College Football

Feb. 14—Rich Miano’s football career was nearly all on the defensive side of the ball. Rich Miano’s football career was nearly all on the defensive side of the ball. “I’m told I’m a quarterback apologist, ” he said. That seems strange, since Miano played 10 seasons as a defensive back in the NFL and was the University of Hawaii’s defensive …

Back in December 2023, it looked like Penn State was going to lose one of their key members on the recruiting team after Khalil Ahmad took a job at Syracuse to become their executive director of personnel and recruiting. However, Ahmad is back in Happy Valley, taking the familiar role of assistant recruiting coordinator for personnel and recruitment with the …

It’s that time of the year again… ESPN has released their college football preseason SP+ rankings ($).  Year after year, ESPN’s Bill Connelly releases his ESPN SP+ rankings early before the season, and we see these rankings updated accordingly. While no metric is perfect for analyzing a football team, Connelly’s SP+ has proven to be a solid model that considers multiple …

The College Football Playoff and ESPN have agreed on a six-year extension worth a total of $7.8 billion that will keep playoff games on the ESPN family of networks through the 2031-32 season, according to The Athletic. The playoff still has two years remaining on its current deal with ESPN, with the network holding rights to first-round, quarterfinal, semifinal and championship …

Today marks an important day on the college football calendar, or at least it should. It is the annual release of Bill Connelly’s pre-spring SP+ rankings — arguably the best forward-looking rating system in college football. His ratings merge returning production from the previous year, recent recruiting and transfer portal performance, and each program’s recent history to create the most …

When news broke that Notre Dame’s safeties coach Chris O’Learly was headed to the NFL, it was a huge loss for the Irish. He is set to join a new staff for the Los Angeles Chargers, where he can continue his impressive upward rise in the coaching profession. O’Leary will now reach football’s top level at the tender age of …

The Eagles’ offseason change that had to happen originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia They’ve replaced two coordinators. Three, really, if you include Sean Desai and Matt Patricia. They’ve hired a new defensive line coach, two secondary coaches, a linebacker coach and a new quarterbacks coach. So far. The Eagles have only announced their new coordinators, so nothing else is …

The Georgia Bulldogs spent $5.3 million dollars on recruiting throughout the 2023 fiscal year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023). Georgia’s lavish recruiting spending did pay off as the Bulldogs recently signed the No. 1 class of 2024 in the country. Georgia spent more on recruiting than Michigan and Ohio State combined during the 2023 fiscal year. The …

The entire landscape of college football will look different in 2024, with new teams in different conferences and an expanded College Football Playoff at the end of the year. For the Oregon Ducks, a move to the Big Ten Conference will have us enthralled as we try to figure out where they stand among their new foes, and how quickly …

Dabo Swinney and the Clemson coaching staff are off to a scorching hot start recruiting in the 2025 class and look to continue this run over the rest of the offseason. The latest news coming from the 2025 class is with 4-star offensive line target Justin Hasenhuetl, who took to social media Wednesday to announce his top 10 school choices. …

The NFL doesn’t waste time trying to stay in the spotlight after the Super Bowl. On Tuesday, the league released the names of the 321 draft prospects that are invited to the Scouting Combine. Here’s the full position-by-position list of the players invited to this year’s combine which is scheduled from Feb. 26 to March 4 in Indianapolis: QB Credit: …

Winter workouts are happening across the country. Spring ball is right around the corner. Though the 2024 college football season is still more than six months away, the SEC is shaping up to be a lot of fun in the new era of college football. Realignment has consolidated power in the SEC and the Big Ten, and it’ll be on …

The Washington Commanders are keeping former Wisconsin offensive coordinator Bobby Engram as their wide receivers coach, according to a report from the Washington Post’s Nicki Jhabvala. Engram was Wisconsin’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2022 as the Paul Chryst era came to an end. Most of his coaching career has been at the NFL level, including as the Pittsburgh …

Here’s some college football television news: ESPN and the College Football Playoff reached a 6-year, $7.8 billion media rights extension for the upcoming expanded playoff, according to The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand. The deal locks in the 12-team Playoff with ESPN through the 2031-32 season. Marchand’s report notes that “The full contract’s completion is still contingent on CFP leaders finalizing details …

The 2023 NFL season wrapped up on Sunday with the Super Bowl in Las Vegas and attention has now turned to the 2024 NFL offseason. Up next on the NFL’s offseason calendar is the 2024 NFL combine, set for February 26-March 4 in Indianapolis. The combine will be televised on NFL Network and available to stream on fuboTV (try it free) Here …