College Football

Quick. Which Georgia football player is the Bulldogs’ leading returning receiver this year? Tick. Tock. Need more time? The answer: Dominic Lovett. The Missouri transfer wide receiver may not have dazzled in his first Bulldog season but he put up decent numbers by the end with 54 catches for 613 yards and 4 touchdowns. More: Athletic center Jared Wilson turning …

Vanderbilt football is starting almost completely over at quarterback. Not a single pass attempt returns from last year’s roster. The only quarterback who played in a game is Drew Dickey, who made one appearance and handed the ball off. Gone are AJ Swann, Ken Seals and Walter Taylor. Instead, the Commodores have brought in two transfers for the spring in …

AUBURN — Auburn football freshman Bryce Cain finished the 2024 recruiting cycle as a top-200 prospect in the nation, has been lauded for his speed throughout spring practice and tallied nearly 1,000 yards as a senior at Baker High School last season. He’s accomplished this all after playing just two years of football, and yet Tigers coach Hugh Freeze isn’t …

In an offseason full of success for the Oregon Ducks football program, Carlos Locklyn’s departure is a blemish that stands out. The former Oregon RB coach is headed to Ohio State, a team that looks primed to be one of Oregon’s chief rivals with the Ducks joining the Big Ten this season. After practice on Tuesday, Oregon head coach Dan …

MADISON – Wisconsin held its second practice of the spring on Tuesday inside the McClain Center. Head coach Luke Fickell, who brought in another dozen transfers and has nine freshmen already enrolled, addressed several topics afterward. Wisconsin football’s new offensive line coach A.J. Blazek needs more bodies UW’s No. 1 offensive line Tuesday featured left tackle Jack Nelson, left guard …

Apr. 2—David Riley looks legit. Credentials. Experience. Eye test. Local connections. He would have been a solid decision if he’d been the first candidate for Washington State’s new head basketball coach. Wish you nothing but good luck, coach, because you’re going to be starting from scratch. Somehow, after almost comically botching the job search for the new coach, the landing …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue football coach Ryan Walters fancies himself as a morning person. Walters, with seemingly fresh legs, bounced up and down and dabbed his players with cornerbacks coach Sam Carter. “It’s just good to get up and get to work and while you’re alert fresh and already energized,” Walters said. “Then you’re energized when you go to class, …

It was a rough weekend in the office for the Texas A&M (28-7, 8-4 SEC) softball team in Baton Rouge. They entered the weekend as one of the hottest teams in the SEC but left as one of the coolest. The Aggies’ had way too many missed opportunities, and a few calls did go their way leading to Coach Trisha …

Throughout the rest of this spring and summer, questions will continue to be asked about the interior of Texas’ defensive line. That’ll happen when you lose players like T’Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy II. Last season, Sweat was a unanimous All-American and won the Outland Trophy as college football’s top interior lineman and also was named the Big 12’s defensive …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue football coach Ryan Walters fancies himself as a morning person. Walters, with seemingly fresh legs, bounced up and down and dabbed his players with cornerbacks coach Sam Carter. “It’s just good to get up and get to work and while you’re alert fresh and already energized,” Walters said. “Then you’re energized when you go to class, …

NORMAN — OU redshirt junior offensive lineman Troy Everett will have surgery Wednesday, head coach Brent Venables announced after practice on Tuesday. Everett didn’t participate Tuesday following an injury that occurred last Wednesday during practice where he walked off on his own power. Appearing in nine games in 2023, Everett was expected to step up as one of the leaders …

The SEC has announced their track and field athletes for week three and another Aggie has earned honors for their performance. Freshman thrower Abigail Martin was named the SEC Freshman of the Week after tossing a personal best 56.92m/186-6 in the discus. She is currently the No. 1 freshman in the SEC and No. 17 nationally. Below is the excerpt …

It’s official. Ohio State has a new running backs coach, and his name is Carlos Locklyn. After a few days of rumors surrounding Locklyn, the move was made official on Monday evening. Locklyn replaces Tony Alford who left for Michigan earlier in March. Locklyn has spent the last couple of years in Oregon in the same position where he has …

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Even now well into his fourth decade of coaching, pat Flaherty still has pep to his step. The Rutgers football offensive line coach has seen it all and coached it all. And perhaps most importantly for his players on the Rutgers offensive line, he has won it all. This time a year ago, Flaherty was the only …

The 2024 NFL draft is just weeks away and several Notre Dame players are hoping to hear their names called. One of those is quarterback Sam Hartman who is draft bound after using his final year of eligibility with the Irish after setting countless records at Wake Forest. Notre Dame’s offense didn’t live up to some lofty expectations in 2023 …