College Football

BATON ROUGE — LSU football conducted its eighth spring practices Tuesday morning inside its practice facility. Media members were able to view 20 minutes of individual and positional drills as the team heads into the second half of its allotted 15 spring sessions and afterward, a few players were made available for interviews. Here are some takeaways from LSU’s practice …

PISCATAWAY – Coming off the most successful season Rutgers football has had since Greg Schiano’s return, the Scarlet Knights returned to the practice field Tuesday for their first practice of the spring, ushering in the start of preparation for an intriguing 2024 season. “It’s always a sobering, humbling experience the first time you go out with your new team,” Schiano …

PISCATAWAY – Rutgers’ quarterback competition has officially begun. The Scarlet Knights took the field for their first spring practice Tuesday, giving incumbent starter Gavin Wimsatt and Minnesota transfer Athan Kaliakmanis their first opportunities to make an impression to earn the starting job. Both quarterbacks made it clear they’re embracing the competition. “We’re competing for our jobs every day,” Wimsatt said …

Larry Johnson has coached nine first-round NFL draft picks in his distinguished career as a defensive line coach. Since his arrival at Ohio State from Penn State in 2014, 14 of his players have been drafted, including Nick Bosa and Chase Young as No. 2 overall picks and Joey Bosa a No. 3. It’s unlikely that any of his current …

MASSILLON – Massillon Tigers football offensive lineman Nolan Davenport continues to stack up on Power Five offers, including from the Big Ten. On Monday, Davenport posted on social media that Penn State offered him. Penn State is one of Davenport’s biggest offers, and it becomes one of 28 Division I college football programs recruiting the all-state tackle. Other Big Ten schools …

AUBURN — Auburn football hasn’t had a 1,000-yard receiver since Ronney Daniels in 1999, but four-star freshman Bryce Cain thinks that’s going to soon change. “Oh, yeah,” Cain said Tuesday when asked if there was a player on the roster capable of breaking the 1,000-yard marker. “Definitely.” Who would that be? “I think it’s Cam Coleman,” Cain said. Coleman, a …

Mar. 26—PULLMAN — Washington State’s athletic department is losing brass by the day. Athletic director Pat Chun is leaving for the same job at rival Washington, according to multiple reports, leaving WSU without two key figures: an athletic director and a men’s basketball coach, following Kyle Smith’s departure for Stanford on Monday. Chun, whose WSU tenure began in January 2018, …

Clark Lea is not unfamiliar with being a defensive coordinator. It is, after all, the position he held for three years at Notre Dame before taking the head job with Vanderbilt football. But what he has done this year — taking over the defensive playcalling while remaining the head coach — is a new gig that brings with it its …

Mar. 26—The addition of Paul Randolph as the new defensive line coach for Oklahoma State football was a surprise in January. Because coach Mike Gundy never announced the subtraction of Greg Richmond. Gundy addressed the decision on Tuesday. “I haven’t had to change jobs or coaches very much. I feel like I’m responsible for coaching the guys that I hire …

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The arrival of Athan Kalaikmanis this semester to Rutgers football also heralds a quarterback competition for the Big Ten program. A competition that Rutgers didn’t have last year but badly needed. And in the arrival of Kalaikmanis, the Scarlet Knights now have two quarterbacks with significant starting experience in the Big Ten. Kaliakmanis comes to Rutgers after …

Another SEC series win leads to a small jump in the polls. This past weekend, Texas A&M (28-4, 8-1 SEC) swept the No. 25 (at the time) Auburn Tigers at Davis Diamond. Like most of their games, they did it in several ways with the small game and big bats. They even erased an early five-run deficit to run-rule the …

EAST LANSING — Even before Michigan State football’s spring practice started, new coach Jonathan Smith said it would be “an upset” if Aidan Chiles isn’t the Spartans’ starting quarterback this fall. For some, that would amp up the pressure on their shoulders. For Chiles, who followed Smith from Corvallis, Oregon, to East Lansing for that opportunity, it is just a …

Alabama football offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan is quick to point out the importance of all 11 players on his side of the ball executing in unison. It only takes one missed assignment, after all, to torpedo one of his play calls. But with the Crimson Tide marching through spring practice — about halfway through on its way to the annual …

Jayvan Boggs has decommitted from Ohio State, he announced Tuesday night on social media. “God’s plan,” he wrote. A four-star wide receiver from Florida in the class of 2025, Boggs had verbally committed to the Buckeyes in October. Recruit Jayvan Boggs watches Ohio State warm up before playing Penn State Oct. 21, 2023 at Ohio Stadium. The composite rankings from …

A.J. McCarty’s already scored a touchdown in a Texas Tech football game at Jones A&T Stadium, intercepting Tyler Shough and running it in for a score. It put an exclamation point on a 45-17 Baylor victory, Texas Tech’s most lopsided loss of 2022. “It was fun for me to get a pick-six. That was my first pick,” McCarty said. “That …