It has never been done before, but impossibilities rarely enter Shane Beamer’s vocabulary. Whatever coach-speak directions South Carolina’s head coach planned for SEC Media Days went out the window Monday when Paul Finebaum interrupted a pre-podium discussion and asked if winning a conference championship was “doable” with the Gamecocks. For a program without a conference championship since 1969, long before …

LSU football head coach Brian Kelly met with the media on Monday at SEC media days. This event serves as an annual reminder that the college football season is getting closer and closer. Kelly’s statement at the main stage addressed a variety of topics, from LSU’s current team to the state of college sports. Kelly has been around a long …

“Let me be clear — college athletics is not broken, but it is strained,” SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said during his opening address to kick off the conference’s media days in Atlanta Monday morning.  As the college sports landscape undergoes rapid changes, Sankey explained his main goal has not changed as he tries to put his conference in the best position …

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, …

Getty Images The Sun Belt Conference’s CEOs voted to extend an invitation to Conference USA’s Louisiana Tech Monday morning, according to ESPN. Louisiana Tech is set to replace Texas State, which is departing for the Pac-12 in 2026, as the Sun Belt’s 14th member. ESPN also notes that Louisiana Tech will accept a buyout that is at least $5 million …

LSU made the top five for five-star offensive lineman Darius Gray, per a report from Rivals’ Hayes Fawcett on Sunday. South Carolina, Clemson, Tennessee, and Ohio State also made the cut for the Richmond, VA native. He has made eight official visits since April and cut Virginia Tech, Virginia, and Georgia from his list of suitors. 247Sports is the highest …

Hello there, sports fans! It’s Austin filling in for Zach, and I hope everyone had a great weekend. This is an article version of the CBS Sports HQ AM Newsletter, the ultimate guide to every day in sports. You can sign up to get it in your inbox every weekday morning here. JANNIK SINNER For the first time in his …

Conference realignment put Greg Sankey and the SEC schedule makers in a grinder when they added Oklahoma and Texas. A conference that was previously scheduled with east and west divisions in mind, while keeping historic rivalries at the forefront of the conference landscape, had to make some adjustments ahead of the 2024 season. As SEC media days begin on Monday …

SEC football media days are here. After a long offseason, the season is inching closer. The conference’s 16 teams, including LSU football, are split over four days from July 14-17 in Atlanta, GA. Head coach Brian Kelly speaks to the media on opening day. Quarterback Garrett Nussmeier, wide receiver Chris Hilton Jr. and linebacker Whit Weeks will join him. The …

No position on the football field has a greater impact on winning than the offensive line. Even the quarterback, who dominates headlines and the stat sheet, would be hamstrung without a strong group of blockers up front. Classic Big Ten football, as exemplified by the current-age Iowa Hawkeyes, can still see teams win games without representative quarterback play. Those offensive …

The Oklahoma Sooners enter their second season in the Southeastern Conference in 2025. After a long run spent dominating the Big 12 Conference, it’s safe to say OU is still adjusting to life in its new league. One of the many adjustments the program is making is the increased stadium capacities and rowdy atmospheres that college football’s premier conference has …

Tennessee is closing in on a prospect for its 2026 football recruiting class. Four-star offensive tackle Kamari Blair will make his decision between the Vols, Ole Miss and South Carolina on Wednesday. The 6-foot-6, 280-pound prospect is an in-state target from Kirkwood High School in Clarksville, Tennessee. 247Sports ranks Blair as the No. 24 offensive tackle in the class and …

GAINESVILLE — The 11th and final position-by-position preview of the UF football team leading up to SEC Media Days. TODAY: SPECIAL TEAMS What to expect The 2024 Gators had a 1-2 punch in the kicking game few if any teams could match. Now there is one. Placekicker Trey Smack is back for his final season, while record-setting punter Jeremy Crawshaw …

FRISCO, TX — Big 12 media days is in the rearview mirror — and that means the college football season has started. Unofficially, of course. The Big 12 was the first conference to hold its media days, and with every other conference following in the coming weeks, college football has returned to the sports world’s consciousness (as if it really …

Nebraska football has the easiest 2025 schedule in the Big Ten, according to rankings from Phil Steele. His rankings were put out earlier this week. Wisconsin has the toughest schedule, followed by UCLA, Purdue, Rutgers, and Oregon, which round out the top five. Washington, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Nebraska round out the bottom five. The Huskers open up the 2025 …