College Football

NORMAN — Dillon Gabriel’s message to Jackson Arnold was simple. “He just told me to have fun and ball out,” Arnold said Tuesday. “I hope we see him down the line next year.” With Gabriel having entered the transfer portal and committed to Oregon, Arnold is OU’s clear starting quarterback as the Sooners prepare for the Dec. 28 Alamo Bowl …

On Dec. 12 of 2021, five-star quarterback Quinn Ewers committed to the University of Texas. Ewers had initially pledged to play for Texas in August 2020 under Tom Herman, but changed his mind and switched to Ohio State University just two months later. He later enrolled at Ohio State, but only played two snaps for the Buckeyes and did not …

OXFORD — Playing football in the SEC is an enormous task alone. But competing with those same programs in the NIL world is a newly formed skill that Ole Miss is adapting. Athletic director Keith Carter said the job the Rebels have done with NIL is one to be noticed. “I think our collective is doing a fantastic job,” Carter …

Attorney General Ashley Moody is the latest Florida politician to question Florida State’s snub from the College Football Playoff. When the undefeated Seminoles, fresh off their first ACC title since 2014, were left out of the four-team playoff field in favor of Texas and Alabama — both one-loss teams — it quickly drew the ire of FSU fans. Many believe …

New Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko is quickly assembling his coaching staff and is bringing a prominent name to College Station. According to a report from John Brice of FootballScoop, Elko has finalized a deal to hire former Louisiana State University coach Tommy Moffitt as the Aggies’ next director of football strength & conditioning.   Moffitt spent more than …

After a decade, the College Football Playoff era is receiving its first big update. The field will be expanded from four teams to a whopping 12. How will this work and is this a good idea? Don’t worry, it’s all quite simple. Beginning in 2024, the six highest-ranked conference champions will be given an automatic bid to the playoffs. From …

Tank Booker is leaving Fayetteville. The Arkansas defensive tackle announced his entry into the transfer portal on Tuesday afternoon with a message on Twitter/X. “Sometimes, your plan and God’s plan for you do not coincide,” Booker wrote. “With that, I am entering my name into the transfer portal for my graduate year.” Booker played one season with Arkansas after four …

Phoenix Mountain Pointe running back Christian Clark will take his last high school final Friday, then get on a plane to Texas, and, by early next week he’ll be following the Longhorns’ football team as it prepares for what it hopes are two bowl games concluding with a national championship. On Tuesday, Mountain Pointe held a big sendoff, a sort …

Last year around this time, Michigan football was highly active in the transfer portal for perhaps the first time. Before even getting to the College Football Playoff semifinal, the Wolverines had commitments from former Nebraska linebacker Ernest Hausmann and Arizona State offensive lineman LaDarius Henderson. Both played big roles for the maize and blue in 2023, and certainly, Michigan is …

Dec. 12—VERMILLION — Don’t get it twisted: South Dakota’s 45-17 loss to North Dakota State in the FCS quarterfinals was indeed a massive letdown. And because of the fashion in which it happened — the Coyotes were ran over by a herd of angry Bison in their home stadium on national TV for 60 minutes — the final memory of …

After two years as head football coach of the Godby Cougars, Demario Jones is stepping down and heading to Georgia, named as head coach at Charlton County in Folkston. Jones confirmed to the Tallahassee Democrat that he was stepping down as head coach at Godby, and in a social media post late Tuesday night, he was announced as the new …

Dec. 12—ROCHESTER — Five football players from the Rochester Community and Technical College football team that was the NJCAA Division III national runner-up have earned All-America honors for the 2023 season. On offense, wide receiver Terrence Isaac Jr. and lineman Gavin Layton were both named First Team All-America. Layton, a 6-foot-6, 290-pound sophomore from Andover, was the anchor of the …

Forestview football has selected one of its own as its next head coach. Chris Rayfield was tabbed as the Jaguars’ football coach on Tuesday. A 2003 Forestview alum, he succeeds former head man Chris Medlin, who stepped down in November after going 100-100 in 17 seasons. “(Among the reasons for Rayfield’s hire was his) passion for our school and community,” …

Dec. 12—COLUMBUS — Ohio State is keeping the band together, at least for now. Juniors Jack Sawyer, Tyleik Williams, Emeka Egbuka, Donovan Jackson, Denzel Burke and Jordan Hancock all told reporters Tuesday they will play in the Cotton Bowl for the Buckeyes against Missouri on Dec. 29. All of them also said they are undecided on whether or not they …

Dec. 12—OXFORD — While it was more ceremonial than anything, Tuesday signified what everybody at Ole Miss already knew. It’s officially bowl season in Oxford. No. 11 Ole Miss (10-2, 6-2 SEC) officially accepted its Peach Bowl invite from CEO and president Gary Stokan, a little over a week following the announcement of the Dec. 30 matchup with No. 10 …