College Football

The road was not kind to No. 6 Auburn last week, as it sustained its first two-game skid of the season. Auburn erased its 11-game win streak on Wednesday by falling to Alabama in Tuscaloosa, then dropped another game in a defensive slugfest with Mississippi State on Saturday to drop their SEC record to 5-2. Losing can be tough, especially …

Jan. 28—If Ohio State fails to get back to the top of the heap in the Big Ten this fall, lack of experience won’t be the reason. With most of the Buckeyes’ 2024 NFL Draft decisions breaking his way, Ryan Day is looking at fielding the oldest starting lineup of his six seasons as head coach of the Buckeyes. That …

On Sunday, Xavier ‘Tree’ Newsom will be at Rutgers for a recruiting event. The four-star prospect from Michigan is a big-time talent and has emerged as a priority recruit for Rutgers football. Newsom is one of several dozen recruits expected on campus at Rutgers on Sunday for unofficial visits. It is a strong list of players expected to make their …

Yes, Quinn Ewers is coming back. Steve Sarkisian, too. And Texas is accumulating another top-five recruiting class and also signed some potentially high-impact transfers from the portal. But as the Longhorns move on to the SEC, there are still issues to address. That’s on our mind this week. Texas’ trouble spots to keep an eye on 1. What’s the one …

For Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel, Sherrone Moore earned the Michigan head football coach job through his four-game audition during the 2023 season. “The first one y’all blew off like ‘Warde could coach that one,’ no I couldn’t have, but y’all couldn’t blow off what he did on the road against Penn State and you definitely can’t blow off what …

NORMAN — With signing day having come and gone, and transfer portal season mostly in the books — at least until the spring when it kicks back up again — it’s time to turn attention to the 2025 class for OU. The Sooners already have nine commits in the class, with six from the state — three from Carl Albert alone. It’s another indication …

Brian Kelly and his recruiting staff have made a trip to Georgia to offer a talented wide receiver in the 2025 recruiting class. James Johnson is a 6-foot, 175-pound, three-star wide receiver from Douglasville, Georgia, where he plays for Douglas County High School. The Douglas County Tigers finished the 2023 season with a 13-1 record as they lost to Woodward …

There are a lot of positions of concern with the 2024 Florida team, but quarterback isn’t one of them. In fact, watching Graham Mertz and DJ Lagway and how they interact might be the best reason to go to the spring game in April. Many Gator fans have had visions of 2006 dancing in their heads ever since Lagway showed …

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have met with a class of 2025 prospect. Kolbe Volkmer is a quarterback for Pius X High School out of Lincoln, Nebraska. Volkmer is listed at 6-5, 220-pounds. Last year, he threw for 1,094 yards and eight touchdowns with seven interceptions. He only appeared in eight games during the season. The quarterback met with special teams coach …

Preferred Walk-On athlete Jack Gister is getting ready for Rutgers football Gister is planning to arrive on-campus come late May. A 6-foot-6, 230-pound product of Calvert Hall (Baltimore, Maryland), Gister committed to Rutgers last month. He is an intriguing athlete who has position versatility, having played tight end and defensive end. His offseason is progressing well as he gets ready …

OFFENSE QB: Noe Juarez, Senior, Happy First team all-state QB, Region 1 Offensive MVP, first-team All-Region Defensive Utility Player. Tossed 32 touchdowns while running for five more. RB: Sawyer Francis, Senior, Silverton Ran for 2,025 yards and 36 scores, caught 15 passes for 246 yards and four touchdowns and ran five kicks back for touchdowns. RB: David Meeks, Junior, Follett …

The saying goes, “Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.” And as I trailed new Florida A&M head football coach James Colzie III in Galimore-Powell Fieldhouse last Monday, I thought: “This is the guy.” The former interim coach operated as if he already had the Rattlers’ 19th full-time head coach job locked up by the way he gracefully …

While the majority of the organization focuses on the general manager search and head coach Jim Harbaugh’s introductory press conference on Thursday, four members of the Chargers organization have traveled to Frisco, TX for the East-West Shrine Bowl. Practices for the all-star event kicked off Saturday. Here are five players who stood out on the offensive side of the ball. …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Some head coaches get more involved than others when it comes to recruiting. For new Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore, he plans not only to recruit the next generation of players with extreme vigor, but he’s also aware he needs to recruit the current players on the team to keep them from entering the transfer portal. …

Michigan defensive coordinator Jesse Minter Michigan Wolverines defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, a 2005 Mount St. Joseph University graduate and four-year football letterwinner at MSJ, is joining Jim Harbaugh in Los Angeles and becoming the Chargers’ new defensive coordinator, according to a report from 247sports.com’s Sam Webb. Minter spent two seasons as the Wolverines’ DC under Harbaugh. Minter was Vanderbilt’s DC …