College Football

Sharon Leach blames herself. College football coaches’ wives are sainted about the time they say, “I do.” Family duties that normally would be shared by a couple quickly tilt to one side of the marital dynamic as the husband/coach logs countless hours away from home. Sharon Leach is one of those saints, in part because she still blames herself for …

Michigan football is adding to its recruiting staff, at the expense of a rival. As confirmed to the Detroit Free Press’s Tony Garcia, the Wolverines have hired Ohio State’s Erin Dunston, the Buckeyes’ assistant athletic director for football recruiting and events. Dunston had been with the Buckeyes since 2021 as the program’s director of on-campus recruiting. She was recently promoted …

The Gophers lost defensive lineman commitment Torin Pettaway to the Badgers on Tuesday. The Middleton, Wis., product committed to the University of Wisconsin on March 7 but flipped to Minnesota on March 28. Now he has reversed that decision. Pettaway is listed as a three-star, 6-foot-5, 265-pound defensive lineman with other offers from Illinois, Nebraska, USC, Washington, and Rutgers, according …

Four-star 2025 linebacker, and the No. 1 ranked prospect in Nebraska, Christian Jones reportedly had a “very, very, good” visit to Auburn last weekend. Jones, who visited the Plains for the first time last weekend, chose to consider Auburn because of his past relationship with defensive coordinator DJ Durkin when Durkin was coaching Texas A&M. “[Coach Durkin’s] from Youngstown, Ohio …

MANHATTAN — The activity with Kansas State football’s 2025 high school recruiting class, which was off to a quiet start, is heating up with the summer weather. After starting the month of June with only three commitments, coach Chris Klieman and his staff landed their second prep prospect in three days Tuesday with a pledge from speedy three-star receiver Adonis …

It’s time to rethink what it means to win the turnover battle. It’s a cliche uttered by everybody in football — coaches, players and media alike. Early in every television broadcast, an analyst presents the “keys to the game,” and almost without fail, one of them is to “win the turnover battle.” It isn’t a brilliant observation to say taking …

When Nick Saban abruptly announced his retirement following the 2023 season, many wondered how the Alabama Crimson Tide football program would move forward after 17 years of dominance under the G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time). A few days later, Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne announced the hiring of Washington Huskies head coach Kalen DeBoer. A new era of Crimson Tide …

This is a continuing series with The Republic examining each position leading up to the 2024 Arizona high school football season. We’ve ranked the top 10 quarterbacks and running backs. Today, we examine the top 10 wide receivers. This is a stacked group with so many air-raid offenses taking over the high school landscape. As much as Arizona has become …

Michigan State’s Jalen Thompson, left, and Khris Bogle work out in a drill during the Spring Showcase on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. 1. MSU football fans may never again feel alive about recruiting the way they did just two years ago In Michigan State football years, two years seems like just about forever. Two …

Florida football hosted four-star tight end Andrew Olesh out of Center Valley (Pennsylvania) Southern Lehigh in the 2025 cycle last weekend on an official visit and the rising high school senior seemingly had a positive experience in Gainesville. “Just the people there and the environment. I can relate,” Olesh told 247Sports. “Coach (Russ) Callaway, he is one of my favorite …

The Southeastern Conference announced the kickoff times for Texas football’s 2024-2025 schedule on Tuesday, though a few games still remain up in the air. Their season opener vs. Colorado State will start at 2:30 p.m. Following that, their marquee matchup vs. Michigan on Sept. 7 is slated for an 11 a.m. start time. The Longhorns’ games vs. Mississippi State and …

On Sunday, the Scarlet Knights added a nice addition to their defense when four-star safety Tariq Hayer committed to Rutgers football. According to ESPN 300, Hayer is a top-10 safety prospect with excellent ball skills. The future Scarlet Knight can cover wide receivers and tight ends in passing situations while providing run support in the rushing game. Hayer can run …

The SEC announced the remainder of the conference’s schedule for the 2024 college football season. Georgia football knows that it will not play a single game during the SEC slate at noon. That’s welcome news to Georgia fans after the Bulldogs’ season opener against Clemson was scheduled for noon. Georgia will host UMass on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 12:45 p.m. …

The Oklahoma Sooners’ full 2024 schedule has now been released by the SEC. Time to make those travel arrangements for a full slate of destination games in OU’s first season in the SEC. In what had been a glaring issue in their final years in the Big 12, the Oklahoma Sooners only have two games scheduled for the early television …

College football’s offseason has transformed into a veritable arms race with the advent of the transfer portal and recent legislation that essentially bars the NCAA from enforcing its own transfer regulations. Chief among the most coveted acquisitions, given the proliferation of pass-heavy offenses on a national scale, are players to catch those passes.  Wide receivers and tight ends have seen …