College Football

Nebraska football’s traditional spring game might become a thing of the past. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, third-year coach Matt Rhule said he “highly doubts” the annual spring game, one of the country’s most attended, will be played again. He blamed the transfer portal. “I don’t know that yet, but I’ll be honest with you. I highly doubt it,” Rhule …

It’s Feb. 1 and there’s a long way until the 2025 college football season. Spring ball is about a month and a half away and the identity of Team 146 will truly start to be forged on the heels of building things up during winter conditioning. Last season, Sherrone Moore’s first as the Wolverines’ head coach, was something of a …

BYU place kicker Will Ferrin warms up prior to BYU and Kansas playing at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday Nov. 16, 2024. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News When Will Ferrin lines up to attempt a field goal on Aug. 30 against Portland State, it will look like business as usual, but it will be far from ordinary. …

Oklahoma hired former Clemson football defensive coordinator Wes Goodwin as its assistant linebackers and outside linebackers coach on Saturday. Goodwin will reunite with Oklahoma coach Brent Venables, who was the defensive coordinator at Clemson from 2012 through 2021. Goodwin worked as a defensive analyst and senior defensive assistant under Venables. Goodwin spent the past three seasons as Clemson’s defensive coordinator, taking over in December …

Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables will be calling his team’s defensive plays in 2025. The Sooners announced Saturday that the longtime college defensive coordinator and fourth-year head coach would take over play-calling duties on that side of the ball. In the same announcement, the Sooners officially added former Clemson defensive coordinator Wes Goodwin and former Utah State interim coach Nate …

SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame football announced on Saturday the hiring of Chris Ash as its new defensive coordinator. “Chris’ experience of coordinating and leading great defensive units at multiple places really resonated with me,” Irish football coach Marcus Freeman said in a statement. “His experience both in the NFL and as a head coach are valuable assets he can …

Getty Images Notre Dame has hired Chris Ash as its defensive coordinator, the school announced on Saturday. The former Rutgers coach replaces Al Golden, who departed his post to take the same job with the Cincinnati Bengals in the NFL.  Ash rose to prominence as defensive coordinator at Ohio State under Urban Meyer in 2014 and helped lead the program to …

And then there was one. Michigan football secured the bulk of its 2025 recruiting class in December during the early signing period, but one target remained. Though still committed to Alabama until mid-January, 2025 Denton (Tx.) Ryan four-star offensive tackle Ty Haywood started to look like a lean to the Wolverines after the maize and blue were able to up …

Former Colorado football head coach Mike MacIntyre has been hired as a defensive assistant by the Mississippi State Bulldogs, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. MacIntyre was most recently the head coach of the FIU Panthers, where he led them to three straight 4-8 seasons before being fired in December. FIU was MacIntyre’s third head coaching stop. He previously led the …

Michigan football’s transfer portal options and targets have been dwindling. But there were two players left who the Wolverines had been targeting. And now it’s looking like both options are likely off the table. After losing to Ohio State in the national championship game, two Notre Dame offensive linemen entered the transfer portal, and both had been Michigan targets in …

LSU football’s offensive line will look different in 2024. The Tigers are losing four starters from the 2024 unit. Both tackles — Will Campbell and Emery Jones — declared early for the NFL Draft. Both guards — Miles Frazier and Garrett Dellinger — graduated and are off to the pros. LSU returns center DJ Chester, but it’s not clear where …

The Georgia Bulldogs ended the 2025 recruiting cycle with another top three recruiting class. In the Kirby Smart era, UGA has landed nine consecutive top five recruiting classes and has signed the No. 1 class four times. Kirby Smart has been an elite recruiter and talent developer with an example of that being former Georgia defensive end Nolan Smith dominating …

Wisconsin football extended an offer to top class of 2027 quarterback Jameson Purcell on Friday. The Park Ridge, Illinois native is the program’s sixth reported quarterback offer in the class. The Badgers are looking to continue their talent pipeline at the position after landing top 2025 signal-caller Carter Smith. Related: Final winter transfer portal destinations for every former Wisconsin Badger …

College football coaches have been busy on the recruiting trail. On Friday, the winter recruiting period came to a close, but LSU football coach Brian Kelly had one more stop to make with one of the nation’s top prospects. According to John Eads of WAFB, Kelly checked in with 2027 quarterback Elijah Haven. Haven is a Baton Rouge recruit in …

With Texas football now in the offseason, the American-Statesman is breaking down each position group. Who’s gone from the 2024 squad that went 13-3 and fell a win short a national title-game appearance? Who’s back? And what portal arrivals and freshmen from the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class have joined the team? The Longhorns are coming off an impressive season that include a record …