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Jackson State football coach T. C. Taylor has seen enough that after four games with JaCobian Morgan as the starting quarterback, he decided the Tigers will go forward with the Syracuse transfer as their starter. Taylor did not go after any other big-name quarterbacks in the transfer portal even though they included a proven Southwestern Athletic Conference quarterback, Andrew Body, …

Matt McGloin was a fifth-year senior. Christian Hackenberg was a true freshman. They were the Penn State quarterbacks in Bill O’Brien’s two years as head coach of the Nittany Lions a decade ago. On Friday, Ohio State hired O’Brien as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach to lend an experienced hand to an offense that underperformed last year. McGloin’s and Hackenberg’s …

Former Texas A&M defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin may be coaching in the same role at another SEC university coming up in the 2024 season. According to 247Sports national college football reporter Matt Zenitz, Durkin has emerged as a target for the Auburn defensive coordinator vacancy. Durkin spent the last two seasons in College Station on former head coach Jimbo Fisher‘s …

As we get further into the offseason, it’s given us an opportunity to look at non-roster elements of the Oregon Ducks’ upcoming 2024 season. While the transfer portal, and incoming recruits, and returning starters are incredibly important, they are only half of the equation. The schedule is the other half, pitting Dan Lanning and the Ducks up against their new …

Former Stanford head coach David Shaw became the latest candidate to interview for the Titans’ head coaching vacancy on Sunday. The Titans announced the completion of an interview with Shaw during Sunday night’s divisional playoff game between the Chiefs and the Bills. Shaw is the 10th candidate to interview with the Titans since they fired Mike Vrabel. Shaw went 96-54 …

It’s been 10 months since SJ Tuohy moved into his new role as executive director of The Kingdom NIL, a collective geared toward supporting UCF athletes through their name, image and likeness. In that short time, the university transitioned from the American Athletic Conference to the Big 12 in July, opening the doors for a new world of opportunities on …

Report: Bears plan to hire Shane Waldron as OC originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Chicago Bears’ exhaustive search for their next offensive coordinator has come to an end. After almost two weeks of interviews, the Bears plan to hire former Seattle offensive coordinator Shane Waldron, NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero reported Monday morning. Waldron spent the last three seasons …

Corey Raymond is back in Baton Rouge. Raymond rose to prominence in the 2010s coaching LSU’s defensive backs, where he assembled some of the sport’s most talented units year after year. He wasn’t retained upon Brian Kelly’s arrival in 2021, but after LSU’s secondary struggled in 2023, Kelly is bringing back a familiar face. According to The Advocate, Raymond’s deal …

The Lions saw left guard Jonah Jackson and tight end Brock Wright leave Sunday’s win over the Buccaneers with injuries and head coach Dan Campbell didn’t have an optimistic update on either player after the game. Jackson left with a knee injury and Wright was wearing a sling on his injured arm in the locker room after the game. Campbell …

In a high school gymnasium in a suburb of Philadelphia, Will Howard threw passes in front of visiting college coaches. It was January 2019 as Howard, then a junior at Downingtown West High School, looked to make an impression. He had missed the last half of the previous season after breaking an arm, a setback that stalled his recruitment. Opportunities …

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes hasn’t been in the NFL that long, but there aren’t a lot of unchecked boxes for a two-time MVP with two Super Bowl rings. One of the only ones was winning a road playoff game because Mahomes never had the opportunity to play in one until Sunday. He’d played in 12 games at Arrowhead Stadium and …

The Ohio State Buckeyes and Ryan Day continue to win big recruitments and feast on other programs’ departing players. Quarterback prospect Julian Sayin committed to Alabama but then transferred once Nick Saban retired. Ohio State picked off Sayin to bolster its roster even more in a highly productive offseason. Buckeyes Wire has more on the story: “Alabama transfer quarterback Julian Sayin committed to …

The AFC Championship Game will be the 17th postseason game of Patrick Mahomes’ career, meaning that Mahomes has effectively played another full season in the playoffs. And in that other full season, Mahomes has put up MVP numbers. In the 16 postseason games that Mahomes has started so far, the Chiefs are 13-3. Mahomes has thrown for 4,561 passing yards …

The Eagles are looking for a reset after exiting the playoffs following a stunning 32-9 loss to the Buccaneers in the Wild Card round of the NFC playoffs. Even with Nick Sirianni’s team clinching a playoff berth for the third straight year, there are question marks centered around the personnel and coaching staff following a historic collapse that saw Philadelphia …