Rival fans made fun of Michigan football’s recruiting class just a few short weeks ago but Rivals is not. One of the premier recruiting services — along with 247Sports and On3 — Rivals held its annual Five-Star Camp, hosting some of the top recruits across the country. The Wolverines didn’t have a ton of attendees, but with two commits standing …

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As anticipation for the 2024 college football season builds, Rutgers football has announced another themed game. The ‘Scarlet Out’ game will be held on Oct. 12 when Wisconsin visits SHI Stadium. However, it will not be the only thing for fans to celebrate, as it will also be band day. Fans who arrive early to the game will receive a …

ictqjttB97LxRwSLpnGEf9f4JQypB8HDZdUYqoTd2pA_javonte.jpg 2023 Stats (Rank) Points per game: 21 (19th)Total yards per game: 298.4 (26th)Plays per game: 59.8 (29th)Pass Attempts + Sacks per game: 33.2 (27th)Dropback EPA per play: -0.01 (21st)Rush attempts per game: 26.5 (18th)Rush EPA per play: -0.11 (17th) Coaching Staff Sean Payton enters his second season as head coach of a Broncos team that struggled through the AFC …

Math isn’t my thing. Ask my editors. And former editors. It’s not a new problem. But I am decent enough with numbers to know that Ohio State is benefiting from addition by subtraction. As in, OSU minus Nick Saban is a positive. Among the biggest changes affecting college football, at least in the short term, is the January retirement of …

No, running backs were taken in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft — so it’s a challenge to sort which runners will be the most effective as rookies.  In what was mostly deemed a “bad” running back class, the 2024 collection together featured a diverse collection of talented runners who just didn’t carry immense hype into the draft …

Nick Saban shocked the college football world in January with the sudden announcement of his retirement as the Alabama Crimson Tide football head coach. At the time of his retirement, it was reported that Saban would remain an employee of the university athletic department but no details were revealed on his exact role. On Thursday, the details of the legendary …

Titans quarterback Will Levis isn’t getting totally away from football during the break leading into training camp. Levis told head coach Brian Callahan during OTAs that he felt something was off with his throwing mechanics and that he wants to be “more stationary” when delivering passes. The team worked with him on that through the end of the offseason program …

If you plan to play as the North Carolina Tar Heels in EA Sports College Football 25, you will have one of the top defenses in the game. On Thursday, EA Sports continued its rankings week by revealing the top 25 defenses in the game. Cracking that top 25 list are the North Carolina Tar Heels who are ranked No. …

The Patriots opting to hire former New England linebacker (2008-2015) and former linebackers coach (2019-2023) Jerod Mayo to be Bill Belichick’s successor as their head coach surprised some, but not a couple of his former teammates.  Both retired tight Rob Gronkowski and retired wide receiver Julian Edelman clocked Mayo’s football acumen early on in their time as his Patriots teammates.  …

The Jaguars struck a deal to secure their future in Jacksonville this week and team owner Shad Khan would like to spend less time wading through the free agent market over the course of that future. Jacksonville signed players like defensive lineman Arik Armstead, wide receiver Gabe Davis, center Mitch Morse and safety Darnell Savage this offseason and they made …

After landing four-star Tyler Williams a day ago, the Georgia Bulldogs have added another wide receiver to their 2025 class. Landon Roldan, a three-star receiver who was also heavily targeted by Georgia Tech, announced his commitment to the Dawgs on Friday on X, just four days after receiving his initial offer from UGA. Roldan is listed at 6 feet and …

It’s that special time of the NFL offseason where we are caught in limbo between OTAs and training camp. For the most part, there’s not all that much happening on a day-to-day basis. Teams are gearing up to start gearing up for the season, if that makes sense. But given that we do have this nice break, it’s a good …

The 2024 season will be here before we know it and the anticipation and excitement continue to build in Tuscaloosa as a new era of Alabama Crimson Tide football will get underway with Kalen DeBoer at the helm. Some have questioned DeBoer and the Tide this offseason and have wondered if Alabama can maintain the level of success that they …

The biggest expense for the NFL arising from Thursday’s verdict will be the $14.088 billion ($4.696 billion, times three) for antitrust violations arising from the Sunday Ticket class action. There will be other expenses. The antitrust laws allow for the recovery of reasonable attorneys’ fees. Given that the case goes back nine years, the final bill submitted by the lawyers …