College Football

Getty Images No. 8 Alabama (11-1, 8-0 SEC) faces off against two-time reigning national champ and current-No. 1 Georgia (12-0, 8-0 SEC) in the SEC Championship on Saturday. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban believes a win over the Dawgs should be enough to earn his team a spot in the four-team College Football Playoff field. On Thursday, Saban went as …

Several area high schools are playing for a state football championship in Canton this weekend. >>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: ‘We are strong;’ Community comes together, send off high school football team to state championship Versailles, Springfield, Marion Local, and Archbishop Alter High Schools will each look to be 2023 state football champions. Versailles High students held a parade inside the school Thursday …

UCLA quarterback Dante Moore is entering the transfer portal after an up-and-down freshman season with the Bruins, he told 247Sports on Thursday. Moore arrived as one of the most-celebrated UCLA signees of the modern era and made five starts, but he struggled with ball security in league play and ultimately lost the job late in the year. Moore finished the …

We are still waiting to see what bowl game Penn State will be playing in to wrap up this season, but we can also start planning for the conclusion fo spring football practices in State College in 2024. Penn State announced the date for its annual spring game, the Blue-White Game, on Thursday so fans can start making their plans …

Dalton will play for a state championship for the first time in program history Saturday. The Bulldogs take on top seed Marion Local in the OHSAA Division VII championship game at 10:30 a.m. at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton. Follow sports reporter Alex Tichenor below for live updates from the game. Preview coverage 47 and counting: powerhouse …

USATSI Oregon State running back Damien Martinez was arrested Wednesday night for driving under the influence of intoxicants, Corvallis Police told KEZI 9. According to police, officers stopped Martinez’s vehicle after watching him run a red light and noted the smell of marijuana as they approached. Martinez was booked and released.  A DUII is considered a misdemeanor, with first-time offenders …

It was another disappointing ending to the regular season for the UNC football program in 2023. The Tar Heels got off to a 6-0 start but losses to Virginia and Georgia Tech ended any hopes for a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game. They closed out the season with back-to-back losses at Clemson and NC State, with the …

Who are the Lobos targeting? Follow @MWCwire Finding the replacement for the Lobos New Mexico is searching for a new head coach after parting ways with Danny Gonzales. Over his four-season tenure, Gonzales, a former player at New Mexico, progressed from a variety of roles which included stops at San Diego State and Arizona State as defensive coordinators. Then he …

The Oklahoman sports team delivers the key players, moments and more from the area’s top high school football games in Week 14. More: How Blanchard football is giving back to elementary school on the way to state finals Blanchard 19, Wagoner 14 Blanchard’s Carson Cooksey (6) passes the ball during the 4A high school football state championship game between Blanchard and Wagoner …

CHATTANOOGA – The first day of the TSSAA BlueCross Bowl state championship games are over. Here is how the top Power 5 college prospects fared after Thursday Division II title games. Amari Jefferson, Baylor, Sr.: The Mr. Football finalist and Alabama commit finished two yards shy of tying a state championship record for most receiving yards in a title game when he …

Nov. 30—While it understandably may still linger in some players’ minds, no one in the Wyomissing locker room is talking about it. A year ago, the Spartans fell to Neumann-Goretti 20-17 in heartbreaking fashion on a touchdown with eight seconds left in the PIAA Class 3A football semifinals, missing out on a third-straight appearance in the state championship game. However, …

CHATTANOOGA — Baylor wide receiver Amari Jefferson popped up off the artificial turf at Finley Stadium and pointed the ball forward, thinking he had a crucial first-down catch on a fourth-and-12 late in the game. Instead, Jefferson watched in disbelief when the official spotted the ball one yard short, allowing McCallie to take over and end the game in a …

Nov. 30—Navarro Football accepted an invitation Tuesday to represent the Southwest Junior College Football Conference as the host team for the TIPS-C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart Of Texas Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 2, at Memorial Stadium on the Texas A&M University-Commerce campus. Coach Ryan Taylor’s SWJCFC runner-up Navarro Bulldogs (6-4) will face coach Glenn Davis’ Copiah-Lincoln Wolves (9-2) from Wesson, Ms., in a …

Nov. 30—Penn State is expected to hire Kansas assistant coach Andy Kotelnicki as its new offensive coordinator, Bruce Feldman of The Athletic reported Thursday. Kotelnicki has worked for Jayhawks coach Lance Leipold since 2013, first at Division III power Wisconsin-Whitewater and then at Buffalo before he joined the Kansas staff when Leipold was hired in 2021. He replaces Mike Yurcich, …

CHATTANOOGA — Jay St. Hilaire and Whit Muschamp recently rode in a car for two hours together to visit Vanderbilt’s football program. They’re buddies whose Chattanooga private schools are nine miles apart from each other. But Thursday was an exception. The 2024 Vanderbilt quarterback commitments combined for 567 yards passing and six touchdowns while playing against each other in the …