The 2020s will be marked as the decade of change for Iowa athletics. Men’s and Women’s basketball both made changes after long tenures at the university. Rick Heller is in his 60s and could hang it up relatively soon. It’s a bittersweet time to be a Hawkeye fan. I’m sitting on pins and needles waiting to see what the future …

Army coach Jeff Monken could certainly stand tall as he was introduced for his second appearance at the American Conference Football Media Days on Friday. “He holds the distinction of the only coach in the building today to have never lost a conference game in the American … eight-and-oh,’’ noted commissioner Tim Pernetti. Add to that a win over Tulane …

CLEMSON — Clemson football will add a fifth quarterback to its 2025 roster with the return of Hunter Helms. Helms was set to be a student coach for the Tigers, but he will become a player/coach similar to Paul Tyson in 2024, according to a team spokesperson. Helms will dress out for games and be used in an emergency role. …

Another Big Ten football media days is in the books, and there was plenty to take from it. There were some controversial statements, excited and optimistic players and coaches, and many other things to make note of during the three-day event in Las Vegas. It was all covered and televised by the Big Ten Network in extraordinary fashion, and one …

Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith burst onto the scene last year, fresh out of high school, to become one of the best players in the country and put together arguably the best season by a freshman wide receiver ever. He won’t sneak up on anyone this year and will be known as — if not the best — then …

As if the rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan needed any more gasoline thrown on the fire, it got a little at Big Ten football media days this week. That came on the heels of two players from each side guaranteeing multiple-year victories over the others (Jeremiah Smith was one), in an offseason when we saw the temperature rise to …

Colorado football has a new look and tough schedule in 2025 Deion Sanders’ Buffaloes lose Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter. How will Colorado adjust? Jenni Carlson and Travis Hines weigh in. Colorado football coach Deion Sanders has returned to Boulder after recovering from an undisclosed health issue at his ranch in east Texas this summer. Sanders, 57, announced it on …

Oklahoma is in a precarious position. After Lincoln Riley fled for USC, the Brent Venables saga hasn’t quite turned out as they’ve hoped in Norman, at least thus far. The Sooners will have a big test early in 2025 when Michigan football comes to town, led by OU alum Sherrone Moore. Usually, in a situation like that, the administration might …

We’re a little over a month from the college football season kicking off, and this year it opens with a bang, especially if you are an Ohio State fan, because the Buckeyes host the Texas Longhorns in Week 1. It’s a game everyone has been pointing to in the offseason, and for good reason. There’s a great chance that it’ll …

Finebaum: Swinney is player’s coach who has ‘transformed’ with where college football is now. ESPN’s Paul Finebaum has taken plenty of shots at Dabo Swinney through the years, but the veteran college football commentator continued with his apparent about-face on the Clemson coach Friday on “Get Up.” Finebaum joined host Mike Greenberg and studio panelists Harry Douglass, Mike Tannenbaum and …

Over the last 25 years, the Oregon Ducks have been one of the single best teams in all of college football, sitting near the top of the sport for the better part of a quarter-century.  Since 2000, Oregon has compiled an overall record of 239-83 (.742), with just two losing seasons during that span. They’ve been to 24 bowl games, won three …

Texas A&M has landed its second tight end commitment in the 2026 recruiting class, as four-star tight end Evan Jacobson out of Waukee, Iowa, chose the Aggies over Notre Dame and Iowa State just after receiving a prediction from Rivals insiders Steve Wiltfong and Greg Smith to commit to Texas A&M on Thursday afternoon. Standing at nearly 6-6 and 230 …

According to a social media post Thursday night, one of the Alabama Crimson Tide’s top 2026 football commits has officially shut down their recruitment. That prospect is highly-touted linebacker Xavier Griffin, who made the announcement Thursday night via a post on social media. A prospect who committed to Alabama back in June, Griffin is currently considered as the nation’s No. …

Former Florida football defensive lineman Desmond Watson has been placed on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ non-football injury list because of his excessive weight. Standing 6-feet-5-inches tall and weighing 449 pounds, Watson is the heaviest player in NFL history. He signed with the Buccaneers after going undrafted in April. Head coach Todd Bowles mentioned on Wednesday that Watson and the team …

Getty Images After conversation, sparked by former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy at SEC Media Days, swirled around Nick Saban’s possible return to coaching, the former Crimson Tide boss himself has spoken. Though he did not entirely shut the door on a career revival, he emphasized during a Fox News interview that his mind is nowhere near the sidelines of a …