College Football

SHREVEPORT, La. — Texas Tech football running back Tahj Brooks and his California counterpart Jaydn Ott, two of the FBS’s top seven rushers, were billed as the reason to tune in to an Independence Bowl matchup of 6-6 teams. The Red Raiders made sure one of the two gave nowhere near his usual performance. A swarming Tech defense limited Ott …

The Hurricanes’ busy recruiting weekend continued into Saturday night, as UM’s coaches landed commitments from a key transfer safety and one of the nation’s top 2025 linebackers. Late Saturday afternoon, Miami got a commitment from Vanderbilt safety transfer Savion Riley. Later in the night, 2025 linebacker Elijah Melendez announced his commitment, as well. Those commitments came a day after the …

Former NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski is always up for new experiences, and he made quite the business decision at the L.A. Bowl on Saturday. Actually, the full name of the bowl game is “Starco Brands LA Bowl hosted by Gronk,” which is a different story. Per USA Today’s Brent Schrotenboer, Gronk got naming rights to the game without throwing …

Texas Tech’s high octane offense took advantage of California’s inability to tackle well, and the Red Raiders continued their strong finish to the 2023 football season Saturday night with a 34-14 victory over the Golden Bears in the 47th Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl. Played in primetime on ESPN in Shreveport’s Independence Stadium, the game attracted 33,071 fans and was the …

The 2023 New Mexico Bowl features the New Mexico State Aggies (10-4) and the Fresno State Bulldogs (8-4) battling on Saturday.  The Bulldogs have dominated the series against the Aggies, logging a 7-1 record all-time. The most recent matchup happened in 2019 with Fresno State winning 30-17. Fresno State dropped its final three games of the season, while New Mexico …

It took exactly 40 minutes and 14 seconds for the first touchdown at the rain-soaked Avocados from Mexico Cure Bowl on Saturday, but it would be enough to give Appalachian State what it needed in the sloppy conditions. Mountaineers quarterback Joey Aguilar scored on an 8-yard keeper with 4:46 left in the third quarter and it was enough to power …

Edge rusher has been an odd position for Michigan football in the 2024 recruiting cycle. The Wolverines have seen a lot of players come and go, while others who remain in the class have flirted with other schools in the process. Of current, the Wolverines have four-stars Devon Baxter and Jaden Smith, as well as three-stars Owen Wafle and Dominic …

Jordan Guerad, a defensive tackle from Florida International who gave a verbal commitment to the Gophers last Sunday, has changed his mind. On Saturday, Guerad posted on the X platform that he has committed to Louisville. The 6-3, 295-pound Guerad entered the transfer portal on Dec. 5 after completing his redshirt sophomore season with Florida International. He earned first-team All-Conference …

SHREVEPORT, La. ― The Texas Tech football team ended with a bowl victory for the third year in a row, beating California 34-14 Saturday night at the Independence Bowl. Behren Morton threw three first-half touchdown passes and Gino Garcia kicked a 25-yard field goal as Tech built a 24-14 lead by halftime. Tahj Brooks, who recently announced he will stay …

Vanderbilt football is expected to hire Tim Beck, currently the offensive coordinator at New Mexico State, to serve in the same capacity, per a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Beck helped lead the Aggies to a 10-5 record on the season following a 37-10 loss to Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl on Saturday. Beck has spent the majority …

ALBUQUERQUE – After losing three straight games to end the regular season, Fresno State was looking to reclaim its identity in Saturday’s Isleta New Mexico Bowl against New Mexico State. And the Bulldogs reclaimed their identity indeed. Fresno State controlled the action on both sides of the ball and defeated the Aggies, 37-10, at University Stadium on the campus of …

Rutgers football and Miami will head to New York in late December to participate in the 2023 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium. The Scarlet Knights appeared two prior in the Pinstripe Bowl, taking on Iowa State in 2011 and Notre Dame in 2013. As for Miami, it will be the second appearance for the Hurricanes in the …

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 …