College Football

NOTE: This is the first of a three-part series profiling Shelby native and Missouri football standout Ty’ron Hopper as he prepares for the upcoming NFL Draft. Football has taken Ty’Ron Hopper places and provided opportunities one could only dream of. However, the Shelby native isn’t shy about where his competitive spirit derives. “I’ll always remember playing at Shelby City Park. …

BLOOMINGTON — The Indiana football team is about to embark on a new era under coach Curt Cignetti with a roster that bares little resemblance to the one that closed out the season with a 35-31 loss to Purdue. The Hoosiers only brought back 10 of the 22 players who started last year’s regular-season finale. They lost more than 30 players …

STILLWATER — Oklahoma State football is set to have two Friday conference games in 2024, following the announcement Tuesday that the Cowboys’ road trip to BYU will be shifted off the weekend. OSU will face BYU on Friday, Oct. 18, which comes after an open week for the Cowboys. Kickoff time and television coverage for the game have not been …

Utah State quarterback Cooper Legas (5) looks to throw during game on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023 in Logan, Utah. The Aggies began spring drills Tuesday in Logan. | Tyler Tate, Associated Press College football is back. For a time, at least. Tuesday, Utah State began a five-week spring camp period, during which time the Aggies will participate in 15 practice …

Lincoln Riley isn’t trying to be secretive in this case. He is putting his cards on the table along with offensive line coach Josh Henson. The word is out that Jonah Monheim, USC’s best offensive lineman in 2023, will slide over to the center position for the upcoming 2024 season. The move, coming right before the start of spring football …

There are some big shoes to fill on the Texas football team’s defensive front as the Longhorns kicked off spring football practices on a crisp Tuesday morning at Denius Fields. Quite literally. T’Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy II, a pair of All-American defensive tackles who formed the foundation of Texas’ dominant run defense in 2023, will soon become high picks …

Among the Texas Tech football position groups to receive a makeover during the off-season were the tight ends. Baylor Cupp and Henry Teeter finished up at the end of last season, and Jayden York transferred to Houston. Among the newly arrived are three transfers — Jalin Conyers from Arizona State, Jason Llewellyn from Oklahoma and Johncarlos Miller from Elon — …

(Darryl Norenberg-USA TODAY Sports) His name might not be familiar to the current generation of Florida State football fans, but it’s one forever remembered in Seminole folklore. Quarterback Steve Tensi, who directed the program to its first win over Florida and its first win in a bowl game – and threw many of his record-setting touchdown passes in the early-1960s …

Miller Moss is a top candidate to be USC’s starting quarterback next season. (Ashley Landis / Associated Press) He’s the quarterback whisperer. The Heisman maker. The offensive mastermind. But on Tuesday, when USC opened spring practice, Lincoln Riley was the defensive observer. The head coach who built his career as a quarterback maestro watched every defensive drill intently during the …

The release of the 2024 NCAA Tournament matchups gives fans everywhere several different ways to participate in our national pastime of filling out a bracket. You could pick teams according to their color, which mascot would win in a fight or any other range of nonsensical parameters to game out all 63 selections needed to crown a champion.  For us …

Rutgers football offered Gerrick Gordon, a standout offensive lineman from Florida. Gordon, a class of 2025 recruit, is a very solid guard prospect from Trinity Catholic (Ocala, Florida). He checks in at a solid 6-foot-4 and 290 pounds.and holds offers from Duke, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, Purdue, South Carolina and West Virginia among others. According to 247Sports, he is the …

Helmet technology is coming to college football. Just not quite yet for Memphis. The Tigers kicked off spring practices on Tuesday, but coach Ryan Silverfield said the American Athletic Conference hasn’t yet signed off allowing helmet microphones during practices. The NCAA is expected to formally approve a proposal that will allow the technology to be used this season, and that’ll …

Memphis football quarterback Seth Henigan just wants to be an 85 overall. An 85 overall, that is, in the new college football video game — EA Sports College Football 2024 — that will be released this summer. “The difference between an 85 and an 84, to me, there’s a huge difference,” he said Tuesday. “85 rounds up to 90.” Henigan …

On their first day back at Nippert Stadium after spring break, University of Cincinnati quarterbacks Brendan Sorsby and Brady Lichtenberg assessed the talent they’re surrounded by in 2024. Tuesday was just UC’s fourth spring practice, but Coach Scott Satterfield has his quarterbacks constantly in motion. He also expects them to have some form of a plan. “If they’re back there …

The Texas Tech football team started spring practice on Tuesday, refreshingly absent debate over who should be the starting quarterback. Behren Morton is that guy, and he took all the snaps a Red Raiders No. 1 quarterback would normally take on the first day. A debate might well evolve regarding the pecking order behind him, where redshirt freshman Jake Strong, …