College Football

Missouri approved a contract extension for Eliah Drinkwitz and an enhanced salary pool for his assistant coaches and support staff, the school announced Thursday. The new deal takes Drinkwitz through the 2029 season. The amended contract’s financial details have yet to be reported, but Drinkwitz’s previous deal stipulated an annual salary averaging more than $9 million per year. The extension …

Last year’s College Football Playoff expansion created the longest season in the sport’s history, and the new format could require teams to play as many as 17 games on their path to the national championship. The title game also moved deeper into January with last season’s contest landing on the 20th. Not everyone is on board with the grueling demands …

A big-time power forward prospect in the 2026 class will reportedly take an official visit to Michigan State during its annual “Grind Week” in early September. Quinn Costello of The Newman School in Boston will reportedly take an official visit to Michigan State on September 5, according to 247Sports insider Justin Thind. This official visit will align with the Spartans’ …

A year after four veteran quarterbacks led four Big Ten teams to the College Football Playoff, the league’s top 2025 QB storylines are about the heralded prospects who will get a chance to shine. While known commodities such as Penn State’s Drew Allar and Illinois’ Luke Altmyer are back, there numerous other signal-callers with one year or less of Power …

Offensive lineman Sam Greer (Akron, OH/ Archbishop Hoban High School) has officially accepted his invitation to the 2026 Navy All-American Bowl. Having been selected to play in the twenty sixth edition of the Navy All-American Bowl, Greer will play in the annual East vs. West matchup on Saturday, January 10, 2026, in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The Bowl …

If you believe something long enough, does it eventually become your reality? Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck sure hopes so because he has been preaching a “delusional” mentality to the Golden Gophers all offseason. During Big Ten Media Days on Wednesday, Fleck took the podium and laid out some of the core tenants for this year’s team. One of them was …

The buildup to Clemson football and LSU’s primetime clash on August 30 continues to gain steam, and Tigers head coach Brian Kelly isn’t shying away from the spotlight. Speaking Wednesday at the Baton Rouge Rotary Club, Kelly didn’t miss the opportunity to take a swipe at Clemson’s home turf. “You need those [championship] traits when you’re on the road [at …

Ohio State wide receiver sensation Jeremiah Smith is not worried about the ongoing quarterback competition between Julian Sayin and Lincoln Kienholz for the Buckeyes. The battle was “neck and neck” this spring, according to coach Ryan Day, but Smith said Ohio State’s full arsenal of weaponry around the position is more than enough to guarantee success for the defending national …

The Oklahoma football team may have been picked to finish in the middle of the Southeastern Conference pack last week during media days, but at least one national writer has tabbed the Sooners to win the whole league. USA TODAY Sports’ Matt Hayes told “That SEC Podcast” that OU was his pick at the top of the best football conference …

LSU coach Brian Kelly and the Tigers are anxious to make an opening-weekend statement at Clemson in the seismic season opener for both programs next month. Doubling down this week on previous remarks about “The Real Death Valley” earlier this month at SEC Media Days, Kelly catered to his base once again ahead of the anticipated road trip. “You want …

The first year of Oregon Ducks football in the Big Ten was a fun one to say the least. They went undefeated, including a thrilling 32-31 win over Ohio State in one of the greatest games inside Autzen Stadium. It probably went better than expected. But as the Ducks enter Year 2 of their Big Ten membership, what happened last …

The Bill Belichick era at North Carolina has already been a headline-grabber, but it officially kicks off in just over five weeks with the start of the 2025 season. Belichick arrived in Chapel Hill with a legendary pedigree built during his historic NFL tenure, which includes six Super Bowl titles as coach of the New England Patriots. Yet despite his …

LAS VEGAS — Next week, college football coaches can put the recruiting promises they have made to high school seniors on paper. Then the question becomes whether they can keep them. Uncertainty over a key element of the $2.8 billion NCAA antitrust settlement that is reshaping college sports has placed recruiters on a tightrope. They need clarity about whether the …

With Big Ten media days taking place this week, one common theme has been the contrast in scheduling between the Big Ten and the SEC. On Tuesday, Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti took a shot at the SEC with his comments about his program’s nonconference schedule. On Wednesday, Washington head coach Jedd Fisch became the latest to take a jab …

While Ryan Day said the 6-foot-3, 215-pound receiver is “bigger, faster and stronger” this year, that seems like a requisite summation of about 95% of most football players from peewee on up through the college ranks. And while mental development is also expected from year one to year two in college, Smith seemed to arrive at Ohio State last winter …