The Georgia Bulldogs enter the 2025 spring with a significant amount of roster turnover. Georgia lost a number of key contributors in the trenches to the NFL draft and quarterback Carson Beck exited via the transfer portal. Georgia’s new starters and key depth players could certainly use the experience of playing in spring game in front of a home crowd …
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2025 college football coaching carousel grades: Rich Rodriguez’s return to West Virginia earns perfect mark
Rich RodriguezA+You can go home again! One of the grandfathers of the zone read spread returns to his alma mater and a place he coached from 2001-2007. Rodriguez will bring a sense of nostalgia and possibility to a program that is dying for a sniff of the old days. Rodriguez, 61, is literally the embodiment of those old days. Barry …
Read More »Ohio State hires former Super-Bowl winning assistant coach for its defensive coordinator
Ohio State football’s search for the next defensive coordinator to replace Jim Knowles appears to be at an end. Originally reported by ESPN’s Pat Thamel and later confirmed by an OSU spokesman, the Buckeyes have hired former NFL head coach and Super Bowl-winning defensive coordinator, Matt Patricia. We are still waiting for an official press release from the university. As …
Read More »Ohio State finalizing deal with ex-NFL coach, staffer Matt Patricia as new defensive coordinator, per report
Getty Images Ohio State is finalizing a deal to hire former NFL coach Matt Patricia as its new defensive coordinator, ESPN reports. The Buckeyes had been searching for a replacement after Jim Knowles departed for the same role at Penn State. CBS Sports’/247Sports’ Matt Zenitz reported Wednesday that Ohio State had hosted Patricia for a meeting previously. The 50-year-old Patricia hasn’t coached …
Read More »Arryn Chenault out as Little Miami head football coach
Head coach Arryn Chenault is out as the Little Miami football coach. Arryn Chenault is out as head football coach at Little Miami after one season with the program. Little Miami was 1-10 last season. The team hasn’t had a winning season since joining the Eastern Cincinnati Conference in 2020. The Panthers had three in a row from 2017-19 while …
Read More »Ben Christman dies at 21: UNLV offensive lineman previously played at Ohio State, Kentucky
USATSI UNLV offensive lineman Ben Christman was found dead in an off-campus apartment Tuesday morning, according to a statement from the school. Christman was 21-years-old. “Our team’s heart is broken to hear of Ben’s passing,” coach Dan Mullen said. “Since the day Ben set foot on our campus a month ago, he made the Rebels a better program. Ben was …
Read More »Ohio State football set to hire Matt Patricia as defensive coordinator
Ohio State is in the process of hiring Matt Patricia, a longtime assistant and head coach in the NFL, as its defensive coordinator, a source told The Dispatch. Patricia, who was the head coach for the Detroit Lions from 2018-20 after more than a decade as an assistant with the New England Patriots, is to replace Jim Knowles, who left …
Read More »College Football Expert believes Oklahoma’s offense will be much better in 2025
The Oklahoma Sooners must improve by leaps and bounds on offense in 2025 after their 2024 offense was the worst we’d seen in Norman since 1998. OU had the best defense they’d had in a long, long time last season, but the offense was so broken that the Sooners went just 6-7. Head coach Brent Venables can’t survive a third …
Read More »There will be a college sports CEO. Who they are and how they’ll execute an impossible task is up in the air
Job Listing: Chief Executive Officer, College Sports. This candidate will be responsible for oversight of a multi-billion industry undergoing significant change. The applicant must have extensive athletic, business, legal and gender equity experience. A background in player representation and wealth fund management is preferred. It is important for this candidate to cut all financial ties with their alma mater. This …
Read More »Colorado’s Shilo Sanders leads defenders in promising stat at Shrine Bowl
Departing Colorado football safety Shilo Sanders quietly logged an impressive stat at last month’s East-West Shrine Bowl. As reported by Shrine Bowl director of football operations and player personnel Eric Galko, Sanders recorded the highest max acceleration of any defender in the game at 6.39 yards per second squared. He did so while backtracking to break up a pass from …
Read More »Pair of Oregon Ducks tabbed as major breakout candidates in 2025
Next season is going to be a transitional year for the Oregon Ducks football team with a lot of new faces at important positions will be in place. Transitional doesn’t mean the Ducks need to sacrifice the success they’ve enjoyed recently. According to On3.com, a pair of Oregon Ducks are primed to have breakout seasons in 2025. Quarterback Dante Moore, …
Read More »Can John Mateer lead the Oklahoma Sooners to a College Football Playoff Berth?
The Oklahoma Sooners are in the midst of a playoff drought. They haven’t been to the postseason since 2019 when now Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts led the Sooners to the Big 12 title and the No. 4 seed in the College Football Playoff. The Sooners’ best chance to make the playoff came in 2021, but a loss to Oklahoma …
Read More »Where did Ohio State land in Joel Klatt’s 2025 ‘way-too-early’ college football rankings?
The Fox Sports 2025 “way-to-early” college football rankings has Ohio State slotting in at No. 3, behind Penn State and Texas. In the rankings compiled by Joel Klatt, Fox Sport’s lead college football analyst, Klatt cited the Buckeyes’ loss of players such as TreVeyon Henderson and Emerka Egbuka, as well as their need “rebuild its defensive line” in the reasoning …
Read More »Rutgers football loses commitment from 2026 4-star running back
Jaylen McGill’s commitment to Rutgers football turned out to be a short one. The Class of 2026 running back, who plays at Mountain View Prep in South Carolina, announced on social media Wednesday his decision to reopen his recruitment. “I Feel Like The Lord Has Called Me Some Place Else,” McGill wrote on X. “I’ve Prayed About This Decision And …
Read More »Must-get recruiting targets for each SEC program
Commitments have started to pick up steam in the 2026 cycle and as a result, programs are getting a better idea of which targets are the most important moving into the spring portion of the cycle. Here are the must-get targets for each SEC program in the 2026 class. SEC RECRUITING RANKINGS: 2025 | 2026 THIS SERIES: Must-get recruiting targets …
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