College Football

Utah State football interim head coach Nate Dreiling smiles during an interview on the Mountain West Network during conference media days. | Utah State Athletics Nate Dreiling stood out at Mountain West Conference football media days. In his blue suit with an accompanying blue tie — he was the only one of the conference’s 12 coaches who elected to wear …

Head coach Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes have heard it all this offseason with many wondering how a 4-8 team prepares for a jump to the Big 12 Conference. Coach Prime will tell you Colorado is more than ready to make the leap, pointing to the Buffs’ whirlwind offseason strategy that was aimed at fixing their issues from last …

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders talks with media during Big 12 media days in Las Vegas, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Coach Prime had very complimentary things to say about BYU head coach Kalani Sitake. | Lucas Peltier, Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Coach Prime made his first-ever appearance at the Big 12 football media days on Wednesday, so naturally the …

LAS VEGAS — How to put this delicately? The expanded Big 12’s biggest strength might be its lack of collective history. Only two programs — Colorado and BYU — have won national championships. That’s fewest among Power Four conferences. With all due respect to this island of disparate toys, in this age of radical realignment, the Big 12 essentially has …

North Carolina’s 2025 football recruiting class is currently ranked in the top 50 with 12 commitments including a rising quarterback prospect in Bryce Baker.  The quarterback climbed from a three-star prospect to a four-star prospect and moved into the 247Sports top 247 ranking. That should boost UNC’s class, especially if he continues to improve. Landing other prospects will also help …

Legendary college football Nick Saban has added to his already crowded trophy case by winning the 2024 ESPY Icon Award on Thursday night. In his time as a head coach with the Alabama Crimson Tide, Saban won six national championships during his 17-year tenure in Tuscaloosa. Coach Saban won an additional title while serving as the head coach of the …

LAS VEGAS — This season the Colorado-Colorado State rivalry game returns to Fort Collins, Colorado for the first time since 2015. If Rams coach Jay Norvell got his way, it’s a game that would be played every year.  “I think rivalries are what make college football special,” Norvell said. “It’s an in-state rivalry game and it’s been a special game …

During the Conquest Call-In Show on The Voice of College Football, a caller made the claim this past Friday that college teams, USC included, need a defensive-minded head coach in order to win a national championship. It was a clear, if indirect, reference to Lincoln Riley. Urban Meyer with Florida and Ohio State in 2014 was an offense-first head coach.  …

OXFORD, Miss. ― Monte Kiffin, a longtime college and NFL coach and the father of Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin, died Thursday at the age of 84, the Rebels announced. Monte Kiffin spent his final years working for his son in Oxford, most recently as an analyst. He first began coaching football in 1966 at his alma mater, Nebraska. …

OXFORD — The football world lost one of its brightest defensive minds on Thursday. Monte Kiffin, a longtime pro and college coach and the brain behind the famed “Tampa 2” defense, died at the age of 84. Kiffin is the father of Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin. On Thursday morning, Lane took to social media to share some memories. …

The passing of Monte Kiffin is a loss for the football community, but it is most centrally a loss for the Kiffin family and the son who learned so much from his father. Lane Kiffin tweeted two pictures from his childhood. In the two pictures, Lane is with his dad, Monte Kiffin, who died on Thursday at age 84. Lane …

The release of the highly-anticipated EA Sports College Football 25 video game is right around the corner. On July 19, 2024, fans all over the nation can play as their favorite teams, something they haven’t been able to do since the game was discontinued nearly a decade ago. Fans of the Alabama Crimson Tide have a lot to look forward …

With just a few days to go before the July 19 release of EA SPORTS College Football 25 — July 16 for deluxe edition pre-orders — 247Sports was granted exclusive, early access to the highly anticipated comeback.  The team at 247Sports took advantage of that opportunity and test drove the game with full autonomy, diving deep with the top teams …

Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham celebrates a Utes victory over BYU at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo. | Tom Smart, Deseret News Kyle Whittingham may never catch LaVell Edwards when it comes to victories, championships or his golf handicap, but as far as who belongs on the two-man Mount Rushmore of the BYU-Utah rivalry, they stand together. Edwards coached in …

Georgia Bulldogs running back Trevor Etienne’s DUI charges have reportedly been dropped. Etienne transferred to Georgia from Florida this offseason and was arrested in March. “Charges of DUI less safe and DUI under 21 were dismissed while Etienne pled no contest to a reckless driving charge from the early morning March 24 incident and pled guilty to underage possession of …