College Football

With the Senior Bowl all wrapped up, we can start putting together the first big board on where these players stand. With more and more tape study and players making a name for themselves during the start of the pre-draft process, things become more and more clear. Here is Natalie Miller’s first Big Board of the year through the top …

With signing day and the first transfer portal window in the rearview, 2024 rosters are beginning to take shape. That means we’re starting to get a better grasp of what schedules mean for team’s in 2024. Moves are still being made that will have an effect on LSU’s schedule. UCLA is in the middle of a head coaching search and …

The Michigan football program continues to deal with adversity after its coaching staff was shuffled. Jaden Smith, a four-star linebacker from North Carolina who was signed as an incoming freshman, requested a release from his national letter of intent (NLI), he wrote in a social media post Sunday night. The West Charlotte High standout is rated the No. 284 overall …

UCLA has hired program legend and longtime assistant DeShaun Foster as its new coach just three days after the sudden departure of Chip Kelly. Foster, who played running back for the Bruins and later worked as an assistant under both Jim L. Mora and Kelly, was hired as the running backs coach for the Las Vegas Raiders 10 days ago. …

The curse of the No. 2 spot in the AP Top 25 lives on. For five straight weeks, the No. 2 in the AP Top 25 has lost. Iowa fell victim to the curse for a second time after getting upset by Nebraska on Sunday. It happened to Kansas State last week and UCLA the two other times – whichever …

In recruiting it’s never easy to keep Florida commits, but it looks like that will be the case for Notre Dame and running back Justin Thurman. The 5-foot, 11-inch and 185-pound runner is one of the best prospects in the country, ranking as the No. 24 player at his position and 292nd overall according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. Thurman …

UCLA has hired longtime assistant and former NFL running back DeShaun Foster to be its next head football coach, Bruins athletic director Martin Jarmond announced Monday. Foster, 44, played five of his six NFL seasons with the Carolina Panthers but is a California guy at heart. He played high school football in Tustin, California − about a one-hour drive from …

The Georgia Bulldogs plucked talented wide receiver London Humphreys away from SEC foe Vanderbilt. Humphreys, who transferred to Georgia in December, is ranked as the No. 15 transfer in the country and the No. 3 wide receiver. He has three seasons of eligibility remaining. Humphreys has excellent speed and showcased it during his freshman season with Vanderbilt. In fact, he …

Et tu, Brute? It’s one thing to enter the transfer portal, it’s entirely another to join a rival school. It’s even another thing if that rival school is Ohio State. While it’s rare, it happens. Star offensive lineman Justin Boren transferred to the Buckeyes after longtime head coach Lloyd Carr left. As far as other rivals, Ben VanSumeren transferred from …

Florida first baseman and left-handed pitcher Jac Caglianone leads the 55-man 2024 Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List released on Friday by USA Baseball. Caglianone finished as a finalist for the award in 2023, but LSU‘s Dylan Crews was named the best amateur baseball player in the nation. Naturally, Caglianone returns as a favorite to win the award in 2024, …

The Kent State football team announced the signing of an additional seven players to its 2024 recruiting class after inking 27 future Golden Flashes in December. Among the seven are two high school recruits with the rest all coming through the transfer portal. Here’s a look at the future Kent State players: Kent State coach Kenni Burns finished his first …

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 …