College Football

New Michigan State football Jonathan Smith was tasked with the huge task of hiring the next defensive coordinator for the program. This defensive coordinator is going to be challenged with the huge task of having a lot of autonomy over the defense. Smith has found his man for the job as the Spartans will be hiring Joe Rossi, who has …

NDSU has won two national titles since Matt Entz was hired ahead of the 2019 season. (Photo by Justin Tafoya/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) North Dakota State coach Matt Entz is heading to USC. The school announced Sunday that Entz would be resigning to take an assistant coaching position at the top level of college football. Shortly after NDSU’s announcement, …

Auburn football coaches were very active this weekend as they hosted several recruits from junior college and the transfer portal for official visits. Among those was JUCO offensive lineman Seth Wilfred, who left Auburn feeling pleased with his visit. After his visit, he spoke with Caleb Jones of Rivals about his time on the Plains. Wilfred says that he was …

The 2023 college football season is a month from completion, but that’s not preventing us from looking ahead to what could happen in 2024. The Texas Longhorns have a real chance to win a national title this season, but their prospects are strong next year as well. The return of starting quarterback Quinn Ewers greatly improves their chances despite entering …

Former Florida football commit and Gainesville local, defensive lineman Kendall Jackson out of Buchholz in the 2024 recruiting cycle, announced on Saturday his commitment to the Miami Hurricanes. The 6-foot-4-inch, 250-pound defender committed to the Gators back in July, but the circumstances are clearly different after a disappointing season in the Swamp this season. Following its third-straight losing campaign, defensive …

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to elite recruit Valdin Sone. Sone is a member of the class of 2027. Sone is from Sweden and trains with some of the other top recruits in Europe. The 6-foot-5, 250-pound defensive line recruit has scholarship offers from Texas A&M and Nebraska. Valdin Sone trains with other top football prospects in Europe …

Steve Sarkisian was the only one deserving of the AP All-Big 12 Coach of the Year award, and no other coach should have even come close. After an 8-5 season in 2022, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian led the 2023 Texas Longhorns to a 12-1 record, a Big 12 Championship, and a College Football Playoff berth. Texas has always had …

Dillon Gabriel, formerly of the UCF Knights and Oklahoma Sooners, transferred to the Oregon Ducks on Saturday. This was one of the bigger pieces of the transfer portal’s quarterback drama. It creates the distinct possibility that USC’s portal quarterback will be one of two men, Cam Ward of Washington State or Will Howard of Kansas State. While we wait to …

LAWRENCE — Kansas football head coach Lance Leipold announced Dec. 7 that the team hired Jeff Grimes as its new assistant head coach/offensive coordinator. Grimes follows Andy Kotelnicki, who departed the program for position at Penn State. Grimes was most recently on the staff at Baylor this past season, but wasn’t retained. He joins a Jayhawks team that is about …

The 2023-24 college football bowl schedule features intriguing matchups from the middle of December until the CFP National Championship on Jan. 8. While top-10 matchups will command the most attention, there are also exciting games between Power 5 and Group of 5 teams. Kansas will face UNLV in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl on Dec. 26, as the Rebels aim for …

Enyce Sledge was the first Auburn player to announce his intentions to enter the transfer portal and he is now the first one to announce his new school. The defensive lineman committed to Illinois Saturday, announcing the move on social media. Sledge spent two seasons on the Plains, appearing in four games and did not record a stat. The Louisiana …

LSU has extended an offer to another player in the transfer portal. This time it is an offensive lineman from Texas A&M. Remington Strickland is a 6-foot-4, 300-pound offensive lineman from Sugar Land, Texas. He was a member of the 2021 recruiting class and was rated as a three-star out of high school. He redshirted his first year in College …

Penn State has a long history of facing SEC opponents over the years, with most of those matchups coming in postseason play. And even with the SEC set to expand with two new members, Penn State will have played at least one game against almost every team in the conference as of 2024. Penn State will add a game against …

Funny how a shot at a championship ring can narrow the nozzle on the flow of transfers. The NCAA transfer portal has been open for a week now, and only four players have decided to part ways with Alabama football: WR Ja’Corey Brooks, DL Isaiah Hastings, QB Tyler Buchner and WR Thaiu Jones-Bell. PORTAL TRACKER: Alabama football transfer portal tracker …

A Nebraska target at quarterback has announced that he will be heading to the SEC. Baylor transfer Blake Shapen has confirmed that he will be heading to Mississippi State for the 2024 season. Shapen was originally a three-star prospect out of Shreveport, Louisiana, in the 2020 recruiting cycle. This season, he appeared in eight games for Baylor, completing 61.7% of …