College Football

Auburn football lands commitment from 2025 cornerback Donovan Starr

AUBURN — Auburn football has picked up a commitment from a three-star cornerback in the Class of 2025. Donovan Starr, who attends Ravenwood High School in Tennessee, announced his pledge to the Tigers on Thursday through Hayes Fawcett of On3 Sports. Starr is tabbed by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 429 overall player and the No. 35 CB in …

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Rumor Mill: Top prospects descend on Tampa for OT7 Finals

TAMPA, Fla. — The first day of the Overtime OT7 Finals was about outside-the-box competition, and it resulted in a variety of prospects showing up to participate in everything from a relay race to tug of war before the actual 7-on-7 game broke out between the 2025 and 2026 classes. MORE: Rivals250 2026 QB Dereon Coleman talks top eight contenders …

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New Mexico Bowl moving to fourth Saturday in December. Here’s why.

Jun. 6—Maybe a couple of New Mexico Bowl tickets would be a good stocking stuffer this year. For the first time in the 19-year history of the state’s annual college football bowl game, hosted each December in Albuquerque, the bowl game will be taking place after Christmas. Due to some reshuffling of the traditional bowl season schedule due to the …

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Cheez-It Citrus Bowl to air on Channel 9 on a different day

New Year’s Eve is a little cheesier with this year’s bowl game in Orlando. On Thursday, Florida Citrus Sports announced the dates and times for this season’s bowl games in Orlando, including the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl. The top teams from the Southeastern Conference and the Big Ten Conference will face off at Camping World Stadium on Dec. 31, 2024. It …

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Sweet success: Pop-Tarts Bowl to air on Channel 9 after viral debut

The Pop-Tarts Bowl is returning to Orlando in December after a “crazy good” launch. The game will feature the top teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big 12 Conference at Camping World Stadium on Dec. 28, 2024. On Thursday, Florida Citrus Sports announced the college football bowl schedule in Orlando for the 2024-2025 season, including the Cheez-It Citrus …

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Texas Tech football exes dot rosters for start of CFL season

Texas Tech football players have made their mark in the Canadian Football League for years. Wide receiver Derrell Mitchell topped 12,000 career receiving yards in an 11-year career north of the border and was inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame in 2016. Linebacker Micah Awe last year set a single-season tackles record for the Calgary Stampeders. Former Tech offensive …

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BYU lands commitment from Oregon high school QB

The BYU Cougars storm the field before a football game at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. | Ben B. Braun, Deseret News BYU may have landed its quarterback of the future on Thursday. Nolan Keeney, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound QB from Tualatin, Oregon, announced on social media that he has committed to the Cougars. A three-star …

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Big Ten has 2nd-toughest strength of schedule in 2024 college football

The Big Ten Conference is now USC’s conference. The Trojans are setting up shop in the Midwest alongside three West Coast neighbors who are also making the transition from the Pac-12. In this transition year, how does Big Ten football stack up against other conferences in terms of strength of schedule? ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI) is measuring strength of …

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Trojans Wire talks USC-LSU college football on national podcast

The USC-LSU college football season opener is one of the best games in Week 1 of the season, just before Labor Day. We joined the Powers On Sports podcast, hosted by Jason Powers, to discuss that game plus a few other Week 1 showcase games. We also talked about non-college football topics, just so you know, but college football was …

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Former Michigan State football DT Simeon Barrow staying at Miami

After some recent speculation was floating around about former Michigan State football captain and defensive tackle Simeon Barrow jumping from Miami, where he committed this spring, over to Missouri, Barrow put those rumors to rest on Thursday, affirming his commitment to the Hurricanes on social media. You can see his statement below: There’s been a lot of assumptions and rumors …

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