College Football

Missouri State football will face challenges many have gone through before it transitions from FBS to FCS when it joins Conference USA next year. Every situation is different with some coming from having great FCS backgrounds to having immediate success in the FBS. Some had limited FCS success before finding more at the next levels. Some haven’t had as good …

Penn State football still needs a receiver, a running back and an offensive lineman to step up this summer. A perfect true freshman opportunity. While most of the Nittany Lions’ depth chart will be filled by returning, experienced players, there are a few glaring position needs to account for by any means possible in preseason camp. Which means the next …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti set a high bar for his staff in the spring portal window. The Hoosiers came out of spring camp with a laundry list of needs mostly on the defensive side of the ball after signing 22 transfers in the winter. “I’m looking for the best I can get,” Cignetti said, after IU’s spring game. …

The commitments keep rolling in for Rutgers football. One week after 10 prospects pledged to Greg Schiano and the Scarlet Knights, Rutgers landed two more commitments on Sunday as its 2025 recruiting class expanded to 20 players. June is typically a busy recruiting month – and that’s putting it mildly through the Scarlet Knights’ first two recruiting weekends of the …

TAUNTON— A very familiar face is taking charge of the Bristol-Plymouth varsity football team. Assistant coach Roger Saraiva has been selected as the next head coach of the Craftsmen, the fourth overall in the program’s over 50 year history. He succeeds longtime coach John Parris, who himself was promoted from assistant to head coach in 2008, who retired last month …

After committing to Rutgers football on Sunday afternoon, Gerrick Gordon has shut down his recruitment. His verbal over the weekend while on an official visit to the Big Ten program represents a significant recruiting win for the program. Rutgers fought off some stiff competition to land Gordon, who is a 6-foot-4 and 270-pound interior offensive lineman from Trinity Catholic (Ocala, …

Utah celebrates their 34-32 win against the USC Trojans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News This article was first published in the Ute Insiders newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Wednesday night. What are Big 12 coaches saying about the Utah Utes as they get …

The only issue Ohio State football has had in recruiting over the past few cycles has been on the offensive line. The Buckeye coaching staff is looking to correct that in the 2025 cycle, and one of those who could help is Indiana offensive tackle jackson lloyd. The 6-foot, 7-inch and 280-pound mauler was in Columbus over the weekend for …

Upon his arrival in Bloomington, Curt Cignetti overhauled IU football’s recruiting department. And so far, the Hoosiers are starting to see the fruits of their labor with 11 commitments in a 2025 recruiting class ranked in the top-40 by On3.com. After spending “90%” of his time on the transfer portal in his first months on the job, Cignetti has been …

Georgia football’s latest commitment is a local product. Prince Avenue Christian defensive lineman Christian Garrett confirmed his pledge to the Bulldogs Sunday night on social media. “HOMETOWN LEGEND??,” Garrett reposted on X, formerly Twitter after Garrett told On3’s Hayes Fawcett he had committed. The 6 3 1/2 , 285-pound Garrett is rated as the nation’s No. 15 defensive lineman and …

It was a big Sunday for Rutgers football as the Scarlet Knights landed four-star defensive back Tariq Hayer following an official visit to campus. Hayer posted his commitment to Rutgers on Sunday evening. ESPN ranks Hayer as the No. 98 player in the class of 2025 and a four-star recruit. He is a top-10 safety prospect in the ESPN 300. …

The LSU Tigers have the makings of a spectacular 2025 recruiting class, but they missed out on one player for whom they were a finalist. On Sunday, four-star safety Faheen Delane committed to Ohio State. LSU and Oregon were the other finalists. The Olney, Maryland, prospect ranks as the No. 2 safety in the class and No. 34 player nationally, …

This weekend was the first that Notre Dame football held official recruits, and it looks like they did a fantastic job. One of those prospects on campus was 2025 California linebacker Madden Faraimo, a 6-foot, 3-inch and 220-pound star. The Irish coaching staff has made him a priority, especially considering they don’t have much room to add more commitments in …

After landing one of the nation’s top linebackers last week, Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs were back at it on Sunday, adding a new commit to a growing 2025 class. Four-star defensive lineman Christian Garrett announced his commitment to the Bulldogs over Clemson, Tennessee, Georgia Tech, and Southern Cal. Garrett is originally from Bogart, Georgia, just outside of Athens. He …

While serving as the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide, Nick Saban created a dynasty, a football program feared by millions. Every season, fans, coaches and players turned their focus to Tuscaloosa to see what Saban and the Tide had going on, so they could do their best impressions of it in hopes that it would bring their program …