College Football

Dec. 27—CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If you tune into today’s Duke’s Mayo Bowl between West Virginia and North Carolina, you might not recognize the team in powder blue. Between opt-outs, injuries and transfer portal entrants, North Carolina (8-4, 4-4 ACC) is going to look very different in game No. 13 than it did in game No. 1. “We’ve got 12 starters …

Nic Scourton, one of Purdue’s leading tacklers in 2023, is reportedly entering the transfer portal. The Athletic reported that Scourton will be on the move, and he shared a social post on the report. The 6-4, 280-pound sophomore linebacker was in on 50 tackles this season, 15 for a loss. He led the Boilermakers (4-8) with 10 sacks. He had …

Christmas may have come and gone, but it’s still the holiday season. You might have thought that you received all of your presents under the tree, but for you Hawkeyes fans out there, 247Sports is pulling out a surprise. Hidden away in the closet for the big reveal, Carter Bahns wrote his list of every top 25 college football team’s …

The madness of college bowl season continues with a bowl that features one of the best post-win traditions in college football. On Wednesday, the Duke’s Mayo Bowl will kick off between the North Carolina Tar Heels (8-4) and the West Virginia Mountaineers (8-4). The head coach of the winning team gets the honor of having a large tub of mayonnaise …

Although football is a huge part of the Notre Dame player experience, giving back to the local community is almost as big. The Irish players are constantly giving back to the South Bend community, and they brought that along with them to El Paso, Texas as they prepare to face Oregon State in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl. Yes, …

Dec. 26—EL PASO, Texas — In the midst of staff changes and portal plundering, Notre Dame is set to cap the 2023 football season this Friday in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl. The Irish are without offensive coordinator Gerad Parker (announced as Troy’s new head coach) and wide receiver coach Chansi Stuckey who is replaced by Mike Brown, a …

PHOENIX — Kansas football is set to have its star running back return in 2024. According to a report from ESPN, junior Devin Neal has informed his coaching staff that he will be back with the team next season. That gives the Jayhawks a key piece on offense to continue the momentum it’s had in the early years of head coach …

Ohio State appears to be making good progress in their pursuit of a top quarterback recruit out of the 2026 high school class. A few days ago the Buckeyes received a crystal ball prediction on 247Sports to land Jared Curtis. On Tuesday another highly respected college football recruiting insider website expressed the Buckeyes’ chances to land the talented quarterback as …

Dec. 26—Ole Miss senior defensive end/outside linebacker Cedric Johnson has opted out of the Peach Bowl, Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin confirmed Tuesday. On3 first reported the news last Thursday. Johnson is tied for the team lead with 5.5 sacks and had 19 in his Rebels career. The Mobile, Alabama native has an additional season of eligibility remaining due to …

The recruiting trail never sleeps. After signing 27-out-of-27 targets on their 2024 recruiting board, the Tigers mostly turn the page toward the 2025 recruiting class. One of the top edge rushers in the country, Max Granville, recently released his top 10, and the LSU Tigers made the cut. LSU joins Alabama, Penn State, SMU, Ohio State, USC, Baylor, Kansas, Texas …

He goes by @biggnash_74 on Twitter. So, when Nash Jones took a backward pass into the end zone in Tuesday’s First Responder Bowl it became a THICC Six. Texas State QB TJ Finley rolled right in the third quarter, stopped and threw the football to the 6-foot-5, 320-pound Jones. He grabbed the football and ran into the end zone for …

TAMPA – Wisconsin’s Luke Fickell reportedly has his new wide receivers coach. FootballScoop reported Tuesday that Fickell is set to hire former Ohio State player Kenny Guiton. Guiton replaces Mike Brown, who left UW to join the Notre Dame staff. Guiton, 32, has coached wide receivers at Arkansas the last three seasons under head coach Sam Pittman. He played quarterback …

EL PASO, Texas — Sun Bowl trips have become a Cross family tradition. Former Alabama tight end Howard Cross ended his sophomore and senior seasons with Sun Bowl victories over Washington (1986) and Army (1988). Now his son, second-team All-America defensive tackle Howard Cross III, gets to punctuate this Notre Dame football season with Friday’s Sun Bowl meeting against 19th-ranked …

With less than a week to go, Alabama has touched down in Los Angeles, California and is already preparing for the College Football Playoff Rose Bowl semifinal against top-ranked Michigan. The Crimson Tide enters the game as the lowest-seeded playoff team, but that doesn’t mean the Wolverines are expected to win. Alabama’s lone loss on the 2023 season cam against …

Oklahoma’s final game of the 2023 season will see them return to San Antonio for the second time in three years. The last time the Sooners were there, they were coached by legendary Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops. Brent Venables will wrap up his second campaign as the head man at Oklahoma, returning to San Antonio to take on the Arizona …