Daily Archives: August 8, 2025

Power ranking all 16 SEC football head coaches entering 2025 season

There are no new coaches in the SEC this year. No new teams either for that matter, as Texas and Oklahoma enter their second full year as Southeastern Conference Members. After a year in the SEC, Texas fans have seen which programs are direct competition, which ones are up-and-coming and which ones are doormats. For the most part, it all …

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Michigan’s ‘scary’ offense excites Marshall for 2025 rebound

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan football didn’t have the worst possible year it could have last year (after all, it beat both rivals and won the bowl game against Alabama), but running back Jordan Marshall lamented after the ReliaQuest Bowl that the 8-5 record was not up to the team’s standard. And now, much like in 2021, coming off the …

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OU football lands OT Luke Wilson, lone commit of 2027 recruiting class

NORMAN — Southlake Carroll (Texas) offensive tackle Luke Wilson announced his commitment to Oklahoma on Instagram on Thursday, becoming the lone 2027 commit for Brent Venables and the Sooners. A 6-foot-7, 290-pound lineman from Southlake, Texas, Wilson was offered by OU after attending the Brent Venables Camp earlier this year. He chose the Sooners over Florida State, TCU and others. …

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Sonny Styles raves about ‘crazy athlete’

Ohio State football will bank on Sonny Styles to lead the linebackers. All while athletically gifted safety Caleb Downs mans the backend. But Styles raved about one other “crazy athlete” on the Buckeyes. Downs earns NFL Draft praise on this unit. Styles returns following collecting 100 tackles for the national champs. But the LB encouraged via 247Sports to keep a …

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Benedictine football star LaDamion Guyton commits to play at Texas Tech

Benedictine junior LaDamion Guyton, the 5-star edge and consensus No. 1 overall recruit in the country, announced his commitment to play at Texas Tech in a ceremony in the BC gym on Thursday. Guyton, who played at Savannah Christian for his first two seasons before transferring to the Cadet program, has a plethora of Power 4 offers including Alabama, Oregon, …

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2028 QB eyeing Texas Tech, SMU in recruitment

A pair of Lone Star State universities immediately are courting a rising 2028 California quarterback. Texas Tech football has its eyes on Jaxson Carper out of St. Bonaventure High in Ventura. But same with SMU. The 6-foot-2, 160-pound dual-threat exploded on the college football recruiting trail after 2024. He took over the starting reins at the annual Southern California powerhouse …

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Wolverines’ RB leaves program, plans to transfer after redshirting

The Michigan Wolverines will be entering the 2025 season with one less running back following the departure of CJ Hester. Hester announced that he will leave the program and plan to enter the transfer portal, per On3 insider Pete Nakos. He makes this decision in the midst of fall camp, deciding to look elsewhere to find a better situation. Hester …

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Dan Lanning on ‘explosive’ offensive work

Oregon football has flown past the vaunted blur offense of Chip Kelly. Dan Lanning leans into Will Stein now for that side of the ball. But that doesn’t mean the scheme lacks “explosive” tendencies. The returning head coach Lanning spoke about Oregon’s offensive nature Thursday. Lanning must replace one integral figure from 2024 in Dillon Gabriel. Even though the Kelly …

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Cornhuskers DC has ‘excited’ take on DL

Nebraska football comes into the 2025 college football season as a wildcard with some expectations to keep improving. The Cornhuskers have had such bad luck in recent years, but they broke through last season and made a bowl game in Matt Rhule’s second season and won it. The Cornhuskers are primed for a big year with an improved offense and …

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Kimo Makane’ole comfortable switching back to offensive line

MORGANTOWN — If you checked West Virginia offensive lineman Kimo Makane’ole’s WVU bio on Wednesday morning, it would say he weighed 198 pounds, the size of a running back or a wide receiver.  Now, it’s corrected to his real weight of 298. “I don’t know what that’s about,” Makane’ole said. The last time he weighed around 198 pounds? “Probably in …

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Insider reveals eye-popping Bryce Underwood earnings

2025 is year two of the Sherrone Moore era with the Michigan football program. As the team looks to improve on Moore’s first year mark of 8-5, there are a number of positions that can be improved upon from last season. One of those positions is quarterback. Luckily for Moore and his staff, they landed five-star signal caller Bryce Underwood, …

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FSU QB Tommy Castellanos’ reported NIL payout dwarfed by Miami’s Carson Beck, Oklahoma’s John Mateer, others

Florida State once again hit the transfer portal hard in 2025, bringing in 23 new commitments. That effort earned the Seminoles the No. 6 transfer portal class in the country, according to 247Sports rankings. Among those additions is former Boston College quarterback Tommy Castellanos, who’s expected to be a difference-maker for this year’s squad. Castellanos, like many others in this …

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Oklahoma Sooners a long shot for College Football Playoff?

The Oklahoma Sooners enter the 2025 season outside of the top 25 in the US LBM Coaches Poll. It’s an unfamiliar situation for one of the most successful teams in the history of the sport. But that’s what happens when everything that could go wrong does for the Oklahoma Sooners. The Sooners are looking to rewrite the narratives and prove …

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Rebels' new-look secondary is 'in a really good spot,' Kiffin says

OXFORD – Ole Miss senior safety Kapena Gushiken admits there have been occasional lapses by the Rebels’ new-look secondary in the early portions of fall practice. But he doesn’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing. Ole Miss had the No. 2 scoring defense in college football a season ago, led by a fearsome pass rush and run-stopping unit that led …

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Three Mountain West schools file lawsuit over withheld funds, accelerated Grand Canyon entry

Three Mountain West schools leaving for the Pac-12 have filed an updated lawsuit accusing the conference of improperly withholding tens of millions of dollars and misleading them about a covert plan to fast-track the addition of Grand Canyon University. Boise State, Colorado State and Utah State filed the 37-page complaint Thursday in Colorado federal court, according to documents obtained by …

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