College Football

Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman has done one of the best jobs in college football this season, leading the Fighting Irish to the national championship game in his third season at the helm. With such success, comes interest from a multitude of other teams. REQUIRED READING: ‘Trust your doctors,’ Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman says after Riley Leonard scare Among …

STILLWATER — Though he lived his entire childhood on Chicago’s South Side, Bryan McCoy’s family has some country roots, too. That’s why the former Akron linebacker sees Stillwater as an ideal location for his final year of college football. Enough of a city feel to meet his needs, but also easy access to the country for his downtime hobbies. “I …

On Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, I made an appointment to meet with former Colorado football coach Bill McCartney at a Starbucks inside a Safeway supermarket near Denver. I was a reporter with USA TODAY, same as now, and wanted to interview him about his life and health after being diagnosed with late-onset dementia/Alzheimer’s disease. McCartney, then 77 years old, agreed …

It’s all Carson Beck’s fault. He’s selfish, wasn’t a good teammate, wasn’t the same, dependable player after signing an NIL deal and driving a Lamborghini around Athens. There, feel good, Georgia fan? Now, some harsh truth: when Beck, the former Georgia quarterback, decided last week to enter the transfer portal after initially declaring for the NFL draft, the first team …

It didn’t take long after Tommy Rees arrived at the University of Notre Dame for Chuck Martin to realize that the quarterback understood the game of football at a higher level than most. “Probably about 30 seconds after you start a conversation with him,” Martin, now the head coach at Miami of Ohio, recalled to the Beacon Journal. “It wasn’t …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On Monday, in a conference room at the convention center here, several coaches explored one of the hottest of hot-button topics in the world of college football: faking injuries. In fact, the meeting even featured in-game clips of players (allegedly) dropping to the field in the middle of a drive in an effort, defensively, to slow an …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Prior to finding Purdue football’s latest coach, athletic director Mike Bobinski made it public knowledge the hire would not only be someone with a proven background, but also a coach who could rebuild a roster quickly through the transfer portal. Barry Odom was the man tasked with doing so. And now, the Boilermakers have a revamped roster …

WEST LAFAYETTE − Prior to finding the next Purdue football coach, athletic director Mike Bobinski made it public knowledge the hire would not only be someone with a proven background, but also a coach who could rebuild a roster quickly through the transfer portal. Barry Odom was the man tasked with doing so. And now, the Boilermakers have a revamped roster that includes …

Defensive lineman Smith Vilbert will become the first seventh-year Penn State football player. The top backup, who grew up in Haiti, announced on social media that he intends on returning for the 2025 season. He used his fifth season as a redshirt in 2019, received an extra sixth season of eligibility with the COVID pandemic and successfully petitioned for an …

Matthew Scott is familiar with facing Edinboro University’s football team. The West Allegheny graduate was a defensive lineman for Indiana (University) of Pennsylvania from 2004-07. Now, Scott will experience what it’s like coaching the Crimson Hawks’ PSAC West Division rival. Edinboro announced Scott’s hire as its next football coach on Tuesday. He succeeds Jake Nulph, who last month resigned to …

Texas football tight end Gunnar Helm has declared for the 2025 NFL draft after exhausting his college eligibility. The fourth-year senior has appeared in 54 games with 25 starts and was a John Mackey Award semifinalist this past season. Helm caught 14 balls for 192 yards and two touchdowns during the 2023-24 season while playing under Carolina former Texas tight …

Clemson has found its new defensive coordinator. The Tigers announced Tuesday that Penn State’s Tom Allen would be making the move to the ACC. Allen, the former head coach at Indiana, had been in State College for one season. “He will hit the ground running this week to get started helping us achieve all of our goals in 2025,” Clemson …

In Ohio State’s first two College Football Playoff games this season, Jeremiah Smith caught 13 passes for 290 yards and four touchdowns in lopsided victories. Texas learned from that in Friday’s semifinal. The Longhorns geared their pass coverage toward stopping Smith with a combination of man and zone coverages, often with multiple defenders. He caught one pass for 3 yards. …

Penn State football head coach James Franklin will be making his third defensive coordinator hire in four years. This comes after Clemson University officially hired former Nittany Lion defensive leader Tom Allen on Tuesday for the same position. Allen has reportedly agreed to a three-year contract worth an average of $2 million, according to reports. Allen, the former Indiana head …

Wide receiver has been a contentious position for Penn State football, and one of the top players at that position has decided to find a new home. Junior wide receiver Omari Evans announced that he was entering the transfer portal. The news was broken by On3. A 6-foot, 188-pounder from Killeen, Tx., Evans caught 21 passes for 415 yards and …