College Football

One of the biggest storylines in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl is Tennessee freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava making his first career start. The five-star signee arrived in Knoxville, Tenn., as the nation’s No. 1 player in the 2023 signing class per On3. Vols fans have seen Iamaleava a bit this season, but only in limited, late-game duty. Now, after Joe Milton …

Missouri and coach Eli Drinkwitz’s have agreed to a contract extension that runs through the 2028 season, the school announced Sunday. Drinkwitz’s extension comes two days removed from a 14-3 victory over No. 7 Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl Classic, giving the No. 9 Tigers’ their first 11-win season since 2014. It was Missouri’s first New Year’s Six bowl …

A day after opting out of the Peach Bowl, Penn State defensive back Kalen King made his intentions official. King declared early for the 2024 NFL draft, forgoing his remaining eligibility in college football and with Penn State. King is expected to be a potential first-round draft pick as one of the top cornerbacks in the 2024 NFL draft, so …

Perhaps the biggest storyline of the 2023-24 college football season has been the Michigan football sign-stealing scandal. Of course, the topic would once again come up on Sunday when Nick Saban and Jim Harbaugh held their joint press conference the day before the two square off in the Rose Bowl. Coach Saban was asked if he and the Crimson Tide …

While bowl games have lost quite a bit of luster in recent years, they still serve a very important purpose. These games don’t count toward the four-game redshirt limit, meaning young players will have ample opportunity to participate when LSU takes on Wisconsin in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Monday morning. One of those players is Da’Shawn Womack, a former five-star …

Clemson running back Will Shipley – and football coach Dabo Swinney – received good news on Sunday when an MRI performed on Shipley’s right knee revealed that surgery will not be required following an injury he suffered late in the Tigers’ Gator Bowl victory against Kentucky on Friday. Swinney provided an update on Shipley’s status Sunday evening. Shipley was injured …

LOS ANGELES — There is a different type of stress circulating at the Rose Bowl prior to Monday’s first College Football Playoff semifinal. It’s not about sign-stealing conspiracies or hacked data investigations. It’s not even about deciphering Jim Harbaugh’s latest theater-of-the-bizarre comment. “Jesus would have been five-star [recruit],” Michigan’s coach said, apropos of nothing, at Saturday’s media day. Rather, the …

LSU will ring in the new year by wrapping up the 2023 season. The Tigers are in Tampa to face Wisconsin in the ReliaQuest Bowl as they look to finish with 10 wins and a bowl victory in back-to-back seasons under Brian Kelly. It will be the first start of Garrett Nussmeier’s career as he gets the nod in place …

LSU will look to cap off back-to-back 10-win seasons on Monday as it takes on Wisconsin in a New Year’s Day ReliaQuest Bowl matchup. While the Tigers will be without starting quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels, who opted out, it will have potential first-round receivers Malik Nabers and Brian Thomas Jr., as well as defensive tackle Mekhi Wingo, …

The SEC has played in six games so far this postseason and the conference is currently batting .500. The SEC has won three and lost three games. The conference came out of the gate slow as Texas A&M and Kentucky lost the first two matchups to put the SEC in an 0-2 hole. Then the marquee games hit and the …

Logan Diggs transferred to LSU after being with Brian Kelly at Notre Dame. He immediately became the featured back for the Tigers and he got better as the season went on. Diggs carried the ball 118 times for 652 yards and seven touchdowns as well as catching eight passes for 82 yards. His best game of the year happened when …

The Badgers football team is gearing up to face LSU in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Monday (Jan 1.), but the team offered transfer wide receiver Elijah Sarratt (James Madison) on Friday. Sarratt reeled in 82 catches for 1,191 yards and eight touchdowns over 13 games with the Dukes this past season and he still has multiple years of eligibility remaining. …

Contrasting styles will clash in the Citrus Bowl as No. 17 Iowa and its elite defense take on No. 21 Tennessee, which has returned to national relevance the last two seasons because of its productive offense. The divergent identities make for an intriguing matchup as the Hawkeyes and Volunteers face each other for the first time since Jan. 2, 2015. …

The 2024 recruiting class for the Badgers football team had a momentous day last Wednesday, officially signing over 20 incoming freshman, including four-star quarterback Mabrey Mettauer. Mettauer hopped on the Locked On Badgers podcast this week, talking with host Ryan Harings about himself ahead of the 2024 campaign. The quarterback finished his senior season at The Woodlands High School (Texas), …

In the 10 years of the four-team College Football Playoffs, we’ve never had a field more competitive than in 2023. The Alabama Crimson Tide are the only of the four participants this season to have ever won a Playoff game with Michigan being 0-2, Washington 0-1 and Texas having no prior trips. The main reason that all of these teams …