Who are the Lobos targeting? Follow @MWCwire Finding the replacement for the Lobos New Mexico is searching for a new head coach after parting ways with Danny Gonzales. Over his four-season tenure, Gonzales, a former player at New Mexico, progressed from a variety of roles which included stops at San Diego State and Arizona State as defensive coordinators. Then he …
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How Oklahoma high school football’s top Week 14 games were won
The Oklahoman sports team delivers the key players, moments and more from the area’s top high school football games in Week 14. More: How Blanchard football is giving back to elementary school on the way to state finals Blanchard 19, Wagoner 14 Blanchard’s Carson Cooksey (6) passes the ball during the 4A high school football state championship game between Blanchard and Wagoner …
Read More »How the TSSAA BlueCross Bowl’s top college prospects fared in Thursday’s championship games
CHATTANOOGA – The first day of the TSSAA BlueCross Bowl state championship games are over. Here is how the top Power 5 college prospects fared after Thursday Division II title games. Amari Jefferson, Baylor, Sr.: The Mr. Football finalist and Alabama commit finished two yards shy of tying a state championship record for most receiving yards in a title game when he …
Read More »Wyomissing football team ready to take on Northwestern Lehigh in PIAA Class 3A semifinal
Nov. 30—While it understandably may still linger in some players’ minds, no one in the Wyomissing locker room is talking about it. A year ago, the Spartans fell to Neumann-Goretti 20-17 in heartbreaking fashion on a touchdown with eight seconds left in the PIAA Class 3A football semifinals, missing out on a third-straight appearance in the state championship game. However, …
Read More »Alabama football commit Amari Jefferson comes up short in Baylor’s DII-AAA state title loss
CHATTANOOGA — Baylor wide receiver Amari Jefferson popped up off the artificial turf at Finley Stadium and pointed the ball forward, thinking he had a crucial first-down catch on a fourth-and-12 late in the game. Instead, Jefferson watched in disbelief when the official spotted the ball one yard short, allowing McCallie to take over and end the game in a …
Read More »Navarro College to represent at TIPS-C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart Of Texas Bowl
Nov. 30—Navarro Football accepted an invitation Tuesday to represent the Southwest Junior College Football Conference as the host team for the TIPS-C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart Of Texas Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 2, at Memorial Stadium on the Texas A&M University-Commerce campus. Coach Ryan Taylor’s SWJCFC runner-up Navarro Bulldogs (6-4) will face coach Glenn Davis’ Copiah-Lincoln Wolves (9-2) from Wesson, Ms., in a …
Read More »Penn State reportedly hiring Kansas assistant as new offensive coordinator [updated]
Nov. 30—Penn State is expected to hire Kansas assistant coach Andy Kotelnicki as its new offensive coordinator, Bruce Feldman of The Athletic reported Thursday. Kotelnicki has worked for Jayhawks coach Lance Leipold since 2013, first at Division III power Wisconsin-Whitewater and then at Buffalo before he joined the Kansas staff when Leipold was hired in 2021. He replaces Mike Yurcich, …
Read More »Vanderbilt QB commits Whit Muschamp, Jay St. Hilaire show off arms in epic TSSAA championship
CHATTANOOGA — Jay St. Hilaire and Whit Muschamp recently rode in a car for two hours together to visit Vanderbilt’s football program. They’re buddies whose Chattanooga private schools are nine miles apart from each other. But Thursday was an exception. The 2024 Vanderbilt quarterback commitments combined for 567 yards passing and six touchdowns while playing against each other in the …
Read More »Predictions, odds, how to watch final Pac-12 title game
The college football regular season is complete. This week, it’s time to decide the FBS conference champions, and college football fans don’t have to wait long for one of the best title matchups of the weekend. The No. 3 Washington Huskies (12-0) face off against the No. 5 Oregon Ducks (11-1) for their final Pac-12 championship. Washington won 12 games …
Read More »What Deion Sanders must fix after Year 1 at Colorado to turn hype into results for desperate program
Colorado dominated the college football headlines last offseason after NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders took over the program fresh off a successful run at Jackson State. Early on, it looked like the Buffaloes — fresh off an unprecedented roster overhaul — had a chance to meet the astronomical hype that proceeded them. A 3-0 start coupled with an ascent …
Read More »How Baylor’s Nelson McKnight put name in TSSAA football championship record books
CHATTANOOGA – Nelson McKnight acknowledged his fatigue. He was on the verge of a TSSAA football state championship record as well as a making a defensive score. The Baylor senior wasn’t going to stop now. McKnight yanked the football from McCallie quarterback Jay St. Hilaire’s arms and returned it a state championship record 98 yards for a touchdown Thursday night …
Read More »Corey Kiner, starting O-line returning to UC Bearcat football for 2024
UC coach Scott Satterfield and offensive guard Luke Kandra embrace after the Bearcats started with a win over EKU Sept. 2. In a week that saw more than 20 University of Cincinnati football players hit the transfer portal, the Bearcats had several key performers announce their intentions to return for 2024. UC football Deshawn Pace says leaving UC football team …
Read More »College football games, picks: Why Alabama’s Jalen Milroe is the clear protagonist of Championship Week
Jalen Milroe had been benched. They’re saying it out loud now at Alabama, referring to that Week 3 near-disaster at South Florida. The Crimson Tide’s now-star quarterback had thrown two interceptions the previous week in a loss to Texas and looked bad doing it. The 34-24 defeat was Alabama’s worst in a nonconference home game in 19 years. Nick Saban …
Read More »McCallie beats Baylor for fourth TSSAA football championship in five years
CHATTANOOGA – McCallie slowed Baylor’s high-octane offense just enough Thursday night at Finley Stadium. And in the process, the Blue Tornado powered up its own in the Division II-AAA BlueCross Bowl. The result? The Blue Tornado claimed its fourth TSSAA football championship in five years and fifth overall with a 34-28 win against Chattanooga rival Baylor. All five — dating …
Read More »Moments removed from Super Bowl loss, Marshfield football’s breakout stars plotting return
FOXBORO — Tor Maas admitted he didn’t have any expectations at the outset of his junior season. But here he stood at the end of it, on the turf at Gillette Stadium. Surely he was disappointed in the Marshfield High football team’s 42-14 loss to unbeaten King Philip — last year’s runner-up — in the Division 2 Super Bowl Thursday night, …
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