College Football

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 …

The chips are falling for the Arkansas football team and they’re falling hard. On late Monday evening, the Razorbacks lost their second commitment from their Class of 2025 when four-star running back Jamarion Parker withdrew that verbal to Arkansas. He followed defensive lineman Carius Curne, an in-state four-star player who decommitted earlier in the afternoon. Parker had committed back in …

Sam Pittman seemed shocked sometimes last year during Arkansas’ 4-8 season at the sorts of ways he and his players were treated by so-called fans of the program. By the time that year was done, he had lost several players from the roster, hired a new offensive coordinator many believe is preparing to vulture the head gig and learned patience …

Tennessee offered a scholarship to 2026 quarterback prospect Dia Bell. “I am grateful and blessed to have received an offer from the University of Tennessee,” Bell said. The 6-foot-2, 195-pound quarterback prospect is from American Heritage High School in Plantation, Florida. There are not recruiting rankings for Bell from 247Sports, Rivals, On3 or ESPN. Bell has offers from Tennessee, FIU, Western …

STILLWATER — Coming off a 10-win season, the Oklahoma State football team enters spring practice with few changes on the roster. Only seven scholarship players transferred out, and five came in — a far cry from what the Cowboys were facing at this time a year ago. So the uncertainty of the team is less severe. The Pokes open spring …