College Football

The Hula Bowl college football all-star game, which is in its third year on the campus of UCF at FBC Mortgage Stadium, features four UCF players this year. The game kicks off at noon Saturday (CBS Sports Network). Representing the Knights will be quarterback John Rhys Plumlee, defensive end Tre’mon Morris-Brash, linebacker Jason Johnson and cornerback Decorian Patterson. Every player …

Ohio State star and first-team All Big Ten running back TreVeyon Henderson will return to the Buckeyes for his senior year, he announced Friday. His announcement comes after Ohio State landed a commitment from Ole Miss transfer Quinshon Judkins, who is the top-ranked running back of the transfer cycle, according to 247Sports.  The two will combine to give the Buckeyes what …

Alabama football hates losing. Kalen DeBoer almost never loses. That’s the groundwork for a good union. Alabama is closing in on hiring DeBoer as Nick Saban’s replacement, sources told USA TODAY. If you read my column Wednesday evening in which I stumped for DeBoer, you already know what I think of this hire. I like it. I really like it. …

Alabama football’s new coach Kalen DeBoer will face immediate pressure to bring wins to Tuscaloosa. And the Crimson Tide’s schedule features some tough, marquee matchups in the 2024 college football season. A quick glance at the team’s 2024 schedule reveals what could be a difficult path for DeBoer and the Crimson Tide to tread, as it includes an SEC-opening game …

Alabama has moved quickly to name Nick Saban’s successor by hiring Washington coach Kalen DeBoer. Friday’s announcement comes just two days after the legendary Saban retired following 17 seasons leading the program.  Leading the Huskies to a 14-1 record this past season, including a 34-13 loss in the College Football Playoff National Championship to Michigan, DeBoer has emerged as one of …

UCF is still rolling in the transfer portal and on Friday received a commitment from former Rockledge standout Ladarius Tennison. The former Ole Miss and Auburn defensive back should be an immediate contributor in the secondary because he can play both safety and corner, or be instrumental at nickelback. Tennison was a huge star at Rockledge High and he was …

American Heritage-Delray football will have a new leader on the sideline during the 2024 season. Jonathan King has been announced as the new head coach of the Stallions, according to a press release from the American Heritage athletic program. “We are elated that coach King is back at American Heritage to help continue the journey,” the release says. “He brings …

Jan. 12—Special teams coordinator Stacy Collins will leave Penn State to become assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and linebackers coach at Boise State, according to a report Friday by Adam Rittenberg of ESPN. An Oregon native, Collins spent his entire football coaching career in the Northwest before leaving Boise State to join the Nittany Lions staff in 2022. Collins …

The Alabama Crimson Tide made the biggest hire of this coaching cycle as they landed Washington’s Kalen Deboer to fill in for Nick Saban’s vacancy. The fan base has responded incredibly well to DeBoer and seems to be all in on Saban’s successor. DeBoer has won everywhere he has been and is coming off of a national championship appearance with …

Few coaches have redefined their sports quite like Nick Saban at Alabama. Since winning his first of six national championships with the Crimson Tide in 2009, nearly every peer program has tried to emulate Saban and capture a taste of the magic. But with Washington’s Kalen DeBoer following Saban who is retiring, Alabama is moving away from the formula it …

On Friday afternoon, Alabama decided to hire Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer to be the team’s next head coach. He will follow in former Alabama head coach Nick Saban’s footsteps in helping lead the Crimson Tide moving forward. Soon after Alabama officially announced the hiring of DeBoer, Saban released an official statement. “I want nothing more than to see Alabama …

Rutgers football added a high-level Power Five quarterback in former Golden Gopher Athan Kaliakmanis this offseason during the transfer portal. Kaliakmanis has two years of eligibility remaining and will add immediate competition to Rutgers’ quarterback situation for the 2024 season. In high school, he was a three-star recruit out of Antioch, Illinois. Hehas a connection with the Scarlet Knights, playing …

Alabama’s decision to hire Kalen DeBoer marks a significant paradigm shift in one of college football’s most storied programs. The Crimson Tide go from Nick Saban — as close to a sure thing as you can get in this sport — to a relatively young up-and-comer with just two years of head coaching experience at the power conference level.  Suffice …

At about 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Nick Saban shocked the sports world and announced his retirement from college football and the Alabama Crimson Tide. Today, almost 53 hours later, Kalen Deboer is introducing himself to the Crimson Tide football team as the 28th head coach in program history. Monday night, DeBoer was in Houston, TX leading the Washington Huskies into …

Despite five-star wide receiver Ryan Williams announcing his decommitment from Alabama football on Wednesday, he is showing that Alabama is still on his radar. Williams has an official visit scheduled to the Capstone on Jan. 20 per 247Sports, and has been liking multiple posts on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, in favor of Alabama’s hire of …