College Football

Vote for the Varsity 845 football players of the week for Oct. 4-5

The Varsity 845 football players of the week polls are online for Oct. 4-5. There will be voting in the large- and small-school divisions. Information was utilized on reports to Varsity 845. Coaches are encouraged to provide their game reports in order for athletes to be chosen; they may also nominate one player from their team by Sunday afternoon. One …

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Penn State football: Short runway means longer trip for Lions

The Penn State football team will leave Thursday from Harrisburg International Airport for its game Saturday at USC. It’s a charter flight that Nittany Lions coach James Franklin would prefer to be making from State College Regional Airport. “We cannot fly out of State College,” Franklin said Monday. “Based on runway length, size of plane, weight of plane (and) fuel …

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Penn State football team is establishing a more physical identity

For a while under coach James Franklin, Penn State was regarded as a finesse team with outstanding speed at its skill positions on offense and among its back seven on defense. That is changing. Over the last few years, the Nittany LIons have built a mightier team dependent on more powerful and deeper offensive and defensive lines. “I think we …

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Fact or Fiction: Notre Dame will land a QB from the portal this offseason

Rivals rankings director and national transfer portal analyst Adam Friedman is joined by Paul Strelow of TigerIllustrated.com, national recruiting director Adam Gorney and Eric Hansen of InsideNDSports.com to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION. MORE: The 10 biggest recruiting visits this weekend ***** MORE TRANSFER PORTAL: Latest news | Transfer search | …

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Heisman odds: After a chaotic Week 6, the top two favorites are both non-QBs

The two current favorites to win the Heisman Trophy are not quarterbacks. Thanks to No. 1 Alabama’s loss at Vanderbilt and No. 4 Tennessee’s loss to Arkansas in Week 6, the new frontrunners aren’t players who primarily throw the football. Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty is the new BetMGM favorite at +225 ahead of Colorado DB/WR Travis Hunter at +350. …

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WSU announces kickoff time for homecoming game against Hawaii

Oct. 7—PULLMAN — Washington State has a kickoff time for this season’s homecoming game. WSU’s Oct. 19 home matchup with Hawaii will kick at 12:30 p.m. on The CW, the school announced Monday. For the Cougars (4-1), it will be the third game of a Pac-12/Mountain West scheduling agreement the conferences struck to provide WSU and Oregon State with games …

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Game 6 Wisconsin football two-deep for Rutgers Scarlet Knights

MADISON – A look at the unofficial two-deep for the Wisconsin football team heading into its game against Rutgers, which is 4-1 with a 1-1 mark in the Big Ten. Kickoff is 11 a.m. Saturday at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey. OFFENSE Quarterback 1 – Braedyn Locke, 6-1, 205, redshirt-soph. 2 – Mabrey Mettauer, 6-4, 230, fr. Running back …

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Multiple flip candidates were on campus for Penn State’s win over UCLA

Penn State remained undefeated by beating UCLA on Saturday, but the sleepy performance didn’t exactly put up a dominating difference on the scoreboard. Not having Nick Singleton available like they expected prior to the game certainly changed some things, and with the massive USC matchup coming up next, it was understandable why they might have just tried to get out …

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Penn State fans impressed 2026 target with ‘insane’ atmosphere

Last Saturday might have been a lackluster game for Penn State on paper when taking on a poor UCLA team, but it was a huge weekend for the Nittany Lions in terms of recruiting. Plenty of high-profile targets were in Happy Valley to watch Penn State stay undefeated and climb the rankings following the carnage that took place around the …

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Drew Allar makes top 25 cut for Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award watch list

Penn State quarterback Drew Allar remains on the watch list for this year’s Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award after the watch list was trimmed to the top 25 candidates. Joining Allar among the 25 remaining players on the Golden Arm watch list include fellow Big Ten quarterbacks Luke Altmyer (Illinois), Billy Edwards Jr. (Maryland), Dillon Gabriel (Oregon), Will Howard (Ohio …

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Michigan expects to start Jack Tuttle at QB vs. Illinois

Senior quarterback Jack Tuttle is expected to start Michigan’s next game versus Illinois on Oct. 19. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) No. 24 Michigan is expected to start its third quarterback of the season versus No. 22 Illinois on Oct. 19. Head coach Sherrone Moore said on the “Inside Michigan Football” coaches show that he expects Jack Tuttle to get the nod …

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