College Football

The accountants at ABC Sports had spoken. There would be no new money for a Rose Bowl extension. In the mid-1990s, sports television revenue was booming … but just not enough at that moment in a Pasadena, California, hotel ballroom. ABC Sports executives Tony Petitti and Dennis Swanson had flown across the country to deliver what was not necessarily bad …

Dec. 19—It hasn’t been difficult to identify Penn State’s greatest personnel need, whether it’s in the current recruiting cycle or through the transfer portal. The Nittany Lions want to improve their wide receiver position. They’ve received commitments from three high school wide receivers, who are expected to sign national letters of intent on Wednesday, the first day of the early …

There is a three or four team race going on right now for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft. Depending on which of those teams gets that pick will determine the entire direction of the first round. But what about the rest of the NFL? Who are they picking if they should somehow land that top …

Rutgers football will be welcoming 23 new high school players on National Signing Day as well as one player in the transfer portal. That means that, if everything goes according to plan, the entirety of the 2024 recruiting class for Rutgers will sign their National Letter of Intent on Wednesday during the start of the early signing period. One player …

Dec. 19—”Dolla Bill” is officially here to stay. New Mexico running back Andrew Henry — nicknamed “Dolla” — has withdrawn from the transfer portal, a program spokesperson confirmed to the Journal. The redshirt senior has one year of eligibility remaining. Henry, a Dallas native and former University of Louisiana-Monroe transfer, ran for 350 yards and three touchdowns over nine games …

Dec. 19—Slowly — but surely — UNM football head coach Bronco Mendenhall’s staff is coming together. ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg reported on Tuesday that Syracuse offensive coordinator Jason Beck is set to join UNM in the same capacity. A former quarterback at BYU, Beck, 43, coached quarterbacks under Mendenhall at BYU and Virginia before coordinating an offense that averaged 358.7 yards …

Dec. 19—For the first time in the Jerry Kill era, New Mexico State is set to deal with a major staffing change. Per a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel, NMSU assistant head coach and offensive coordinator Tim Beck is poised to become Vanderbilt’s offensive coordinator. KTSM-9 News and 24/7 Sports have separately corroborated Thamel’s report, initially released after the Aggies …

Ole Miss and Lane Kiffin have finalized a contract extension fresh off the program’s second-ever 10-win regular season, both of which have come under Kiffin. The Rebels have a chance to pick up their first 11-win season in program history on Dec. 30 in the Peach Bowl showdown against No. 10 Penn State.  No details of the extension have been released; …

It wasn’t public knowledge but earlier this month Notre Dame defensive back Thomas Harper told the Fighting Irish coaching staff that he won’t play in the Sun Bowl versus Oregon State. Tuesday’s practice was open to the public as the Irish get ready for the Sun Bowl on December 29. Harper wasn’t there and when the media asked about his …

Tuesday’s lone bowl game, the Frisco Bowl, will be a late-night affair highlighting a pair of Group of Five contenders in Marshall and UTSA. The bowl game will mark the fourth all-time meeting between the former Conference USA foes, which Marshall leads 2-1. Marshall started the season 4-0 before a five-game midseason skid put bowl eligibility at risk. However, the …

Rather unexpectedly, at least by those that watched Notre Dame’s offense up close in 2023, Fighting Irish offensive coordinator Gerad Parker has taken the head coach job at Troy. Him doing so leaves a vacancy for Notre Dame at offensive coordinator yet again as the Irish will spend part of the off-season searching for a new play caller.  This is …

It’s down to Dan Lanning and Lane Kiffin. Prized defensive end Walter Nolen, who has spent the last two seasons at Texas A&M, tells On3 that he has widdled down his choices to Oregon and Ole Miss for the school he plans to play for next. For the past two years, Nolen has been one of the top defensive ends …

New Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko isn’t solely focused on bringing players to College Station from the NCAA Transfer Portal, he’s also doing everything he can to keep current Aggies from transferring elsewhere. The latest example is phenomenal freshman offensive lineman Chase Bisontis. According to a report from 247Sports national college football reporters Chris Hummer & Matt Zenitz, Bisontis …

Mike Willis was hired as the new head coach of the Marist College football team following a three-week search for Jim Parady’s successor, the college announced Tuesday. The New Jersey native joins Marist after nine seasons as an assistant coach at Princeton University, his alma mater. The former offensive lineman served there most recently as the offensive coordinator, helping lead …

Good things come in threes. Mizzou football secured its third commitment of the day between the transfer portal and high school recruits when three-star cornerback Jaren Sensabaugh announced his pledge to the Tigers on Tuesday afternoon via his X account. The corner is a native of Nashville, Tennessee. Earlier Tuesday, the Tigers lured four-star wide receiver Courtney Crutchfield out of Arkansas …