College Football

The countdown has begun for the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit, Michigan. The headlines are easy to follow this year: There are obviously many more, but those are the biggest talking points. Related: ChatGPT ranks the most intimidating Big Ten football stadiums to play in Only a few former Wisconsin Badgers accepted NFL Combine invitations this year: RB Braelon Allen, OL …

Brian Kelly and his recruiting staff took a trip to Dacula, Georgia, to offer one of the best linebackers in the 2025 recruiting class. To land a commitment from him, LSU will have to pull him away from Gus Malzahn and UCF. Luke Metz is a 6-foot-3, 210-pound linebacker from Dacula, Georgia, where he plays for Mill Creek High School. …

Three-star Florida defensive lineman Derry ‘Chuck’ Norris Jr. is one of the most recent offers sent out by Rutgers football. Following the offer late last week, Norris is already planning on a visit to the Scarlet Knights this spring. Norris, from Spruce Creek (Port Orange, Florida) has pulled in some impressive offers. The class of 2025 standout has been extended …

Josaiah Stewart didn’t realize at the time. But when the Coastal Carolina import joined Michigan football last year, he was placed in a crash course on crisis management. Class in this school of hard knocks began in the summer just as the Wolverines embarked on their wild journey toward a national championship. Jim Harbaugh was hit with the first of …

Elijah is a member of the 2025 recruiting class and a three-star offensive lineman from Matawan Regional (Matawan, New Jersey). He is a significant addition to this class for Rutgers as he has received offers from Boston College, Cincinnati, Florida State, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Penn State, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Virginia Tech. According to 247Sports, Elijah is ranked the No. 16 prospect in New Jersey …

TAMPA ― The Bucs stayed in the Southeastern Conference to bolster their offensive staff, hiring Georgia assistant Bryan McClendon as their wide receivers coach. He replaces Brad Idzik, who opted to join Dave Canales’ Carolina Panthers staff as offensive coordinator. The Bucs earlier this month hired former Kentucky and Rams offensive coordinator Liam Coen to run their offense following Canales’ …

The Buccaneers have hired Bryan McClendon as their wide receivers coach, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. McClendon has served as Georgia’s wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator the past two seasons. This is his first NFL coaching job. McClendon replaces Brad Idzik, who followed Dave Canales to Carolina to become the Panthers’ offensive coordinator. Todd Bowles’ son, Troy, is …

Georgia wide receivers coach Bryan McClendon is leaving for the NFL, according to reports. The former UGA player and current pass game coordinator will be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receivers coach. ESPN’s Adam Shefter was the first to report to move. The University of Georgia and head coach Kirby Smart have yet to announce the departure. Smart was spotted …

Texas A&M (15-10, 6-6 SEC) fell on the road 100-75 to a hot No. 15 Alabama (18-7, 10-2 SEC) on Saturday. Sometimes when a team is hot and you’re not you have to accept that loss and move on.  Alabama came into this game as one of the top offensive teams in the nation, but also one of the worst …

The Georgia Bulldogs and head coach Kirby Smart have the nation’s No. 8 recruiting class in the 2025 recruiting cycle. Georgia is in the hunt to land a commitment from five-star linebacker recruit Zayden Walker. Zayden Walker is the 10th ranked recruit in the class of 2025. Walker plays high school football for Schley County High School in Ellaville, Georgia. …

LAWRENCE — It appears Kansas football head coach Lance Leipold will have to make another assistant coach hire this offseason. According to a report from FootballScoop, the Jayhawks’ offensive line coach — Scott Fuchs — is making the jump from college football to professional football. Fuchs, the report states, will become an offensive assistant with the Tennessee Titans. And that would mean …

This is exciting: 2025 four-star linebacker Riley Pettijohn, from McKinney High School in Texas, has USC as a finalist in his recruitment. Pettijohn holds offers from over 25 elite programs all over the country, but he recently announced he has already narrowed his list of contenders to six programs. Florida State, Florida State, USC, Ohio State, Texas,Texas A&M and Georgia …

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian’s salary will nearly double once the university’s Board of Regents approves the terms of his contract extension. Sarkisian, who made $5.6 million last year, will see his guaranteed compensation increase to $10.3 million this year under the terms of the deal, which were published in advance of the board’s Feb. 21-22 meeting in Austin, Texas. By …

This upcoming week, the Texas Board of Regents is set to approve a significant increase to UT football coach Steve Sarkisian’s salary. Last month, Texas announced that Sarkisian had agreed to a four-year extension that will keep him with the Longhorns through the 2030 football season. If approved, Sarkisian will now make $10.3 million during the 2024 season. He was …

Steve Sarkisian didn’t pursue the Alabama job and is set to receive a hefty pay increase that would make him college football’s third-highest-paid coach behind Clemson’s Dabo Swinney and Georgia’s Kirby Smart. Steve Sarkisian’s very good year just got better. But so did Texas’. The Longhorns’ third-year head football coach, who took them to a 12-2 record and their first …