Even last season, which he spent as the backup quarterback, the biggest storyline around Texas football was Arch Manning. That has not changed heading into 2025, where Manning is one of the top Heisman Trophy favorites heading into his first season as the starter in Austin. Steve Sarkisian is finally handing Manning the keys after he sat on the bench …

ATLANTA — There will be plenty of attention on OU football Wednesday when the Sooners make their rounds at SEC media days at the College Football Hall of Fame. Much of the focus will be on OU coach Brent Venables and quarterback John Mateer. Venables is entering a critical fourth season with plenty of uncertainty. The Sooners have finished with …

Cincinnati high school sports video highlights, 2024-2025 Media partner Fox19 Sports provided a sizzle reel of top high school sports moments for the 2024-2025 Enquirer High School Sports Awards. Fox19 Sports With the start of another high school football season around the corner, The Enquirer is ranking the best players in Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana.  While they typically don’t receive the …

In the latest Clemson football news, head coach Dabo Swinney has finally broken his silence on the surprising dismissal of 4-star freshman Jadyn Henderson, citing the Tigers’ non-negotiable culture standards. The news comes just weeks after the young receiver was cut from the team following a locker room incident that drew internal concern and external attention. Clemson, a program known …

Aside from Washington or the occasional Top 5 opponent, there has been no greater joy for Oregon Football or its fans than beating Oregon State the past 25 years. In the late 90s/early 2000s, the Civil War (most of us still call it that anyway) began to pick up national attention, and though there’s been some rather mismatched contests (2004, …

SEC media days are happening this week, and every school has been making headlines, including Auburn football as a big wildcard in the conference. Head coach Hugh Freeze got aggressive in recruiting, especially in the transfer portal, and brought in a lot of key players, with the most significant piece being Jackson Arnold under center. Arnold has the opportunity to …

Imagn Images Former Kentucky wide receiver Scott Mitchell was in the right place at the right time on Sunday and played a key role in authorities arresting a suspected arsonist. The ex-Wildcat ran down Andrew Wistic O’Calliham on a Los Angeles hillside and helped police take the homeless 43-year-old into custody after he allegedly set fire to forest land. O’Calliham …

Jeff Hansen calls it like he sees it and what the recruiting guru for 247Sports.com has watched over the last week has been eye-popping. When Adam Bywater, a prized linebacker from Salt Lake City, chose BYU over Utah on Monday night, he continued a hot streak that has the Cougars sizzling. “There were four or five guys on the board …

For Missouri high school football prospect Jacob Eberhart, the thought of carrying on family tradition was too much to ignore. Eberhart, who held offers from programs such as Oklahoma, Missouri and Nebraska, committed to play football for Illinois. His late father, Jason Eberhart, played for Illinois along the defensive line from 1997-2000. A senior-to-be at Kirkwood High School, Eberhart checks …

James Johnson has officially flipped his commitment from Georgia to Texas football, giving the Longhorns a big win in the 2026 recruiting process according to Hayes Fawcett of On3 Sports. The five-star defensive lineman from Miami Northwestern High School had initially committed to Georgia in late June, but he had second thoughts after only a few weeks. At 6-foot-2 and …

The West Virginia Mountaineers have officially added the greatest name in the history of their football recruiting. SirPaul Cheeks committed to WVU on Tuesday. Even better, he goes by the nickname “Jesus in Cleats.” Potential blasphemy aside, that’s pretty sweet. SirPaul is a running back from Chesterfield Varina High School in Virginia. He’s 5-foot-9 and 185 pounds, and his other …

Youth football players hoping to attend former Ohio State running back Quinshon Judkins’ football camp won’t be able to any longer. That’s because the second-round selection of the Cleveland Browns canceled the camp “due to unforeseen circumstances,” according to a report appearing in the Columbus Dispatch. The camp was supposed to take place on Tuesday, July 15, but Judkins was …

The Pac-12 and Mountain West are headed to court. The conferences were unable to reach a settlement in the legal dispute over exit fees and poaching penalties tied to the Pac-12’s acquisition of five Mountain West schools, and they made a joint filing Tuesday to ask for a hearing on Sept. 9. After the Pac-12 announced its additions of Boise …

In the three years since head coach Lincoln Riley left campus for the lights of Los Angeles, the Oklahoma Sooners have found themselves mired in mediocrity. Two 6-7 seasons were interrupted by a promising 10-3 campaign in 2023, but Brent Venables is under pressure to pull away from Riley’s shadow and establish a new era of Oklahoma football. Venables hopes …

ATLANTA — Georgia football coach Kirby Smart can hear the footsteps for the first time in awhile. If there was ever a chance for the Florida Gators to catch their SEC rival, this could be it after losing four straight and seven of eight in the longstanding series. The Bulldogs are vulnerable, if not eminently beatable, while the Gators, winners of four …