College Football

For two seasons, Bill O’Brien was the offensive coordinator for the Crimson Tide. In those two years, Alabama had a Heisman Trophy winner, an SEC championship, a national championship appearance and a handful of other notable accolades. However, fans were not happy with the job O’Brien did with the offense. After the 2022 season, he left Tuscaloosa and returned to …

Alabama Crimson Tide safety Caleb Downs, who entered the NCAA transfer portal shortly after Nick Saban’s retirement, has committed to the Ohio State Buckeyes over the Georgia Bulldogs. Downs, a true freshman, is ranked as the No. 1 player in the transfer portal. Ohio State has made a massive splash in the transfer portal this winter. The Buckeyes also added …

Any hopes Alabama football had of retaining star safety Caleb Downs reportedly are over. The star freshman will transfer to Ohio State for his sophomore season, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Friday, citing an anonymous source. Downs considered the Buckeyes during his high school recruitment before heading to Alabama to play football for Nick Saban, who announced his retirement Jan. 10. …

Jan. 19—OAKLAND, Calif. — Weeks before Washington State’s football season ended, before the Cougars played their final game in the Pac-12 as we know it, Jake Dickert went public with one assertion. “It’s going to be open-target season on our players,” Dickert said. By that he meant the way representatives from other schools would surely try to lure his players …

Safety Caleb Downs, the top-rated player in the NCAA transfer portal, has committed to Ohio State. His father, Gary Downs, told 247Sports.com that he would become a Buckeye. Downs picked Alabama over Ohio State, Georgia and Notre Dame as the No. 6 overall player in the 247Sports composite rankings as a high school senior last year. He was named the …

Jan. 19—Ohio State made another headline-grabbing offseason move Friday with the hiring of Bill O’Brien. “I am extremely pleased to be able to add Bill O’Brien to our coaching staff,” head coach Ryan Day said in a news release. “He brings with him a wealth of knowledge and a tremendous amount of success at both the NFL and collegiate levels.” …

USATSI The NCAA is investigating Florida’s recruitment of former signee Jaden Rashada, according to multiple reports. Rashada originally signed with the Gators in December 2022, but was released from his national letter of intent after a significant NIL deal with Florida NIL group “Gator Collective” fell apart. The collective was not directly affiliated with Florida and it has since been …

Penn State football has been featured on nearly 20 Sports Illustrated covers through the decades. Making the magazine cover became an iconic achievement − whether viewed through a lens of ultimate excellence or, by some, as a jinx. No matter, people have paid attention for nearly 70 years to a long standard-bearer of sports journalism and photography. But will it …

The Notre Dame football staff is hopefully using up its miles while making rounds all across the country. (We all know they have been taking a private jet.) That still doesn’t take away from the fact that the Irish staff have been all around the country this week. They made a stop in California to visit 2026 quarterback Ryder Lyons, …

Former Alabama defensive back Trey Amos joined the program before the 2023 college football season after transferring in from Louisiana Lafayette. Well, he is now onto his third program after committing to play for Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss. Amos only started one game for the Crimson Tide, but he appeared in all 14 games last season. While at Alabama, …

It’s official: The Raiders announced the hiring of Antonio Pierce as their new head coach Friday. Pierce went 5-4 as the Raiders’ interim head coach in 2023 after they fired Josh McDaniels. He was in his second season as the linebackers coach before getting his chance as a head coach on Oct. 31. Pierce played in the NFL for nine …

OXFORD — Brandon Turnage is returning home to play for Ole Miss football. The Oxford native and Lafayette High School product announced his intent to suit up for the Rebels next season on social media Friday night. He has one year of eligibility remaining. The No. 103 overall recruit in the 2019 class, Turnage spent the first two seasons of …

LSU has landed the No. 1 quarterback (and top overall prospect) in the 2025 recruiting class in Belleville, Michigan, gunslinger Bryce Underwood. But there’s a long time between now and early signing day in December, and as we’ve seen in the past, securing a player’s commitment is just the first step. The Tigers are trying to keep things solid with …

We are in the midst of one of the wildest offseasons of the transfer portal and name, image and likeness (NIL) era, seeing not just the usual waves of player mobility but also the feeding frenzy for rosters in the wake of post-College Football Playoff coaching changes at Alabama and Washington.  With transfer portal movement and the opportunity to benefit …

For more than a half-century, Sports Illustrated has been not only a pillar of sports journalism, but an indispensable resource for millions of fans seeking insight into the players, teams and sports they so dearly love. Perhaps nothing embodied the importance and larger relevance of Sports Illustrated more than its covers. To grace the cover of the famed magazine meant …