College Football

Michigan is sending 18 players to this week’s NFL Scouting Combine, surpassing LSU’s record of 16 invitees to the 2020 event. That means just over 5.6%, or one in every 19, of the 321 prospects invited to Indianapolis will be representing the Wolverines. Michigan is also just one of six programs with at least 10 players invited.  It’s an impressive …

Despite playing for Iron Bowl rival programs, former Alabama football receiver DeVonta Smith appeared on former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton’s podcast recently. Naturally, the Crimson Tide and Tigers products conversated about the two programs’ rivalry, sparking a funny exchange between the two Heisman Trophy winners. “Speaking of Alabama, I think it’s our (Auburn’s) time now,” Newton said on “4th & …

For all of college football’s big box office, bluster and billions, Alex Shada saw a financial opportunity two years ago at the Senior Bowl. The head of GSC, a well-known company in football circles based in little-known Wahoo, Nebraska, had been supplying coach-to-player helmet communications to the NFL for the last decade. This was Shada’s moment of realization. Here before …

As speculation swirled about Florida State coach Mike Norvell replacing Nick Saban at Alabama last month, TJ Ferguson found himself looking at it from the opposite side. He was in the transfer portal considering a move from ‘Bama to FSU. “Coach Norvell’s message to me was just: ‘I’m here,’” Ferguson said. Now Ferguson is here, too — along with four …

Eli Gold is grappling. The longtime play-by-play voice of Alabama football can’t often be caught at a loss for words — he’s spent a career in radio, after all — and true to form, he hasn’t been tongue-tied in the wake of this week’s revelation of his and the Crimson Tide Sports Network’s less-than-amicable parting after 35 years. But at …

Tennessee football hired two assistant coaches last week. What was your reaction? My guess is you were enthusiastic about the news. Fans tend to be optimistic about any changes in their favorite program. And changes haven’t occurred that often in Josh Heupel’s three years as Tennessee’s football coach. So, when his running backs and linebackers coaches decided to move on, …

The following is Miss Terry Saban’s foreword to The Tuscaloosa News’ commemorative Nick Saban book that looks back on his legendary 17 seasons coaching Alabama football. Order the 192-page hardcover book, packed with expert storytelling and stunning action photography, via Pediment Publishing. The foundation was here at Alabama, ready for something special to be built upon it, a pyramid rising …

Kirby Smart is poised to turn to a rival staff for the next Georgia football running backs coach. Georgia Tech’s Josh Crawford, who coached at five different high schools in the state, is expected to fill the vacancy created when Dell McGee was hired as Georgia State head coach, Matt Zenitz of 247Sports was first to report. Crawford worked under …

Philadelphia made significant changes to the coaching staff following a historic collapse that saw the Eagles lose 6 of their final seven games. The positive vibes are back around the NovaCare Complex following the additions of Vic Fangio (DC) and Kellen Moore (OC). It’s never too early to look ahead at the NFL draft, and with so many holes on …

A host of structural changes are coming ahead of the 2024 college football season, including the inaugural campaign for the 12-team playoff structure that will finally provide football parity the CFB landscape has been yearning for over the last decade. Year after year, contending teams, especially in the SEC, are led by at least one freshman stud on offense or …

Jackson State football coach T.C. Taylor will put a lot of focus in the passing offense in 2024. In his first season, the deep pass often was missing. To get back to being an offense as challenging to defend as it was in 2022, when Taylor was the receivers coach and the Tigers won their second consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference …

The Oklahoma Sooners pursuit to land another five-star defender for the third recruiting class in a row looks to be on really solid footing. Oklahoma has been the trending favorite to land five-star safety Jonah Williams for some time now, and that doesn’t seem to be slowing down. OU picked up another prediction, this time from Rivals’ Texas Insider Geoff …

The Georgia Bulldogs and head coach Kirby Smart have hired Georgia Tech wide receivers coach Josh Crawford to serve as the running backs coach at Georgia. Crawford replaced Dell McGee, who is now the head coach at Georgia State. Crawford joined Georgia Tech in 2023 after coaching as the Western Kentucky outside receivers coach (2021). Crawford was promoted to be …

SOUTH BEND — Three words came immediately to Mike Denbrock’s mind when the new offensive coordinator for Notre Dame football was asked recently about Duke transfer quarterback Riley Leonard. Competitive. Energetic. Curious. Their highly anticipated collaboration is still in the conceptual stages, but with March 7 and the start of spring practice right around the corner, their fertile football brains …

Ziyare Addison is pulling in some impressive offers recently, including one from Rutgers football last week. But perhaps what is standing out the most about Addison is not the star rankings and the offer list. It is his character and his work ethic. On Sunday night, Addison was honored by Sumner High School (Riverview, Florida) with the Stingray Award, given …