Florida State Seminoles football will be losing a reserve player in the quarterback room, with news coming Saturday that redshirt freshman Trever Jackson will enter the transfer portal. Jackson joined Florida State in 2024 as a walk-on, originally having committed Ole Miss as a four-star prospect and the No. 26 quarterback in the 2024 recruiting class. His FSU bio: 2024: …

Penn State continues to dominate the state on the recruiting trail, and it is paying off in the Class of 2026 recruiting rankings. In its latest effort to dominate the state on the recruiting trail, Penn State picked up a commitment from four-star quarterback Payton Falzone over the weekend. Falzone joins Penn State’s Class of 2026 and is the second …

Spring football games aren’t what they’re used to be. They’re declining in significance, and – in some cases – disappearing. Nebraska scrapped its spring game this year. So did Ohio State, Southern California and Texas to name a few. Schools have different reasons for eliminating spring games. Ohio State coach Ryan Day said the length of the 2024 season, which …

Spring is complete. And Alabama football has not named a starting quarterback. Heading into A-Day, Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer made it clear that the Crimson Tide wouldn’t have an answer for who would be Jalen Milroe’s heir, saying on Tide 100.9 FM Friday it would be “foolish for us to make a decision right now” between Ty Simpson, Austin Mack …

Max Klare slipped by the safeties. It was in the first quarter of Ohio State’s spring game on Saturday when Klare found space between Caleb Downs and Malik Hartford in coverage. Running down the seam toward the north end zone at Ohio Stadium, he brought in a pass from quarterback Julian Sayin and crossed the goal line for a 26-yard …

Nebraska football head coach Matt Rhule met with the media on Saturday following spring practice. The topics of conversation included the spring practice period, pass rushing, and staff structure. The Cornhuskers will end the spring practice period on Saturday, April 26, allowing fans to preview Nebraska’s football, volleyball, and soccer teams for the 2025 season. On the football field, the …

The Georgia Bulldogs played their 2025 spring football game in front of 35,033 fans. Only the lower lever of stadium was ticketed for Georgia fans. Georgia’s spring game did not draw a larger attendance in 2025 despite the game not being televised. It should be noted that Georgia did announce its spring game a little bit latter than normal and …

Have more comments, questions? Reach out to me at bwhite1@dispatch.com. Letters are lightly edited for clarity. On Ohio State football, basketball To the editor: Rob Oller’s column about football schools winning basketball championships was well done. Most of the OSU fans are football and only football fans. The media – Dispatch and talk radio − confirm this statement. Just look at the column inches …

AUBURN — The final practice of Auburn football’s 2025 spring drills was all about the youth. The Tigers took to Jordan-Hare Stadium for A-Day on Saturday. Once a full-on spring game, this instance was a non-televised open practice, which saw plenty of work between individual drills and a brief live period. However, most of the players involved weren’t the roster’s …

Tennessee football coach Josh Heupel said he hadn’t communicated with Nico Iamaleava since the quarterback skipped Friday’s practice, escalating a dispute over NIL pay into his stunning departure from the program. “Today’s landscape of college football is different than what it has been. It’s unfortunate, just the situation and where we’re at with Nico,” Heupel said following the Orange and …

Ohio State coach Ryan Day is open to adding defensive linemen when the transfer portal reopens next week. Following the Buckeyes’ spring game on Saturday, Day said, “We’ve got to take a hard look at it.” No other position group has seen as much turnover since last season. The Buckeyes lost all four starting defensive linemen due to expiring eligibility, …

New Tennessee State football coach Reggie Barlow has high expectations New Tennessee State football coach Reggie Barlow hopes to continue the momentum the Tigers gained in 2024 Former Tennessee State and NFL star Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie praises new TSU coach Reggie Barlow’s emphasis on discipline.Rodgers-Cromartie believes his own disciplined approach led to his success and thinks Barlow’s system will benefit players.Barlow …

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – There’s plenty to worry about in college football these days. Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman was preparing for the Blue-Gold Game on Saturday when ESPN reported Tennessee was “parting ways” with star quarterback Nico Iamaleava after an NIL dispute. The impending changes to the roster sizes, increasing the roster limit to 105 players with all …

Alabama is rolling on the recruiting trail after A-Day. With a star-studded group of visitors on campus, the Crimson Tide added another piece to their 2026 puzzle. The latest commitment comes in the form of four-star DL Kamhariyan Johnson, who pledged to Alabama over the likes of Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Miami, Ole Miss, and others. “I’ve been talking to Alabama …

Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman on youthful spring offensive line Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman on the impact of a youthful spring offensive line on the three-way battle for Irish starting quarterback job. SOUTH BEND —Eli Raridon, senior tight end for Notre Dame football, shared a confession after Saturday’s Blue-Gold Game about this three-way battle for the starting …