College Football

The UCF Knights are playing an FCS opponent, but the Bounce House is sure to be rocking Thursday. New Hampshire visits Orlando to commence Week 1 of the 2024 college football season. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. The game will air on ESPN+. It’s the first chance for fans to catch an official glimpse of UCF, who stands as …

Mac Markway 84 runs the ball as the LSU Tigers take on Grambling State at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. Nebraska football picked up a commitment from former LSU tight end Mac Markway on Tuesday. He made the announcement on social media. Markway was a four-star prospect and the 18th overall tight end in the …

Aug. 27—MORGANTOWN — Nobody seems to quite know what Penn State’s offense is going to look like this season, just that the Nittany Lions have the potential to be very good. New offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki has a strong track record of success, spending the last three seasons at Kansas and the previous five at Buffalo. “Andy did a great …

CENTERVILLE — What would Ayden Beeson say to his teammates is he were in the locker room this season as part of the Centerville High School football team? “I’m not sure you can print what he’d probably say to us,” Centerville senior Brady Cisler said with a laugh. One thing is for sure. If any team is motivated to ‘Be …

One of the most hotly contested competitions in the lead-up to Iowa’s season opener against Illinois State has been at cornerback. Graduate cornerback Jermari Harris was penciled in as a returning starter for the Hawkeyes given his 18 career starts and 12 starts in the 2023 season. Harris, a 6-foot-1, 189 pound cornerback, has registered 78 tackles, 17 passes defensed, …

Aug. 27—COLUMBUS — Week 1 of the 2024 high school football season is officially in the books. Just because it was early didn’t mean there weren’t any fireworks. Let’s take a look at some of the top performances from all around the state — with this week’s Ohio Prep Sports Media High School Football Notebook. * Portsmouth senior Chase Heiland …

Oregon football is ready to erase the memory of its only two losses during the 2023 football season. As the Ducks move from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten, they enter the 2024 football season as favorites to contend for the 12-team College Football Playoffs and a conference championship. Oregon is ranked as the No. 3 team in the US LBM …

Oct 7, 2023; Tempe, Arizona, USA; Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders with son and quarterback Shedeur Sanders (2) against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Mountain America Stadium. Game week is finally here. The Colorado football team kicks off the 2024 season and Year 2 of the Deion Sanders era against perennial FCS powerhouse North Dakota State on Thursday …

Aug. 27—COLUMBUS — Probably the biggest news to come out of Ryan Day’s first weekly press conference of Ohio State’s football season on Tuesday was conveyed by one word. When asked if he expected freshman wide receiver Jeremiah Smith to be on the field for OSU’s first snap in its opener against Akron on Saturday, the Buckeyes’ coach said, “Yes.” …

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s visit from No. 19 Miami on Saturday in the Swamp has a make-or-break feel. A victory would provide season-opening optimism for Billy Napier. A loss would rekindle doomsday scenarios for the third-year coach. Neither result or reaction might have staying power against a schedule featuring seven subsequent preseason Top-25 foes. But perception is reality when a …

Aug. 27—It was 671 days between Shawnee’s 33-19 win over Lima Central Catholic on the opening night of high school football Thursday and the last time the Indians celebrated a victory on the final night of the 2022 regular season. But it was a mere 56 seconds that played a huge role in Thursday night’s victory, which Shawnee hopes means …

Keep an eye on Marmion’s Mateusz Nycz. It shouldn’t be hard. The senior tight end/outside linebacker has always been big for his age but keeps growing. It prompted a position change this year under a new coach, changing Nycz’s outlook on the game. An offensive lineman since he started playing football at age 5, Nycz will get his chance to …

GAINESVILLE — Florida’s visit from No. 19 Miami on Saturday in the Swamp has a make-or-break feel. A victory would provide season-opening optimism for Billy Napier. A loss would rekindle doomsday scenarios for the third-year coach. Neither result or reaction might have staying power against a schedule featuring seven subsequent preseason Top-25 foes. But perception is reality when a program …

EAST LANSING — Jonathan Smith warned about “chasing ghosts.” So did Joe Rossi. In other words, Michigan State football’s new staff can’t worry as much about what Florida Atlantic did a year ago. Their focus needs to be on adjusting to what they see on the field when the Spartans kick off the season Friday night. And on themselves. “I …

The countdown to the official start of the Manny Diaz era at Duke is down to five days. Diaz, the longtime defensive-minded coach who recently spent two seasons as the defensive coordinator at Penn State, takes over a Duke football program that saw time in the national polls last season under Mike Elko, who left for Texas A&M in the …