College Football

Texas is underrated. Don’t take it from us. Take it from college football analysts who don’t cover the Longhorns. College Football Nerds discussed what many overlook in regard to the issues that Texas presents. They shared the following on why the team is underrated by those who follow college football. “Texas is probably the most underrated team nationally. … They …

The 90th edition and 89th playing of the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl is one of its more exciting matchups, as national brand No. 16 Notre Dame takes on Oregon State on Dec. 29. Notre Dame began the season in the playoff conversation and ended up 9-3. Oregon State started 7-1 before finishing 8-4 and losing their coach to Michigan …

Auburn hired Hugh Freeze in November of 2022, and he immediately got to work. Freeze saved a class that was destined to finish below No. 60 in 247Sports rankings and brought them up to No. 19 following the February signing day. Freeze’s efforts led to Auburn fans coining the phrase “flipmas”, as he snagged several key recruits from other programs …

The Georgia Bulldogs will be looking for help along the defensive line. Georgia defensive end Jonathan Jefferson has entered the NCAA transfer portal. Georgia could lose Nazir Stackhouse and Warren Brinson to the 2024 NFL draft, so Georgia may look to the transfer portal or junior college to add an experienced option along the defensive front. Jonathan Jefferson signed with …

Controversy erupted on Sunday when the 2023 College Football Playoff committee revealed their final four teams: No. 1 Michigan, No. 2 Washington, No. 3 Texas, and No. 4 Alabama. Noticeably absent were the undefeated Florida State Seminoles, who somehow dropped a spot from No. 4 to No. 5 behind the one-loss Longhorns and Crimson Tide. Social media was swift to …

Washington State v Arizona State The transfer portal flows both ways, though it always features the outgoing players first. Notre Dame landed its first incoming transfer on Monday evening with the commitment of Arizona State graduate transfer defensive back Jordan Clark. Next season will be Clark’s sixth, a luxury granted by the universal pandemic eligibility waiver. The 2024-25 offseason will …

The No. 22 Clemson Tigers are used to competing for national championships, but they will have to settle for a meeting with Kentucky in the 2023 Gator Bowl on Dec. 29 during the 2023-24 college football bowl schedule. Clemson won its final four games of the regular season, including a 16-7 win over South Carolina in its latest contest. The …

Dec. 5—Just because the regular season is over doesn’t mean the work is finished for Kentucky’s football coaches. In fact, it might even be the busiest time of the year for Wildcats head coach Mark Stoops & Co. Stoops was briefly in Lexington Monday to present a check for $1.1 million from the Coaches for the Kids Foundation to the …

Elijah Griffin was well known in Georgia football circles before he ever played a snap for the Savannah Christian high school football team as he received an offer from the University of Georgia as an eighth grader. It didn’t take long for the 6-foot-5, 285-pound defensive lineman to show why he is so highly regarded as he became an instant …

USATSI Alabama quarterback Tyler Buchner is entering the transfer portal, but apparently to pursue a sport other than football. The former Notre Dame signal-caller who transferred to the Crimson Tide last offseason was one of many on Monday to enter his name into the portal once again, but this time he did so as a lacrosse athlete with intentions to …

At the start of the NCHSAA football season in August, Hoggard had something to prove. After a season littered with injuries and unfortunate scenarios in 2022, the Vikings wanted to reclaim the Mideastern Conference title this fall and see how far they could advance in the state playoffs. Hoggard’s already achieved one of those goals as they cruised past New …

Alabama’s 27-24 win over Georgia in the 2023 SEC Championship Game included a major contribution from a former Bulldog in Crimson Tide LB Trez Marshall. He recovered a fumble for the game’s only turnover and helped trigger a win that vaulted the Crimson Tide into the College Football Playoff. Below, watch Marshall’s work with analysis from Tuscaloosa News columnist Chase …

Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. has been named a finalist for this year’s Heisman Trophy. >>RELATED: Heisman Trophy finalists: Jayden Daniels, Marvin Harrison Jr., Bo Nix, Michael Penix Jr. The other finalists announced were quarterbacks. They include LSU’s Jayden Daniels, Oregon’s Bo Nix, and Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. The Buckeyes have now had Heisman Trophy finalists in five …

Dec. 4—Ohio State fans hoped Kyle McCord would be another C.J. Stroud or Dwayne Haskins Jr. His head coach might have been happy if he played more like Craig Krenzel. McCord turned out to be none of the above in his first year as a starter, and now he’s leaving the Buckeyes after three years in the program. The junior …

Quarterbacks Jayden Daniels of Louisiana State University, Bo Nix of the University of Oregon and Michael Penix Jr. of the University of Washington and Ohio State University wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. are the four finalists for the Heisman Trophy, organizers announced Monday. The trophy, which is awarded to college football’s most outstanding player, is voted on by 870 media …