College Football

The transfer portal consistently gives and takes year after year, and with the spring portal window set to open on April 15 (at least, officially), plenty of veteran talent will be there for the taking. Regarding Texas A&M, it has been reported that head coach Mike Elko has offered former Indiana defensive lineman Philip Blidi, looking to add more depth …

Kirby Smart still has the entire 2024 Georgia football season ahead of him and a team most project as the preseason No. 1. His 10th season as head coach of the Bulldogs in 2025 offers a blockbuster home schedule. Smart addressed that Tuesday, the first time he was available to speak to reporters since the league released the SEC opponents …

Mar. 26—COLUMBUS — A year or so ago, Ohio State fans were uncertain what they had in Tim Walton. The Buckeye secondary remained shaky in Walton’s first season as cornerbacks coach, and he was facing a recruiting season in which some big scores were available that he couldn’t afford to miss. Now Walton is one of the most popular members …

OXFORD — More transfer portal chaos is brewing, Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin predicts. At his weekly news conference Tuesday, Kiffin was asked whether he believes the spring transfer portal window ‒ set to begin on April 16 ‒ will be more active than we’ve seen in previous years. In the transfer portal era, the winter window has seen …

Mar. 26—Marion Local head coach Tim Goodwin and St. Henry grad Jim Lachey are set to be honored during the 92nd annual Ohio State Football Coaches Clinic. Goodwin and Lachey will receive the “Ohio’s Finest” award this year along with former Ohio State assistant coach Mark Dantonio and Massillon Washington High School coach Nate Moore. Lachey has been the radio …

College football spring practices are in full swing, and while the schedule is staggered around spring breaks and different scrimmage dates on the schedule, the end of March is when we really start to focus on the big question marks for top teams in the sport. No spring practice storyline draws more intrigue than quarterback battles, and as we prepare …

Ole Miss football and Lane Kiffin appear to have a connection to the upcoming season of “The Bachelorette” reality TV show. The Rebels coach posted an article on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday with the list of potential contestants for the show that was teased by ABC on Monday night. It includes two of his former players in Jonathan Hess …

Another Hankton has joined the LSU staff. Cordae Hankton, brother of LSU wide receivers coach and co-offensive coordinator Cortez Hankton, was hired as a lead offensive analyst. Cordae is the younger of the brothers but brings a wealth of Power Five coaching experience to the staff. He’s made stops at Michigan State, Virginia, Texas and Colorado in support staff roles. He …

LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier has some big shoes to fill after Jayden Daniels’ Heisman campaign in 2023. Both on the field and in the locker room. According to Brian Kelly, Nussmeier is doing his job in the leadership department. “He has the ears of everybody on the offense. He backs up what he says by deed. If he says he’s …

There are a couple of significant moves for Rutgers football heading into spring, with several players making position switches. The biggest position change for Rutgers football is that punter Flynn Appleby is not returning the program. Last season, Appleby was very solid for Rutgers, averaging 39.6 yards per punt. Jacob Allen, Jake Eldridge and Joe DeCroce all have medically retired. …

The 2024 season is a crucial one for college football. Following the latest wave of realignment, every power conference will have a new lineup. The College Football Playoff is expanding to 12 teams for the first time in its relatively brief history, opening the door for schools that have been routinely excluded in the past. And, of all the leagues …

This is a spring of radical change for the UTEP football team, but not for everyone on it. Scotty Walden’s first move after leaving Austin Peay was to bring a bunch of Peay with him, including 11 players and much of his staff. When asked to identify some early standouts in the first week, many of the names he came …

Mar. 26—A year or so ago, Ohio State fans were uncertain what they had in Tim Walton. The Buckeye secondary remained shaky in Walton’s first season as cornerbacks coach, and he was facing a recruiting season in which some big scores were available that he couldn’t afford to miss. Now Walton is one of the most popular members of Ryan …

The Jackson Arnold era is underway in Norman, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Sooners got a sneak preview of what it could look like, both the good and the bad, during their Alamo Bowl loss in December. But now Arnold is the Sooners starter heading into the Sooners debut season in the SEC. Arnold shared with the media what he learned from …

After an up and down recruiting weekend, the Georgia Bulldogs received some good news on Monday morning. Four-star athlete Jamarion Morrow named the Dawgs to his top six alongside Alabama, Oregon, Missouri, Ole Miss, and Texas A&M. Morrow, a native of Germantown, Tennessee, is listed at 5-foot-9 and 180 pounds. On the offensive side, primarily playing at running back, he …