The anticipation surrounding EA Sports’ new college football video game is easily noticeable. Fans have been clamoring for new version for nearly the last 10 years, and that will become a reality when the game hits the shelves on July 19. While most are consumed with how the game will play and feel, the payout for the programs that have …
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FAMU DRS announce Patrick Wise as programs next head football coach
It’s a new era for FAMU DRS as Patrick Wise has been named the new head coach of the Baby Rattlers. Wise, a South Carolina native, has spent time in various roles across Big Bend high school and middle school programs, most recently as the head coach at Swift Creek Middle School. Wise has spent time on the coaching staffs …
Read More »SEC again considering nine-game league schedule weighing revenue, College Football Playoff access
DESTIN, Fla. — The SEC is again contemplating an expanded conference football schedule with an aim of increasing revenue as the entire college athletics enterprise faces new financial challenges. Though the SEC has already decided to run eight-game schedules for the next two seasons, several programs originally against the prospect of increasing schedules are more open than ever before on …
Read More »Nick Saban void felt at SEC spring meetings, creates power vacuum
DESTIN, Fla. — Former Alabama coach Nick Saban lorded over the SEC and college football for nearly two decades before he retired in January. Despite his unforgiving dominance and intimidating presence, the 72-year-old was widely missed at SEC spring meetings. “It definitely was strange not having Coach Saban in there,” Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin said. Kiffin was Tennessee’s new …
Read More »‘I don’t cry over it’, Kirby Smart reflects on Georgia’s CFP snub
The SEC’s spring meetings are underway in Destin, Florida, this week. While most of the conversation has been focused on the recently expanded league, Georgia head coach Kirby Smart was asked about the Bulldogs’ unprecedented ending to the 2023 season. Before the College Football Playoff committee released their final rankings, no No. 1 team had ever fallen out of the …
Read More »Georgia HC Kirby Smart highlights what Texas brings to SEC
One SEC coach is showing class in his description of the Texas Longhorns and what they add to the conference. The team is viewed as a force heading into the new league. Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart voiced his respect for the Longhorns. He shared what Texas brings to the Southeastern Conference for the 2024 season and beyond. “It’s …
Read More »Black Friday Football: Georgia vs. Georgia Tech among five Tech kick-off times announced
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech football will open the home portion of its 2024 schedule in primetime versus Georgia State and close the regular season in primetime at archrival Georgia, highlighting five kickoff times for the Yellow Jackets that were announced by the Atlantic Coast Conference and its television partners on Thursday. The five kickoff times and television designations include: …
Read More »2024 CBS Sports Network broadcast schedule: Utah vs. Utah State, SMU vs. Nevada lead college football slate
The 2024 CBS Sports Network college football schedule is officially set with notable games on deck across the Group of Five and the Power Four. It’s a loaded slate with multiple big weekday games in addition to packed Saturdays all year long. With less than 100 days to go until the start of the season, let’s take a look at …
Read More »Times, TV schedule announced for Oregon football’s nonconference schedule
Oregon head coach Dan Lanning, center, waits to take the field with his team for their game against Oregon State at Autzen Stadium Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. The Big Ten Conference on Thursday announced kickoff times and TV designations for Oregon football’s first three games of the 2024 season this fall. The Ducks will open their season against Idaho at …
Read More »Michigan State football opener moves to Friday; Michigan football gets new time, too
The college football season is about three months away, and Thursday became the day we learned more on when and what channel a few more games will kick off this season. The Michigan State football tradition will indeed live on as the Spartans’ opener at home against Florida Atlantic has officially been moved to Friday, Aug. 30 and will be …
Read More »LOOK: Colorado’s Deion Sanders meets new USWNT manager Emma Hayes ahead of 2024 Paris Olympics
Getty Images One iconic coach met another when Deion Sanders met new U.S. women’s national team manager Emma Hayes on Wednesday. The USWNT was in Boulder, Colo., so Sanders came out to greet the team ahead of its appearance in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Hayes was just named the new USWNT manager on May 21, and she’s been busy getting …
Read More »Anonymous coaches believes Ohio State must beat Michigan this year
With the college football season fast approaching, thoughts, opinions, and predictions abound. While everyone has visions of how the season will play out, Athlon Sports caught up with some Big Ten coaches to ask their thoughts on the upcoming season. Speaking anonymously, conference coaches gave some insight on what they anticipate for Ohio State this season, and spoiler alert… it …
Read More »Shilo Sanders files for bankruptcy: Colorado DB’s debt stems from allegedly assaulting security guard in 2015
Colorado defensive back Shilo Sanders, son of head coach Deion Sanders, is $11 million in debt and filed for bankruptcy in October 2023, according to USA Today. The petition for relief — which was filed under Chapter 7 in Colorado’s Bankruptcy Code — states Sanders is on the hook for $11.3 million stemming from a March 2022 civil trial in Texas. …
Read More »Texas, Oklahoma to play first Red River matchup in SEC at 2:30 p.m. CT
Say goodbye to that early morning Cotton Bowl breeze. The Texas Longhorns will face the Oklahoma Sooners at 2:30 p.m. CT this season. In recent history the Red River Rivalry been synonymous with an 11 a.m. CT kickoff, but it appears that tradition might not carry over to the Southeastern Conference. Action Network’s Brett McMurphy said the following of the …
Read More »More SEC expansion coming? Why what Greg Sankey (doesn’t) say should be getting attention
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. – The SEC prominently projected its pinwheel logo featuring 16 school pennants onto a hotel wall this week throughout the conference’s spring meetings. It’s a visual reminder of Oklahoma and Texas joining the nation’s most powerful conference. Whose pennants will join that pinwheel next? I asked commissioner Greg Sankey on Tuesday about the SEC’s appetite for further …
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