HOUSTON, TX – With two weeks to go in the regular season, the Michigan Panthers (6-2) have the best record in the USFL, and have locked up an appearance in the conference championship game.  The Panthers defeated the Houston Roughnecks 30-18 on Saturday afternoon to clinch a spot in the USFL Conference Championship for the second straight season. Danny Etling …

President Donald Trump can be seen at college football games, UFC events, and even NASCAR races. Trump enjoys appearing at sporting events, and recently has entered himself into the college athletics space, attempting to create order in a wild west that is college sports. It was inevitable that the NIL system currently in place was going to cause issues. This …

Michigan State football has extended an offer to a defensive back prospect from the Peach State. Tyson Sanford of Suwanee, Ga. announced earlier this week that he’s received an offer from the Spartans. Sanford posted on his social media X account about the offer. Sanford is currently an unranked prospect on both 247Sports and Rivals. He plays Peachtree Ridge High, …

The Big 12 was one of three Power Five conferences that saw a decline in revenue for the first time in more than a decade in the 2024 fiscal year, according to a report earlier this week by USA Today. In what has become an annual tradition, USA Today’s Steve Berkowitz compiled the federal tax records for the Power conferences, …

The Big 12 doesn’t have a lot of names in consideration to be among the nation’s top returning quarterbacks in 2025, as the majority of top returnees on a national scale belong at schools in either the SEC, Big Ten or ACC. That doesn’t mean the conference, though, is devoid of talent at the position. There are 10 schools whose …

Could Indiana get a mascot here soon? Well, maybe. The Hoosiers have had a few mascots through the years but none have held the same staying power that the bison has. It’s been featured on merchandise and you can’t go a year or two without a site, sometimes us or the venerable Indiana Daily Student, calling for the mascot to …

Watching former Texas A&M football players grow in their respective careers once their playing days are over is an enjoyable experience, especially knowing the mental toll of leaving the game, which affects every player. On Saturday, it was revealed that former Texas A&M running back Tra Carson, who was a star for the Aggies for three seasons (2013-2015) including QB …

Notre Dame football has made the state of Florida one of its recruiting focuses, and on Friday they again offered a prospect from the Sunshine State in Efrem White. The 6-foot, 2-inch and 155-pound athlete has been committed to Florida State since late December of 2023, but that didn’t stop the Irish from showing their interest. Most likely Notre Dame …

The Oklahoma Sooners have been adding to their 2026 recruiting class this week on the defensive side of the ball. The class currently sits at six commitments, with four on offense and two on defense. But OU could be closing in on a second quarterback in this class. They’ve been heavily pursuing Celina (Texas) High School four-star QB prospect Bowe …

Decades before Pat Williams and Jimmy Hewitt co-founded the Orlando Magic, before Arnie moved to Bay Hill and turned Orlando into a golf mecca, before Phil Rawlins, Kay Rawlins and Adrian Heath came up with the concept of Orlando City and turned Central Florida into an international soccer destination, before UCF played its first football game in a driving rainstorm …

The Georgia Bulldogs are keying in on a major recruit. Four-star linebacker Malik Morris is down to his top six schools, with Georgia being on the list, according to On3. Miami, Florida, Texas A&M, Alabama, and Missouri are the other five schools on his list. Morris is a 2026 four-star linebacker that plays high school football from Lakeland High School …

Auburn is expected to take a giant step forward in 2025 after striking gold in the transfer portal. Auburn football is expected to take a giant step forward this season after striking gold in the transfer portal this offseason. Hugh Freeze filled several needs with transfer portal additions, but the newcomer that is garnering the most attention is quarterback Jackson …

Michigan State’s Aidan Chiles is listed as one of the top quarterbacks in the Big Ten Michigan State starting quarterback Aidan Chiles is considered an upper half quarterback in the Big Ten, according to SleeperCFB. SleeperCFB — an account that covers college football news, highlights and rumors — released their Big Ten quarterback rankings this week, and Chiles landed in …

Defense is the reason Coach Odom is at Purdue; in fact, defense is the reason Barry Odom is a head coach at any school. His first order of business in West Lafayette is to fix the defense his former protege left in shambles. That means bringing in a new system and a slate of new players. It also means you …

Going into the 2025 football season, Nittany Lions Wire will examine each player listed on the Penn State roster. Over the preseason, each profile will cover the player’s background, how recruiting websites rated them coming out of high school, and what role they will play for James Franklin this season. After a relatively quiet freshman season, wide receiver Tyseer Denmark has been …