College Football

Gold teeth and curly hair. That’s what earned Malakai Murphy the nickname “Hollywood.” “That’s just what people call me,” Murphy said with a laugh. “It started with the older coaches and all the old football players, that’s what they called me: Hollywood. “They see me with the golds, the curly hair, I have all the hair out and stuff, so …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football running back Trent Howland plans on re-entering the transfer portal this spring. The spring window for football opens on April 16. The Hoosiers have three practices left during camp with a closed scrimmage on Saturday and their exhibition at Memorial Stadium on Thursday night. Howland entered the portal after former coach Tom Allen’s departure and verbally committed …

Alabama football quarterback Jalen Milroe showed off his arm ahead of A-Day by throwing out the first pitch ahead of Alabama baseball’s Friday night matchup with Arkansas. The No. 17 Crimson Tide (22-11, 4-8 SEC) is hosting No. 1 Arkansas (29-3, 11-1 SEC) for a weekend conference series. With the A-Day spring football scrimmage at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday, it …

Utah quarterback Cameron Rising (7) celebrates his touchdown with tight end Brant Kuithe (80) during the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. The two Utah stars will be back in action Saturday during the annual spring game at Rice-Eccles Stadium after a year recovering from injuries. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Utah’s “22 Forever” spring …

OU football wide receiver Jalil Farooq, who played in 13 games last season, and offensive lineman Daniel Akinkunmi, a three-star freshman from England, were seen wheeling around practice Friday on scooters with boots on. Farooq is expected to be one of the Sooners’ top receivers next season and is coming off a season in which he recorded 694 receiving yards …

HATTIESBURG — Southern Miss football held its 15th and final spring practice on Thursday. Coach Will Hall has not yet named a starting quarterback. But the quarterback battle took a turn Friday when Billy Wiles entered the transfer portal as a graduate student. There were clues this week that Wiles, who started 10 games in 2023, could do so. The …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue football’s spring game is noon Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium. Head coach Ryan Walters enters his second season coming off a 4-8 mark in 2023. There was no official spring game last season, rather a simulated indoor scrimmage to close the spring season. Now the Boilermakers have the depth to operate a game, though the format won’t …

Prior to his retirement as Alabama’s football coach, Nick Saban likely would be spending this weekend gearing up for the Crimson Tide’s spring football game. But this year, well into his fourth month of retirement, Saban instead is taking in the Augusta National Golf Club for the 88th Masters Tournament. He joined ESPN’s Lauren Rutledge on the network’s “Welcome to …

In a stunning reversal, defending Southern Section Division 1 football champion Santa Ana Mater Dei is replacing Frank McManus as football coach after one season. McManus won a Division 1 title last season after succeeding Mater Dei coaching legend Bruce Rollinson and was heralded as being “the right person to succeed Rollinson” by Mater Dei President Michael Brennan. But Mater …

Georgia is 42-2 over the past three seasons and has established itself as the class of college football. But after missing the 2023 College Football Playoff, the Bulldogs have a fresh dose of motivation. If the way UGA asserted itself in a 63-3 Orange Bowl victory over Florida State was any indication, the ‘Dawgs are going to be relentless in …

Ohio State has adjusted the incentive structure in the contracts of its assistant coaches in response to the College Football Playoff expanding to include 12 teams. The change could increase the amount of bonus pay the assistants pick up as the new format debuts in the upcoming season. The Buckeyes’ on-field assistants are now eligible to receive an amount equal …

Texas football landed a commitment from 2025 four-star linebacker Elijah Bo Barnes on Friday afternoon. The Dallas native is entering his final year with Skyline High School and had a weekend visit in Austin last weekend with coach Steve Sarkisian. Barnes measures in at 6-foot-2 and 215 pounds and chose the Longhorns over Ohio State, Oregon and Alabama. He’s the …

Saturday’s spring game begins one of the most pivotal seasons in modern Alabama football history as the Crimson Tide look to defend their place as one of the premier programs in the sport without Nick Saban, arguably the greatest coach in the sport’s history. Kalen DeBoer understood the gravity of following in Saban’s wake, or he would not have accepted …

The NCAA transfer portal for football re-opens Tuesday for a 15-day period, and Texas Tech football defensive back Cameron Watts announced Friday he will have his name entered. Watts is the first Tech player to make public plans to transfer during this cycle. He played in all 13 games last season for the Red Raiders, mainly on special teams, and …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue football’s spring game is noon Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium. Head coach Ryan Walters enters his second season coming off a 4-8 mark in 2023. There was no official spring game last season, rather a simulated indoor scrimmage to close the spring season. Now the Boilermakers have the depth to operate a game, though the format won’t …