College Football

Have more comments, questions? Reach out to me at [email protected]. Letters are lightly edited for clarity. Nov 4, 2023; Piscataway, New Jersey, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Kyle McCord (6) throws to running back TreVeyon Henderson (32) during the NCAA football game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at SHI Stadium. Ohio State won 35-16. On Ohio State football To the editor: I …

Is Nebraska in pursuit of a former five-star recruit at wide receiver? On December 4, former Ohio State Buckeye prospect Julian Fleming entered the transfer portal. Fleming was the No. 1 wide receiver in the class of 2020 and the No. 4 ranked player overall. In his four seasons in Columbus, the Pennsylvania native appeared in 38 games making 79 …

Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Zeed Haynes has entered the NCAA transfer portal after his freshman season in Athens, Georgia. Haynes, a former four-star recruit in the class of 2023, is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound receiver played in four games for Georgia, so he will have four years of eligibility remaining. Haynes originally committed to Penn State before flipping …

The following is the Free Press’ Dream Team for the 2023 Michigan high school football season: Offense WR Tashi Braceful School: Southfield A&T Vitals: Senior, 6 feet 2, 175 pounds. Southfield A&T wide receiver Tashi Braceful Stats: 1,730 receiving yards, 14 TDs. The buzz: The top target for a prolific offense, Braceful made big catches in big moments. His state finals performance included 10 …

Over the past two weeks, the Avalanche-Journal has been following the story of Texas Tech football and other schools working with Oregon and Oregon State to help the latter two keep alive the Civil War rivalry, the series between two schools less than 50 miles apart that dates to 1894. The Oregon-Oregon State games have long been conference games. Now …

The Springfield News-Leader is proud to announce its 2023 All-Ozarks high school football teams — a collection of the best players from across the southwest Missouri region this past season. In addition to our Dominant Dozen, in which we name the 12 most impactful football players of the season, we’re giving you our choices for who the top players in …

BUCYRUS – Football season has officially wrapped up with state champions crowned and All-Ohioans named. And with the All-Telegraph-Forum teams having been announced, it’s time to award Player of the Year honors. For the first time we’ve decided to do an offensive, defensive and special teams player of the year along with lineman of the year. As expected, it was …

Braden Streeter was recruited by Football Bowl Subdivision programs but opted for Football Championship Subdivision member Delaware. Now the senior quarterback at Christ Presbyterian Academy in Nashville will actually play for an FBS program. Delaware recently announced a 2025 move to FBS as a conference USA member. That’s fine by Streeter and another class of 2024 high school recruit who …

Not every football team in Livingston County had a strong offense in 2023, but every team had at least one high-caliber player. All five teams are represented on the all-county first-team offense. The strengths of certain teams are readily apparent in these selections. Howell was a run-heavy team that has both running backs and two of the five offensive linemen …

Dec. 9—COLLEGE FOOTBALL is a year-round sport for many fan bases, and now you can include the University of New Hampshire faithful in that group. With the NCAA transfer portal in full swing, there’s more news to report regarding UNH football now than there was during the 2023 season. At least that’s the way it seems. The transfer portal has …

Jayden Daniels, the quarterback for Louisiana State University, was named the winner of the 2023 Heisman Trophy Saturday evening. One of four finalists, Daniels edged out fellow quarterbacks Bo Nix of Oregon and Washington’s Michael Penix Jr., as well as Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. to win the most coveted individual award in college football. Daniels joined LSU …

LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels avoids a Georgia State defender’s tackle earlier this season. Jayden Daniels is the best player in the country. It isn’t even close. With all due respect to Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. and Oregon quarterback Bo Nix — who finished second and third on my Heisman ballot — Daniels was a video game joystick disguised as …

Dec. 9—SEATTLE — If you’re worried that the forces of conference realignment will endanger the Gonzaga-Washington rivalry, don’t bother, this thing hasn’t been a rivalry for years. The Zags had won 14 of the last 15 of these cross-state contretemps. But it felt pretty heated at times in the second half Saturday night in Alaska Airlines Arena as the up-trending …

Dec. 9—SEATTLE — Mark Few made an appearance Dec. 1 at the Pac-12 football championship game between Washington and Oregon in Las Vegas. No, the Gonzaga coach wasn’t actually in attendance watching from one of the 65,000 seats at Allegiant Stadium, but throughout the game a videoboard series displayed the names and photos of prominent alumni from the participating schools. …

Mark Bowman (19) celebrates with teammate Marcus Harris after scoring Mater Dei’s first touchdown against San Mateo Serra in the CIF Open Division state championship bowl game Saturday at Saddleback College. (Steve Galluzzo / For The Times) Knowing it was his last high school game, Mater Dei quarterback Elijah Brown used Saturday night’s CIF Open Division state championship bowl game …