator
Jacksonville State football and new coach Charles Kelly have found their defensive coordinator, again. Kelly and the Gamecocks will hire Brian Williams, a source with direct knowledge of the hire told the Gadsden Times on Monday. Williams was defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at Maryland, holding that role since 2022. Williams is a alum of Florida A&M and started …
Read More »Indiana 3-star WR locks in Michigan State football OV
This is officially the time of the year where prospects in the upcoming recruiting class start to schedule, and lock in official visits for the upcoming summer. Now, it is the 2026 recruiting classes turn. Michigan State has done a good job getting a bunch of their top priorities to schedule official visits so far, and on Sunday, they added …
Read More »Alabama players scored 886 points this season, most in NFL history from one college
Alabama alumni cumulatively scored more points this NFL season than any college football program’s players have ever scored. The total of 886 points scored by NFL players who played in college at Alabama is by far the most ever by any school in any NFL season, according to AL.com. The old record was 705 points scored by former Florida State …
Read More »Where Ole Miss basketball, Chris Beard rank in national polls after loss to Mississippi State
OXFORD — Ole Miss basketball took a step back in the polls after a home loss. The Rebels are unranked in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll released Monday. Ole Miss is No. 24 in the AP poll. The Rebels (19-7, 8-5 SEC) were No. 23 in the coaches poll last week. Ole Miss lost 81-71 at home to Mississippi State …
Read More »Four-Star CB Commits to Gophers Over Big Money Helmet Schools
Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images With March approaching and the offseason in full swing, P.J. Fleck and his staff are back to work on the recruiting trail for the Minnesota Gophers. After wrapping up last season with a win over Virginia Tech in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl on January 3rd, the focus has …
Read More »Cam Ward has answer for anyone who thinks he quit on Miami after breaking TD record in bowl game
FORT WORTH, Texas — While Cam Ward hasn’t decided if he will throw at the NFL combine next week, the quarterback knows how he will answer any scouts or team personnel who ask him if he quit on the Miami Hurricanes team by not finishing his final game with them. “Okay, you’re either going to draft me or you’re not,” …
Read More »Penn State hires former Temple coach Stan Drayton as running backs coach
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Former Temple coach Stan Drayton has found a new job coaching Penn State’s running backs. Penn State coach James Franklin announced the hire. Drayton went 9-25 in three years at Temple before getting fired last November with two games left in the season. Drayton spent 2017-21 on the staff at Texas, where his roles included assistant …
Read More »Minnesota lands a commitment from three-star DB Justin Hopkins
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Rivals.com, the leader in college football and basketball recruiting coverage. Be the first to know and follow your teams by signing up here. Justin Hopkins spent the last few weeks moving toward his college decision, and now it’s in. Hopkins, a three-star defensive back out of Tennesseee, committed to Minnesota on Monday. The Gophers beat …
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