The Oklahoma Sooners made a big boy hire when they coaxed Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy to join the football program as general manager. This might be the biggest hire of head coach Brent Venables’ short tenure. The locals are getting restless with Oklahoma, a program not known for losing, has finished below .500 in two of three seasons …

If college football was rated by the Bureau of Consumer Protection, there might be an issue with 2024. At the intersection of commerce and player safety, the season concluded with less football and longer games. That’s one hidden conclusion from last season as CBS Sports posts its annual college football stat wrap.  The much-discussed change allowing the clock to run …

Despite having gone 8-5 in 2024, Michigan football had a lot of talent on its roster. Even then, the Wolverines won a lot of games without much of that talent on the field. With the NFL scouting combine starting up in Indianapolis this week, the college football world is turning its eyes to the pro ranks, and with that, there’s …

NORMAN — OU has its new football general manager, as well as a different structure for its football organization. The Sooners announced the hiring of Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy as the team’s general manager Wednesday. “This is a new era in intercollegiate athletics at one of the greatest college football programs in the country,” Nagy said in a …

On Wednesday, the Oklahoma Sooners announced a splash hire for the football program when they named Jim Nagy the next football general manager. Nagy has served as the executive director for the Senior Bowl since 2018, helping it reach greater heights and popularity. Nagy worked in NFL front offices for 18 years prior to his stint with the Senior Bowl. …

Former St. Joseph football star Smith Vilbert is no longer on the Penn State football roster. According to reports, he’s entered the transfer portal as a graduate transfer. Last month, Vilbert was granted a seventh year of college eligibility and announced on social media that he planned to return to Penn State. He would have become Penn State’s first seventh-year …

Signing classes are hyped every February as the future of each SEC program, but how many of those classes made an impact in Year 1? Let’s run through each SEC team’s 2024 recruiting haul to see how each performed in their debut. There were some massive hits, a few underwhelming efforts and quite a few impact players who’ve already transferred. …

USC football has been hot on the recruiting trail of late. After picking up several high-profile commits over the weekend, the Trojans now hold the No. 1 class in the country for the 2026 cycle. It is obviously still very early, but it seems as though new general manager Chad Bowden and a revamped recruiting staff are having success. The …

The college football offseason is underway, but plenty of questions remain. On Tuesday, news broke that Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers played nearly the entire 2024 season with a torn oblique suffered against Michigan in Week 2. He only missed two starts because of the injury, which came to light in Week 3 against UTSA, but the decision to play him …

Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks added another blue-chip member to the 2026 recruiting class early on Wednesday morning, picking up a verbal commitment from 4-star safety Xavier Lherisse. From Melbourne, Fla., Lherisse chose Oregon over the likes of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Alabama Crimson Tide, and Auburn Tigers. He stands at 5-foot-10, 185 pounds, and is the 10th …

Alabama football will have its fair share of production back in 2025, especially on the defensive side of the ball. Linebacker Deontae Lawson, cornerback Domani Jackson, defensive lineman LT Overton and safety Keon Sabb are just a handful of NFL draft-eligible returners for a Crimson Tide unit that shined in its first season with defensive coordinator Kane Wommack. But Alabama …

We have entered week three of the college baseball season, and as usual, rankings aren’t of the utmost importance this early in the season, but it is still interesting to see how teams stack up with one another. There is no unanimous No. 1 team in America as four out of five polls have the Texas A&M Aggies in first …

One LSU football commit is flying up the recruiting rankings. Earlier this week, On3 released a brand new On300 rankings for the 2026 recruiting class. Future LSU wide receiver went from unranked to being the No. 182 ranked player in the country. Darby was already a blue-chip on other sites, but now he gets his flowers from On3. Darby is …

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The top wide receiver in the 2026 recruiting class is visiting LSU football in the spring. According to On3’s Steve Wiltfong, Tristen Keys chose the Tigers as one of four teams to visit in the spring. The visit is scheduled for March 18. Keys will also travel to Tennessee, Texas A&M and Michigan. Earlier in February, Keys told On3 he …