College Football

After five seasons leading the Golden Gate football program, Nick Bigica told the Naples Daily News Friday afternoon that he resigned as the Titans’ head coach. Bigica’s final season leading Golden Gate was the best in program history as the Titans won their first district title, its first playoff game, and set the program record for wins in a season …

TAMPA — For the third time in five seasons, UCF’s football team will look to close with a victory on its neighboring rival’s home field. The Knights (6-6), who won three of their final four games to achieve bowl eligibility for an eighth straight campaign, will meet Georgia Tech (6-6) in the UnionHome Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl at Raymond James Stadium. …

The Texas offense moved the ball against Washington in last season’s Alamo Bowl. On the surface, it was a statistically strong game for the Longhorns passing offense and quarterback Quinn Ewers. Ewers threw for 369 passing yards in the game completing 31 of 47 passes against the Washington defense. Those numbers were fine, but not enough to get the ball …

Recruiting and developing receivers such as Evan Engram and DK Metcalf is what put Hugh Freeze on the map during his time as the head coach at Ole Miss. Freeze is looking to copy, or even build on, his success in developing receivers at Auburn. He is well on his way to doing that after signing what is considered to …

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and UCF Knights are set to square off in the 2023 Gasparilla Bowl on Friday evening. Both of these teams finished the regular season with a 6-6 record. Georgia Tech enters Friday’s bout having won three of its last five games, while the Knights secured a victory in three of their last four contests. Kickoff …

Notre Dame football and Marcus Freeman decided to swing for the fences with their new offensive coordinator search and it appears they connected, launching the pitch out of the ballpark. Although it hasn’t been made official yet, reports from multiple outlets are out that Notre Dame is set to hire Mike Denbrock from LSU for the same role. For Denbrock, …

Add a couple more achievements to Mainland football’s growing list this month. Senior LJ McCray earned the Florida Dairy Farmers Class 3S Player of the Year award and Travis Roland bagged the 3S Coach of the Year title, which were announced Friday. As a result, the two are finalists for 2023 Mr. Football and Football Coach of the Year set …

Florida redshirt junior cornerback Jalen Kimber is hitting the transfer portal, according to a report from 247Sports. Kimber has already transferred once — from Georgia — but is eligible to make another move as a graduate student. He will graduate from Florida in the spring, meaning he can join another team by the summer. Kimber started 11 games for Florida …

The 2023 college football bowl season delivers another loaded slate of games on Saturday, starting with a battle between Arkansas State and Northern Illinois in the Camellia Bowl. It is the ninth meeting between the Red Wolves and Huskies and their first since the 2011 bowl season — a 38-20 NIU victory in what is now the 68 Ventures Bowl …

PODCAST: Week 2 Of Mountain West Bowl Previews There are four bowl games this week Contact/Follow @MWCwire Bowl season continues Jeremy and Josh get into the second wave of bowl games with four bowl games this week. A trio of games on Saturday featuring San Jose State, Utah State, and Air Force. Then a post Christmas bowl game with UNLV …

The Washington Huskies and Texas Longhorns are set to battle for a spot in the national championship. For Texas, the most sure path there is straightforward: stop the Washington passing attack. Accomplishing that feat is easier said than done. Doing so might involve allowing more space in the running game than Texas is accustomed to yielding to its opponents. The …

The 2024 signing class will be the Oklahoma Sooners first freshman class in the SEC. With the move to the SEC, the stakes for the Sooners and the Texas Longhorns just got a lot higher. They’ve been going head-to-head with SEC schools on the recruiting trail for some time, but now, they’ll have to put their recruiting results to the …

LSU will be without its offensive coordinator in the ReliaQuest Bowl against Wisconsin on Jan. 1 as it was reported Friday that offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock would be leaving to take the same role at Notre Dame. With Denbrock moving on before the bowl game, LSU will turn to interim co-offensive coordinators for the matchup. Quarterbacks coach Joe Sloan and …

LSU’s bowl game is fast approaching. In 10 days, toe will meet leather in Tampa Bay as LSU meets Wisconsin in the ReliaQuest Bowl. It will be LSU’s third time in this bowl game, but first time under its current name. It was founded as the Hall of Fame Bowl, in which LSU played in 1988. Then it was the …

UCF stays close to home to face off against Georgia Tech in a battle of plucky upstarts in the Gasparilla Bowl, played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The Knights managed to push through and become the only Big 12 newcomer to reach bowl eligibility after winning three of their final four games. After dropping a heartbreaking 24-23 loss …