College Football

If the college men’s basketball regular season ended right now, the Colorado Buffaloes probably wouldn’t be an NCAA Tournament team. USA TODAY Sports, ESPN and CBS Sports all released updated March Madness projections on Tuesday and the Buffs were firmly on the bubble in all three. While USA TODAY Sports and ESPN both tabbed Colorado as a “next four out” team, …

After 10 years adhering to a four-team structure, the College Football Playoff is going to look radically different beginning next season, with 12 teams participating instead of four. That won’t be the only change to the CFP. The playoff’s board of managers voted unanimously on Tuesday to tweak the event’s qualifying criteria, so that the five highest-rated conference champions make …

College Football Playoff leaders agreed to a 5+7 model for the expanded 12-team playoff format on Tuesday, signaling a major change in the postseason landscape with the 2024 season just over six months away. The move grants guaranteed access to college football’s five highest-ranked conference champions with seven spots reserved as “at-large” spots for the next highest-ranked teams.  Ushering in …

The NFL Draft Combine begins next week, the official start of a familiar process that concludes in late April with the actual selections. There is one thing missing this year, however. Collegiate underclassmen — at least in the numbers we’ve seen in past drafts. A player can petition the NFL for early entry — or “special eligibility” — once he …

Feb. 20—With a majority of starters returning on both sides of the ball, Ohio State is expected to be good at football this fall. How good remains to be seen, but at least one advanced metric is high on the Buckeyes. Ohio State is No. 2 in the first release of SP+ rankings for 2024, trailing Georgia. Hosted by ESPN, …

Former Taft High School star Adolphus Washington Adolphus Washington, who starred at Taft High School and for the Ohio State Buckeyes before playing defensive line in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals, is the new defensive line coach at Colerain High School. Washington, 29, co-founded Trenches Academy. He is scheduled to be inducted later this year …

The College Football Playoff ushered in another new era Tuesday, as the management committee voted to approve a new 5+7 model that decreases the number of automatic conference champion qualifiers by one and adds an extra at-large bid for the rest of the field. This change is in response to the Pac-12’s effective dissolution, which essentially decreased the number of …

When it comes to the 2024 NFL draft, this is a group of very talented prospects. This group has an elite top tier and a massive second tier or prospects which means the difference between pick No. 25 and pick No. 50 isn’t going to be that different. The NFL scouting combine is almost upon us and that along with …

The Colorado Buffaloes and head coach Deion Sanders are set to host top-ranked class of 2025 safety Faheem Delane on a recruiting visit this spring, per 247Sports. The five-star recruit from Olney, Maryland announced an offer from CU on Friday and has another spring visit scheduled with Texas. Listed at 6-foot-2 and 195 pounds, Delane is the No. 1 safety …

USATSI Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer has hired Nick Sheridan to serve as offensive coordinator and JaMarcus Shephard as assistant head coach and co-offensive coordinator, the school announced Tuesday. Both worked under DeBoer at Washington, helping the Huskies field one of the nation’s most prolific offenses over the past two seasons. Sheridan and Shephard were long expected to follow DeBoer to …

Tennessee football will pay new running backs coach De’Rail Sims a base salary of $350,000 plus bonuses depending on team success in the 2024 season to begin a two-year contract. On Tuesday, UT confirmed Sims’ hiring and released his salary details to Knox News in a memorandum of understanding. Sims also gets a $35,000 moving stipend and $600 in monthly …

We are just a few weeks away from the start of Georgia’s spring practice, which will wrap up with the annual G-Day spring scrimmage game held in Sanford Stadium. On Tuesday, the university finally released a date for the traditional event: Saturday, April 13. The game will take place the same day as another notable event in the state. Round …

Kalen DeBoer raved about new signee Ryan Williams when the new Alabama football coach spoke about him on Tuesday. DeBoer gave his first public comments about the five-star addition from Saraland when DeBoer joined “The Game” on Tide 100.9. “He’s one of the most dynamic guys I have ever seen at receiver,” DeBoer said. “Getting the ball in his hands, …

After six seasons at the helm, Chip Kelly resigned from his position as head coach of the UCLA Bruins during the offseason. Kelly went 35-34 overall during his time in Westwood. The former Oregon and NFL head coach has since joined Ryan Day’s staff at Ohio State as the Buckeyes’ offensive coordinator. UCLA opted to promote DeShaun Foster to head …

Sherrone Moore is wasting no time in establishing his mentality when it comes to building his team, and while the first-year head coach — on the job for a month — has yet to receive his first commitment, he has the Wolverines surging in a few recruitments. One such player is 2025 Greensboro (Ga.) Greene County four-star defensive tackle Kevin …