College Football

Texas football had no problem blasting visiting Colorado State 52-0 in last week’s season opener, but the competition stiffens Saturday against defending national champion Michigan. And the first matchup of the college football season between two top-10 teams is in Michigan Stadium, no less, where the Wolverines have won 23 consecutive games. Texas is ranked No. 3 in the US LBM …

The 12-team playoff era of college football is underway and the first games of the 2024 season provided plenty of intriguing storylines and developments to digest. But Saturday’s schedule, which features 75 Week 2 games involving at least one FBS team, offers up a little bit of everything now that what’s happening on the field starts to carry more weight …

The Illinois Fighting Illiniface the Kansas Jayhawks in Week 2 of the college football season. Kickoff from Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois, is scheduled for 6 p.m. on FS1. Illinois (1-0) opened the season with a 45-0 home victory against Eastern Illinois. No. 20-ranked Kansas (1-0) of the Big 12 Conference opened the season last weekend with a 48-3 victory against Lindenwood. …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football defensive end Mikail Kamara responded with a pained expression when he was asked about Western Illinois getting into the red zone at the end of the first half. While the drive was mostly an afterthought in IU’s historic 77-3 win — it was the second most lopsided victory in program history and the offense set records for …

Rutgers football cruised to a season-opening blowout win over Howard in its opener, and today the Scarlet Knights will look to earn its second win when they host Akron at SHI Stadium. Greg Schiano’s team has won eight consecutive non-conference games and 12 of the last 13. Rutgers is also 10-3 in September games going back to 2021. After Rutgers …

The last time Bishop Verot and Venice combined for 127 points in a game came on a basketball court. January 5, 2018, saw the Vikings and Indians separated by just five points. Venice won that game 66-61. More than six years later, their football programs were duking it out in a battle of schools that share the same message: It’s …

LAKELAND — Lakeland Christian and Fort Meade indeed were locked in a classic small school football battle, especially after the Vikings scored in the closing seconds of the first half to tie the score going into halftime. LCS then unleashed its complete offense in the second half and slowed Fort Meade’s high-powered passing game to pull away for a 42-21 …

MARION — Elgin dominated on both sides of the ball en route to a 34-0 home victory over North Baltimore Friday night in Week 3 Northwest Central Conference football action. The defense held the Tigers (1-2, 0-2) to 24 yards of offense as Landon Shepard paced the Comets (2-1, 2-0) with 10 tackles, two tackles for loss, two sacks and …

NEW HARTFORD — New Hartford’s Spartans and Adirondack’s Wildcats played to the end of Section III competition in football last fall, and they met Friday to kick off the new season. New Hartford, the sectional runner-up in Class B last year, routed reigning Class C champion Adirondack 48-6 in a game with none of the drama from the thrillers they …

MARION — The area enjoyed a good night with eight of the teams in the Marion Star coverage area earning wins in Week 3 of the high school football season. Several big performances were posted by players on Friday. More from Week 3: Fast-starting RV sets the tone against the Barons in Week 3’s football rivalry game Photos: Photos: River …

MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA – DECEMBER 31: Andrel Anthony #1 of the Michigan Wolverines celebrates a touchdown against the Georgia Bulldogs during the fourth quarter in the Capital One Orange Bowl for the College Football Playoff semifinal game at Hard Rock Stadium on December 31, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) The Texas Longhorns and Michigan Wolverines …

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It’s been a busy week on the college football recruiting front for Oakland junior safety Craig Tutt. After traveling to Texas and playing well in the Patriots’ 52-48 win over the defending 4A champs in Anna, Tutt picked up his ninth SEC offer in Texas A&M. On Saturday, he plans to take an unofficial visit to Auburn when the Tigers …

ALICE — The Calallen football team got a glimpse in Week 1 of what running back Ricardo Rodriguez and quarterback Sebastian Dennis were capable of on the football field. The Wildcats turned to their offensive duo on Friday against Alice, and the end result was a 37-7 win at Memorial Stadium. Rodriguez paced Calallen’s running game by rushing for 138 …

Zander Gorman is a captain on two teams at Mount Carmel — football and lacrosse. Gorman, a senior defensive back/tight end for the football team, said lacrosse was a natural sport for him to pick up. After all, it provides another avenue where he can let out his aggression. “The whole reason I started playing lacrosse when I was younger …