College Football

Jan. 14—Ohio State entered the offseason with a great deal of roster uncertainty. With the deadline for underclassmen to tell the NFL they want to enter the 2024 draft coming Monday, head coach Ryan Day and his staff won’t be sweating it out. Almost every 2023 starter was a senior or a draft-eligible underclassman, and teams that recruit like Ohio …

The Alabama football program continues to receive huge news. Recently, 2025 interior offensive lineman Devin Harper released his top schools list. Among the programs listed was the Alabama Crimson Tide. Harper is one of the highest-ranked interior offensive linemen in the ’25 recruiting class. He has not taken a visit to Tuscaloosa at this time. However, the Crimson Tide remains …

WIMBERLEY — It would be easy to judge Wimberley quarterback Cody Stoever by the impressive stat lines he delivers each week during the football season. His numbers from this past season need no explanation: 2,992 passing yards with 41 touchdown passes, 1,585 rushing yards with 32 more touchdowns. In his final game, a 35-33 loss to Bellville in a Class …

Whether it’s a simple Ping Pong game with friends or leading the Westlake defense, Elliott Schaper thrives on competition. It’s one of the reasons the junior linebacker excelled for the Chaps this season and plays into why he was selected as the American-Statesman’s defensive player of the year on the 2023 All-Central Texas Football Team. Described by Westlake coach Tony …

Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer spent two seasons at Washington. He developed relationships with the players and has a better understanding of the team than anyone else in the country. With him departing Washington, there will likely be multiple impactful transfers as well as other reserve players from Washington that test out the transfer portal. Needless to say, there is …

Here’s an in-depth look at The Oklahoman’s 111th All-State football first-team defense and special teams selections. Oklahoma HS fall sports: 2023 All-State, All-City teams in football, softball & more The Oklahoman’s 111th All-State football team: First-team defense Del City’s LaDainian Fields is pictured in Downtown Oklahoma City, on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. Defensive Player of the Year: LaDainian Fields, Del …

We’re talking Big Ten football here, since the next college football season will be USC’s first in the Big Ten. We asked our football panelists if USC will finish ahead of Ohio State and Penn State in 2024. Matt Zemek, Trojans Wire: Certainly ahead of Penn State. If the Trojans can land some defensive and offensive tackles in the spring …

It’s a simple question, and we posed it to our Pac-12 football panel as the conference dies and several schools move into the Big Ten: Will Oregon finish ahead of Ohio State and Penn State in 2024? Matt Zemek, Trojans Wire: Yes. The Ducks have a much better quarterback and a comparable roster. Zachary Neel, Ducks Wire: Yes, I think …

It might take a minute before newly hired Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer actually goes out and recruits. However, there are some calls that DeBoer can make to recruits now that he has officially accepted the head coaching position at the University of Alabama. DeBoer will have to quickly assemble a coaching staff to be able to get out on …

Rutgers football added a dynamic wide receiver via the transfer portal when former Monmouth wide receiver Dymere Miller committed to the Scarlet Knight in mid-December. Rutgers’ new offensive weapon put together a tremendous final season at Monmouth in 2023, recording 90 receptions for 1,295 yards and nine touchdowns. For his efforts in 2023, Miller was one of 11 athletes named …

Fans around the country demand accountability for preseason predictions that, at the time, insult your team, your coach and your intelligence. Well, that’s what we hear on social media anyway. If you are one of those fans who have that reaction to preseason predictions, this column is for you. Accountability seems like a lost cause these days, but it’s that …

Georgia Bulldogs senior defensive tackle Warren Brinson is returning for another season in Athens, Georgia. The 6-foot-4, 305-pound defensive tackle was Georgia’s highest-graded defensive lineman according to Pro Football Focus. Brinson finished the 2023 college football season with 21 total tackles and two sacks. Brinson joins several other Bulldogs in opting to return to school instead of entering the NFL …

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights have had a tough time in the Big Ten Conference. With Washington, UCLA, USC, and Oregon all joining, it will be even that much more difficult to win games and make some noise. The good news is Rutgers’ nonconference schedule is a breeze: Howard, Akron, and Virginia Tech. The bad news is right after that they …

With the Michigan Wolverines being the college football national champions for 2023, it is time to transition from the Pac-12 Conference to the Big Ten Conference. With USC, UCLA, Washington, and Oregon joining the Big Ten in 2024 and beyond, it will look a lot different. We take a look at each program’s toughest game looking ahead for 2024, and …

What does Kalen DeBoer bring? What does he not bring? Will his wiz of an offensive coordinator, Ryan Grubb, come along? And are his shoulders broad enough to bear the weight of replacing a living legend? On his first day on the job, there were myriad questions about Alabama football’s 28th head coach. But let’s put this one to rest …