The Oklahoma Sooners are wading into new territory with their move to the SEC. The schedule is full of teams projected to be in the top 15 when the initial polls come out in August. It’s a brave new world. Brent Venables has his squad ready to go into the SEC and compete. There’s no doubt that they’re a better …
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Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso reflects on ‘proud’ unbeaten league seasonIn life, as in football, it’s often said that it’s not the destination, it’s the journey. Xabi Alonso and Bayer Leverkusen are a living, breathing testament to that. This season they’ve taken their fans on a journey the likes of which they could only have dreamed about – An unprecedented …
Read More »8-man football game coming to Miami on Saturday
Jun. 14—MIAMI, Okla. — Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College will host the 2024 Eight-Man All-Star Football Game on Saturday. Kickoff is at 6 p.m. at Red Robertson Field on the NEO A&M campus. Gates open at 4 p.m., and tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children. NEO, the Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Oklahoma Eight-Man Football Coaches …
Read More »Nebraska football makes in-state sprint champ walk-on offer
A Nebraska high school sprinting champion has been offered a preferred walk-on spot with the Cornhusker football team. Mitchell Hupp is a 6-foot-2, 190-pound linebacker from Stanton High School out of Stanton, Nebraska. Hupp has had an eventful season as Stanton High won the Nebraska Class D1 Football State Championship. He also was on the Nebraska Class C Track and …
Read More »LSU to host No. 1 safety in America for visit this weekend
LSU already has a 2025 recruiting class that ranks as high as No. 2 nationally, and coach Brian Kelly is trying to make that group even stronger. The Tigers will play host this weekend to one of the top defensive backs in the cycle as five-star Jonah Williams, the No. 1 safety in the country, will be in town for …
Read More »Ryan Beard contract details at Missouri State: Salary, buyout, incentives after extension
Missouri State head football coach Ryan Beard received a contract extension ahead of his second season leading the Bears, the university announced Friday morning. Beard’s extension includes a hefty raise that makes his salary more respectable before the school moves to Conference USA in 2025. The deal is expected to be approved by the Missouri State Board of Governors at …
Read More »The Sporting News ranks Rutgers football with the easiest Big Ten schedule
Following their first bowl win since 2014, expectations are higher than ever for Rutgers football. And according to the Sporting News, there is a good chance that Rutgers can build on last year’s success. Last season, the Scarlet Knights posted a 7-6 record and defeated Miami in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl. As they look to build on their …
Read More »AD Pete Bevacqua on Notre Dame football: ‘We have to win a national championship’
SOUTH BEND — Exactly two months into his tenure as Notre Dame athletic director, Pete Bevacqua celebrated his first national championship with the men’s lacrosse team in Philadelphia. His predecessor and mentor had to know what was coming next. “I got back and I saw Jack Swarbrick, who’s been so amazing to me this year,” Bevacqua said on a university-produced …
Read More »How explosive will LSU’s offense be in 2024?
LSU was college football’s most explosive offense in 2023. It wasn’t that close either with 17% of the Tigers’ plays accounting for 20+ yards or a touchdown. The next best was USC at 13.5%. LSU’s level of explosiveness came somewhat as a surprise. The unit was expected to be good returning players like Jayden Daniels, Malik Nabers and Will Campbell, but …
Read More »Fact or Fiction: USC QB Miller Moss will be in the Heisman conversation
Rivals national recruiting analyst Marshall Levenson is joined by Jason Suchomel of OrangeBloods.com, Mark Passwaters of AggieYell.com and Ryan Young of TrojanSports.com to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION. MORE FACT OR FICTION: Georgia leads for four-star OL Dontrell Glover ***** CLASS OF 2024 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State …
Read More »College football’s powerhouses flex their muscles on recruiting trail this weekend: Texas, UGA host five-stars
The month of June has been a blast, albeit an exhausting one, on the college football recruiting calendar. Last weekend the nation’s top players did their thing at Overtime OT7 Finals in Florida. Next week, the Class of 2025’s top quarterbacks trek to Los Angeles for the 2024 Elite 11 Finals. In between all of that, major visits are popping off …
Read More »Michigan football climbs recruiting team rankings after Winston pledge
Assuredly, Michigan football got off to a slow start recruiting the 2025 class. Though, it didn’t seem that way early on. The Wolverines had three players committed, two of them high-profile (Chris Ewald and Mantrez Walker), last fall. But two of the three ended up decommitting while the other (Carter Smith) stayed and rose up the recruiting rankings. Now that …
Read More »5-star OT Michael Fasusi headlines official visitors list for Norman this weekend
Official visit season is in full swing, and Norman will see a number of visitors throughout June. Last week, the Sooners hosted several prospects and this weekend is no different. Right now, the Sooners are ranked No. 7 overall in recruiting for the class of 2025 and trail the USC Trojans. Things are far from over, and there is a …
Read More »Michigan football gets huge 2025 commit from elite DB
Michigan football recruiting had been lagging. Key word: ‘had.’ The Wolverines are starting to piece things together now that it’s summer official visit season and one player who visited Ann Arbor last week declared that he had seen enough. Long thought to be a Penn State lean, 2025 Washington (D.C.) Gonazaga four-star safety Kainoa Winston was still going through the …
Read More »What recruits will be on official visits to Rutgers football this weekend?
With one of the top-ranked recruiting classes in the Big Ten and all of college football, Rutgers football is certainly having a strong summer. This weekend, several high-profile visitors will be on campus for another round of official visits. And while Rutgers is likely not going to have a slew of commitments this weekend like have the past two official …
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