College Football

Legendary head coach Nick Saban was especially known for his advanced knowledge and abilities in coaching up the defensive side of the game, especially the secondary. Without Saban on the sidelines, many wonder how the Alabama Crimson Tide defense will perform in the upcoming 2024 season. New head coach Kalen DeBoer has a strong offensive coaching background and seems prepared …

Anyone who watched the LSU Tigers in 2023 knows that the defense was not even close to being up to par. It was one of the worst units in the SEC and proved to be a limiting factor as the team failed to return to Atlanta or make the College Football Playoff. Blake Baker is now in charge of the …

The summer official visit season is over and the recruiting dead period of July — prior to the annual BBQ at the Big House — is set to kick in. But with 12 commitments in the 2025 class, the Wolverines still have about half of the class to fill out. And thus, the calendar will tick down and targets will …

Summertime is a great chance to gain some perspective on the talent pool in college football. So every year, I take some time to ask NFL scouts how draft-eligible college players are viewed as prospects by those in the NFL space. In the coming weeks, I’ll share different pieces of feedback that have come from those conversations. Yesterday, we covered …

No team has a longer College Football Playoff participation streak than that of the Michigan Wolverines and while many are expecting the maize and blue to take a step back in Sherrone Moore’s first year, the streak may be extended yet. Michigan football has made at least the semifinals for three straight seasons, with last year being a national championship …

Utah Utes linebacker Lander Barton (20) lights the U after their victory over the Weber State Wildcats at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. The Utah Utes won the game with a final score of 31-7. | Megan Nielsen, Deseret News Much like the real world, the video game world is high on the Utah …

Faizon Brandon is set to commit, this following several unofficial visits this month. A cutdown of his list, with an August commitment in mind, has now accelerated Brandon’s recruitment. A five-star quarterback in the class of 2026, Brandon is down to a final four of Alabama, LSU, North Carolina State and Tennessee. According to 247Sports, Brandon is the top-ranked recruit …

After averaging 35.8 ppg and nearly 480 yards of offense a game a season ago, the Texas Longhorns will head into the 2024 season with one of the best offenses in the country. The Longhorns did lose WR Xavier Worthy, RB Jonathon Brooks, WR Adonai Mitchell, and TE Ja’Tavion Sanders to the 2024 NFL draft, however, there is still no …

“Stop trying to make fetch happen!” Except change “fetch” to “Colorado football” and the quote from the hit movie Mean Girls that featured Lindsay Lohan back in 2004 would be on to the upcoming new college football video game from EA Sports. Colorado finished last year with a 4-8 overall record, going just 1-8 in the final year of the …

Jun. 27—Another one of the area’s top college football prospects is off the board. Northmont defensive end Cedric Works Jr. announced Thursday he is headed to Kentucky next year after his senior season with the Thunderbolts. Works is the top-rated defensive prospect in the area for the class of 2025 and No. 9 prospect in Ohio per 247Sports Composite rankings, …

The Wisconsin Badgers have the No. 15-ranked defense in the soon-to-be-released EA Sports College Football 25 video game. The Badgers have an 86 overall rating, tied with Virginia Tech, USC and Auburn in the 14-17 range of the game’s power ranking. Related: EA Sports College Football 25 unveils ranking of toughest places to play in college football EA Sports’ defense …

While the Oregon Ducks have been known for their high-flying offenses over the years, one thing that Dan Lanning has made sure of during his time in Eugene is that the Ducks would be known for their defense as well. The former national championship-winning defensive coordinator has done a great job of building up Oregon’s defense in the past couple …

There has been a lot of talk recently on the topic of the most difficult college football stadiums to play in following the announcement of the EA Sports College Football 25‘s venue rankings earlier this week. In that release, the University of Florida’s Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, known also simply as the Swamp, was listed at No. 10, giving the …

Getty Images EA Sports unveiled its top-rated offenses for the upcoming “College Football 25” video game with a list sure that is sure to spark debate among college football fans. Topping the chart is Georgia’s unit — led by quarterback Carson Beck — that came in with a 94 rating. Also scoring a 94 is the Oregon offense that will …

OXFORD — Ole Miss football took a step toward replenishing its 2025 recruiting class with the addition of defensive lineman Corey Adams Jr. Adams, who plays his high school football for Edna Karr in New Orleans, is rated by the 247Sports Composite as a three-star prospect. He is the No. 737 ranked overall player in the cycle, the No. 76 …