College Football

Dec. 28—ATLANTA — Anthony Poindexter could be bitter about James Franklin overlooking him for the Penn State defensive coordinator job a second time. He could be resentful towards Tom Allen, the former Indiana coach who Franklin hired to replace Manny Diaz earlier this month. Poindexter is neither, which is no surprise to those who know the Nittany Lions’ safeties coach …

It seems like it was just a couple of weeks ago that Notre Dame was in Ireland kicking off the 2023 season.  It was a year full of promise but that also featured many frustrations. Notre Dame started 4-0 before dropping an all-time heartbreaker to Ohio State.  They followed that up with a last second win at Duke before getting …

Wisconsin and LSU will meet on New Year’s Day, and although the College Football Playoff matchups will steal most of the headlines, the Badgers and Tigers represent two of the most successful recent programs in college football matching up with each other. To put it into perspective, the Badgers and Tigers are top ten in wins since the start of …

  The Wyoming Cowboys travel to Tucson for the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl, taking on the MAC runner-up Toledo Rockets. For the Cowboys’ head coach, Craig Bohl, it will be his final game before retirement, where the Pokes hope to seal its first nine-win season since 1996. Contact/Follow @KayceeClark and @MWCwire Mountain West bowl season ends in the desert. BARSTOOL SPORTS ARIZONA BOWL: Toledo …

Getty Images College football’s Bowl Season has reached peak absurdity. Kansas State earned the right to devour the first edible mascot in sports history following its 28-19 win against NC State in Thursday’s Pop-Tarts Bowl. Just minutes before the feast, Kansas State coach Chris Klieman’s players dumped a bucket of mini Pop-Tarts on his head following the victory.  He was …

Notre Dame and Oregon State will face each other in a Sun Bowl that already is giving a real boost to the economy of El Paso, Texas. The least these teams can do is give the locals a thriller in a sold-out stadium. With so many regulars on both sides missing, that might happen purely on accident. This will be …

LOS ANGELES − Nick Saban has to be extra happy about this addition. At his core, Saban is a defensive backs coach, first and foremost. So when he adds a former five-star cornerback via the transfer portal, no one is probably more thrilled than him. Domani Jackson, the former No. 5 player in the 2022 recruiting class, announced he had …

Kansas State defeated North Carolina State on Thursday night in the Pop-Tarts Bowl, setting the stage for one of the more anticipated, hilarious and (somewhat) morbid celebrations in the history of this strange sport: the eating of the Pop-Tarts mascot. Wildcats players chowed down on what Pop-Tarts hyped as the “first-ever Edible Mascot” after their 28-19 victory in what was …

Current New England Patriots Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach Bill O’Brien held that same position for the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2021 and 2022. O’Brien helped Alabama to a 24-4 record in those two seasons, and an appearance in the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship, but he also said at least one very dumb thing that he might regret now, given …

It’s just about time for the Iowa Hawkeyes to play their final game of the 2023 college football season. That will actually come on New Year’s Day at noon CT versus Tennessee in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl. Iowa has a chance to accomplish a rare feat versus the Vols from Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla. The Hawkeyes can secure …

USATSI No. 4 Alabama changed up a critical portion of its game preparation routine in advance of its Rose Bowl showdown with No. 1 Michigan by altering its protocol for reviewing film. Crimson Tide players said Thursday they aren’t watching tape on their individual devices ahead of their College Football Playoff semifinal showdown with the Wolverines, who were caught up …

The initial hype of the early signing period has died down, but there was a ton of talent to explore and so much so we are breaking it down by position. We have already dove into the top five quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends and offensive tackles to sign with Big Ten teams and now we want to break down a …

A battle of ranked teams and two of the most consistent programs of the last couple of seasons highlights the showdown between No. 18 NC State and No. 25 Kansas State in the Pop-Tarts Bowl.  Coaches Dave Doeren and Chris Klieman have both guided their respective teams to eight-plus win seasons in each of the last three years, and the …

The Iowa Hawkeyes‘ prospects for the 2024 season already feel like they’ve been handed a jolt with All-American linebacker Jay Higgins’ decision to return to Iowa for next season. The Butkus Award semifinalist revealed that news on Tuesday. In his first season as a full-time starter, Higgins filled the void that Jack Campbell left admirably. Entering the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl …

On the plane ride back from Michigan’s crushing 51-45 loss to Texas Christian in last year’s College Football Playoff semifinal, defensive coordinator Jesse Minter began jotting down his thoughts as he watched the film. “Looking at myself, how did we prepare,” Minter said. “Did we take the right angles to the ball, are we playing like our hair is on …