College Football

This was a rollercoaster ride. On Monday night, former UNLV quarterback Jayden Maiava was seemingly transferring to Georgia in a slightly unexpected get for the Dawgs over the USC Trojans. A mere 24 hours later, he changed his mind and decided to go to Los Angeles to join Lincoln Riley. As a redshirt freshman this past season at UNLV, Maiava …

The USC Trojans missed out on a number of quarterbacks in the transfer portal, most notably Will Howard, who decided to go to Ohio State. Then, UNLV transfer Jayden Maiava decided to go to Georgia and be the heir apparent to Carson Beck. However, late on Tuesday night in a stunning turn of events, reports emerged that Maiava flipped his …

The Badgers added two players in the transfer portal Tuesday as both linebacker Tackett Curtis (USC) and defensive lineman Elijah Hills (University at Albany) committed to the team ahead of the 2024 campaign. According to 247Sports’ ranking system, Wisconsin’s 2023 transfer class now ranks 11th nationally, with more time to go. Luke Fickell’s squad has added many defensive players, including …

More proof is pouring in that Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks are good at hiring as if any more were needed. Earlier this week, Matrix Analytical — a sports analytics company — released their All-American coaching staff for the 2023 season. Just as players are named to All-American teams after seasons based on their performance, Matrix Analytical does the …

2024 All-American CJ Carr from Saline High School in Michigan has verbally committed to the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Of the 23 recruits Notre Dame signed last month, 11 of them will begin their careers on the offensive side of the ball, led by a quartet of offensive linemen. Irish head coach Marcus Freeman did not discuss those …

It feels like with the end of the college football season on Monday night, following the Michigan Wolverines’ 34-13 win over the Washington Huskies in the national championship game, an era in the sport came to an end. No longer will we have a four-team College Football Playoff, and no longer will we have five power conferences dominating the landscape. …

HOUSTON — There was a not-so-subtle question lingering Monday night as Jim Harbaugh walked off the NRG Stadium field after winning the College Football Playoff National Championship. The ultimate Michigan Man had become a maize & blue legend beating Washington 34-13 for Michigan’s first national title since 1997. Now what? That query will continue hanging in the air longer than some …

Michigan won the national championship without having to face Georgia, but would that have mattered? The Wolverines rattled off wins against Ohio State, Alabama and Washington. Cheating allegations aside, they’re deserving champs. And yet … we can’t help but wonder how a Michigan-Georgia national championship would have gone. The Bulldogs won 29 straight games (and two national championships) before losing …

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh could have a decision to make following his team’s 34-13 win vs. Washington in Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship. As he has each of the past two years, Harbaugh is expected to draw serious interest from NFL teams searching for a new leader. Those talks are sure to reach a fever pitch after the Wolverines’ recent …

The college football season is complete and Michigan has been crowned national champions. Now the coaches get their say in where the rest of the teams will be ranked in the final US LBM Coaches Poll of the season. National runner-up Washington finishes second, but its position wasn’t unanimous among voters. After an Orange Bowl matchup between the teams, Georgia …

HOUSTON — Everyone will remember the interception, and rightly so. You don’t have to scan the web for long to find viral recordings of Mike Sainristil’s College Football Playoff title game-sealing theft, perhaps most memorably from the phones of Michigan football fans who recorded the defensive back’s pick while watching at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor on Monday night. …

The state champion Massillon Tigers football team is seeking an offensive line coach. Longtime area coach Jon Mazur resigned after nine years with the Tigers. “I want to thank everyone that has supported me on my football journey,” Mazur wrote on Facebook. “31 total years, 10 as a player and 21 as a coach. I have enjoyed every single second. …

Monday’s national championship game had to sicken the Alabama Crimson Tide. Take it from Terrion Arnold. “Watching this game hurt man,” the Alabama defensive back wrote on social media after Michigan dominated Washington, 34-13. Alabama was a fourth-down, fourth-quarter stop away from winning the Rose Bowl. Michigan converted fourth-and-2, scored the game-tying touchdown and beat the Tide in overtime. Too …

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh used the platform provided by his team’s national championship victory to advocate for player rights on Tuesday, calling unionization “the next step.” Speaking the morning after his team’s 34-13 College Football Playoff National Championship victory over Washington, Harbaugh made an impassioned case for continued player empowerment. “The thing I would change about college football is to …

Colorado football star quarterback Shedeur Sanders, the son of Buffs head coach Deion Sanders, has grown into a household name across the country. After Shedeur Sanders’ impressive start to the 2023 season, he was even in the Heisman Trophy Award conversation before taking a step back, mainly due to the poor performance of Colorado’s offensive line. Prior to Michigan beating …