Caleb Downs joined Ohio State football, in part, to win a national championship. That he did, and Downs played a huge part in the Buckeyes’ success this season. Ohio State, up until a battle with Michigan to end the regular season, looked like the best team in college football, having only a one-point loss on its resume up until that …

Ryan Grubb has a luxury as Alabama football’s new offensive coordinator. Although coach Kalen DeBoer has given Grubb play-calling duties, co-offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan will remain as the quarterbacks coach. That’s an atypical chain of command, but for Grubb, it means he’s got the freedom to spend time with every offensive position. That includes quarterback, but given his background as …

The Oklahoma Sooners continued their strong start to the 2025 season, moving to 11-0 on the year with a three-game sweep of Cal State Northridge in Norman. Oklahoma went 5-0 last week against Texas Southern and Cal State Northridge by a combined score of 42-12. After remaining undefeated this week, the Sooners moved up two spots to No. 12 in …

It’s hard to blame Bret Bielema for feeling good about himself these days. In the last few months, the outspoken Illinois coach has done battle with fellow coaches, be it on social media or, more famously, on the field with South Carolina coach Shane Beamer during a 21-17 win over the Gamecocks in the Citrus Bowl. That win was Illinois’ …

While Kalen DeBoer listed off an extensive injury list after Alabama football’s first spring practice of 2025, none of them are new. “Pretty much most of those injuries are all from last season still and expected,” DeBoer said. “So nothing new there from our standpoint.” But while an injury on the Alabama offensive line is nothing new, it’s something the …

Getty Images Texas is targeting former West Virginia coach Neal Brown for a role on its staff, according to Matt Zenitz. Brown spent six years with the Mountaineers and went 1-1 against Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian, but was fired at the end of the 2024 regular season.   Brown led the Mountaineers to a 31-23 win over Texas in 2021, …

There’s no roadmap from a blackboard in the Arkansas football office where this all started for Jimmy Johnson six decades ago — no roadmap through six decades of games and teams and various jobs to the phone call he made a few days ago to Fox Sports executives. But there he was having decided his second, or maybe third or …

Spring has sprung for Alabama football. The second year of the Kalen DeBoer era has officially begun, as the Crimson Tide began its spring practice schedule Monday which will culminate in the team’s annual A-Day spring game at noon April 12 at Bryant-Denny Stadium. But while spring practice has started, Alabama will not have a full roster at its expense. …

Getty Images Florida State and Clemson will vote Tuesday on an agreement that would settle their four ongoing lawsuits against the ACC and a new revenue-distribution strategy, according to ESPN. While the terms of a settlement would have to be approved by the ACC Board of Directors and Clemson and Florida State’s respective boards of trustees, ESPN notes that the …

There’s a new defensive coordinator in town. A new co-defensive coordinator, too. Vanderbilt football coach Clark Lea on Monday named Steve Gregory the Commodores’ new defensive coordinator, while Nick Lezynski was promoted to co-defensive coordinator. Gregory and Lezynski take over the position from Lea. Gregory served as the Commodores’ associate defensive coordinator and secondary coach last season, his first with …

We’re less than two months removed from the longest college football season in history. Changes are coming to the sport we love, and none is more earth-shattering than the pending introduction of a revenue-sharing model with players that begins next fall. Still, we have plenty more to contemplate and figure out before the foot hits leather again and we kick …

Glenbrook School in Minden has named a new, old coach to run its football program. Greg Tibbitt, who previously coached at the school, has returned to replace Reagan Smith, according to athletic director James Thurman. Smith stepped down in December after guiding his teams to a 13-7 mark over two seasons with trips to the LHSAA postseason both years. Tibbitt …

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Ahead of spring practice starting Monday, the Alabama Crimson Tide officially announced the number changes for the returning names on the 2025 football roster, as well as which numbers the newest members of the program will wear. Announced on Sunday, there are a total of five returning players who will now be wearing a new jersey number for Alabama this …

Tyler Shough spent three years at Oregon, three more at Texas Tech and finally ended up playing his final season of college football at Louisville last year, as a 25-year-old starting quarterback. He says NFL teams like that about him. Shough, who turns 26 in September, says reporters often ask him if he has already reached his athletic prime, but …