College Football

Few program histories in college football compare to that of USC.  The Trojans have been a west coast power for a century a despite having Southern California in their name, register as a national brand. A huge reason for that is because historically USC has been willing to play the elite of college football.  The Trojans have of course had …

The USC and Oregon football teams could have developed something special in the Pac-12 had the NCAA not come down on the Trojans in 2009 and 2010. If the NCAA had minded its own business, maybe Pete Carroll never leaves. Maybe Pete and Oregon’s Chip Kelly create another magical series of Pac-12 clashes. Maybe the 2011 game would have involved …

One of the great regrets of Pac-12 football is that Chip Kelly and Pete Carroll were never able to settle into a five- or six-year period in which they were matching wits with each other at Oregon and USC. Just imagine what it would have been like to have Kelly as the ultimate offensive guru versus Carroll’s defensive mind in …

After just one season, Abington has let go head football coach Terence Tolbert, a 1989 graduate. The Ghosts went 1-9 last season, losing their final eight games after a Week Two win over Council Rock North. An opening for the head football coach position was posted on the school district’s website Thursday. The post also listed June 12 as the …

One of the top wide receivers in the nation, Michael Thomas III, is set for a Rutgers football official visit this weekend. Thomas is a 5-foot-11 wide receiver from Donovan Catholic (Barnegat, New Jersey). ESPN ranks him as a four-star and the No. 108 recruit in the ESPN 300 in addition to being a top-10 wide receiver in the nation. …

DETROIT — You’d think that Sherrone Moore and Jonathan Smith are buddies the way they appeared to be palling around with each other at the outset of the SoundMind SoundBody football camp at Wayne State. After each gave a brief speech, the Michigan football and Michigan State coaches walked off the floor together, with Moore patting Smith on the back. But, …

DETROIT — If anyone knows what Michigan football can do up front, it’s former Alabama head coach Nick Saban. The last team Saban ever faced, and will likely ever face, was the Wolverines, who beat the Crimson Tide, 27-20, in the Rose Bowl. Saban retired the following week and afterward started doing NFL draft analysis for ESPN. When Zak Zinter was …

DETROIT — Michigan football was awfully quiet for a big bulk of the offseason when it’s come to bringing in transfer players. In December, the Wolverines got two in linebacker Jaishawn Barham and left guard Josh Priebe but it took months before the maize and blue dipped back into the portal. But once they did, it was quite productive. One such …

DETROIT — The first sign of summer for some is Memorial Day. But for college football fans in metro Detroit, the SoundMind SoundBody camp is the beginning of all things summer in the football world. Multiple big-name coaches descended upon Wayne State University for SMSB, and before recruits took to the field to work out, many of those coaches addressed the …

In the summer of 2021, Red River Rivals Oklahoma and Texas made a landscape-shaping announcement. The Sooners and the Longhorns would be moving to the SEC. Nearly three years later, that move is just over a month away from being official. But with Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione and Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte in Destin, Florida this week …

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You’ll have to stretch your memory to remember the last time the Colorado Buffaloes matched up with the Cincinnati Bearcats. That will soon change, however, now that the two teams share a conference in the Big 12. The only other time Colorado and Cincinnati met was in 1972. Colorado was coming off a 10-2 campaign in 1971 that saw the …

DESTIN — SEC football coaches and administrators spent the last two days discussing the possibility of smaller NCAA rosters and, perhaps, the elimination of walk-ons. At least one powerbroker doesn’t understand it. “Killing Rudy solves nothing,” University of Florida president Ben Sasse said. “Don’t rob athletes of joy, and don’t rob fans of drama.” The issue stems from the impending …

One of the top players committed to Rutgers football class is locked in for an official visit this weekend. Renick ‘Stretch’ Dorilas, a three-star defensive back, will be taking an official visit to Rutgers this weekend. He committed to Rutgers in March from a top five that included Tennessee, Penn State, Syracuse and West Virginia. He was recently offered by Miami. …

Wisconsin football opens as 4.5-point underdogs in its Week 5, 2024 contest against the USC Trojans, odds via DraftKings Sportsbook. The game marks the start of Wisconsin’s gauntlet 2024 Big Ten schedule. That conference slate also includes contests at Iowa, vs. Nebraska, vs. Penn State and vs. Oregon. Related: Big Ten football 2024 schedule power rankings The Badgers will make their …