College Football

Auburn is in the mix to land one of the state of Georgia’s top recruits from the 2025 class. Four-star wide receiver Travis Smith has released his top eight schools, and Auburn has made the cut. The Tigers join several notable programs such as Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Ole Miss by remaining in the hunt to land the talented receiver …

Ohio State named Chip Kelly as its offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Friday, a replacement for Bill O’Brien after O’Brien took the head coaching job at Boston College. Here are three thoughts on the splashy hire: There could be a shift in scheme Kelly and O’Brien have similar backgrounds. Both are experienced play-callers who have been head coaches at …

Rutgers football added a second commitment to the program last week in athlete Talibi Kaba. For Sean Ashenfelder, the first commitment in the 2025 class, the addition of Talibi to Rutgers is “big news.” The commitment of Kaba gives the program its first New Jersey commitment of this cycle. He is also quite the player; he is being projected by …

James Simon is a 6-foot, 200-pound, four-star running back in the 2025 recruiting class. He is from Shreveport, Louisiana where he plays for Calvary Baptist Academy. Brian Kelly already has the Tigers 2025 recruiting class off to a hot start as he has obtained commitments from the No. 1 quarterback, running back, and wide receiver in the class already. Even …

Wisconsin defensive line coach Greg Scruggs is taking the same position on Sherrone Moore’s staff at Michigan, according to a report from 247Sports’ Sam Webb. Scruggs was part of Luke Fickell’s staff at Cincinnati from 2018-2021. He then spent 2022 on the New York Jets’ staff before becoming the Badgers defensive line coach entering the 2023 season. The young assistant …

Rutgers football did a very solid job of retaining New Jersey’s top talent during this recruiting cycle. In fact, this might have been the best job of keeping players in-state that has been done by head coach Greg Schiano and his staff since his return to Rutgers four years ago. A look at recruiting in New Jersey is especially significant …

The Wisconsin football program is not commonly known for its quarterback play. It’s no Alabama, which has recently sent Bryce Young, Mac Jones and Tua Tagovailoa to the NFL. Or Clemson with Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence. Or even Ohio State with C.J. Stroud, Justin Fields and others. The Badgers produce linebackers and running backs, plus the occasional tight end. …

The class of 2024 recruiting cycle reached its official end last week with national signing day. While the day doesn’t carry the weight it used to, it still gives a clear end to one class, while accelerating the next. The early signing period in mid-December is the time to pay attention these days, but NSD still must be acknowledged as …

CBS Sports Radio show host Damon Amendolara apparently doesn’t like Kliff Kingsbury very much. Amendolara was in Las Vegas Friday for the Super Bowl week and took a few moments to speak with The Team 980’s Craig Hoffman. Hoffman himself admitted initially he was not too excited about the Commanders hiring Kingsbury to be the offensive coordinator. However, since his …

One of the best linebackers in the 2025 recruiting class has trimmed his list of final schools down to five. Brian Kelly and the LSU Tigers made the cut. LSU joins Colorado, Miami, Ole Miss and Penn State as the final five teams that Mantrez Walker is considering committing to. There are currently no Crystal Ball projections for Walker at …

LSU baseball, the reigning national champion, won’t be wearing the crown in the SEC this season, according to a poll of sports journalists who cover the league for the USA TODAY Sports Network. Instead, our voters have Arkansas and Florida winning their respective conferences in the 2024 season. The Gators, coming off a loss to the Tigers in the College …

Michigan State fired former football coach Mel Tucker for cause Sept. 27. While the university hopes to be off the hook for the remaining $80 million of the guaranteed 10-year contract extension Tucker signed in late 2021, the school still had to pay buyouts for its other outgoing coaches. MSU paid more than $3.3 million in January to 10 former …

The Florida A&M Rattlers are trying to emulate success on the football field of last year. But the team will look slightly different under new head coach James Colzie III and his inaugural recruiting class. Hired on Jan. 27, Colzie replaces former Rattlers head coach Willie Simmons, who left to become Duke’s running backs coach on Jan 1. As Colzie prepares for his first season of …

AUBURN — The dust has settled on phase one of the offseason. Auburn football endured some serious change since the end of the regular season, from the roster — the Tigers added nine players from the portal and saw 14 transfer out — to the staff as coach Hugh Freeze had to replace half of his on-field assistants, including both …

When the Texas Tech football team hosted then-No. 13 Oregon in September, the Ducks were the highest-ranked non-conference opponent to visit Jones AT&T Stadium since 1994 and the highest-ranked for a home opener since 1979. Red Raiders fans looked forward to it throughout last off-season. This off-season, Tech fans might look forward to the regular-season finale as much as any, …