College Football

Jacksonville State football has set its spring game date, with the inter-squad scrimmage taking place on April 19. The game will be at 6 p.m. on that Friday night. Admission at JSU Stadium will be free. The school announced the game with a post on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. No TV designation was given in …

MANHATTAN — Kansas State football is less than two weeks away from the start of spring practice in preparation for a highly anticipated 2024 season. Expectations are high for the Wildcats, who will hold their first two practice sessions on March 5 and 7, take off the following week for spring break and then get back to it with the …

Former Texas A&M Aggies quarterback Johnny Manziel certainly has told some wild stories over the years concerning his time in College Station, Texas, from his autograph scandal that got him suspended for a whole half to his using the urine of a backup quarterback to pass all of his drug tests in college. The 2012 Heisman Trophy winner left the …

Steve Sarkisian has received a stamp of approval from the Texas Board of Regents. As expected, the UT Board of Regents approved Sarkisian’s contract extension on Thursday. Sarkisian and Texas agreed to an extension last month and the contract details were revealed over the weekend. Sarkisian’s reworked contract will keep him at Texas through the 2030 season. Sarkisian, 49, is …

The Georgia Bulldogs have made the top schools list of four-star defensive line recruit Kevin Wynn. Wynn plays high school football for Greene County High School in Greensboro, Georgia. The 6-foot-2, 320-pound defensive lineman is ranked as the No. 304 recruit nationally, the No. 31 player at his position, and the No. 37 recruit in Georgia. Wynn’s top schools are …

The dirt hadn’t yet settled on the Pac-12’s grave, and Greg Sankey already had plans for the dying conference’s spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff. The SEC commissioner joined “The Paul Finebaum Show” early in August to share his vision. As he saw it, the Pac-12’s disintegration should spark reconsideration of the number of automatic qualifiers for the expanded …

Offered last week by Rutgers football, Ziyare Addison is continuing to make a strong impression this offseason. The four-star offensive lineman is coming off a very strong performance at the Under Armour Camp last week as his recruitment continues to gain momentum nationally. Addison’s performance was so good that he was named the top offensive lineman at the Under Armour …

Linebacker Brenden Anes committed to Wisconsin in January for the 2025 class. MADISON – Before Brenden Anes was on the Wisconsin Badgers’ radar, they were on his. During his sophomore season, the 6-foot-3, 220-pound outside linebacker from Page High School in Franklin, Tennessee, was talking to his dad about college programs that would be fits and schools known for producing …

The College Football Playoffs will be staying on ESPN and its family stations for the foreseeable future. Last week, it was reported by The Athletic that ESPN and the College Football Playoffs have come to a six-year deal worth $7.8 billion to keep the playoffs on the Worldwide Leader in Sports. Notably, there are still two years left on ESPN’s …

The Wisconsin football program, believe it or not, is not commonly known for its production of wide receivers. Tight ends are a different story. Wisconsin has sent Jake Ferguson, Troy Fumagalli, Owen Daniels, Travis Beckum and others on to the NFL level. But Wisconsin is traditionally known for running the football and stopping the run, not necessarily for its high-level …

The Wisconsin Badgers were busy in the transfer portal this offseason. The program currently has 12 total transfer commitments, good for one 247Sports’ top 10 transfer classes. The headliners of the group: former Miami quarterback Tyler Van Dyke, former Oklahoma running back Tawee Walker, former USC linebacker Tackett Curtis and former Arkansas linebacker Jaheim Thomas. Related: Which Big Ten football team …

Answer this: Other than the money, why does anyone choose to coach at the major college football level when presented with an opportunity to do what you love in the NFL? Big-time college football has morphed into something a lot more than just the X’s and O’s on the practice field and putting them to work during games. Still, that …

Cornerback has been a revitalized position since Brent Venables was hired. Oklahoma has changed the caliber of athletes and the type of cornerbacks they have recruited. Venables’ hire of Jay Valai to take over as the cornerbacks’ coach has paid off in spades. The depth and talent in the room have been elevated tremendously in just a couple of years. …

STARKVILLE — The recruitment and signing of 2024 high school prospects are complete for first-year Mississippi State football coach Jeff Lebby. However, the conclusion of national signing day on Feb. 7 only signaled the start of the next recruiting cycle. The 2025 class, barring any surprising head coaching change, will be the first one at Mississippi State where Lebby oversees …

Collin Brunstein’s dad, Kevin, believed he would make a good receiver. He nailed it on the head. Brunstein tore up the record books this past fall at NCAA Division III Illinois College. The 2020 Jacksonville graduate hauled in 91 catches for 2,200 yards and 31 touchdowns to lead all of NCAA as well as set Midwest Conference and school single-season …