College Football

The Purdue football team is getting two more players from the Georgia Bulldogs. On Friday, wide receivers De’nylon Morrissette and C.J. Smith announced they would transfer to the Boilermakers. They mark the third and fourth UGA player to switch to Purdue after defensive back Nyland Green and edge rusher CJ Madden committed to Ryan Walters. Morrissette played two seasons at …

For Athan Kaliakmanis, the decision to pick Rutgers football ultimately was predicated on his comfort level with the program. Kaliakmanis visited Rutgers in mid-December and the former Big Ten quarterback formally committed to the program this week. In an interview with Rutgers Wire, he broke down why Rutgers was the ideal place for the next two years of his college …

HOUSTON, Tx. — A week ago, while Michigan football was slightly favored over the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Rose Bowl Game, it felt like a fantasy that the Wolverines would actually make it to the national championship game. There were so many reasons for pessimism. The SEC (and Alabama in particular) has been the standard-bearer of college football championships …

Hampton head coach Robert Prunty will kick off the new year by filling a new hole on his staff. Co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Brandon Williams is leaving Hampton and will be the new linebackers coach at Austin Peay University, the Governors’ official X account announced Friday. “Brandon did a great job for us,” Prunty told The Pilot Friday night. …

Jan. 5—PULLMAN — Jaden Hicks has played his final college snap. Washington State’s star safety announced as much in an Instagram post on Friday, saying that he’ll be declaring for the NFL draft, forgoing his final years of college eligibility. It’s a costly development for WSU, which loses its best secondary player. Last season, Hicks totaled 76 tackles, two interceptions …

Blake Baker’s time as Missouri football’s defensive coordinator — one that not so long ago looked to have become extended and more lucrative — is over. The defensive play-caller who led Missouri from the 106th-ranked unit in total defense in the FBS to Nos. 33 and 34 in 2022 and 2023, respectively, will take the same role at LSU, a …

Jan. 5—Oklahoma State quarterback Gunnar Gundy is transferring to OU — Ohio University that is. Gundy entered the transfer portal on Dec. 6, a day after Ohio’s three-year starter, Kurtis Rourke, did. He stayed with the Cowboys throughout bowl season and even scored a rushing touchdown in the Texas Bowl. The news comes a day after OSU starter Alan Bowman …

Jan. 5—No. 1 Michigan and No. 2 Washington will write the closing chapter on the four-team College Football Playoff Monday in Houston as they compete for a national championship. Its a game that features the last two undefeated teams in FBS, but which one will finish the season unblemished? News Press sports reporters Marcus Trevino and Ryan Breeden make their …

LSU football coach Brian Kelly is set to bring back a familiar face to fans to his coaching staff. Per multiple reports, Missouri defensive coordinator Blake Baker is expected to be take the same position at LSU. Baker, who coached linebackers in 2021 in Baton Rouge on former coach Ed Orgeron’s staff, will replace Matt House, who was relived of …

LSU has found its defensive coordinator. On Friday night, the team announced that it had poached Blake Baker away from SEC foe Missouri. Baker has spent the last two seasons with the Tigers, elevating a defense that was one of the worst in the nation in 2021 to one of the best this past fall. Before joining Eli Drinkwitz’s Missouri …

On Thursday, former Rutgers football defensive lineman Stanley Dennis II received an offer from Sacred Heart University. Dennis entered the transfer portal in December. The 5-foot-11, 285-pound defensive tackle leaves Rutgers football with two years of eligibility. He played his high school football at St. Peter’s Prep, the parochial powerhouse program in downtown Jersey City. Dennis performed well in the …

AUBURN — Auburn football may be losing a key piece in the secondary. Less than a month after announcing his intention to return to the Tigers, veteran defensive back Keionte Scott is expected to enter the transfer portal, according to multiple reports Friday evening. Scott had potential to move on to the NFL after his second year on the Plains, …

LSU made its defensive coordinator hire on Friday night, bringing in Blake Baker from Missouri. But that’s a move that will not come cheap. Baker recently signed an extension with the Tigers that made him one of the SEC’s highest-paid assistants at an average of $2 million per year. According to Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger, Baker’s deal at LSU will …

Michigan State football continues to fill out their staff under new head coach Jonathan Smith, and with the primary on-field coaches nearly all accounted for, the Spartans will now look to complete their support staff. On Friday, the Spartans updated their support staff directory, and Christian Pawola Jr. was added as a defensive backs graduate assistant. Pawola was at Minnesota, …

Blake Baker’s time as Missouri football’s defensive coordinator — one that not so long ago looked to have become extended and more lucrative — is over. The defensive play-caller who led Missouri from the 106th-ranked unit in total defense in the FBS to Nos. 33 and 34 in 2022 and 2023, respectively, will take the same role at LSU, a team spokesperson …