PULLMAN – As he prepares for his final season of college football, Tucker Large walks a fine line. He is Washington State’s starting free safety. When the Cougars’ season kicks off this weekend, he’ll be playing in front of the most fans he ever has, giving him an opportunity to show them something. The question he wrestles with: Does he …

The Arch Manning era at Texas gets underway on Saturday when the No. 1 Longhorns hit the road to take on No. 3 Ohio State in the season opener for both teams. Expectations are high in Austin in 2025, with Texas currently listed as the +550 (risk $100 to win $550) betting favorite in the latest CFP national championship odds …

Just like on the offensive side of the ball, the Purdue Defense has new faces galore. In fact, outside of CJ Madden, who battle injury all of last season for Purdue, there are all new starters projected on the defense for the 2025 version of the Purdue Boilermaker Defense. Purdue will play a fast and physical style of defense it …

Colorado picked Kaidon Salter as its opening day starting quarterback, coach Deion Sanders announced on Tuesday. The Liberty transfer arrived as one of the most productive returning quarterbacks in college football and won the job over star freshman Julian Lewis.  Salter started his career at Tennessee before he was dismissed during his first offseason, and resurrected his career at Liberty under …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — At this time last year, it was something of a surprise to Michigan football fans (and the media, too) that Evan Link ended up beating out Andrew Gentry for the starting right tackle job. Entering his sophomore year, after spending his freshman campaign on the scout team, it was Gentry’s job to lose, but he turned …

With Week 1 of the 2025 college football season fast approaching, the quarterback dominoes have mostly fallen. With Week 0 in the books and the first full weekend of competition days away, some coaches are still in decision-making mode when it comes to naming a starter.  Some competitions are still ongoing when the actual games kick off as teams will …

MITCHELL — As part of Dakota Wesleyan University football’s traditional run-heavy offense, the offensive line has one of the more important jobs on the field. Helping the group along the way is a former lineman himself. Ever since his playing days ended at Minnesota State University, Mankato, where he was an all-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference offensive lineman, Mike Bernarde has …

Getty Images One of college football’s great traditions will not take place as the season begins. Colorado announced Tuesday that it will not have its live mascot, Ralphie, running down the field before games to get the Folsom Field crowd fired up.  That is because their current live buffalo mascot, Ralphie VI (nicknamed Ember), is retiring after four years in the role …

Rushing the field has become increasingly expensive for universities in recent years. And it just got potentially costly for Mizzou students and fans, too. University of Missouri System President Mun Choi and Mizzou athletic director Laird Veatch, in an effort to curb field- and court-storming, published a joint statement Tuesday with a clear-cut message: “Mizzou students and fans will no …