College Football

Jan. 18—Here is the McAlester News-Capital’s All-Area Football Team for the 2024 season as chosen by MN-C staff. PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Will Spears, McAlester, Senior COACH OF THE YEAR: Rick Cherry, Savanna FIRST TEAM OFFENSE QB: Kacin Washington-Mazey, McAlester, Junior 1435 passing yards, 14 passing TDs, 143 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD RB: Jordan Clark, McAlester, Junior 1167 rushing …

Jan. 18—ATLANTA — ESPN and ABC’s Kirk Herbstreit says Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman has achieved legendary status in his first three seasons as the Fighting Irish’s head coach. “They’ve been searching. You almost have to go back to the early and mid-90s for the last time Notre Dame was really a giant in this sport. Whether they win …

Jan. 18—ATLANTA — It was a game unlike any other this season for Ohio State freshman wide receiver Jeremiah Smith when Texas held him to one catch in OSU’s 28-14 win in a College Football Playoff semifinal by double-teaming him and at times triple-teaming him. When Smith looked ahead to Monday’s national championship game against Notre Dame during media day …

(This story was updated to add new information.) Wisconsin football released a statement on cornerback Xavier Lucas’ reported departure to Miami on Saturday. News of his move came on Friday. Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger was the first to report that Lucas was leaving for Miami without officially entering the transfer portal. Wisconsin had held the standout freshman cornerback out of the …

Ohio State football signed a 26-member recruiting class during the early signing period with 13 players on offense, 13 on defense and two five-star prospects in quarterback Tavien St. Clair and cornerback Devin Sanchez. More on them and all the other OSU signees below. Ohio State’s 2025 recruiting class Where does the OSU signing class rank heading into signing day? …

ATLANTA — Out of its lowest moment of the season came clarity for the Ohio State Buckeyes.  Raw emotions. Honesty. Hard conversations that were long overdue.  It all came spilling out in a players-only meeting on the Tuesday after Ohio State’s devastating loss to Michigan in the final weekend of the regular season. The Buckeyes, a 21-point home favorite over the …

Steve Sarkisian led Texas to a 13-3 record this season before falling to Ohio State in the CFP semifinals. (Photo by CFP/Getty Images) Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian is staying with the Longhorns long-term. Sarkisian agreed to a contract extension that keeps him in Texas through 2031, per multiple reports. The 50-year-old head coach has reportedly been fielding interest from …

Auburn freshman Tahaad Pettiford hit a 3-pointer with 1:19 to go in the first half and turned to the Georgia basketball student section and put his finger in front of his mouth to shoosh them. The Bulldogs and their fans didn’t go quietly when it looked like No. 1 Auburn had buried the Bulldogs Saturday. Georgia made a furious rally …

Ohio State football offensive coordinator Chip Kelly took a jab at his former employer and one of the two opponents to beat the Buckeyes this week on Saturday. Kelly, who is in his first season with OSU, criticized the Ducks for taking a penalty purposely during their regular-season 32-31 win over the Buckeyes in Eugene, Oregon, while praising his national …

Getty Images Texas has agreed to a contract extension with coach Steve Sarkisian after guiding the program to consecutive berths in the College Football Playoff, 247Sports confirmed on Saturday. The news of Sarkisian’s extension comes after reports that some NFL teams planned on inquiring about the Texas coach for vacant openings. Sarkisian’s contract extension with Texas is his second in as …

ATLANTA – Notre Dame knows the risks of playing man-to-man pass defense against Ohio State. The Fighting Irish embrace it in Monday’s College Football Playoff championship game. “We’ve got to dance with the date that got us here,” Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden said Saturday. “It is who we are. It’s part of our DNA. We understand the challenge, …

The Oregon Ducks are continuing to try and chip away at one of the best players in the 2026 recruiting class. On Saturday, On3 reported that 5-star wide receiver Chris Henry Jr. is scheduled to take a visit to Eugene next week to see the Ducks once again, the most recent of many visits to Oregon. Henry, the No. 3 …

Jan 18, 2025; Atlanta, GA, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish defensive coordinator Al Golden during 2025 CFP National Championship Media Day at Georgia World Congress Center, Building A. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images The Cincinnati Bengals seem like a team with eyes for Al Golden as the next defensive coordinator, at least once he wraps up his season with Notre …

ATLANTA — Jack Sawyer remembers exactly where he was the afternoon of Tuesday, Dec. 3. He’ll never forget it. Neither will Josh Fryar. Emeka Ebuka too. And Jeremiah Smith. In fact, the entire Ohio State football team — more than 100 players — gathered in the team room on that Tuesday for an emotionally charged, sometimes heated, three-hour affair where …

With Penn State’s football season now officially in the books, now is a good time to start putting the whole season into perspective. Although the season ended with the Nittany Lions coming up just short of playing for a national championship, there were a lot of good moments to reflect on positively from the 2024 season that ended with a …