College Football

Among the features of the new 12-team College Football Playoff format is a guaranteed spot for the highest-ranked champion from a Group of Five conference, which will offer an opportunity for a program from outside the sport’s traditional power structure to compete for a national championship. One of the most prominent voices in college football isn’t pleased with the development. …

The BYU football team runs through drills during the first day of spring camp Feb. 29, 2024, in Provo. | Aaron Cornia/BYU It has been a long and trying football offseason for BYU offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick, the man most responsible for getting the Cougars’ attack rolling again after BYU’s offense plummeted to the bottom fourth of most NCAA statistical …

Alabama basketball just didn’t have it against Florida. Take your pick to fill in what “it” was. Sometimes it was defense. Other times, offense. Whatever the Crimson Tide needed to beat Florida, it wasn’t there. What Alabama did have? Too many turnovers. Too many lapses. Too many mistakes. As a result, the Crimson Tide went to Gainesville and left without …

The Calallen Independent School District announced Monday the four members of the We Will Win Consulting search firm that will help select the next head football coach and athletic director at Calallen High School. Former New Braunfels ISD superintendent Cade Smith, retired Allen ISD athletic director Steve Williams, Dr. Curtis Culwell and retired Southlake Carroll athletic director and head football …

Well, maybe the 2024 Carolina Panthers coaching staff wasn’t completely finalized after all. Thanks to the due diligence of Mike Kaye from The Charlotte Observer and a Twitter user, we now know that the organization has hired Dean Petzing as an offensive quality control coach. Petzing had been added to the staff’s webpage on the Panthers’ official team site. The Wellesley, Mass. …

Before UCLA’s LA Bowl game in December, Bruins quarterbacks coach Ryan Gunderson left to become Oregon State’s offensive coordinator. By necessity, head coach Chip Kelly took over the quarterback position group during bowl preparation. He loved it. He’d been a head coach in college and the NFL for so long that he didn’t realize how much enjoyed getting into the …

Former UCLA coach Chip Kelly said during a news conference Tuesday he left the Bruins to be the Ohio State offensive coordinator because he wants to focus on players rather than being a CEO leading a program. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) In his first attempt to explain his self-imposed demotion, Chip Kelly said he’s never thought about quitting …

Mar. 5—COLUMBUS — Ohio State football began spring practice Tuesday morning. Although the temperature was in the mid 50s, the Buckeyes practiced indoors at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, starting what they hope will be a long journey that culminates with a return to the championship form that has eluded them for the last three seasons. “No pads, but it …

OXFORD ― The 2024 Grove Bowl, Ole Miss football’s annual spring scrimmage, will take place on April 13, according to an announcement made Tuesday. The event is set to begin at 3 p.m. Broadcast info has yet to be publicly announced – last year’s event was streamed on SEC Network+. The Grove Bowl will mark the conclusion of Ole Miss’ …

OXFORD — Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin is at it again. An Ole Miss fan account shared a list Monday of the top 40-yard dash times at last week’s NFL scouting combine. On the list, Decamerion Richardson is labeled as an Ole Miss player, along with Deantre Prince. Richardson played four seasons at Mississippi State before announcing his intent …

Success leads to elevation. After two seasons, Florida A&M defensive backs coach Davon Morgan is leaving the program to become the head football coach of Bluefield State. Morgan, a former Virginia Tech and NFL safety, had his official press conference on Tuesday, where he was introduced as the program’s new head coach. Morgan, 35, is tasked to turn around Bluefield State football after it went …

If you’re handicapping the 2024 college football season and trying to already figure out who the 12 teams making the expanded playoff will be, there is an investment opportunity for you out there. Odds are currently posted to SportsBetting.ag on if a team will make the 12-team College Football Playoff or not. In case you’re wondering, Notre Dame checks in …

It was an interesting move for Chip Kelly this offseason, as he left UCLA at its head coach and took the offensive coordinator job at Ohio State. Typically, a coach who has the resume that Kelly does isn’t going to take a “position downgrade” at another program, but that is what ended up happening. As the Buckeyes began spring practices …

It has been a whirlwind offseason for former Ohio State quarterback’s coach Corey Dennis. After staring his career in Columbus in 2015, he rose from intern to graduate assistant, then as a quality control coach, and finally in 2020, was named the quarterbacks coach at Ohio State. Dennis was let go earlier this year and quickly found a job as …

The Oregon Ducks are making an addition to their coaching staff, hiring former Missouri State coach Donte Ellington. Ellington worked as a wide receiver coach and special teams coordinator for Missouri State, and per 247Sports’ Matt Zenitz, he will come to Eugene as an analyst. In 2023, three of Ellington’s wide receivers at Missouri State gathered over 500 receiving yards, …