The amount of news stories at USC football has skyrocketed over the past 72 hours. Coaching staff changes, transfer portal decisions and movements, plus recruiting decisions are creating a tidal wave of developments. The structure of USC’s 2024 roster is undergoing massive upheaval. It is not an enviable position for USC to inhabit. Yet, it is a necessary product of …
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2023 Frisco Bowl odds, line, spread: Marshall vs. UTSA picks, prediction, best bets by expert on 78-32 run
Group of Five powers square off in the only Tuesday game on the 2023-24 college football bowl schedule when the Marshall Thundering Herd and UTSA Roadrunners play in the 2023 Frisco Bowl. These teams have combined for 53 wins over the past three seasons. This is the seventh consecutive bowl appearance for the Herd, while UTSA is appearing in its …
Read More »Breaking down LSU transfer QB addition AJ Swann
LSU added to its quarterback room on Monday, picking up a commitment from Vanderbilt transfer AJ Swann. The addition wasn’t a surprise. It had been known LSU was in the market for a QB with some experience and several years of eligibility remaining. Swann fits that bill. The rising junior appeared in 15 games in two seasons at Vanderbilt but …
Read More »Ohio State football reaches out to transfer linebacker from USC
During the 2023 recruiting cycle, linebacker Tackett Curtis had Ohio State in his final two schools, ultimately choosing USC. This past season, the 6-foot, 2-inch, 225-pound freshman played well for the Trojans, registering 40 tackles, 2 sacks, forcing a fumble, and recovering two. On Monday night, Curtis entered the transfer portal and immediately was connect to the Buckeyes due to …
Read More »UTSA vs. Marshall odds, spread, line: 2023 Frisco Bowl picks, college football predictions from proven model
The Marshall Thundering Herd (6-6) will go up against the UTSA Roadrunners (6-6) in the 2023 Frisco Bowl on Tuesday. These teams have matched up three times, with the Thundering Herd logging a 2-1 record. In 2018, Marshall blew out the Roadrunners 23-0. UTSA finished the regular season fourth in the American Conference with 31.7 points per game. On the …
Read More »USC linebacker Tackett Curtis enters the transfer portal
The aftershocks from a failed 2023 college football season continue to reverberate through the USC football program. After Domani Jackson and Malachi Nelson entered the transfer portal over the previous 24 hours, linebacker Tackett Curtis joined the exodus from Los Angeles. Though not a five-star recruit the way Jackson and Nelson were, Curtis — a four-star linebacker — was still …
Read More »Marshall vs. UTSA prediction, pick, Frisco Bowl odds, spread, live stream, watch online, TV channel
Tuesday’s lone bowl game, the Frisco Bowl, will be a late-night affair highlighting a pair of Group of Five contenders in Marshall and UTSA. The bowl game will mark the fourth all-time meeting between the former Conference USA foes, which Marshall leads 2-1. Marshall started the season 4-0 before a five-game midseason skid put bowl eligibility at risk. However, the …
Read More »New coach Curt Cignetti flipping everything IU football’s way: recruits, narratives, hope
A college football team hires a new coach, like IU did in November, and people get excited. Recruiting immediately goes up a notch. A decent transfer or two shows up. Fans get excited. Happens every year. You’ve seen it. But you’ve not seen anything like what’s happening at IU football. First, the obligatory disclaimers: Wins and losses happen on the …
Read More »The Heisman Trophy winner will not play in ReliaQuest Bowl vs Wisconsin
Wisconsin is dodging a bullet, if you’re heavily invested in the result of the ReliaQuest Bowl between the Badgers and No. 13 LSU Tigers. LSU star quarterback and 2023 Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels announced yesterday he was forgoing the game to prepare for the 2024 NFL Draft. This would’ve been the second matchup between Daniels and the Badgers, the …
Read More »Wisconsin starting inside linebacker commits to a Big Ten rival
Wisconsin starting linebacker Jordan Turner did not spend much time in the transfer portal. After the now-former Badger entered earlier this week, he recently announced his commitment to Michigan State. Turner started two seasons for the Badgers, totaling 135 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, five sacks, three interceptions, three passes defended and two forced fumbles in that time. His 2023 …
Read More »NIL has helped spread the wealth … of talent
Everything is fluid in football recruiting but as of Tuesday, less than 24 hours before recruits begin signing binding letters of intent with their chosen programs, the Rivals.com rankings was somewhat historic. The top 10 recruits in the country were committed to 10 different schools. That’s never happened before, at least not since Rivals began ranking recruits back in 2006. …
Read More »NSD 2023: Ten prospects still on flip watch
If Monday was any indication, as three different high-profile flips went down, the rest of National Signing Day Week will be extremely busy. It will be hard to top No. 1 quarterback Dylan Raiola’s change of heart, switching from UGA to Nebraska on Monday, which is right up there with Travis Hunter as one of the biggest last-minute flips of …
Read More »East Peoria football has a new head coach. Meet him here
Sam Durley has been named the new East Peoria head football coach. The former record-setting Eureka College quarterback was announced as the new coach Tuesday morning, following school board approval at Monday night’s meeting. Durley, who becomes EP’s fifth coach since 2013, replaces Dustin Jefferson, whose resignation was approved at Monday meeting. “My vision for this program is to create …
Read More »College football odds, picks, predictions for 2023-24 bowl season: Computer model likes Oregon and Penn State
The 2023-24 college football bowl schedule is underway, with intriguing matchups taking place across the country over the next few weeks. Air Force had one of the strangest trajectories in the country this season, winning eight straight games before losing its final four games. The Falcons will try to get back on track when they face James Madison in the …
Read More »Why Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s game-winning TD for Seahawks ‘looked familiar’ to Marvin Harrison Jr.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba secured the Seattle Seahawks’ latest win with 28 seconds left Monday night. Trailing 17-13 against the Philadelphia Eagles, Seahawks quarterback Drew Lock found the former Ohio State wide receiver in the end zone for a 29-yard touchdown after he ran down the sideline, securing the catch two steps ahead of the cornerback/ With Smith-Njigba’s reception came the Seahawks’ …
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