College Football

SOUTH BEND — Rod Heard II gradually learned to love playing slot cornerback over his five seasons at Northwestern. After committing to Notre Dame football on Wednesday as the eighth transfer portal addition this offseason, an Irish program record, Heard joins Arizona State grad transfer Jordan Clark as the top slot options for 2024. “It’s a nice position,” Heard told …

Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Tony Garica (@RealTonyGarcia) and Rainer Sabin (@RainerSabin) • Editor: Robin Chan • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Producer: Andrew Birkle • Email: apgarcia@freepress.com On this episode: Well, that was fun. As the dust settles on an incredible season, Tony and Rainer sit down to discuss how Michigan finally got over the hump and what it looked like behind the scenes as the Wolverines celebrated the championship. …

A former Tiger has announced where he will be playing football next season. Wide receiver Brannon Spector took to X (Twitter) Wednesday to announce that he has transferred to Jacksonville State to continue his college football career. His time with the Tigers has come to an end after five seasons with the program. From 2019-2023 with the Tigers, Spector recorded …

LSU’s defense was one of the worst defenses in the country last year. Due to that, LSU brass decided to clean the slate and try to get LSU back to being a dominant team on defense. To start, the Tigers hired Blake Baker away from Missouri and brought him back to Baton Rouge where he served as a linebacker coach …

Subscribe to Zero Blitz Charles McDonald is joined by host of the Bootleg Football podcast Brett Kollmann to talk through every head coach opening around the NFL and determine the best fit for each one. The duo start things off as always with some of the funniest stories from the weekend, including Arthur Smith’s meltdown over the final play of …

Georgia has always been a key recruiting area for Auburn and that is once again the case in the 2025 recruiting cycle. The Tigers already have commitments from two Peach State natives in Kendarious Riddick and Ryan Ghea and they are in the mix for several more. One of them is four-star cornerback Devin Williams, who has scheduled a return …

Jan. 10—Ohio State announced two more coaching staff moves Wednesday. Parking Fleming is out after three years as special teams coordinator, and Matt Guerrieri will be the team’s new safeties coach. Guerrieri replaces Perry Eliano, whose contract was not renewed after he mentored the OSU safeties the past two seasons. Guerrieri is an Ohio native who was a three-time All-Pioneer …

Getty Images A bowl game featuring the two worst teams in college football? That’s exactly what a Southern California-based promoter wants to see happen in 2024, though the NCAA told the Action Network’s Brett McMurphy there is “no chance” it would issue the necessary waiver allowing for a proposed “Irrelevant Bowl.”  Proposed by Newport Beach, California-based promoter Roy Englebrecht, the …

Duke Greco, the most successful football coach in Division III Delaware Valley University history, resigned Wednesday to take the the same job at Division II West Chester University. Greco, a 2003 DelVal graduate and former player at the Doylestown school, guided the Aggies to a 91-15 record (an .858 winning percentage) in his nine years as head coach (there was …

Monday’s national championship game had to sicken the Alabama Crimson Tide. Take it from Terrion Arnold. “Watching this game hurt man,” the Alabama defensive back wrote on social media after Michigan dominated Washington, 34-13. Alabama was a fourth-down, fourth-quarter stop away from winning the Rose Bowl. Michigan converted fourth-and-2, scored the game-tying touchdown and beat the Tide in overtime. Too …

The recruiting contact period is about to open up once again, and the Florida Gators plan to host several of its top targets over the coming weekend. One name that’s been added to the list recently is four-star defensive lineman Jalen Wiggins, according to Swamp247. He plays high school ball at James Rickards in Tallahassee, Florida, putting him ‘Nole country, …

LSU’s Maason Smith declared for the NFL draft on Tuesday evening, joining fellow defensive lineman Mekhi Wingo. There was originally some optimism that Smith and Wingo would return, giving LSU a solid foundation to build on up front. Now, new defensive coordinator Blake Baker is stuck looking for answers on the interior defensive line. At the moment, LSU returns Jacobian …

The 2023 college football season came to a close Monday when No. 1 Michigan defeated No. 2 Washington 34-13 in the final College Football Playoff National Championship of the four-team era. The new-look CFP will feature a 12-team playoff starting next season, opening the door for even more teams to compete for a title. Seven of the 10 title games …

The Carolina Panthers may have identified Candidate No. 10. According to ESPN senior NFL insider Adam Schefter, the team is expected to interview Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Brian Johnson for their head-coaching position. The 36-year-old would be the 10th known contender in the search. Johnson is currently in his first season as Philadelphia’s play-caller. He joined the reigning NFC champions …

CBS Sports Graphic Before we pack up the 2023 college football season and turn our attention to the offseason roster shuffling and preparations for 2024 spring practice, we must rank every FBS team one final time. With the bowl games and College Football Playoff in the books, the experts at CBS Sports and 247Sports submitted final ballots for the CBS …