College Football

The aftershocks from a failed 2023 college football season continue to reverberate through the USC football program. After Domani Jackson and Malachi Nelson entered the transfer portal over the previous 24 hours, linebacker Tackett Curtis joined the exodus from Los Angeles. Though not a five-star recruit the way Jackson and Nelson were, Curtis — a four-star linebacker — was still …

Tuesday’s lone bowl game, the Frisco Bowl, will be a late-night affair highlighting a pair of Group of Five contenders in Marshall and UTSA. The bowl game will mark the fourth all-time meeting between the former Conference USA foes, which Marshall leads 2-1. Marshall started the season 4-0 before a five-game midseason skid put bowl eligibility at risk. However, the …

A college football team hires a new coach, like IU did in November, and people get excited. Recruiting immediately goes up a notch. A decent transfer or two shows up. Fans get excited. Happens every year. You’ve seen it. But you’ve not seen anything like what’s happening at IU football. First, the obligatory disclaimers: Wins and losses happen on the …

Wisconsin is dodging a bullet, if you’re heavily invested in the result of the ReliaQuest Bowl between the Badgers and No. 13 LSU Tigers. LSU star quarterback and 2023 Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels announced yesterday he was forgoing the game to prepare for the 2024 NFL Draft. This would’ve been the second matchup between Daniels and the Badgers, the …

Wisconsin starting linebacker Jordan Turner did not spend much time in the transfer portal. After the now-former Badger entered earlier this week, he recently announced his commitment to Michigan State. Turner started two seasons for the Badgers, totaling 135 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, five sacks, three interceptions, three passes defended and two forced fumbles in that time. His 2023 …

Everything is fluid in football recruiting but as of Tuesday, less than 24 hours before recruits begin signing binding letters of intent with their chosen programs, the Rivals.com rankings was somewhat historic. The top 10 recruits in the country were committed to 10 different schools. That’s never happened before, at least not since Rivals began ranking recruits back in 2006. …

If Monday was any indication, as three different high-profile flips went down, the rest of National Signing Day Week will be extremely busy. It will be hard to top No. 1 quarterback Dylan Raiola’s change of heart, switching from UGA to Nebraska on Monday, which is right up there with Travis Hunter as one of the biggest last-minute flips of …

Sam Durley has been named the new East Peoria head football coach. The former record-setting Eureka College quarterback was announced as the new coach Tuesday morning, following school board approval at Monday night’s meeting. Durley, who becomes EP’s fifth coach since 2013, replaces Dustin Jefferson, whose resignation was approved at Monday meeting. “My vision for this program is to create …

The 2023-24 college football bowl schedule is underway, with intriguing matchups taking place across the country over the next few weeks. Air Force had one of the strangest trajectories in the country this season, winning eight straight games before losing its final four games. The Falcons will try to get back on track when they face James Madison in the …

Jaxon Smith-Njigba secured the Seattle Seahawks’ latest win with 28 seconds left Monday night. Trailing 17-13 against the Philadelphia Eagles, Seahawks quarterback Drew Lock found the former Ohio State wide receiver in the end zone for a 29-yard touchdown after he ran down the sideline, securing the catch two steps ahead of the cornerback/ With Smith-Njigba’s reception came the Seahawks’ …

Michigan. Washington. Texas. Alabama. How these four teams navigated through twists, turns, upsets and unpredictability to reach the College Football Playoff tells the story of the regular season. The Wolverines had to get past Penn State and Ohio State. Washington had to beat Oregon, twice. Texas had to beat Alabama, which had to beat Georgia. But those aren’t the only …

Dec. 19—The Idaho football team has been ransacked the last 10 days. It’s lost seven starters to the transfer portal and two members of its coaching staff. Former Vandals’ defensive coordinator Rob Aurich landed a new gig coaching edge rushers at San Diego State. And on Monday, former running backs coach Thomas Ford left for Oregon State. Ford and Aurich …

There is just one more day until early signing day is here ,and dominoes are falling all across college football. Usually, this time of year would be reserved for the hype centered around high school recruits, but the Transfer Portal has taken the place of that hype. Where some of the players in the Portal decide to go may dictate …

One of the top linebackers in the 2023 recruiting class has entered the transfer portal after spending one year at USC. Tackett Curtis was one of the hottest names in Louisiana recruiting last year and he was a guy that a lot of Tiger fans wanted. If Brian Kelly’s mantra is to “Recruit the Boot” Tackett was one of the …

It was another busy recruiting weekend for the Colorado football coaching staff. After rebuilding the offensive line last week by adding four starting-caliber OL and No. 1 OT recruit Jordan Seaton, the Buffaloes picked up commitments from nine more FBS transfers. The group full of former four-star recruits features SEC pass rushers, a top transfer safety, a pair of play-making …