College Football

Dec. 5—MORGANTOWN — The Charlotte Sports Foundation was in a tough spot on Sunday. The CSF has contracts for teams in the ACC and SEC to play in its Duke’s Mayo Bowl in Charlotte, NC ; however, the SEC did not have enough bowl-eligible teams to fulfill its contracts this season and the ACC took a long time to decide …

Dec. 5—PULLMAN — Like he did during much of his swan song season at Washington State, edge rusher Brennan Jackson led the Cougars in the All-Pac-12 awards. Jackson landed on the second-team defense, the only WSU player to make an all-conference team. Four others — quarterback Cam Ward, edge Ron Stone Jr., wide receiver Lincoln Victor and safety Jaden Hicks …

LAS VEGAS — If there is a college athletics revolution in the near future, the NCAA is now admitting it wants to be part of it. In a letter sent to membership Tuesday, NCAA president Charlie Baker proposed sweeping changes to his association’s amateurism model that would essentially create pay for play between schools and athletes. Baker proposed a new …

Dec. 5—COLUMBUS — How much will Ohio State’s roster change between now and the 2024 season-opener against Akron? Probably very much, but at this point it might be harder to say with certainty at this time than any year before. Coach Ryan Day’s team had seven senior starters, but only two of them (safety Josh Proctor and right guard Matt …

USATSI Texas A&M defensive lineman and former five-star recruit LT Overton plans to enter the transfer portal, 247Sports reports. Ranked as the No. 17 overall prospect in the 2022 class by 247Sports, Overton originally chose the Aggies over Oklahoma, Georgia, Oregon and a host of other offers.  247Sports scouting analyst Gabe Brooks had high praise for Overton as a high …

Ohio State football has seen over 10 players enter the transfer portal since the window opened on Monday, one of them being starting quarterback Kyle McCord. The expectation for the Cotton Bowl was that the Buckeyes would play Devin Brown and true freshman Lincoln Kienholz, as both the backups got some run during the regular season. It seemed like the …

USATSI Middle Tennessee is expected to hire former Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason to replace longtime coach Rick Stockstill, 247Sports reports. Mason led the Commodores from 2014-20 and was the defensive coordinator for Auburn and Oklahoma State before serving as a TV analyst this season. He will be charged with breathing new life into the Blue Raiders, who made 10 bowl …

You would have to imagine that Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin and his staff would have spent a good amount of time in preparing for the Peach Bowl trying to figure out how to slow down Penn State defensive end Chop Robinson. Fortunately for Kiffin and the Rebels, they won’t have to worry about one of Penn State’s top …

Add Ron DeSantis to the mix of Florida politicians who are bashing the College Football Playoff. The Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate said Tuesday that he is asking the state legislature for an extra $1 million to be set aside for Florida State to sue the College Football Playoff committee after the Seminoles were left out of the four-team …

Notre Dame’s leading receiver from the 2023 regular season is headed home. Chris Tyree, who converted from running back to wide receiver this past season, will play his final season of college football at Virginia. He entered the transfer portal just hours after Notre Dame’s regular season ended with a victory at Stanford. Tyree, one of Notre Dame’s fastest players …

As explosive as the UNC football team is offensively, that same team struggles significantly on the defensive side of the football. The Tar Heels gave us fans life early in the season – sacking South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler nine times in Week 1, holding Syracuse to single-digits and limiting Minnesota QB Athas Kaliakmanis to a less-than 50% completion rate. …

Basha Bears quarterback Demond Williams Jr. (9) looks to pass while being pursued by Chandler Wolves strong safety Cam Cooper (8) at Basha High School in Chandler on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Alex Gould/Special for The Republic The NFL’s Arizona Cardinals have named Basha quarterback Demond Williams Jr. the Arizona high school football Player of the Year for the 2023 …

Texas A&M star wide receiver Evan Stewart’s impending future with the program has left plenty of Aggie fans on their toes, but keeping up with Stewart’s social media updates is any indication of his current mindset; A&M is still very much in play. In even more entertaining fashion, Stewart, a former five-star prospect within the Aggies’ historic 2022 recruiting class, …

Never let it be said that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn’t have his priorities straight. That’s because his latest decision suggests he doesn’t. DeSantis is apparently so miffed that Florida State’s undefeated football team was not invited into the college playoff that he lashed out at the NCAA’s College Football Playoff committee on Sunday: “What we learned today is that …

I know much was made of the notion that the SEC used its bully pulpit to avoid being excluded from the CFP for the first time ever and that commissioner Greg Sankey politicked until he was Kentucky blue in the face. And I get why some think the selection committee bowed to the pressure and didn’t dare risk offending the …