In 1990s it was the ‘Run and Shoot.’ In the early 2000s it was the ‘Read Option.’ But in the late 1960s and ’70s, no offense dominated college football like the ‘Wishbone.’ Now that two of the primary innovators of the offense are in the conference, the SEC Network is airing a documentary about its history. A form of the …

When it comes to elite quarterback talent in college football, the SEC flexes several Heisman Trophy candidates and future franchise players at the position in 2025. The league highlighted several of the conference’s top expected passers this week at SEC Media Days as they represented a number of likely preseason top 25 teams. The most SEC quarterbacks ever taken in …

There are more than a few high-profile programs who haven’t officially decided on a starting quarterback ahead of the 2025 season. And that includes the two teams that played for the national title in January. Both Ohio State and Notre Dame need to replace their starters from the national championship game, while programs like Alabama and Colorado are looking for …

President Donald Trump is pushing to establish name, image and likeness standards across college athletics and plans to sign an executive order to ensure changes are made. College sports leaders, including SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and billionaire Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell, are some of the leading voices behind NIL change, but didn’t expect the announcement this week. Campbell has …

The top college football prospect in the South Bend area will be playing for a new high school in his senior year. Tayshon Bardo, who spent the last three years at Penn, announced on social media Wednesday, July 16 that he will play his senior year at Elkhart. Bardo is a consensus 3-star wide receiver prospect who verbally committed to …

Former BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff has a decision to make ahead of the 2025 college football season — does he want to sign with a Group of Five program with maximum potential to start or is becoming a depth addition within the Power 4 ranks a better development? Destination possibilities are thinning given how late this is during the process …

Tennessee will open fall training camp July 30 in preparation for its 2025 football season. Training camp will feature a quarterback competition between senior transfer Joey Aguilar, redshirt freshman Jake Merklinger and early enrollee true freshman George MacIntyre. Aguilar transferred to the Vols from UCLA after spring practices. Tennessee’s quarterback competition was a topic of discussion Tuesday when the Vols took part in SEC …

Fans can get a behind-the-scenes look at the 2024 season when Netflix’s “SEC Football: Any Given Saturday,” premieres on Aug. 5. LSU, Florida, South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Auburn are featured in the promo image for the streaming service’s seven-episode docuseries. But where is Georgia football, the team that won the SEC Championship? The Bulldogs didn’t open up their program for …

What does it take to win a national championship in college football? Culture, coaching, health, luck, but most importantly, talent. Height, weight and speed. The bounces of an oblong ball makes football unpredictable in a fun way. And it is needed, because a bigger, stronger, faster player beating on those smaller, slower and weaker than them produces boring predictable results. …

The Oklahoma Sooners attended SEC Media Days on Wednesday, which meant fourth-year head coach Brent Venables was at the podium to talk about his 2025 team heading into the program’s second season in the Southeastern Conference. Venables dove into plenty of topics in his address to the media. One of those topics was the weight of the expectations of coaching …

The start of the 2026 college football season is just weeks away. One of the most exciting parts of each year is seeing new stars emerge in the sport. In a recent story, Matt Zenitz of 247Sports took a look at some potential Big Ten breakout stars for 2025. Three Trojans made the list: Edge rusher Kameryn Fountain, running back …

We are less than 50 days away from the start of the 2025 college football season, and fewer than two weeks stand between us and the beginning of the Oregon Ducks’ fall camp getting off the ground in Eugene. While coaches and players wrap up their final couple of offseason weeks, we’re ready to jump back into things and take …

Missouri vs. Kansas, a ‘special’ rivalry from the Big 12 and Big 8 days, will return this college football season. Nussmeier, Williams and more stars in 2025 USA TODAY Network’s preseason All-SEC team The 2025 USA TODAY Network’s 2025 preseason ALL-SEC football team is out! Find out who our reporters have selected for QB, RB and more. Give ‘em truth …

Colorado Buffaloes football coach Deion Sanders’ absence on the recruiting trail this offseason reportedly had little effect on prospects’ interest in committing to CU one way or another. That’s the reporting USA Today’s Brent Schrotenboer is presenting, anyway. Schrotenboer shared that no recruit the coaching staff spoke to admitted that Sanders’ absence affected their decision. “USA TODAY Sports discussed this …

Wisconsin football class of 2026 wide receiver commit Tayshon Bardo announced on Wednesday that he will be transferring high schools for his senior year. Bardo, who offered his commitment to Luke Fickell’s program back on March 11, shared his choice to transfer from Penn High School in Mishawaka, Indiana, to Elkhart High School in Elkhart, Indiana. The three-star playmaker is …