College Football

In 2024, we leave the four-team College Football Playoff era behind and move to a 12-team format that is sure to change the entire sport. As we reflect on the four-team era and the 40 teams that participated in it over its decade run, where does LSU’s lone representative stand? In 2019, the Tigers went 15-0 behind Heisman winner Joe …

Tennessee offered a scholarship to 2025 three-star wide receiver CJ Wiley. “Blessed to receive an offer from Vol football,” Wiley announced. The 6-foot-4, 190-pound wide receiver prospect is from Milton High School in Milton, Georgia. Wiley is the No. 297 overall prospect in the class of 2025. He ranks as the No. 36 wide receiver and No. 35 player in …

Brian Kelly and LSU continue to build their new look defensive staff. Following the arrival of defensive coordinator Blake Baker, LSU added two assistants to work with the defensive line: Bo Davis and Kevin Peoples. For Davis, it was a return 20 years in the making as one of the most high profile assistants in the country returns to Baton …

In 2024, college football will look like nothing we’ve ever seen. Conference realignment did plastic surgery to the game we’ve grown up with. The Pac-12 is essentially gone as Oregon, USC, Washington, and UCLA move to the Big Ten. The Big 12 added Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah. Stanford and Cal are off to the ACC, along with SMU …

Arizona is back in the coaching market as Jedd Fisch has left the Wildcats after three years to take the job at Washington. The Wildcats are the latest victim of the domino effect created by Nick Saban’s retirement; Fisch was hired to replace Kalen DeBoer, who left to replace the legend at Alabama. Now, Arizona has a chance to speed up …

Florida football bolstered its quarterback room on Sunday with its third scholarship passer thanks to the NCAA transfer portal. Former Colorado State Rams quarterback Clay Millen originally out of Snoqualmie, Washington, gave his verbal commitment to the Gators this past weekend. The 6-foot-3-inch, 210-pound signal-caller is a two-time portal veteran, having started his career with the Nevada Wolf Pack in …

The Florida football program hosted a plethora of high school prospects from the 2025 recruiting cycle on Saturday, and the team is looking to flip a four-star wideout from his commitment to Georgia. 2025 cornerback recruit Tae Harris wandered around the UF campus during his official visit over the weekend and the high school junior seems elated with what he’s …

Although the stats don’t jump off the sheet, Notre Dame football defensive tackle Howard Cross had a big season in 2023. He may not be the most hyped returning Irish star, but he may be one of the most important. Cross has seen his production increase each season in South Bend, this past year being his best. Cross had 66 …

The college football recruiting contact period is back open and the Florida Gators are taking advantage of the opportunity to host some of the top recruits in the nation in the coming weekends. One name that has come up is four-star defensive lineman Malik Autry out of Opelika (Alabama) in the 2025 cycle. The 6-foot-6-inch, 280-pound defender committed to the Auburn …

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The field of College Football Playoff expands this coming season, and that is good news for Notre Dame. Although due to the new rules, the Irish won’t be able to secure a first-round bye, they still are positioning themselves to make the field of twelve teams. It’s extremely early to know if they will actually make it, but 247Sports Brad …

Florida A&M football will return from its first Southwestern Athletic Conference and HBCU Celebration Bowl championship appearances and victories next season. The Rattlers also finished with a 12-1 record, their most wins in a season since the program’s 1978 NCAA Division I-AA championship-winning team. The sole loss came against Football Bowl Subdivision opponent South Florida, faltering 38-25 in Tampa. So, 2024 is a chance for FAMU to …

Ken “SID” Kortemeyer still hasn’t forgotten that beautiful spring day. About 30 years ago, Kortemeyer was on the campus of the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota. Then the athletics director, Kortemeyer walked into the gym, where the office of football coach Bob Young was located. That day, Young was meeting with a recruit who was on campus for …

Former Oklahoma football stars Baker Mayfield and Jalen Hurts will be rivals Monday when Tampa Bay visits Philadelphia in the NFC wild-card round of the NFL playoffs. The two did not play at Oklahoma at the same time, but both were part of the Sooners’ three-year run of Heisman Trophy finalists: Mayfield won in 2017; Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray …

At the end of the 2022 season, Oregon Duck fans saw offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham leave Eugene to take a head coaching job in the state of Arizona. A year later, it looks like history has a chance to repeat itself. While Dillingham left to take over the Arizona State Sundevils, the last 24 hours have seen current Oregon OC …