One of the first lessons they teach in journalism school is the KISS Method: Keep It Simple, Stupid. It means one should be concise and to the point. Don’t use 12 words when you can use three. It applies to everything from writing obituaries to covering inaugurals. Having lasted 27 years at CBS Sports and almost 45 years in this …

USATSI EA Sports held a photoshoot for “College Football 26,” and a leaked photograph showing a potential version of the Deluxe Edition cover is real, CBS Sports’ Brandon Marcello confirms. Several coaches are involved in the promotional material this time around, including Georgia’s Kirby Smart and Ohio State’s Ryan Day.  Smart, Day and Penn State’s James Franklin are identifiable on the leaked …

From speedy, slippery running backs and gunslinging quarterbacks to strong, stout linemen and hard-hitting, bruising linebackers, the Big Country’s 2024 Texas high school football season was defined by elite playmakers who delivered when it mattered most. Several Big Country squads launched deep playoff runs, while many of the area’s top high school football players stood out on the gridiron and …

Spring ball is getting underway across college football, and hope springs eternal for teams across the Big 12. The conference is the most upwardly mobile of the power leagues, and everyone will have Arizona State’s magical run from worst-to-first in mind as they prepare for the season.  After a hyper-competitive race for the Big 12 title game in 2024, even …

Bryce Underwood has grown close with Los Angeles Clippers guard James Harden because they share some of the same representation so when the five-star quarterback was in town recently – and the Clippers were playing the Lakers – Underwood told Harden he needed to meet LeBron James. The meeting went well enough, Underwood admitted he was a little star-struck and …

Following the 2024 season, it was obvious to many that Auburn’s offense needed a spark. Hugh Freeze and his staff may have found just that in Georgia Tech transfer Eric Singleton. Singleton led the Yellow Jackets in receiving yards over the last two seasons, totaling 1,468 yards and nine touchdowns on 104 catches. He joins a talented receiver room with …

Army and Navy’s request to add a 13th regular-season game has been tabled by the Division I Football Oversight Committee, sources confirmed to CBS Sports.  Because their annual meeting in December is played the week after the College Football Playoff field is selected, an additional game would have helped with not only their CFP resumes but also standing in the …

Coy Eakin, when healthy, has started nearly every game the past two seasons for the Texas Tech football team, catching 85 passes for more than 1,000 yards. He did all that during his redshirt freshman and sophomore seasons, so spring practice should be a matter of sharpening his skills and trying to take his game up a notch. Oh, one …

Newly-signed New Orleans Saints safety Justin Reid didn’t play football at all until the choice was taken out of his hands. Football runs in the family, but the former Kansas City Chiefs safety didn’t take the sport seriously until the Dutchtown High School head coach persuaded Reid to choose football over soccer. Reid had no plans on being a dual-athlete …

When the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns joined the SEC, there was a wave of excitement that spread throughout both programs, fanbases, the league itself and college football as a whole. One season into life in the SEC, the Sooners and Longhorns have had very different experiences. Oklahoma went 6-7 in 2024 and barely made a bowl game. Texas …

STILLWATER — When Parker Robertson saw some of the changes coming to college football as part of the pending NCAA antitrust settlement, he felt sad. Not for himself, but for players like him. The ones who are on the same track, but a few years behind. Robertson came to Oklahoma State as a walk-on in 2021, and if the NCAA …

Spring practice is in full swing at LSU as the 2025 squad hits the practice field in helmets and pads. LSU football head coach Brian Kelly met with the media on Wednesday and offered updates on several topics, including LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier. Kelly said at this point in the year, LSU is looking at Nussmeier building relationships with his …

AUBURN — This season, Auburn basketball is one of the priciest jobs in the country, with Bruce Pearl being a front-runner for coaching salary in the SEC and all of college basketball. Pearl was the sixth-highest-paid coach in the nation during the 2024-25 season, and the second-highest-paid in the SEC, according to the USA TODAY Sports college basketball head coach …

LSU football head coach Brian Kelly gave injury updates on Whit Weeks and Harold Perkins following Wednesday’s practice. Both linebackers suffered injuries during the 2024 season. Perkins tore his ACL playing against UCLA in week four while Weeks went down with a broken fibula and dislocated ankle in the second quarter of LSU’s bowl game against Baylor. According to Kelly, …

Texas A&M’s 2025 season is still five months away, but it’s never too early to discuss what the Aggies will look like roster-wise under second-year head coach Mike Elko, who carries plenty of pressure after A&M finished 1-4 after starting 7-1 and 5-0 in SEC play. Star power in college football is everything, and after losing defensive linemen Nic Scourton, …