College Football

Feb. 23—Sign up for our daily Illini football newsletter here Greetings from “Can’t Wait For Saturday,” your morning morsel of college football, courtesy of longtime Illini beat writer, AP Top 25 voter and Heisman state rep Bob Asmussen. He’ll give you his views each day on the game he loves. *** Just when you thought all the College Playoff Playoff …

Dell McGee, running backs coach on the Georgia football coaching staff for all eight seasons under Kirby Smart, was announced Friday night as Georgia State’s head football coach. McGee became the second Georgia assistant in the last three months to land a head coach opening after defensive backs coach Fran Brown at Syracuse. He will be introduced at a press …

The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners play next season in the Cotton Bowl like they have since 1929. For the first time, the teams will play as members of the SEC. The game will be of added importance for Texas after losing last year. While the Oklahoma game might have been on the back burner in preparation for Alabama last …

A major change to the College Football Recruiting calendar could be coming. The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach reported Thursday that the Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA) has had advanced discussions about moving the December signing period up to the Wednesday before FBS championship games, which this year is Dec. 4. That would move up early signing day two weeks ahead of when …

Bradenton Christian School hires Phillip Spess as its new football coach on Feb. 23, 2024. BRADENTON − The newest football coach in the area is also one of the newest resident to the area. Bradenton Christian School hired Phillip Spess as its new football coach Friday, Panthers director of athletics Cole Hudson announced. Spess moved to the area with his …

Brian Kelly and his recruiting staff took a trip to Stockbridge, Georgia, to extend a scholarship offer to one of the best linebackers in the 2025 recruiting class. LSU will have to fight off a swarm of yellow jackets to land the talented prospect. Chase Taylor is a 6-foot-3, 201-pound, three-star linebacker from Stockbridge, Georgia, where he plays for Stockbridge …

The Oklahoma Sooners former five-star quarterback, Jackson Arnold, is the guy going into 2024. It’s undisputed who the quarterback will be. And there’s good reason for it. Arnold is an incredible talent. Sure, the Arizona game was a bit of a mixed bag. There was a lot of good, but the four turnovers spoiled what could have been a fantastic …

Spring practice is the first real sign we’re moving away from 2023 and heading for the 2024 season. At LSU, Brian Kelly is just a few weeks away from his third spring practice with the Tigers. Throughout the spring, I’ll be taking a look at how LSU stacks up at every position. There’s still plenty to figure out at this …

Feb. 23—TEMPE, Ariz. — Washington State’s offensive line coach search lasted about a week. The Cougars are hiring former UTEP offensive line coach Jared Kaster, according to a source with knowledge of the situation, filling the opening left by Clay McGuire’s departure last week. The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman was the first to report the news. Kaster spent last season at …

The 2023 season just ended with the Chiefs hoisting the Lombardi Trophy for a second consecutive year, but the NFL calendar never stops as we roll right into draft season. In fact, it’s already started. The Senior Bowl is in the rearview mirror and mock drafts are being released. However, with just two months left until Roger Goodell announces the …

The OU football team is close to a deal with Doug Deakin to make him its next special teams analyst, 247Sports reported Thursday night. Jay Nunez, who spent the past two seasons coaching special teams for the Sooners, previously joined Alabama’s staff as its special teams coordinator. Deakin has been with the Aztecs as a player or coach for 17 …

SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock, in his first public comments since leaving the same role at LSU two months ago, said there are no hard feelings between him and Tigers coach Brian Kelly. “I don’t know that he was real happy with my decision but I think he understood it,” Denbrock said Friday at the indoor …

Dabo Swinney and the Tigers open their 2024 season with a bang as they travel to Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, for a Week 1 matchup against the expected No. 1 team in the country, Georgia Bulldogs. It’s a wild way to start the season, and Clemson will head into this matchup as the underdog. The Tigers, more often than …

Matthew Hawn was offered by Rutgers football last week, with the New York offensive linemen registering his fifth Power Five offer. From Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse, New York), Hawn is a 6-foot-6, 270-pound interior offensive lineman. Rutgers entered his recruitment last week alongside offers from Boston College, Duke, Pittsburgh and Syracuse. Physically well-built, Hawn moves well for his size and …

Another talented class of 2025 prospect has scheduled a recruiting visit to Colorado, as three-star tight end Bear Tenney announced Friday that he’ll be in Boulder on March 30. The Buffs, via multiple coaching staffs, have been linked to Tenney for some time now. In the spring of 2022, Tenney visited then-head coach Karl Dorrell’s program and was later re-offered …