Sep 7, 2024; Syracuse, New York, USA; Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets quarterback Haynes King (10) runs for a touchdown against the Syracuse Orange in the first quarter at JMA Wireless Dome. Mandatory Credit: Mark Konezny-Imagn Images While you always want to play your opponents best, that won’t be the case for Notre Dame football this weekend at they hit the …
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The top 8 performances from Week 8 of the high school football season
Oct. 18—A look at the top 8 performances in Week 8 of the high school football season: —Zach Reiland, Kingsland: What a way to close the regular season for the Kingsland senior running back and the Knights’ offensive line. Reiland ran for a school record 366 yards and five touchdowns, and had a 45-yard receiving touchdown. He was a yard …
Read More »Michigan State football hosting 4-star QB against Iowa
Michigan State Spartans quarterback Aidan Chiles throws out a pass as the Ducks host the Spartans Friday, Oct. 4, 2024 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore. A big recruiting weekend is shaping up for MIchigan State football when they play host to Iowa on homecoming. A massive part of the recruiting weekend is hosting an elite quarterback in the 2026 …
Read More »Alabama-Tennessee: Third Saturday in October is now the First Saturday of the Playoffs
Things change quickly in the SEC. Two weeks ago, Alabama was ranked No. 1 in the nation and Tennessee No. 4, and their traditional rivalry game — called “Third Saturday in October,” and you can probably guess when it’s scheduled — was setting up to be a battle not just for SEC dominance, but national preeminence. Well, Vanderbilt and Arkansas …
Read More »How Hawaii and Washington State match up on the football field
JAMM AQUINO /JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM Rainbow Warriors coach Timmy Chang is 0-13 when his team scores 17 points or fewer, compared to 10-9 when scoring more than 17 points. 1 /2 JAMM AQUINO /JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM Rainbow Warriors coach Timmy Chang is 0-13 when his team scores 17 points or fewer, compared to 10-9 when scoring more than 17 points. BRIAN LOSNESS …
Read More »Five reasons why Texas beats Georgia
Oct 12, 2024; Dallas, Texas, USA; Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) runs with the ball during the second half against the Oklahoma Sooners at the Cotton Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images The No. 4 Georgia Bulldogs play the No. 1 Texas Longhorns is Austin, Texas, on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. The winner of the Georgia-Texas game …
Read More »Oklahoma Sooners offense faces another stiff test vs. South Carolina
Apr 20, 2024; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners offensive coordinator Seth Littrell before the Oklahoma Sooners spring game at Gaylord Family OK Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Every game is a must-win game during a college football season. Even with the expanded playoff, there still isn’t much margin for error for teams that have aspirations of playing …
Read More »Memorial Stadium top plays | From Grange to Griffith to Benn, building has seen it all
Oct. 18—Bob Asmussen has been covering Illinois football at The News-Gazette for 35 years and wrote a book about the history of the program. Here is his list of the 10 best Illinois plays at Memorial Stadium since it opened in 1924. Feel free to disagree: Oct. 18, 1924. Red Grange opening kickoff return against Michigan. Took the ball at …
Read More »5-star quarterback Jared Curtis decommits from Georgia, Clemson in the hunt
Decommitments have started to shake up the recruiting landscape, and even programs like Georgia are feeling the effects. Late Thursday, 5-star quarterback Jared Curtis, a top prospect from Nashville Christian (TN), announced he was reopening his recruitment and stepping away from his pledge to the Bulldogs. In a statement, Curtis expressed appreciation for the Georgia staff but emphasized the importance …
Read More »Shamrock with it! Notre Dame drops its game trailer for Georgia Tech
Notre Dame linebacker Drayk Bowen (34) tackles Stanford running back Chris Davis Jr. (5) during a NCAA college football game between Notre Dame and Stanford at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, in South Bend. As Notre Dame football does every Friday before a game, it has dropped its hype trailer as they prepare to face off against …
Read More »In college football showdown, Texas will try beating Georgia at its own game
Quinn Ewers of the Texas Longhorns. For more than a decade, as Texas flirted with returning to its former status as one of college football’s elite programs, it was one of the most popular questions in the sport. Are the Longhorns finally back? For just as long, the answer stayed the same: No. That changed in 2023, when Texas went …
Read More »Tennessee-Alabama football game score predictions
. Saturday will mark the 107th meeting between Tennessee and Alabama football. The Third Saturday in October contest is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. EDT at Neyland Stadium (ABC). Fourth-year Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel is playing for his second win over the Crimson Tide. Tennessee and Heupel defeated Alabama, 52-49, in Nick Saban’s final game at Neyland Stadium on Oct. …
Read More »Trip to watch Oregon football topple Ohio State did not disappoint. Hope they meet again!
It may be old news but still worth mentioning some of the details of Oregon’s thrilling 32-31 victory last week over Ohio State. It was our only trip in nine years to Eugene and the atmosphere at Autzen Stadium did not disappoint. A raucous crowd throughout reached a crescendo when time ran out on the Buckeyes, as they were threatening …
Read More »Texas’ showdown with Georgia in Austin sums up why Longhorns made move to SEC
AUSTIN, Texas — Striding out of his office on Thursday afternoon, Chris Del Conte is on the way to another meeting. Such is life this week for the athletic director of the country’s richest athletic department. This meeting, like many of the rest this week, is focused on logistics related to Saturday’s big home game: No. 1 Texas vs. No. …
Read More »Can Oklahoma Sooners win ‘Beamer Ball’ battle vs. South Carolina?
Oklahoma Sooners place kicker Tyler Keltner (98) kicks a field goal during a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Tulane Green Wave at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Oklahoma Sooners are 4-2 entering week eight …
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