College Football

USATSI Middle Tennessee is expected to hire former Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason to replace longtime coach Rick Stockstill, 247Sports reports. Mason led the Commodores from 2014-20 and was the defensive coordinator for Auburn and Oklahoma State before serving as a TV analyst this season. He will be charged with breathing new life into the Blue Raiders, who made 10 bowl …

You would have to imagine that Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin and his staff would have spent a good amount of time in preparing for the Peach Bowl trying to figure out how to slow down Penn State defensive end Chop Robinson. Fortunately for Kiffin and the Rebels, they won’t have to worry about one of Penn State’s top …

Add Ron DeSantis to the mix of Florida politicians who are bashing the College Football Playoff. The Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate said Tuesday that he is asking the state legislature for an extra $1 million to be set aside for Florida State to sue the College Football Playoff committee after the Seminoles were left out of the four-team …

Notre Dame’s leading receiver from the 2023 regular season is headed home. Chris Tyree, who converted from running back to wide receiver this past season, will play his final season of college football at Virginia. He entered the transfer portal just hours after Notre Dame’s regular season ended with a victory at Stanford. Tyree, one of Notre Dame’s fastest players …

As explosive as the UNC football team is offensively, that same team struggles significantly on the defensive side of the football. The Tar Heels gave us fans life early in the season – sacking South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler nine times in Week 1, holding Syracuse to single-digits and limiting Minnesota QB Athas Kaliakmanis to a less-than 50% completion rate. …

Basha Bears quarterback Demond Williams Jr. (9) looks to pass while being pursued by Chandler Wolves strong safety Cam Cooper (8) at Basha High School in Chandler on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Alex Gould/Special for The Republic The NFL’s Arizona Cardinals have named Basha quarterback Demond Williams Jr. the Arizona high school football Player of the Year for the 2023 …

Texas A&M star wide receiver Evan Stewart’s impending future with the program has left plenty of Aggie fans on their toes, but keeping up with Stewart’s social media updates is any indication of his current mindset; A&M is still very much in play. In even more entertaining fashion, Stewart, a former five-star prospect within the Aggies’ historic 2022 recruiting class, …

Never let it be said that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn’t have his priorities straight. That’s because his latest decision suggests he doesn’t. DeSantis is apparently so miffed that Florida State’s undefeated football team was not invited into the college playoff that he lashed out at the NCAA’s College Football Playoff committee on Sunday: “What we learned today is that …

I know much was made of the notion that the SEC used its bully pulpit to avoid being excluded from the CFP for the first time ever and that commissioner Greg Sankey politicked until he was Kentucky blue in the face. And I get why some think the selection committee bowed to the pressure and didn’t dare risk offending the …

Notre Dame will be down a linebacker in the Sun Bowl (Dec. 29) as Marist Liufau has declared for the NFL draft and chosen to opt out of the game. Liufau played in all 12 games this season, recorded three sacks, and totaled 44 tackles. He had a career high 51 tackles a season ago. Liufau certainly has a high …

Of the many recent changes in college athletics, the most transformative — and revolutionary — may be on the way. NCAA president Charlie Baker is planning to introduce this week a proposal to create a new subdivision within Division I that grants certain schools more autonomy around policy-making and permits them to compensate athletes in a new and profound way. …

Nov 18, 2023; Provo, Utah, USA; Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Dillon Gabriel (8) warms up before the game against the Brigham Young Cougars at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports NORMAN — Dillon Gabriel won’t be playing for OU next season. The redshirt senior quarterback made that clear on Monday when he announced his decision to enter the …

The fallout from Florida State football’s snub from the College Football Playoffs took another turn this week. On Tuesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he is asking lawmakers to set aside $1 million for any lawsuits revolving around FSU’s snub from the CFP, despite going undefeated and winning the ACC Championship. The Seminoles went 13-0 but were left out for …

Texas received good news on the recruiting trail recently. Five-star safety Xavier Filsaime has scheduled an official visit to Texas for later this month. The current Florida commit will visit Austin on Dec. 15-17. According to On3’s Gerry Hamilton, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian and safeties coach Blake Gideon are also scheduled to make an in-home visit with Filsaime on …

Cam Ward is in the transfer portal, and the drama is already escalating. Ward transferred to Washington State from Incarnate Word prior to the 2022 football season. He can transfer again this time as a graduate transfer. Ward was third in the Pac-12 in passing in 2023. He finished the regular season with 3,736 yards, just behind Heisman candidates Bo …