College Football

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 …

Mar. 26—Melaki Gutierrez caught the attention of the University of New Mexico track and field program first. The football program swooped in to seal the deal for the Los Alamos senior. Gutierrez, the reigning Class 4A state champion in the 100 meters and a first-team 5A selection in football this fall, said he already had committed to UNM’s track program …

Mar. 26—Spring began March 19 but for New Mexico, it might as well have been 9:53 a.m. on Tuesday morning, when UNM football broke huddle for its first official practice of the Bronco Mendenhall era. As promised, players’ jerseys had no numbers, but did have names on the back. Coaches guided and urged, sprinting between drills before a mild sun …

It has been a common theme for Ohio State football recruiting opponents to use defensive line coach, Larry johnson’s age, and potential retirement as a negative recruiting ploy. As we all have seen, Johnson hasn’t retired and doesn’t plan on going anywhere aside from the Woody Hayes Athletic Center for the time being. The Hall of Fame coach met with …

The NFL approved a new kickoff rule Tuesday, one of the most significant changes to the rulebook ever. The NFL is hoping this is only the start. “All eyes are going to be on this hybrid kickoff, every league — college leagues, spring leagues, high school, down to youth football,” Saints special teams coach Darren Rizzi said. “If we can …

Iowa State football picked up another commitment in its 2025 recruiting class on Tuesday night, this time from Valley wide receiver Zay Robinson. The 6-foot, 175-pound junior is a 3-star recruit, the No. 4 player in Iowa, and a top-100 receiver nationwide, according to 247Sports Composite. He was ranked the No. 4 player in the 2025 class in the Des …

STILLWATER — March felt more like November, and it wasn’t just the chilly breeze blowing through the open doors of the Sherman Smith Training Center on Tuesday afternoon. The typical uncertainty of a new football season is so limited at Oklahoma State, the cast of Cowboys taking part in the first practice of spring was nearly identical to the roster …