College Football

Malachi Nelson, in 2024, will face three current Pac-12 schools

The 2024 college football season will be especially notable for a lot of obvious reasons. One is the emergence of the new 12-team College Football Playoff. Another is the movement of various schools to new conferences. USC will be off to the Big Ten, along with three other current Pac-12 schools: UCLA, Washington, and Oregon. In 2024, USC will face …

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Florida State football lands Indiana transfer running back, brother of FSU receiver

Florida State football remains hot in the NCAA Transfer Portal. The Seminoles nabbed their second commitment of the day Sunday and the fourth in three days when Indiana running back Jaylin Lucas announced his commitment to the Seminoles following his official visit Sunday to local media outside of the Moore Center. The commitment came hours after Colorado State defensive lineman …

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Auburn fires Philip Montgomery: Tigers move on from offensive coordinator after just one season

USATSI Auburn offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery will not return for a second season leading the Tigers offense, the program announced on Friday. Montgomery was hired shortly after Hugh Freeze accepted the Auburn coaching prior to the 2023 season.  “I informed Philip today he would not be retained as our offensive coordinator,” Freeze said. “Philip is a good coach and a good …

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Rutgers lands BYU long snapper Austin Riggs

Rutgers made it two transfer portal additions in as many days with the commitment of Austin Riggs on Sunday. The long-snapper, previously at BYU, is another addition out of the transfer portal for Rutgers. He has extensive experience, with 40 games played over four seasons in Provo. He made 12 appearances this past season as a junior. He comes to …

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Former OU football lineman Sherrone Moore on cusp of championship as Michigan OC

Sherrone Moore played in 14 games for the Sooners in 2006 and 2007. Only the craziest of OU diehards remember the offensive guard who transferred in from Butler County Community College in Kansas, but Moore’s profile has grown as he’s climbed the coaching ladder. Now the offensive coordinator at Michigan, Moore will be coaching for a national championship Monday night …

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Penn State lands Wisconsin offensive tackle Nolan Rucci from transfer portal

Jan. 7—Wisconsin offensive tackle Nolan Rucci, a former five-star prospect from Warwick, announced Saturday that he’s transferring to Penn State. The 6-8, 300-pound Rucci was rated the No. 1 prospect in Pennsylvania in the 2021 recruiting class. He has two years of eligibility remaining. He played in six games during his Wisconsin career, including three games last season as the …

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No, you don’t have to root for the Huskies on Monday

Please consider this as a public service announcement. It’s a PSA that should not have to be made, but apparently does. Speaking on behalf of most Washington State alums I know, we’re not rooting for the Huskies to win the national championship Monday night. I thought it was something that could go without saying, but I’ve had a few people ask me …

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Many Cougs will set rivalry aside, cheer on home state Huskies in title game

Jan. 7—You wouldn’t find a Coug cheering on the Huskies six weeks ago when Washington escaped Husky Stadium with a 3-point win over Washington State in the Apple Cup. Now, many Cougars fans say they will put the bitter rivalry aside and support the enemy on the West Side when the undefeated Huskies take the field in Monday’s national championship …

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Clemson is Highest Ranked ACC Team in Analyst’s Early 2024 Rankings

After its come-from-behind victory over Kentucky in the Gator Bowl on December 29, Clemson figured to have some positive momentum going into the offseason. One college football analyst weighed in over the weekend on where he believes the Tigers should be ranked when the far-off 2024 season begins. In his “way too early” rankings for the 2024 season, The Action …

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Iowa LB Nick Jackson returning to Hawkeyes in 2024

The Iowa Hawkeyes are bringing back another star from their sensational defense into the 2024 college football season. Scott Dochterman of The Athletic was the first to report the news that Iowa linebacker Nick Jackson is returning to the Hawkeyes next season. David Eickholt of HawkeyeInsider later confirmed the report. Source: LB Nick Jackson has decided to return to Iowa for …

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Ryan Day navigating rough waters into 6th season at Ohio State

Jan. 7—Another Ohio State football season is in the books. What did we just watch? I asked after the Buckeyes lost at Michigan, and the Cotton Bowl loss to Missouri offered only more questions. Ohio State’s 2023 football season is proving to be harder to evaluate than most because of the postscript that is still being written involving who will …

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