College Football

Texas’ Quinn Ewers is one of the top three quarterbacks in college football. That is, if one college football analyst is to be believed. 247Sports’ Brad Crawford shared his ranking of the top 25 quarterbacks in college football with Ewers ranking No. 3. He has the ability to become the best. The Longhorns’ five-star talent is finally starting to live …

Burgeoning Penn State football star Abdul Carter is finally making the position move others saw coming for quite a while. The Nittany Lions junior will be getting his first taste as a pass-rushing defensive end when spring practice sessions begin today. For the past two years he’s stunned onlookers, from time to time, with his pursuit speed and instincts in …

March Madness tips off next week, bringing with it America’s unique burst of spring excitement … as well as piles of money. Its basic structure is simple: * Teams earn their way into the bracket either by winning the automatic bid of their conference (each conference gets one) or an at-large invite extended by a selection committee. * Teams earn …

Former Alabama coach Nick Saban came out in favor of revenue sharing with players during a college athletics panel focused on name, image and likeness held Tuesday on Capitol Hill. Speaking to a handful of key senators, Saban pointed to competitive balance and athlete development issues as existential issues for the sport.  “If we had some sort of revenue sharing …

WASHINGTON — On Capitol Hill, within a U.S. Senate building and in front of several sitting senators and political figures, college football’s most legendary living coach stumped for college athletes to be paid, just not as employees; attributed his retirement to the current unregulated nature of the college athletics pay system; and criticized booster-led collectives that, he says, have transformed …

Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart is excited that spring practice is underway. Georgia begins spring practice on March 12 and will be looking to improve its team ahead of the 2024 college football season. Smart shared a dozen injury updates to open his first spring practice press conference. He then went to mention what Georgia’s goal is ahead of …

Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but Ohio State and Brian Hartline are looking to snag the No. 1 receiver in the 2025 class. Dakorien Moore committed to LSU last August, but that hasn’t stopped other schools from showing interest and it hasn’t stopped Moore from listening. Buckeye fans know all too well that a verbal commitment doesn’t mean …

BYU head coach Kalani Sitake puts his hand on defensive coordinator Jay Hill as BYU and Oklahoma play at LaVell Edwards stadium in Provo on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. As the Cougars prepare for the 2024 season during spring drills in Provo this month, a point of emphasis has been improving on that side of the ball. | Scott G …

Four-star offensive line recruit Kaden Strayhorn has named his top schools. Strayhorn included the USC Trojans in his top 12. Kaden Strayhorn is a member of the Class of 2025. He plays high school football for national powerhouse IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Strayhorn is ranked as the No. 380 recruit in the country and the No. 20 interior offensive …

The first weekend of SEC play did not bounce the way Auburn had hoped, as they dropped two of three games to Missouri on the road. However, the series loss did not affect Auburn’s place in the rankings. They remain the nation’s No. 25 team in this week’s USA TODAY/NFCA Top 25 Coaches Poll. Auburn is one of 10 SEC …

Auburn football is always on the hunt when it comes to the recruiting game, trying to beat out other schools for some of the nation’s top prospects. That holds even if the athletes are still a couple of years from being seniors. The Tigers are slowly beginning to move towards pushing on 2026 targets, one of those being a tight …

With the conference tournament set to tip off Wednesday in Minneapolis, the Big Ten released its all-conference basketball teams and various other awards Tuesday. The honorees included some familiar names. Purdue’s Zach Edey repeated as the Big Ten player of the year after averaging 24.2 points, 11.7 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game for the Boilermakers, who won the Big …

Georgia Bulldogs sophomore tight end Pearce Spurlin has been medically disqualified from playing college football. Doctors discovered that Spurlin’s congenital heart condition worsened after his freshman season at Georgia. Spurlin is medically retiring from football, but will remain active with the Georgia program. Spurlin will stay on scholarship. It’s an unfortunate turn of events for Pearce Spurlin, who is a …

The 2023 quarterback recruiting class is set up to go down as a historic group. Though such a status can only be solidified through what the prospects accomplish at the collegiate level, there’s no doubt that the amount of signal-caller talent produced during that cycle is unparalleled.  The 2023 class boasted five five-star quarterbacks, more than any other recruiting crop …

Nick Saban advocated for revenue-sharing for college athletes Tuesday at a roundtable discussion in Washington, D.C., hosted by Sen. Ted Cruz to discuss issues related to name, image and likeness, and the future of college sports. But the legendary former Alabama football football coach believes a reform model that would make the athletes employees of universities is the wrong path …