College Football

Five days before No. 3 Florida State faces No. 6 Georgia in the Orange Bowl matchup, its starting quarterback has opted out and decided he’s transferring. Welcome to the age of the NCAA transfer portal in college football. Many are going to blame Tate Rodemaker for the timing of the decision, made public Christmas Day. Don’t. The redshirt junior has …

Christmas has come and gone. The Oklahoma Sooners went into the final week of 2023 with another top-10 recruiting class and are now preparing for their Alamo Bowl matchup with the Arizona Wildcats. In the midst of the holidays, 247Sports shared what they’d give each of the top 25 teams in the nation for Christmas. For the Oklahoma Sooners, it …

It was a memorable 2023 in college football. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images) College football had plenty of moments that fueled our fandom in 2023, from dramatic finishes to a playoff scandal and a coach you couldn’t look away from. Here are the top 10 moments of 2023. [More top moments: NFL, NBA, WNBA, Soccer, Golf, all of sports] Ohio State loses …

The 1984 Orange Bowl between the Miami Hurricanes, coached by Howard Schnellenberger (pictured), and the Nebraska Cornhuskers is one of the best games in Orange Bowl history. The Orange Bowl is one of the oldest bowl games in college football. The first Orange Bowl capped off the 1934 college football season with the Bucknell Bison defeating the Miami Hurricanes 26-0 …

LSU will be taking on the Wisconsin Badgers in the ReliaQuest Bowl on January 1st. We will get a chance to take a look at the future of the program as this game does not count towards burning a redshirt for any freshmen on the team. Five guys who I think could have a big game against the Badgers are …

Notre Dame’s quarterback Joe Montana gets last minute talk with head Coach Dan Devine in closing minutes of game with the University of Houston at Cotton Bowl Classic on Monday, Jan. 2, 1979 in Dallas, Texas. Notre Dame won the hard-fowl game 35- 34. The Cotton Bowl is one of the oldest bowl games in college football. Since the 1936 …

There are few things we sports folk enjoy more than sharing “best of” lists (unless it’s “worst of” lists) when we’re at the dinner table, the bar or in the car. One of the main reasons we like to throw lists around is because it helps us flex our institutional memory (such as it is), and it can also lead …

ORLANDO, Fla. — Ask Kansas State football center Hayden Gillum what makes Conor Riley an effective coach and he doesn’t hesitate. “I think no matter where you have coach Riley, if he’s the head coach or being an equipment manager, he’s going to give his all, and that’s something that we know we’ll get with him as coordinator,” Gillum said …

Dec. 26—The early signing period has come and gone. Many of Northeast Mississippi’s biggest prospects have officially shut the door on their recruitment, although a few others have yet to decide. As of December 22nd, 10 area recruits have signed with FBS schools. All 10 were also among the Top 50 highest-rated prospects in the state of Mississippi by 247sports. …

Dec. 26—PRINCETON — Throughout the 2023 high school football season, Princeton head football coach Keith Taylor kept saying it. Not because it was something he hoped might be true. But because he was convinced that it was true. “Dom Collins is the best high school football player in West Virginia,” Taylor repeatedly asserted to whomever was listening. Collins’ feet are …

No. 7 Ohio State plays in its third Cotton Bowl in program history when the Buckeyes take on No. 9 Missouri on Friday, Dec. 29 at 8 p.m. ET. The Buckeyes’ last appearance in the Cotton Bowl was a 24-7 win over USC in 2017. Ohio State is 1-3 in its last four bowl or College Football Playoff games against …

Christmas has not brought a lot of great news stories to USC football fans. Recruiting rankings and transfer portal hauls have been less than spectacular. Oregon and Dan Lanning (and Phil Knight) are outpacing the Trojans in the realm of player acquisitions. Oregon has the No. 5 recruiting class for the 2024 cycle, USC No. 18. Oregon has 17 blue-chip …

The matchup for the 2023 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl was shrouded in mystery until the last minute. In that regard, the matchup for the 2024 Sun Bowl has a one year head start in the mystery department. “I have no idea,” was how executive director Bernie Olivas described the 2024 game, which presumably will pit a team from the …

The USC Trojans and quarterback Miller Moss face the Louisville Cardinals in the 2023 Holiday Bowl on Wednesday. It’s a tough matchup for Moss, which could set him up for failure. Yet, that’s just the way it should be for Moss. It wouldn’t really mean much for Moss if he went up against an opponent with a pillow-soft defense, such …

New Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko has continued to utilize the transfer portal throughout the month of December, landing seven players, including former Kansas State cornerback Will Lee Jr., who is a plug and player going into the 2024 season. While nearly every position on defense has been addressed, the defensive tackle spot has seen vast attrition due to …