College Football

Ryan Silverfield was looking to replace his recruiting director, but he ended up with something else — a general manager. The Memphis football coach recently hired Beau Davidson, who had been the director of player personnel at Georgia Tech, to be the Tigers’ general manager. That’s a position popping up more and more in college football — someone still focused …

OXFORD — Ole Miss football has made it its business to acquire finished products. Coach Lane Kiffin was among the first to embrace the transfer portal, and has continued to use it to acquire talent more consistently than any of his peers. Still, the Rebels, like any other college football program, depend on developing talent. With an eye toward spring …

The College Football Playoff is staying on ESPN. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images) The expanded College Football Playoff is staying with ESPN. According to The Athletic, ESPN is in agreement with the CFP to extend the network’s deal to televise the playoff for another six seasons. ESPN’s original contract went through the 2025-26 season. The extension is worth a reported …

The 2024 NFL Scouting Combine kicks off on February 26 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and runs through March 4. Most of the top college players in the country will be there as they attempt to impress NFL scouts from all 32 teams. On Tuesday, the league announced that 321 college prospects have received invitations to this year’s combine. Check out all …

It was a year to remember for Fairhaven football, which won the Division 6 Super Bowl, knocking off three higher-seeded teams along the way. Another highlight for the Blue Devils was winning on Thanksgiving against a Dartmouth team that went undefeated during the regular season and reached the Div. 3 Elite 8. Old Colony captured its third straight Mayflower Athletic …

King Mack remembers the Penn State football practice moment well, some seven months later. How could he not? The day head coach James Franklin tackled one of his players … Mack was one of more than 20 second-year Nittany Lions Tuesday doing their first official media interviews since arriving on campus. Some played key backup roles last year, like linebacker …

MANHATTAN — It should come as no surprise that Kansas State head football coach and Matt Wells someday would find themselves on the same staff instead of lining up across the field from one another. The fact that it took 10 years was simply a matter of timing. But here they are together at last, after Wells accepted Klieman’s job …

Saint James head coach Neal Posey is leaving the program to accept a college coaching position the school announced in a press release Tuesday afternoon. The specifics of where Posey is headed is to be announced, while Saint James is slated begin the search for its new football coach. “My family and I are incredibly grateful for our many years …

BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff (12) calls the play in the huddle during game against Oklahoma play at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. Retzlaff will find himself in a heated battle for QB1 duties when spring camp opens later this month in Provo. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Both signing periods have come and gone, …

The Seahawks announced the addition of seven coaches to Mike Macdonald’s staff, including confirmation of the top coaches on offense, defense and special teams. Ryan Grubb will be the offensive coordinator, Aden Durde will be the defensive coordinator, and Jay Harbaugh will be the top special teams coach. Grubb was at the University of Washington last year and joined former …

They are making their first true impressions on Penn State football in the past couple of weeks, these half-dozen transfers. Potential leaders, playmakers and positive impacts for the 2024 season. So far, they’ve impressed, according to head coach James Franklin and at least one of his Nittany Lions. Franklin talked about his transfer pickups for the first time publicly on …

Feb. 13—Shannon Webb inadvertently helped recruit two players into her personal “nightmare” of alleged verbal and physical abuse from Idaho women’s volleyball coach Chris Gonzalez. Webb played for two teams at American University, based in Washington, D.C., that made it to the NCAA Tournament. Then in 2018, the school brought in Gonzalez as an assistant coach. “Volleyball was the best …

It’s no secret that the transfer portal and Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) has changed the landscape of college athletics — particularly college football. It’s a recent development, Penn State football coach James Franklin said, that doesn’t necessarily bode well for the sport. “We’ve been on a slippery slope for a while,” Franklin said at his winter news conference on …

ESPN and the College Football Playoff reportedly have agreed to a contract extension to televise the 12-team playoff through the 2031 college football season, according to a Tuesday report by The Athletic. The deal is reportedly worth $1.3 billion per season through the life of the extension. The Athletic added the deal is still contingent on how the Pac-12’s disbandment …

ESPN has updated its way-too-early college football rankings for the 2024 season. Since ESPN released its initial rankings, Nick Saban retired, Washington lost its head coach and much of its roster, and numerous Alabama players transferred. Not too much has changed for the Georgia Bulldogs over the past several weeks. Georgia has the nation’s No. 13 incoming transfer portal class, …