Spring practices are approaching, and players are a week into winter workouts. Spring camp is a time for position battles, especially at the quarterback position. Many programs, especially in the Big Ten, have quarterback competitions; Ohio State, Oregon and Michigan immediately come to mind. Penn State, however, has a leg up on its conference rivals with established starter Drew Allar …

Ohio State football has had quite the changing door of coordinators over the last few seasons. From Jim Knowles leaving for Penn State this offseason to adding Chip Kelly for a season just to see him exit for an NFL gig with the Las Vegas Raiders, the Buckeyes had to revamp their staff, and they did so by promoting Brian …

Provine football is bringing back a familiar face. The Rams hired Marcellus Speaks as their head coach the school announced Wednesday. Speaks returns to the Provine after serving as the Rams’ coach in 2017. He went 6-5 during his one season. Speaks replaces Tim Wilson, who was the Rams coach from 2018-2024. Wilson had a record of 27-40 and a 0-2 playoff record. “We …

In a recent episode of his podcast “Always College Football,” ESPN analyst Greg McElory shared some encouraging thoughts on Colorado football’s upcoming 2025 season. It’s obviously still early, but McElory believes the Buffs can at least come close to replicating their success from last year’s nine-win campaign. McElroy began his analysis by sharing that although Colorado is losing quarterback Shedeur …

The hype train for Penn State football in 2025 continues to go at full speed with heightened expectations coming in left and right for the Nittany Lions. Fresh off a run to the national semifinal and an appearance in the Big Ten championship game last season, the bar is officially set high for James Franklin and his program next fall. …

During a stellar first season in the Big 12, Arizona State football shocked the conference with its underdog storyline. According to one site, ASU won’t be underdogs for next season. Athlon Sports has released its 2025 Big 12 college football rankings for the 16 teams in the conference. The defending Big 12 champions top the list ahead of spring practices, …

Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks have shuffled the coaching staff ahead of the start of the spring football season, internally promoting several former assistants and graduate assistants. On Wednesday, the Ducks announced that former tight ends coach Drew Mehringer would become a co-offensive coordinator. This move follows the departure of former wide receivers coach and co-offensive coordinator Junior Adams …

On Tuesday night, former Auburn running back Kerryon Johnson announced on his X account (formerly Twitter) that he would join the coaching staff at East Tennessee State. He will be joining the program as their new running backs coach. He served as the director of player development for the last two seasons at North Alabama. The Buccaneers were 7-5 last …

Brent Venables is stepping back into his comfort zone in 2025, taking over the Oklahoma Sooners’ defense after Zac Alley left to be the defensive coordinator for Rich Rodriguez and West Virginia. Venables, in his fourth year at the helm of Oklahoma Football, was one of the best defensive coordinators in college football before taking the OU job. While meeting …

Zack Martin recently retired from the NFL and is certain to wind up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as soon as he’s eligible. When all is said and done, the football masses will remember his time as a pro above all else. But that doesn’t mean Martin has forgotten his days at Notre Dame. In fact, he devoted …

A major reason that Florida football snapped its three-season losing streak last fall was the performance of its 2024 recruiting class, headlined by five-star quarterback DJ Lagway. But the talented play-caller was not the only one who stood out for the Gators on the field. In fact, the class as a whole provided a huge boost to Billy Napier’s struggling …

The Michigan football secondary is a little bit of a mixed bag entering 2025. The Wolverines have a ton of depth at safety but cornerback is a little sketchy in terms of how deep the bench goes comparatively. The expectation in 2025 is that the Wolverines will get Rod Moore back at safety after he tore his ACL in spring …

As the Longhorns continue to add to their 2027 class, they got some good news on the recruiting front on Monday. Four-star QB Peyton Houston has locked in his visit to Austin for April 12, according to Sam Spiegelman of Rivals. While the Longhorns have made their interest clear, they do have some competition. At the moment, Houston will be …

Why was 2025 the right time for Ryan Grubb to join the Alabama football coaching staff? “Third time’s a charm,” Grubb told reporters with a grin. Grubb and Alabama were no strangers to one another when he was officially named the Crimson Tide’s offensive coordinator in February. He was offered a job on Nick Saban’s final coaching staff in 2023, …

The Michigan football defense we saw early in the season in 2024 was much different than the one that surfaced by the end. After letting Texas move up and down the field, as well as some other teams, the Wolverines didn’t appear to have that top-notch defense as it had the previous year under then-defensive coordinator Jesse Minter. But by …