College Football

Texas football fans can’t ever get enough quarterback news. Third-year starter Quinn Ewers packed on 10 pounds of muscle in order to better absorb the big blows, if you haven’t heard. He shined at last week’s pro day, too. Oh, and Arch Manning looks solid so far after moving into the No. 2 role following a redshirt season. “Both guys …

Texas Tech football secondary coach Marcel Yates has spent nearly his entire 23-year career overseeing college defensive backs, so he’s worked with experienced groups and inexperienced groups. This coming season, the Texas Tech secondary tilts to the latter. Gone are safety Dadrion Taylor-Demerson, cornerbacks Malik Dunlap and Rayshad Williams — all multi-year starters — and safety Tyler Owens, who moved …

Lake Travis defensive end Gus Cordova, regarded as one of the Austin area’s top edge rushers, has committed to play football for USC. “USC NATION IM (sic) HOME!!” Cordova posted Sunday night on X. Gus Cordova, a defensive end for the Lake Travis football team, has made a verbal commitment to play for the University of Southern California. He will …

Miami Central defensive lineman Floyd Boucard was in Gainesville on Friday as part of a bus tour for prospects, according to Swamp247. It was Boucard’s first trip to Florida, and he left the Swamp much higher on the Gators than he expected. “Going to Florida, it was amazing,” Boucard said. “I didn’t think I was going to like the campus …

Like any serious recruit, IMG Academy linebacker Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng wants to know more about the coaches in place to develop him at the universities he’s still considering. At the University of Florida, that would be Ron Roberts, who the football program hired as an executive head coach, co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach over the offseason. Owusu-Boateng visited the Swamp for …

This is NOT someone coach Sam Pittman wants to leave the state. Arkansas had its first de-commitment of the 2025 class on Monday afternoon. Consensus four-star offensive tackle Caruis Curne posted on X (Twitter) his decision to de-commit from the University of Arkansas. According to the 247Sports composite, Curne had a .945 rating. Curne wrote in his post, I have …

Texas may still technically compete in the Big 12 until July 1, but the football team certainly had an SEC look about it Monday when the Longhorns took the field at Royal-Memorial Stadium for just the second practice in pads this spring. The Longhorns have size and length at every position. The “big humans,” as Texas coach Steve Sarkisian lovingly …

One thing I think most college football fans can agree on is how poorly the NCAA is run. There is no consistency, and several teams have been rumored to be doing corrupt things without punishment. You combine all of that with the NIL and transfer portal eras and it’s a recipe for chaos. The transfer portal is probably the worst …

Penn State has reportedly filled the last vacancy on its football schedule for the 2025 season. According to a report from Brett McMurphy of The Action Network, Penn State will host Florida International for a non-conference game in 2025, giving the Nittany Lions a full 12-game schedule to look forward to. According to the report from McMurphy, via social media, …

USATSI Oregon State and Washington State reached a settlement with the Pac-12’s departing 10 members, officially bringing an end to the months-long legal battle over the conference’s future. Combined, Oregon State and Washington State will make $65 million in 2024 from the fiscal distributions of the departing members, with apportioned distributions going through June consisting of withheld ($5 million) and …

Jim Harbaugh is two months into his tenure as the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers. And the former Michigan coach is continuing to use his “third base” analogy. In November 2021, Harbaugh remarked that some people are “standing on third base, think they hit a triple,” a comment he later confirmed as a “counter punch” to Ohio State …

Before Texas football’s College Football Playoff game with Washington Jan. 1, former Longhorns linebackers coach Jeff Choate referred to Anthony Hill Jr. as a “chess piece.” Choate, now the head coach at Nevada, praised the freshman for “affecting the game in a variety of ways.” “The more you can do, the more value you have,” he said. More: Texas football …

Mar. 25—A Verdigris fifth-grader has already collected more than enough game rings to place two on each of his fingers and thumbs. Huck Evans is a multisport athlete, despite his youth — and he loves all things football. “I mostly like players [rather] than teams,” he said. “I like the Dallas Cowboys, the Buffalo Bills. But I like ‘CeeCee’ Lamb; …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — If you scour the internet, particularly social media, you often find rumors about players leaving their current program in favor of a newer, flashier one. It’s the new era of college football, where name, image, and likeness mixed with the transfer portal have created a new atmosphere across the sport. A position coach or head coach leaves? …

The spring season kicks off for Rutgers football this week and with it starts an important time in the program’s growth. As a developmental program, the next month of practices, culminating in the annual Spring Game, will be pivotal if Rutgers is going to take yet another step in their rebuild. Last year’s 7-6 record, culminating in a win over …