College Football

The high school football playoffs continue this weekend with state semifinal games for all five public-school sections, plus Non-Public A. The winners of this week’s public-school semifinals will compete in the state title games at Rutgers, scheduled for Nov. 26 and 29. The Non-Public A semifinal winners will compete for a state title on Nov. 28 at MetLife Stadium. (The …

South Bend Riley senior running back Dominick Jolley and Glenn senior quarterback Chase Miller were named co-Most Valuable Players for the Northern Indiana Conference North-South football team while Penn senior quarterback Nolan McCullough and New Prairie senior QB Marshall Kmiecik are co-MVPs of the East-West squad.  Dominick Jolley Riley’s Darrick Lee was named the North-South Coach of the Year and …

Prospective UCLA football recruits from a high school in Riverside County, California, have been identified as suspects in the alleged theft of jewelry and cash from the Colorado locker room at the Rose Bowl, police confirmed in Pasadena. No arrests have been made, but the case has been turned over to the juvenile division of the local district attorney’s office, …

Nov. 13—OXFORD — Coming off just their second loss of the season, Ole Miss is ready to turn the page. The Rebels (8-2, 5-2 SEC) entered last weekend’s matchup at two-time defending national champion Georgia ranked No. 9 in the College Football Playoff poll. While Ole Miss is likely to fall in Tuesday’s rankings, head coach Lane Kiffin knows his …

With the conclusion of the 2023 season, Rutgers football three-star 2024 recruit Sam Pilof finished his senior season with 100 tackles for the Middleton High School (Wisconsin) Cardinals and was named to the Wisconsin All-Region Team. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound outside linebacker finished his senior season with 20 solo and 80 assisted tackles in 11 games. The John Anderson Award Semi-finalist …

Nov. 13—PULLMAN — Here is a first look at Washington State’s home matchup with Colorado on Friday night. What is it? Washington State, trying to erase a six-game losing streak, will host Colorado in its final home game as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. Where is it? Gesa Field in Pullman. When is it? Kickoff is set for 7:30 …

On Sunday, Nov. 12, Texas A&M Athletic Director Ross Bjork made one of the most significant decisions in his career at the helm, as he and the Board of Regents readily decided to fire head football coach Jimbo Fisher after five full seasons, as three games (including a bowl game) remain in the 2023 campaign. Almost immediately after the announcement, …

Oregon head coach Dan Lanning greets quarterback Bo Nix before the game Saturday as the No. 6 Oregon Ducks host the USC Trojans. Fear not Oregon football fans, Dan Lanning said he’s not interested in the job opening at Texas A&M. The second-year coach of the Ducks was emphatic Monday night during his weekly press conference when asked to address …

The NCAA’s ongoing probe into advanced scouting by Michigan has thrown a curveball into the Wolverines’ pursuit of another Big Ten title and College Football Playoff berth. It culminated with the Big Ten, on Nov. 10, suspending coach Jim Harbaugh for the team’s final three games of the regular season on the basis of Michigan violating the conference’s sportsmanship policy. …

Nov. 13—As it played out, John Carroll’s Division III playoff hopes were already on life support at about 4 p.m. Sept. 2. The Blue Streaks might have felt it at the time but couldn’t have known for sure. Despite a strength of schedule rating that ranked inside the top 50 nationally, taking on D-III power Wisconsin-Whitewater in its only nonconference …

Nov. 13—Drew Allar’s relationship with Mike Yurcich goes back to when he was a high school junior at Medina High School in Ohio. Yurcich, who was then the offensive coordinator at Texas, was the first assistant from a Power Five school to recruit Allar. So when Penn State football coach James Franklin fired Yurcich as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach …

Mississippi State fired first-year coach Zach Arnett on Monday on the heels of the Bulldogs’ 51-10 loss to Texas A&M on Saturday. Arnett, who was in his first full season since taking over for Mike Leach after the legendary offensive mastermind’s untimely death, was 4-6 this season with his lone SEC win coming against Arkansas on Oct. 21. Arnett led …

Nov. 13—It was surprising Sunday that Penn State football coach James Franklin decided to fire offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich in midseason and not wait until after the regular season.. After what Franklin said Monday, though, it’s even more surprising that it didn’t happen sooner. In so many words, Franklin said that Yurcich didn’t follow game plans and, even more damning, …

Nov. 14—MORGANTOWN — West Virginia is a team that is built from the inside out. The Mountaineers’ best units are the offensive and defensive lines. When they’re at their best, WVU can look unstoppable, like they were against BYU two weeks ago. When an opponent can match them up front, however, the Mountaineers can look helpless, like they did last …

Nov. 13—PULLMAN — Washington State may not know which conference it’ll be playing in next season, but now it knows what time its last game in the Pac-12 will kick off. WSU’s road matchup with No. 5 Washington, perhaps the last installment of the Apple Cup, will kick off at 1 p.m. on Fox 28, the conference announced Monday. The …