There are some big shoes to fill on the Texas football team’s defensive front as the Longhorns kicked off spring football practices on a crisp Tuesday morning at Denius Fields. Quite literally. T’Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy II, a pair of All-American defensive tackles who formed the foundation of Texas’ dominant run defense in 2023, will soon become high picks …
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Texas Tech football welcomes new fleet of tight ends as spring starts
Among the Texas Tech football position groups to receive a makeover during the off-season were the tight ends. Baylor Cupp and Henry Teeter finished up at the end of last season, and Jayden York transferred to Houston. Among the newly arrived are three transfers — Jalin Conyers from Arizona State, Jason Llewellyn from Oklahoma and Johncarlos Miller from Elon — …
Read More »Former FSU, NFL quarterback Steve Tensi passes away, rewrote history book with Seminoles
(Darryl Norenberg-USA TODAY Sports) His name might not be familiar to the current generation of Florida State football fans, but it’s one forever remembered in Seminole folklore. Quarterback Steve Tensi, who directed the program to its first win over Florida and its first win in a bowl game – and threw many of his record-setting touchdown passes in the early-1960s …
Read More »Lincoln Riley has a new outlook as USC opens spring practice
Miller Moss is a top candidate to be USC’s starting quarterback next season. (Ashley Landis / Associated Press) He’s the quarterback whisperer. The Heisman maker. The offensive mastermind. But on Tuesday, when USC opened spring practice, Lincoln Riley was the defensive observer. The head coach who built his career as a quarterback maestro watched every defensive drill intently during the …
Read More »2024 NCAA bracket, college football edition: Projecting who would win March Madness from the 68-team field
The release of the 2024 NCAA Tournament matchups gives fans everywhere several different ways to participate in our national pastime of filling out a bracket. You could pick teams according to their color, which mascot would win in a fight or any other range of nonsensical parameters to game out all 63 selections needed to crown a champion. For us …
Read More »Three-star offensive lineman Gerrick Gordon offered by Rutgers football
Rutgers football offered Gerrick Gordon, a standout offensive lineman from Florida. Gordon, a class of 2025 recruit, is a very solid guard prospect from Trinity Catholic (Ocala, Florida). He checks in at a solid 6-foot-4 and 290 pounds.and holds offers from Duke, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, Purdue, South Carolina and West Virginia among others. According to 247Sports, he is the …
Read More »Memphis football coach Ryan Silverfield weighs in on helmet tech, moving early signing period
Helmet technology is coming to college football. Just not quite yet for Memphis. The Tigers kicked off spring practices on Tuesday, but coach Ryan Silverfield said the American Athletic Conference hasn’t yet signed off allowing helmet microphones during practices. The NCAA is expected to formally approve a proposal that will allow the technology to be used this season, and that’ll …
Read More »What Seth Henigan learned from NCAA Football 14 — and what he hopes his rating is in new game
Memphis football quarterback Seth Henigan just wants to be an 85 overall. An 85 overall, that is, in the new college football video game — EA Sports College Football 2024 — that will be released this summer. “The difference between an 85 and an 84, to me, there’s a huge difference,” he said Tuesday. “85 rounds up to 90.” Henigan …
Read More »Cincinnati Bearcats spring football: An early look at quarterbacks
On their first day back at Nippert Stadium after spring break, University of Cincinnati quarterbacks Brendan Sorsby and Brady Lichtenberg assessed the talent they’re surrounded by in 2024. Tuesday was just UC’s fourth spring practice, but Coach Scott Satterfield has his quarterbacks constantly in motion. He also expects them to have some form of a plan. “If they’re back there …
Read More »Behren Morton eager to air it out after comeback from shoulder injury
The Texas Tech football team started spring practice on Tuesday, refreshingly absent debate over who should be the starting quarterback. Behren Morton is that guy, and he took all the snaps a Red Raiders No. 1 quarterback would normally take on the first day. A debate might well evolve regarding the pecking order behind him, where redshirt freshman Jake Strong, …
Read More »Spartans offer 2025 Texas WR Bryson Jones
Michigan State football has extended a scholarship offer to a wide receiver prospect from the Lone Star State. Bryson Jones of Frisco, Texas announced on Monday that he’s received a scholarship offer from the Spartans. Jones is an unranked wide receiver in the 2025 class and plays for Lone Star High. Jones has received more than 20 scholarship offers, according …
Read More »Two injured players return and other takewaways from Florida football spring practice
Florida football held its third spring practice of the season and first since spring break on Tuesday afternoon at the Sanders Practice Fields. In all, the Florida Gators will hold 15 spring practice, culminating with the Orange-and-Blue game on April 13 at The Swamp. Florida enters year three under Billy Napier with 13 returning starters, including quarterback Graham Mertz, wide …
Read More »Trust is front and center for BYU’s new O-line coach
New BYU offensive line coach TJ Woods works with players during spring camp in Provo on March 16, 2024. | Jaren Wilkey, BYU Photo TJ Woods can be a hero in Provo if he produces an effective Big 12 offensive line at BYU this fall. It’s a tall order, remembering how BYU’s run game struggled in its inaugural year as …
Read More »College Football Playoff finalizes new TV rights contract through 2031 season with expansion still on table
The College Football Playoff has finalized a six-year media rights extension with ESPN to broadcast the postseason games through the 2031 season, it was announced on Tuesday in a joint statement. The agreement beginning in 2026 will pay the CFP about $1.3 billion annually, sources confirmed to CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd, which triples the amount of the previous contract. “We …
Read More »Georgia football spring game tickets, pregame information
Georgia football’s annual G-Day spring scrimmage will be on Saturday, April 13 at 1:00 p.m. ET. The game will be televised on SEC Network+ for those unable to attend the event in person. Fans will be able to enter Sanford Stadium at 10:00 a.m. Georgia will play an alumni flag football game at 10:15 a.m. Georgia will hold the Dawg …
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