HOUSTON, Tx. — After years and years of hand-wringing, underachievement, close calls, questionable plays, and disappointing seasons, Michigan football is finally one game away from winning a national championship for the first time since 1997. It will face off against a hungry Washington team that hasn’t won it all since 1991, when the Huskies were in their heyday. Both teams …
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Social media reacts to UNC hiring Jeff Collins as DC
Not one player – or one person – can fix how horrendous the UNC football team’s defense is. The 6-0 start fooled all of Tar Heel Nation. A 9-sack performance in the 2023 opener against South Carolina and emergence of Alijah Huzzie, turned into allowing Georgia Tech and a lowly UVA squad to combine for over 1,000 offensive yards. There …
Read More »Michigan football emphasizes rest as it arrives for College Football Playoff title game
HOUSTON — Michigan football’s plane touched down at George Bush Intercontinental Airport shortly before sunset on Friday evening, marking the Wolverines’ the final road trip of the season. However, coach Jim Harbaugh barely remembers the trip. “I think I fell asleep before we even took off,” Harbaugh told reporters on the tarmac shortly before the team loaded onto buses and …
Read More »Did UGA deserve a spot in the playoffs? ‘Yes … Michigan cheated’
One day after The Sentry concludes, the NCAA football national championship will be contested between Michigan and Washington in Houston, Texas. A couple of Georgia Bulldogs are in contention in Hawaii and both were asked Friday if their college should have been allowed into the playoffs. “No, I think that they were right to leave us out of the playoffs,” …
Read More »College Football Early Odds for 2024-25 National Championship
We haven’t put a bow on the 2023-24 college football season yet but already we have odds for who hoists the national championship trophy in January of 2025. As a reminder, next year the playoff format changes from the current four-team playoff to a 12-team playoff with first round games set to be played on college campuses. So who has …
Read More »Starting safety Jerrin Thompson, two other Texas football players enter transfer portal
The post-playoff exodus continued for Texas football Friday afternoon when quarterback Charles Wright, safety Jerrin Thompson and safety Kitan Crawford entered their names into the transfer portal. The inclusion of Thompson on the transfer list is a big hit to a secondary that had its struggles in 2023. The senior from Lufkin racked up 176 tackles and five interceptions while …
Read More »Matchups, Head-to-Head Record, History, Titles
The 2024 college football season comes down to this: It’s the Washington Huskies vs. Michigan Wolverines in the CFP National Championship Game. The two undefeated teams are coming into Monday’s title game on the heels of thrilling victories in the CFP semifinals. Michigan took down Nick Saban and Alabama before Washington defeated Steve Sarkisian’s Texas, each on a defensive stop …
Read More »USF to host watch party for College Football Playoff National Championship
University of Sioux Falls Athletics will host a viewing party for the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday at Great Shots, supporting the four members of the Washington Huskies’ coaching staff with ties to USF. Washington offensive lineman Jaxson Kirkland, left, and head coach Kalen DeBoer speak after the team’s 51-33 win against Washington State in an NCAA college …
Read More »Quinshon Judkins in transfer portal: Logical destinations for Ole Miss RB with Alabama, Michigan among options
Many were shocked on Thursday to learn that Ole Miss running back Quinshon Judkins had entered the transfer portal. Judkins has been one of the most productive backs in the SEC the last two seasons, and Ole Miss is seen as a team primed to make a run at the College Football Playoff next season. Ironically enough, those predictions stem …
Read More »Penn State receives transfer portal commitment from former Wisconsin linebacker Jordan Mayer
For the second time this week, Penn State has added a commitment from the transfer portal from a Big Ten program. Days after securing the expected commitment of former Ohio State wide receiver Julian Fleming, Penn State added a commitment from another Pennsylvania native who went elsewhere. Linebacker Jordan Mayer, from Jefferson Hills, PA, announced on his Instagram account that …
Read More »Bo Davis expected to remain at Texas despite pursuit from LSU
When LSU fired defensive line coach Jimmy Lindsey alongside most of the on-field defensive staff — including defensive coordinator Matt House on Wednesday, and it wasn’t a secret who most fans wanted as his replacement. Texas defensive line coach Bo Davis has been a hopeful addition to the staff since even before Brian Kelly announced these staff moves, and when …
Read More »North Carolina hires Geoff Collins as defensive coordinator after two-year stint with Gene Chizik
Getty Images North Carolina has hired former Georgia Tech coach Geoff Collins as its next defensive coordinator. Collins has not coached since his mid-season firing from Georgia Tech in 2022 but replaces Gene Chizik, who will not return in 2024 after two seasons. “We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Geoff Collins, his wife Jennifer, and their daughter Astrid to the Carolina …
Read More »Alabama LB Trezmen Marshall declares for 2024 NFL draft
Alabama linebacker Trezmen Marshall announced his intentions to declare for the 2024 NFL draft on Friday morning. Marshall made the news official via his Instagram account. Marshall, a Georgia native, transferred to Alabama last offseason from Georgia. He spent four seasons with the Bulldogs before deciding to transfer to the Crimson Tide following the 2022-2023 season. In one season at …
Read More »Hakeem Beamon announces return for 2024
Following in the footsteps of fellow defensive tackle Dvon Ellies, a simple post on social media was all it took for defensive tackle Hakeem Beamon to announce his plans for the 2024 season. Just as Ellies did yesterday, Beamon is committed to another year along Penn State’s defensive front. Beamon announced his plans on X (formerly known as Twitter) to …
Read More »Maryland QB Taulia Tagovailoa enters transfer portal seeking extra year of eligibility
BALTIMORE — In an expected move, record-setting Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa has entered the NCAA transfer portal and will seek an extra year of eligibility to play a sixth college season, according to a source with direct knowledge of the move. As a redshirt senior, Tagovailoa is not currently eligible to play in 2024, but he can receive a hardship …
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