College Football

FRISCO, Texas — FRISCO, Texas – The talk of Big 12 Media Days was the quarterback-dominated conference, and West Virginia football wasn’t in those conversations because Rich Rodriguez still hasn’t named the starter. Throughout the spring, Rodriguez kept his cards close to his chest, while fans were left to speculate based on who came out first in the Gold-Blue Game …

James Franklin and the Penn State Nittany Lions enjoyed what might have been the best season in school history in 2024, finishing 13-3 under the leadership of Franklin and quarterback Drew Allar, only for their national championship bid to again fall short as they lost to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.  The loss to the Irish was preceded by a …

This article was first published in the Ute Insiders newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Wednesday night. FRISCO, Texas — As newly minted Utah quarterback Devon Dampier waited for the media assembled in front of him at The Star in Frisco, Texas, to finish setting up their tripods, lights and cameras, Ute offensive tackle Spencer …

In case you need a little college football preview fix ahead of Ohio State kicking things off for the 2025 season, the preseason college football preview magazines are starting to hit the shelves and online. One I’ve enjoyed picking up over the years is Athlon Sports preview magazine. I’ve been reading it for years and I plan to go in-depth …

The College Football season is close to starting in a few months, and it will begin one of the best times of the year. Clemson is projected to be a good team once again (nothing new), after their College Football Playoff appearance last season. Clemson battled Texas in the first round but lost 38-24. The barley snuck in the playoffs …

Thursday marked the official release of EA Sports College Football 26 video game, which led to a flurry of content from streamers and social media users.  After signing arguably the nation’s best influx of talent via traditional recruiting and the transfer portal, Oregon Ducks fans were particularly intrigued about where their new talent would land. The headliner of the group? …

Lamar Brown attends high school on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge. So, it may not be much of a surprise that Brown – a Class of 2026 five-star lineman from University Lab which sits on the edge of the LSU campus – committed to the Tigers during a ceremony Thursday afternoon. But recruiting insiders thought Brown’s choice was too close …

𝑵𝑬𝑾𝑺: 2026 three-star LB Carson Crawford has committed to Colorado. The 6-foot-3, 215-pounder recently decommitted from Texas State. He totaled 22 TFLs and 9 sacks for a Texas 4A state championship team (Carthage) last season. pic.twitter.com/FlveI3SCyV — Scott Procter (@ScottProcter_) July 10, 2025 Colorado football added two defensive commits to its 2026 recruiting class on Thursday. The first recruit was …

The Michigan Wolverines’ follow up to their 2023 national championship win definitely didn’t go as they were hoping, but with the loss of on-field talent (J.J. McCarthy, Blake Corum) and head coach Jim Harbaugh, some struggles could surely be expected in the 2024 season.  The team went 8-5 on the year in 2024, starting out 4-1 with their first five …

Baylor football rarely claims college football recruiting wins over Southeastern Conference foes. But the Bears swooped up a four-star edge rusher in front of Texas and LSU Thursday. Four-star Jamarion Carlton of Temple High chose Baylor over the two SEC powers, he revealed to Hayes Fawcett of On3/Rivals. Baylor also knocked off Big 12 rival Texas Tech for Carlton. The …

SPRING VALLEY, Minn. — Kaaleem Reiland would have never envisioned this. Not in his earliest days, when the Kingsland senior star football player was living in homeless shelters and drug houses with his two siblings, older sister Chantle and younger brother KD, as well as his birth parents, often one of them at a time. Back then, he was just …

Texas football hits a fierce gauntlet out the gate once the 2025 schedule starts. Defending national champion Ohio State is first up. But down the road comes a “mystery” attached to annual rival Oklahoma. The Red River Rivalry opponent aims to improve from their 6-7 showing of last season. The Sooners will want nothing more than to knock off the …

A former Spartan has received a notable preseason honor at his new school. Former Michigan State quarterback Sam Leavitt has been named the preseason Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year. Leavitt, who is entering his second season as the starter at Arizona State, played one season for the Spartans in 2023 before transferring to the Sun Devils. Leavitt starred …

Where does Steve Lassan of Athlon Sports have Michigan State football bowling this season? Well, unfortunately, no where. Lassan released some early bowl projections for the upcoming season earlier this week and somewhat surprisingly he left the Spartans out of the mix. He didn’t even have them in the list of teams he considered “just missing the projections.” Click here …

Josh Pate has spent plenty of time questioning whether Dabo Swinney’s old-school mindset can still win big in a sport dominated by roster turnover and the transfer portal. Yet even with that skepticism, he’s placing one of the boldest bets of the offseason on Clemson’s side. Pate, who’s built a reputation for telling it straight, picked the Tigers to win …