College Football

Whoever was in charge of the introductory music at SEC media days had quite the mixup on Tuesday. Coaches head to the podium for their main press conferences to their school’s fight songs. But right after SEC commissioner Greg Sankey introduced Texas coach Steve Sarkisian, a fight song that distinctly was not the University of Texas’ played over the loudspeakers. …

Getty Images In a week dominated by talk of the upcoming college football season, Texas safety Michael Taaffe brought something different to SEC Media Days in Atlanta: perspective. Wearing a burnt orange tie stitched with the initials of the 27 victims at Camp Mystic, one of several communities impacted by the recent devastating floods in Texas, Taaffe used the national …

LSU football is set to meet Clemson when it opens the 2025 college football season next month. The game features two big-name coaches with Brian Kelly leading LSU and Dabo Swinney at the helm of Clemson. But before things get serious on the field, Swinney had a funny story involving Brian Kelly. Or so he thought. Swinney took a trip …

The state of Oklahoma is still riding a wave of euphoria after the Oklahoma City Thunder captured the state’s first major professional sports championship. The NBA title sparked an unprecedented surge of pride and celebration, uniting fans from the panhandle to Green Country in a statewide moment of joy. But as the confetti settles, attention shifts to college football — …

The Oregon Ducks were unable to land one of the top linebackers on their board on Tuesday when 5-star Tyler Atkinson announced his commitment to the Texas Longhorns, choosing Steve Sarkisian’s team over both Dan Lanning’s Ducks and Kirby Smart’s Georgia Bulldogs. While there are still highly-rated prospects at the position available, it doesn’t appear that they will be one …

Imagn Images Tulsa football co-offensive coordinator Ty Darlington was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to police reports obtained by KOTV. Authorities say Darlington was speeding on Kimberly Park Place in Jenks, a Tulsa suburb, when he nearly collided with a patrol car responding to an earlier accident. Officers at the scene noted Darlington …

At Monday’s SEC media day, LSU wide receiver Chris Hilton talked about the growth he’s observed from quarterback Garrett Nussmeier in the offseason. “I would say the biggest thing I’ve seen from (Nussmeier) is he took a big step being a leader. Like more of a vocal leader, not just leading the offense, but leading the whole team. The sky’s …

Jackson Arnold was supposed to be the next great quarterback at Oklahoma — a five-star prospect who lit up Texas high school football. But things unraveled fast. He was benched just four games into his first season as the Sooners’ starter in 2024. Though later reinstated, Arnold entered the transfer portal after the season and landed at new SEC rival Auburn. …

The Auburn EDGE rusher says that the team needs to show positive results on the field this season. Tuesday is Auburn’s day at SEC football media days in Atlanta, where the likes of EDGE rusher Keldric Faulk, quarterback Jackson Arnold, and center Connor Lew will join head coach Hugh Freeze in fielding questions from the media ahead of the 2025 …

If it was up to Kirby Smart, college football would be centered around “fire, passion and energy” and none of these landscape-altering changes the sport has endured over the last few seasons. The Georgia coach is a football-first guy, after all, forced to concern himself with new norms of personality changes and player entitlement because he’s seen it inside his …

Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze discusses QB transfer Jackson Arnold Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze discusses Oklahoma QB transfer Jackson Arnold on Tuesday, March 25, at the Woltosz Football Performance Center in Auburn. ATLANTA — Former OU and current Auburn quarterback Jackson Arnold made the rounds Tuesday morning during Day 2 of SEC Media Days, reflecting on his time with …

Every region has its own version of what we like to call “home cooking.” That affection is especially powerful in the Southeastern United States, which makes for a fun parallel to the quarterback picture in the SEC entering the 2025 season. If the transfer portal has become college football’s fast, fresh-from-frozen approach to roster building, the top programs in the …

To kick off 2025 SEC football media days on Monday morning, a rumor began to circulate online surrounding former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban, along with if the greatest of all-time would ever return to coaching. Since, many across college football have chimed in to give their thoughts as to if that would ever happen, the latest of …

Getty Images Former Alabama quarterback turned media personality Greg McElroy stoked the offseason fires at SEC Media Days Monday when he said that a “notable” source is adamant that Nick Saban will return to coaching at some point in the future. Immediately, despite his conspicuous absence from SEC Media Days, the 74-year-old Saban became the talk of the town in …

ATLANTA — One way or another, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia might have changed college sports forever last fall. Pavia led Vanderbilt to a 7-6 season on the field highlighted by an upset victory over No. 1 Alabama, but his lasting contribution came in court. The New Mexico State transfer started his career with two seasons at New Mexico Military Institute, …