College Football

Ohio State is back at football practice this week. The first of 15 spring practices are to be held on Tuesday at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. As the Buckeyes prepare for next season, here is a closer look previewing both sides of the ball, starting on offense with the top storylines, most intriguing players, position battle to watch, freshman …

Welcome to March, the time when spring practice begins and focus is officially turned toward the upcoming season. This edition of looking ahead includes trying to understand what the sport will look like. The Big Ten now includes 18 teams, the College Football Playoff has expanded to 12 teams and Wisconsin’s place among both is unknown. Related: Wisconsin football’s biggest questions …

Thomasville High School in Thomasville, Georgia, has hired former Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Israel Troupe as their wide receivers coach and offensive coordinator. Troupe played college football at Georgia from 2008-2011. Troupe hauled in 12 receptions for 177 receiving yards in his career with Georgia football. Thomasville went 6-5 during the 2023 high school football season under head coach Jonathan …

INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan football won the national championship less than two months ago and now has a record number of NFL combine participants. Not exactly a coincidence. The 2023 Wolverines were littered with talent — they’re represented by six offensive linemen, three defensive linemen, two linebackers, two defensive backs, two wide receivers, a tight end a quarterback and a running …

Alabama football is about to begin its first set of spring practices with Kalen DeBoer as head coach. It’s the first big step in DeBoer putting his team together and working toward getting ready for the 2024 season. There are a few returners, but the staff is largely different and the roster will have plenty of new faces, too. Practices …

LAWRENCE — Lance Leipold downplayed the topic of the College Football Playoff recently, during a press conference that largely touched on his new contract. Leipold, Kansas football’s head coach, alluded to it being way too early to think about something like that. He mentioned the Jayhawks, like every other Division I program, haven’t played their 12 regular season games this year. …

Saturday’s open practice offered a 6-foot-2, 231-pound reminder of just what Mizzou football needs to replace. Walking along the perimeter at Faurot Field, an arm’s length from the white lines he commanded for two years in Columbia, was former linebacker Ty’Ron Hopper, visiting after appearing at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. He’s far from the only Tiger in Indy. …

Jaelyne Matthews, one of the top offensive linemen in the nation, announced his top six on Sunday. In it, he included Rutgers football. Rutgers was the first program to offer Matthews when he was a freshman. He visited the Scarlet Knights in the fall for the win over Wagner. A four-star offensive tackle. Matthews is coming off a solid year …

MIAMI — Chris Ewald Jr. has been a star on state title teams at Chaminade-Madonna, but he earned an individual honor on Sunday afternoon. The four-star prospect was one of more than 200 high school prospects to suit up for Under Armour’s Next Football Camp series at Miami’s Ives Estates Park, but he was one of two who earned invitations …

One of the top linebackers in the 2025 recruiting class has narrowed his list of schools down to a final list of 10. Brian Kelly and the LSU Tigers have made the list. LSU joins Alabama, Florida State, Oregon, Ohio State, USC, Texas A&M, Nebraska, SMU and Texas in the final 10. Elijah Barnes is a 6-foot-2, 225-pound, four-star linebacker …

University of Michigan players have done their pre-draft training all over the country, but 18 of them came back together only weeks after winning the national championship. The Wolverines set the Scouting Combine record by sending 18 prospects to Indianapolis. “It feels like Schembechler Hall around here,” Michigan edge rusher Braiden McGregor said. “Everywhere I’ve looked, you see everybody. It’s …

Braylon Edwards saved a few errant passes in his historic career with the Michigan Wolverines and in the NFL, but probably made the his most important save yet when he intervened in an attack on Friday. Detroit news outlet WDIV reported that the wide receiver saved an 80-year-old’s life in a YMCA locker room in Farmington Hills, Mich. about 30 …

Before we know it, new Alabama head football coach Kalen DeBoer will hit the practice field with his Crimson Tide players for the first time when spring practice gets underway in March. With the retirement of the legendary Nick Saban, there have not been this many question marks surrounding the football program since 2007 when Saban took over. Contrary to …

Getty Images Never question Barry Odom’s commitment to UNLV. He found a creative (and dangerous) way to raise funds for his football program: Riding a live bull in front of an arena packed with fans and supporters. Despite an inspired effort, Odom, who wore extra protective gear and sported UNLV colors while attempting the stunt, didn’t last long.  He just …

Mar. 2—MADISON, Wis. — Illinois snapped a lengthy losing streak to Wisconsin with a 71-70 win at the Kohl Center on Jan. 8, 2020. The Illini haven’t lost to the Badgers since. Seven straight wins, including four in a row in Madison after Saturday’s 91-83 victory. No team — ever — has won four straight on Wisconsin’s home court. Brad …