College Football

Rowan Byrne visited Rutgers football on Thursday, giving the Big Ten program a chance to further connect with the four-star offensive lineman. Byrne is a standout at Iona Prep (New Rochelle, New York). He is one of the top players in the Northeast and is the No. 242 recruit in the nation according to On3. There is no shortage of …

The 2023 football season concluded this month and with it, so did the conference structure we’ve known for the last decade. Gone are the East and West divisions, and in come UCLA, USC, Washington and Oregon. The structure of the conference is advancing like the landscape of college football — into an environment nobody can accurately predict. What we do know …

Nate Oats and the Alabama Crimson Tide men’s basketball team has a chance to tighten its grip on the SEC when they host Chris Jans and the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Saturday night from inside Coleman Coliseum. Alabama currently sits with a 15-6 overall record and an impressive 7-1 record in conference play. The Bulldogs enter the matchup with a …

Derrick Brooks took advantage nearly 30 years ago to utilize the Senior Bowl practice week and game performance to launch his decorated NFL career. That highlight effort will be recognized Saturday in Mobile when Brooks, a Pensacola native and Booker T. Washington High graduate, is officially honored as part of the Senior Bowl 75th Anniversary Team during the milestone 75th …

Texas A&M’s 2025 recruiting class is shaping up to be a slam dunk for new head football coach Mike Elko, already acquiring several commitments, including 4-star linebacker Kelvion Riggins and 4-star cornerback Deyjhon Pettaway last weekend. Elko and his staff will host another batch of 2025 prospects for the third consecutive weekend. However, one of their highly touted targets, 5-star …

The Georgia Bulldogs and defensive backs coach Donte Williams have extended a scholarship offer to cornerback recruit Shamari Earls. Earls is ranked as a four-star recruit and is a member of the class of 2025. Georgia is always looking for elite secondary talent. Shamari Earls fits that bill. The 6-foot-2, 180-pound cornerback is the No. 154 prospect in the junior …

It’s been an eventful season in all of college football but especially in the Big Ten. It was less than a month ago that the Michigan Wolverines won the national championship but yet it feels much longer. In an offseason that was already going to be historic thanks to conference realignment, the entire landscape of college football continued to change …

Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck on Friday announced two promotions on his coaching staff, while salary figures for new defensive coordinator Corey Hetherman were released in Board of Regents documents. Fleck promoted defensive line coach Winston DeLattiboudere III to assistant head coach and named Eric Koehler, who was a senior offensive analyst, as tight ends coach. DeLattiboudere, who’ll continue to …

Ron Dickerson Jr. knows that head coach opportunities at the college level don’t come often. Especially opportunities like the one at Division II Benedict College, located in Columbia, South Carolina. So after conversations with family, friends and other coaches, that’s when he knew the job at Benedict was the one for him. And Dickerson was introduced as the Tigers’ next …

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey says the NCAA should focus on the “big realities” in college athletics rather than pursuing individual cases of recruiting violations of the association’s name, image and likeness (NIL) policy. In an interview with Yahoo Sports this week, Sankey suggested that the NCAA and its enforcement staff are “distracted” by NIL-related recruiting cases. Though he did not …

In terms of a guarantee, UCF receiver Kobe Hudson’s proclamation that “I can get way better” in 2024 is nothing as seismic as a young Muhammed Ali’s called shot against Sonny Liston in 1964, but it’s still monumental news for the Knights. The fifth-year senior played an integral part in UCF’s offensive success in its first Big 12 season, finishing …

Michigan State football has extended an offer to a three-star safety from Ironton, Ohio. Josh Johnson announced on Thursday that he’s received a scholarship offer from the Spartans. Johnson hails from Ironton, Ohio — the hometown of former Michigan State fullback Trevon Pendleton. Johnson ranks as the No. 44 safety in 247Sports’ rankings for the 2025 class. He’s also listed …

Kalen DeBoer inherited one of the most difficult situations in college football history. Not only does he have to replace Nick Saban as Alabama’s head coach, but he must work fast and efficiently in an era of chaos relating to the transfer portal and name, image, likeness. Despite losing a few key contributors to the transfer portal, such as offensive …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan has promoted Kirk Campbell to offensive coordinator and Grant Newsome to offensive line coach on a new staff headed by Sherrone Moore following Jim Harbaugh’s departure. Campbell had worked as quarterbacks coach and Newsome had coached tight ends during Michigan’s 2023 national championship season. “Kirk and Grant are two bright offensive minds,” Moore said Friday …

Owen football named John Faircloth as its new football coach on Tuesday following former coach Zach Gibson’s resignation on Dec. 8. Athletic director Chris Collins confirmed the hire to the Citizen Times on Friday. Faircloth had been the R-S Central coach since 2021. He compiled a 9-19 overall record in three seasons. The Hilltoppers haven’t had a winning record in …