Auburn will be tasked with slowing down a heap of great quarterbacks in 2025. The 2025 season is quickly approaching, which means it is a great time to scout every quarterback that the Auburn Tigers are slated to face this season. Auburn will head to Baylor to open the 2025 season on Aug. 29 for a game that is sure …
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Autzen Stadium made a big impression on Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith
One of the questions asked when the Oregon Ducks joined the Big Ten Conference was how would the team adjust to playing on the road and the travel aspect of the new surroundings? As it turned out, the Ducks didn’t have a problem with it, going undefeated in the regular season. But the bigger question was how the other teams …
Read More »Ohio State’s Ryan Day backs Big Ten’s College Football Playoff expansion proposal, harps on future scheduling
With talks of College Football Playoff expansion, a holding pattern continues formation between the Big Ten and other Power 4 conferences. The Big Ten wants four automatic bids in its proposal, while the SEC, ACC and Big 12 are fine moving forward with five auto-bids and the rest at-large if the 12-team field moves to 14 or 16 in the …
Read More »R Mason Thomas expecting big things for pair of defensive ends
The Oklahoma Sooners will open fall camp on July 30, and star pass rusher R Mason Thomas is expecting big things out of a pair of young defensive ends. Speaking at SEC media days last week, Thomas didn’t hesitate when he was asked who he expects to break out this season at defensive end. Adepoju Adebawore and Taylor Wein. They …
Read More »Florida State QB Thomas Castellanos continues Alabama banter ahead of season opener: ‘We stand on what I said’
There’s not a player across college football more confident ahead of his team’s season opener than Florida State quarterback Thomas Castellanos, who continued his offseason torching of Alabama on Wednesday at ACC Kickoff. Who could’ve seen a triple-down coming during talking season? “We stand on what I said, so I said what I said,” Castellanos said. “We stand on that. …
Read More »LSU Tigers matchup is Florida football’s swing game for 2025
Florida football’s swing game for the 2025 college football season will come during the Week 3 contest against the LSU Tigers, according to ESPN. On Wednesday, ESPN compiled a list of swing games for every Top 25 college football team and for the Gators, they decided to land on the matchup with the Tigers. A swing game is essentially the …
Read More »Ohio State WR phenom Jeremiah Smith receives Julio Jones comparison from Big Ten coach
Getty Images Jeremiah Smith may only be a college sophomore, but many believe that the Ohio State standout would have been the first receiver selected in this year’s NFL Draft. That’s how good Smith was as a freshman while helping lead the Buckeyes to a national title. Smith recently received a flattering comparison from Indiana coach Curt Cignetti, who went as …
Read More »Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer faces ‘show-me year,’ expert says
No one is counting out Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer despite an up-and-down first season in Tuscaloosa, at least not according to CBS Sports. College football analyst Brad Crawford unveiled his annual SEC head coach rankings entering the 2025 season on Wednesday. While Georgia’s Kirby Smart topped the list at No. 1 and Texas’ Steve Sarkisian followed at No. 2, …
Read More »Ex-Texas coach Mack Brown compares Arch Manning to program legend: ‘He’s a lot like Vince at the same age’
Texas quarterback Arch Manning tempered expectations last week at SEC Media Days, reminding the nation he hasn’t actually earned some of the preseason accolades that have come his way this summer. Manning, a former five-star and top-ranked recruit in the 2023 signing class, is set to be QB1 for the first time in his career with more hype than any …
Read More »Florida State’s Thomas Castellanos defends Alabama trash talk
Jeremiah Smith, Ryan Williams on cover of EA Sports College Football ’26 EA Sports chose Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith and Alabama’s Ryan Williams to be on the cover of College Football ’26. We talk to the athletes about what this moment means to them. Thomas Castellanos is standing firm. The Florida State quarterback didn’t back down from his comments about …
Read More »8-4 teams in the CFP? Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti explains vision for college football postseason
LAS VEGAS — Inside a makeshift office at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, one of the most powerful men in college sports leaned back in a chair at the head of a long conference table and let out a chuckle. The battle over the College Football Playoff’s future format is a hot topic at the Big Ten’s annual media …
Read More »Michigan State football RB Kenneth Walker talks MSU tenure
The 2021 Michigan State football season was one for the memories, with the Spartans going 11-2 and winning the Peach Bowl. A big part in the Spartans success that season was the outstanding play of running back Kenneth Walker. Walker was an unbelievable recruiting win for Mel Tucker and his staff, getting the running back from Wake Forest. During the …
Read More »From A- to F: It’s a rough recruiting report card for most of college football’s hot seat coaches
CBS Sports rolled out its annual Hot Seat Rankings earlier this month. While on-field results will certainly dictate how active the 2025-56 coaching carousel will be, the overall trajectory of a program can factor into whether a coach is ultimately safe. That’s where talent acquisition comes into play. With just over 93% of the Top247 recruits for the class of …
Read More »Mike Locksley admits he lost Maryland locker room over NIL in 2024
College football coaches we actually want to see succeed in 2025 Before The Snap breaks down three college football coaches we actually want to see succeed during the 2025 season. Maryland football lost a ton of games in 2024, but Mike Locksley admitted he lost the locker room before those on-field losses. Speaking to ESPN on July 22, Locksley said …
Read More »College football recruiting: Elite 2026 commits sound off on NIL packages, schools offering most money to sign
If you’re an elite college football player or prized recruit, you’re going to be paid handsomely to perform moving forward. That’s part of the recruiting process with revenue-sharing and NIL deals now one of the leading enticements when trying to sway a prospective addition’s commitment. Florida-based recruiting analyst Zach Blostein of Noles247 recently interviewed a dozen commits in the 2026 …
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