College Football

Florida State football coach Mike Norvell received a $2.5 million raise for this season, according to a copy of his latest contract. Norvell’s base salary for the year is $10 million under a deal signed earlier this month and obtained Monday by the Tampa Bay Times through a public-records request. That’s up from the $7.5 million he was going to …

Spring football in Hattiesburg has arrived. Southern Miss football is holding its first spring practice Tuesday morning. It also announced on Monday the date for the spring game, which will be held on Saturday, April 6 at 9:30 a.m. No further details involving the spring game were announced. Tuesday marks the first of 15 spring practices each team is allotted …

For Dell McGee, the chance to run a college football program has been an opportunity he has been waiting for. McGee has coached on the high school and collegiate level in Georgia for the past 21 years, most recently as the University of Georgia’s running back coach. On Monday, Georgia State University officially introduced McGee as the Panthers’ head football …

CLEMSON – After being charged with unlawful possession of a firearm on university property on Feb. 6, Clemson football defensive tackle DeMonte Capehart has rejoined the team after his weapons charge was dismissed last week. A team spokesperson told The Greenville News on Monday that the redshirt senior is expected to be available at spring practice, which starts Wednesday. Capehart’s …

The window for Michigan football players to enter the college football transfer portal has closed now that 30 days have passed since Jim Harbaugh bolted to the NFL for the Los Angeles Chargers. The damage was relatively minimal for the Wolverines. Eleven total players from last year’s team have entered the portal, but only safety Keon Sabb was viewed as …

Ohio State football’s raid on the Alabama Crimson Tide continues. After adding star safety Caleb Downs and center Seth McLaughlin from Alabama following the retirement of coach Nick Saban, the Buckeyes have added a key piece to their staff. Ohio State has hired Sam Petitto as director of player personnel, working under Mark Pantoni, OSU’s general manager of player personnel. …

Michigan is sending 18 players to this week’s NFL Scouting Combine, surpassing LSU’s record of 16 invitees to the 2020 event. That means just over 5.6%, or one in every 19, of the 321 prospects invited to Indianapolis will be representing the Wolverines. Michigan is also just one of six programs with at least 10 players invited.  It’s an impressive …

Despite playing for Iron Bowl rival programs, former Alabama football receiver DeVonta Smith appeared on former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton’s podcast recently. Naturally, the Crimson Tide and Tigers products conversated about the two programs’ rivalry, sparking a funny exchange between the two Heisman Trophy winners. “Speaking of Alabama, I think it’s our (Auburn’s) time now,” Newton said on “4th & …

For all of college football’s big box office, bluster and billions, Alex Shada saw a financial opportunity two years ago at the Senior Bowl. The head of GSC, a well-known company in football circles based in little-known Wahoo, Nebraska, had been supplying coach-to-player helmet communications to the NFL for the last decade. This was Shada’s moment of realization. Here before …

As speculation swirled about Florida State coach Mike Norvell replacing Nick Saban at Alabama last month, TJ Ferguson found himself looking at it from the opposite side. He was in the transfer portal considering a move from ‘Bama to FSU. “Coach Norvell’s message to me was just: ‘I’m here,’” Ferguson said. Now Ferguson is here, too — along with four …

Eli Gold is grappling. The longtime play-by-play voice of Alabama football can’t often be caught at a loss for words — he’s spent a career in radio, after all — and true to form, he hasn’t been tongue-tied in the wake of this week’s revelation of his and the Crimson Tide Sports Network’s less-than-amicable parting after 35 years. But at …

Tennessee football hired two assistant coaches last week. What was your reaction? My guess is you were enthusiastic about the news. Fans tend to be optimistic about any changes in their favorite program. And changes haven’t occurred that often in Josh Heupel’s three years as Tennessee’s football coach. So, when his running backs and linebackers coaches decided to move on, …

The following is Miss Terry Saban’s foreword to The Tuscaloosa News’ commemorative Nick Saban book that looks back on his legendary 17 seasons coaching Alabama football. Order the 192-page hardcover book, packed with expert storytelling and stunning action photography, via Pediment Publishing. The foundation was here at Alabama, ready for something special to be built upon it, a pyramid rising …

Kirby Smart is poised to turn to a rival staff for the next Georgia football running backs coach. Georgia Tech’s Josh Crawford, who coached at five different high schools in the state, is expected to fill the vacancy created when Dell McGee was hired as Georgia State head coach, Matt Zenitz of 247Sports was first to report. Crawford worked under …

Philadelphia made significant changes to the coaching staff following a historic collapse that saw the Eagles lose 6 of their final seven games. The positive vibes are back around the NovaCare Complex following the additions of Vic Fangio (DC) and Kellen Moore (OC). It’s never too early to look ahead at the NFL draft, and with so many holes on …