College Football

Dec. 16—James Franklin almost always walks into a room carrying high wattage and positivity, like he asks Penn State football players to do. Friday was different, though. The 51-year-old Franklin looked drawn and weary when he sat down at Beaver Stadium for Peach Bowl media day. He and his assistant coaches had been on the road the last two weeks …

Incoming freshman quarterback CJ Carr hasn’t even signed his national letter of intent yet but he’s already practicing at Notre Dame. That’s because a new rule allows early entrees to practice for bowl games with their squads. Carr, a four-star quarterback from Saline, Mich. has taken advantage of exactly that and the early returns are positive. “Today he was slinging …

Michigan football might be the No. 1 team in the country entering the College Football Playoff semifinal, but with Jim Harbaugh having lost the past two semifinals and going up against the most decorated head coach in the country, a lot of people think that Alabama will continue to do what it does in the postseason — win. But Nick …

The 2023 Starco Brands LA Bowl features a battle of programs that ended their regular seasons trending in opposing directions as the UCLA Bruins face the Boise State Broncos. The Broncos (8-5) overcame a 3-4 start to their season that included a coaching change and ended the season as Mountain West Conference champions. They will look to finish their memorable …

This is not a happy update for Georgia football fans: It appears that Dylan Raiola’s official visit to Nebraska is going well. Raiola, a five-star quarterback, has been a Georgia football commit since mid-May. Last year, he was committed to Ohio State for roughly seven months. This weekend, he is on an official visit to Nebraska where he was spotted …

Texas Tech will meet Cal in the Independence Bowl on Saturday in Shreveport, Louisiana, in the night cap of the first day of Bowl Season festivities. This will mark the second all-time meeting between the programs and first since the Red Raiders upset an Aaron Rodgers-led Cal team in the 2004 Holiday Bowl. The Bears are back in a bowl …

Michigan football is the No. 1 in the country for the first time in the College Football Playoff era and going back long before that in the AP Top 25 and US LBM Coaches Poll. Yet, the Wolverines aren’t spoken of much as being the top team in the nation. That’s probably because the maize and blue have made it …

Dec. 16—OXFORD — A pair of former Tennessee players — four-star defensive end Tyler Baron and three-star safety Tamarion McDonald — have both committed to Ole Miss out of the transfer portal. Baron is a Knoxville native while McDonald is from Memphis. With Friday’s commitment of Florida’s Princely Umanmielen, the Rebels have commitments from the top-two edge rushers in the …

Dec. 16—OXFORD — Oak Grove quarterback Anthony Maddox — previously committed to Texas A&M before backing off his pledge Friday — has committed to Ole Miss, he told On3’s Hayes Fawcett. Maddox is ranked as a four-star recruit in the 247Sports’ Composite rankings. Maddox just led Oak Grove to the 7A state championship. He threw for just under 1,954 yards, …

The New Mexico Bowl could have some home cooking as the game features Fresno State from the Mountain West traveling to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to take on New Mexico State. Despite New Mexico State’s close proximity to the site of its in-state rival — Utah State — the Aggies are making their first appearance in this bowl game.  New Mexico …

Michigan football will be looking to replace both Cornelius Johnson and Roman Wilson next season with both leading receivers likely declaring for the NFL draft. Michigan seems content to replace Wilson with in-house talent like Semaj Morgan and Tyler Morris but has tried to make a run at various portal targets for the ‘X’ role. Michigan extended an offer to …

Jakobe Thomas is staying in the state of Tennessee, transferring from Middle Tennessee State to Tennessee football. The safety announced his transfer to UT on Instagram on Saturday, flipping his commitment from Oregon State. He committed to the Beavers on Thursday. He had offers from Auburn, Texas A&M, Mississippi State and Louisville among others. Embedded content: https://www.instagram.com/p/C07mCyHAgk_/?hl=en The 6-foot-2, 190-pound …

Dec. 16—TRINITY — If you think football is a violent sport today, you should’ve been here 135 years ago, when a game got so heated that a player for Trinity College actually challenged an opponent to a duel. Yep, that kind of duel, with guns and everything. Talk about unnecessary roughness. It happened during the fall of 1888, the first …

One day after decommitting from Texas A&M, 2024 3-star quarterback prospect Anthony Maddox has decided to stay home. According to Hayes Fawcett of On3 Sports, the Hattiesburg, Miss. native has committed to play collegiate football for head coach Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss. “Man, Ole Miss is a great place,” Maddox told On3 Sports on Saturday. “Coach Lane Kiffin and …

Teams looking to avoid a losing record meet when the California Golden Bears battle the Texas Tech Red Raiders at the 2023 Independence Bowl on Saturday in Shreveport, La. The Golden Bears (6-6) are having their best season since going 8-5 in 2019 when they capped it off with a 35-20 win over Illinois in the Redbox Bowl. The Red …