College Football

Dec. 12—ROCHESTER — Five football players from the Rochester Community and Technical College football team that was the NJCAA Division III national runner-up have earned All-America honors for the 2023 season. On offense, wide receiver Terrence Isaac Jr. and lineman Gavin Layton were both named First Team All-America. Layton, a 6-foot-6, 290-pound sophomore from Andover, was the anchor of the …

Forestview football has selected one of its own as its next head coach. Chris Rayfield was tabbed as the Jaguars’ football coach on Tuesday. A 2003 Forestview alum, he succeeds former head man Chris Medlin, who stepped down in November after going 100-100 in 17 seasons. “(Among the reasons for Rayfield’s hire was his) passion for our school and community,” …

Dec. 12—COLUMBUS — Ohio State is keeping the band together, at least for now. Juniors Jack Sawyer, Tyleik Williams, Emeka Egbuka, Donovan Jackson, Denzel Burke and Jordan Hancock all told reporters Tuesday they will play in the Cotton Bowl for the Buckeyes against Missouri on Dec. 29. All of them also said they are undecided on whether or not they …

Dec. 12—OXFORD — While it was more ceremonial than anything, Tuesday signified what everybody at Ole Miss already knew. It’s officially bowl season in Oxford. No. 11 Ole Miss (10-2, 6-2 SEC) officially accepted its Peach Bowl invite from CEO and president Gary Stokan, a little over a week following the announcement of the Dec. 30 matchup with No. 10 …

Dec. 12—GRAND FORKS — Former UND offensive lineman Easton Kilty has selected his new home, and his new head coach is a familiar name in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Kilty has committed to Kansas State, which is coached by former North Dakota State head coach Chris Klieman. Kilty has played in 35 career games at UND and was the …

MANHATTAN — Kansas State football’s offense has taken another hit ahead of its bowl game. All-Big 12 tight end Ben Sinnott, a third-team All-American, announced Tuesday via social media that he has declared for the NFL Draft and will opt out of the Wildcats’ Pop-Tarts Bowl game against North Carolina State on Dec. 28 in Orlando, Florida. Sinnott, a former …

Dec. 12—CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As the director of football creative media at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dakota Wesleyan alum Zakk Ryherd operates as a do-it-all man in the busy world of collegiate athletics. Ryherd, a former Tiger football player and 2019 DWU graduate, handles the 49ers’ social media, including a X.com account with 46,000 followers and an …

You hate to see it. Wait, no you don’t. For all of the chatter in Columbus the past few years that Michigan football has been talking a big talk while rectification was coming to the premier college football rivalry, it hasn’t come to fruition. And yet, the talk in the state of Ohio has been rampant, previously with good cause. …

USATSI One of the top available quarterbacks in the transfer portal is off the board. Former Miami quarterback Tyler Van Dyke committed to Wisconsin Tuesday, giving coach Luke Fickell experience at the position heading into a new-look Big Ten next fall. Van Dyke was the No. 12 quarterback available in the transfer portal according to 247Sports. Van Dyke had a …

Bowl games are chaotic these days with opt outs, the transfer portal, and the College Football Playoff. Bowl games don’t mean as much as they used to, but they are still a good way to gauge the strength of a college football program. Now, bowl games, which aren’t part of the College Football Playoff, also provide an interesting insight into …

Former East Tennessee State and Maryville High School coach George Quarles is expected to be hired as Austin Peay football’s tight ends coach, a source told the USA TODAY South Region Network on Tuesday. The source requested anonymity because no official announcement has been made. Quarles was fired after two seasons at ETSU, in which the program won just six …

Dec. 12—THOMASVILLE — After a 6-5 season that saw the Warriors season end with an early playoff exit, Brookwood football players have received several All-Region selections as well ass three All-State selections. It’s no wonder that several of the Warriors offensive weapons received these honors as Brookwood was virtually unstoppable on the offensive side of the ball. Receiver Nic Clark, …

Getty Images Deion Sanders has only been the head coach at Colorado for one season, but people are already studying his approach. The University of Colorado Boulder just announced a class based on how Sanders handles his celebrity on top of coaching the football team. In addition to being a legendary player and ascending coach, Sanders is also known for …

December and January is decision time for the best college football players in the country. Players who have been in school for three or four seasons and still have eligibility remaining must weigh the positives and negatives of returning to continue their college careers or turning professional. Some will announce their plans before the bowl games. Some will announce after …

According to Bruce Feldman of The Athletic, former Michigan State football offensive line fcoach Chris Kapilovic is joining the Baylor staff as their new offensive line coach. Kapilovic followed Mel Tucker over from Colorado back in 2020. Before that, he had mostly been in the South, and now he will head to Texas to coach with Baylor. SOURCE: Chris Kapilovic, …